2015 Event Greek judge Vassiliki Thanou is sworn in as the nation's interim prime minister after last week's resignation of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras; new elections for the position will be held in September 2015 Event China's central bank takes action to reassure investors that it is attempting to address the nation's economic downturn, reducing interest rates and the amount of reserve funds required to be held by banks 2015 Event Animal rights activists lose a case to free two chimpanzees being held for research purposes; the activists argued that the animals are highly intelligent and should be treated as humans with similar legal rights 2015 Event 'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy Award drama nominations with 24, giving network HBO the lead with 124 nominations overall; ABC ranks second with 42 total nominations for this year's awards, to be held in September 2015 Event American skier Lindsey Vonn wins her 63rd World Cup, setting a new record after 35 years; the previous record of 62 wins was held by Austrian skier Annemarie Moser-Proell 2014 Event Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 2014 Event U.S.-Iranian citizen Jason Rezaian, the head of the 'Washington Post' bureau in Iran, has been accused of unknown charges and is being held without bail; Iran has denied requests from Switzerland to check on Rezaian's condition on behalf of the U.S. 2014 Event Hong Kong pro-democracy protest sites are being cleared on a court order; demonstrations have been held since September in an effort to attain greater political freedom for Hong Kong 2014 Event Kaci Hickox, the first person held under New Jersey's new quarantine provisions for those who have worked with Ebola patients, speaks out to protest the conditions of her confinement at a local hospital; Hickox has tested negative for the virus 2014 Event Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans held in North Korea for crimes against the state, has been released; Fowle was accused of leaving a Bible in a club for mariners 2014 Event 24-year-old Matthew Miller, one of three Americans currently held in North Korea, has been convicted of unlawful entry into the country for the purpose of spying; he has been sentenced to six years of hard labor 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dissolves the country's Supreme Council, which has been stymied by pro-separatist members; new elections will be held on October 26th 2014 Event U.S. officials have validated claims by the Islamic State (IS) that journalist James Foley, held in captivity for two years, has been killed; President Obama vows to continue airstrikes in Iraq against IS militants 2014 Event A memorial event was held in Hong Kong in remembrance of lives lost in Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in 1989; authorities on the mainland tightened security and may be detaining many in order to avoid commemorative protests at the square itself 2014 Event The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics is held in Sochi; the celebration includes a variety of performing artists in music and dance 2014 Event Renaud Lavillenie, French champion pole vaulter, breaks the previous height record, held by athlete Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine; Lavillenie reached 6.16 meters indoors, exceeding Bubka's world record of 6.15 m indoors achieved in 1993 2014 Event The 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held in Los Angeles; 'American Hustle' takes top awards, actor Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win Outstanding Performance awards 2013 Event A meeting between Pope Francis and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, is held at the Vatican; discussions include Iran's nuclear program among other global affairs 2013 Event 'The Washington Post', a privately held newspaper, is purchased by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos 2013 Event Pope Francis condemns the 'global indifference' to the plight of immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe; he honors them in a mass held on Lampedusa, the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event A call for demonstrations is held by opponents of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt 2013 Event The U.S. Supreme Court invalides gene patents held by Myriad Genetics when it rules that isolated human genes are not patentable 2013 Event At The Tony Awards, held in New York City, Best Musical and other awards are given to the musical 'Kinky Boots', which has lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and is based on a book by Harvey Fierstein 2013 Event After the death of Frank Lautenberg, Governor Chris Christie appoints Jeffrey Chiesa as U.S. Senator for New Jersey until a special election is held later this year 2013 Event The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union 2013 Event In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend 2013 Event In Los Angeles, California, the 85th Academy Awards is held; 'Argo' wins best picture, Ang Lee wins for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis wins for best actor, and Jennifer Lawrence wins for best actress 2013 Event Parliamentary elections are held in Monaco, with the the Horizon Monaco alliance winning 50.3% of the vote, securing 20 of 24 seats in the country's National Council 2013 Event At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2013 Event Officials at the Kremlin announce that the 2014 G8 summit will be held at Sochi, its southern Black Sea resort 2013 Event Plans for Euro 2020 are announced by the UEFA; the football championship is to be held in 13 cities in 13 different European countries 2012 Event Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him 2012 Event In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career 2012 Event A leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan is won by Japan's Prime Minster, Yoshihiko Noda 2012 Event Jan van Eyck is credited as the painter of 'The three mary's at the tomb' a painting from the 1430's held in a Rotterdam museum 2012 Event The Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps, is won by 32 year-old Jenson Button 2012 Event Ghana's state funeral, held in Accra for President John Atta Mills, attracts tens of thousands 2012 Event The Wisconsin Senate recall election is held, and Wisconsin voters re-elect incumbent governor Scott Walker 2012 Event A memorial service is held for San Diego chargers' Junior Seau; his #55 will be retired by the team 2012 Event A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China 2012 Event After a year of being held hostage by pirates, 15 Georgian soldiers are released through efforts of the Somalian government 2011 Event An emergency meeting to discuss the European sovereign debt crisis is held by leaders of the European Union 2011 Event The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces the 2015 UCI World Championships will be held in Richmond, Virginia 2011 Event The 63rd Emmy Awards for U.S television programs is held in Los Angeles, California: Mad Men wins for the outstanding drama series 2011 Event Memorial ceremonies are held worldwide to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks 2011 Event The Foreign Ministry of Iran calls for Musa al-Sadr to be released; they claim he has been held in Libya since 1978 2011 Event Nigeria's presidential election, held April 16, 2011, declares the winner is President Goodluck Jonathan 2011 Event In an interview held before the third anniversary of deadly unrest, Gyaincain Norbu claims Tibetans have 'never been freer' 2011 Event In Hollywood, California, the 83rd Academy Awards are held at the Kodak Theater, celebrating the best films of 2010 2011 Event Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announces he will leave politics soon after the Presidential elections are held 2010 Event Rallies protesting constitutional abuses by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are held in Moscow, Russia 2010 Event While world leaders back Africa's Alassane Ouattara as the Ivory Coast presidential election winner, a swearing-in ceremony is held for Laurent Gbagbo in Cote D'Ivoire 2010 Event The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year 2010 Event The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held 2010 Event Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur 2009 Event Peace talks witht he Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger are held by the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou 2004 Event After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia 1997 Event Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured 1997 Event New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault 1996 Event 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" 1995 Event Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1993 Death Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84 1993 Event 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1992 Event All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium 1991 Event Muslim Shites release last U.S. hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years) 1991 Event Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio 1991 Event Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 Event Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable 1990 Event Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1990 Event 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral 1990 Event A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty 1990 Event 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held in Michigan 1990 Event 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1989 Event Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland 1988 Event Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months) 1987 Event Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail 1986 Event French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released 1986 Event U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut 1986 Event Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme 1985 Event American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon 1985 Event Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11 1985 Event Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) 1983 Event Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96 1982 Event Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1982 Event Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev 1981 Event Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo 1981 Event 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1981 Event 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed 1980 Event 6 Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of Canadians 1979 Event ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline") 1979 Event Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma 1979 Death Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91 1978 Event Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I 1978 Event "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US 1978 Event 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii 1977 Event Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland 1976 Event Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1975 Event Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots 1970 Event 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources 1968 Event 1st U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins) 1966 Event Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles 1965 Birthday Daniel Held, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10k runner 1964 Event During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1963 Event Cleveland ties record of 4 consecutive home runs (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown) 1963 Event Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) 1961 Event 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade 1959 Event Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in Kansas City and NY 1957 Event 1st National Curling Championship held 1956 Event World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo 1955 Event Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 1951 Birthday Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1950 Event 1st Farnborough airshow held 1949 Event U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1949 Event 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) 1948 Event 1st U.S. figure skating championships held 1947 Event 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii 1947 Birthday Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/U.S. hostage held in Lebanon, 1985-91 1943 Event German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1941 Event Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces 1940 Event Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st 1937 Birthday Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records 1937 Event 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after) 1933 Event Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 1932 Birthday Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player 1931 Event 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium 1930 Event 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England 1929 Event 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held 1928 Birthday Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style 1927 Birthday Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55 1926 Event The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America 1925 Event 1st international handball match held 1923 Event Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hours). Referee overturns decision 1922 Event 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris 1921 Event Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM 1919 Event 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas) 1918 Death Anna Held, Polish Entertainer 1917 Event WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn 1916 Birthday Unica Zurn, born in Berlin, Germany, author, painter, wrote anagram poems and held automatic drawing exhibitions 1916 Event 1st professional golf tournament held 1916 Event 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held 1914 Event 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York 1914 Event 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven 1914 Event 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City) 1913 Event 1st U.S. milch goat show held, Rochester, New York 1912 Birthday Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938 1910 Event Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) 1910 Event 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C. 1910 Event 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England) 1910 Event 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia) 1910 Event 1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA 1909 Event World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1907 Event Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held 1904 Event 1st Olympics in U.S. are held (St. Louis) 1902 Event 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) 1901 Event 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) 1897 Event Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1896 Event A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island 1893 Event For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1891 Event 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston) 1891 Event 1st world weightlifting championship held 1888 Event 1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Arizona 1884 Event 1st U.S. bullfight held (Dodge City Ks) 1883 Event 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden) 1877 Event 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held 1877 Event 1st Westminster Dog Show held 1877 Event 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn 1876 Death Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's 1876 Event 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins 1874 Event 1st Grand International Rifle match held 1872 Event Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall 1872 Birthday Anna Held, Polish Entertainer 1869 Event 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 1868 Event 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio 1860 Event 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins) 1859 Event 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 1849 Event California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey 1844 Birthday Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents 1839 Event 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds) 1839 Event 1st Henley Regatta held 1817 Event 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland 1814 Event 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City 1812 Event Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish 1811 Event 1st Women's Golf Tournament held 1800 Event Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building 1796 Event 1st Independence Day celebration is held 1793 Event Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795) 1776 Event 1st St. Leger horesrace held at Doncaster 1775 Event 1st regatta held on Thames, England 1754 Event Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians 1673 Event 1st recorded wine auction held in London 1672 Event 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass 1630 Event In Boston the 1st general court is held 1601 Event Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto 1534 Event English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope
