2015 Event Scientists have concluded that a large ocean exists beneath the icy surface of Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter; the discovery was made by using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe aurora movements at the moon's poles 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its second largest dip since September 2011, dropping 458 points before regaining much of the loss to close down 173 points at just above 16,141 2014 Event Time Warner, Inc. may be offered $75 billion by Twenty-First Century Fox in a proposed merger deal that would create the world's largest media company; Time Warner rejected an earlier proposal by Fox 2014 Event Archaeologists in Patagonia, Argentina, unearth a set of bones that appear to belong to the largest dinosaur yet discovered; the new creature is thought to have weighed 77 tonnes and to have stood around 20 meters tall 2014 Event Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, files plans for a U.S. IPO; the offering is expected to be one of the largest in the U.S. and may raise more funding than the Facebook IPO in 2012 2014 Event Nigeria rebases its GDP calculations, making its economy the largest in Africa on a total GDP basis; however, South Africa leads on a GDP per capita basis 2014 Event Holcim Ltd of Switzerland and Lafarge SA of France, the two largest cement companies, are making plans to merge 2014 Event In the U.S., today's Mega Millions multistate lottery drawing has two winning tickets; the $400 million jackpot is the third largest in the game's history 2014 Event The world's largest banana company is created as the Irish fruit company Fyffes merges with U.S. company Chiquita; the new company, ChiquitaFyffes, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange 2014 Event The world's largest virus to date is discovered in 30,000-year-old Siberian ice; the ancient virus is still able to infect amoebae, its target hosts 2014 Event The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, now the world's largest solar energy plant, opens in the Mojave Desert; the $2.2 billion plant, owned by Google, NRG Energy, and BrightSource energy, spans five square miles and can provide power to 140,000 homes 2014 Event Water vapor on the minor planet Ceres, the largest asteroid and the only dwarf planet in the inner Solar System, is detected by European Space Agency researchers 2013 Event A special episode of the British science fiction program 'Doctor Who' called, 'The Day of the Doctor' broadcasts simultaneously to 94 countries in celebration of the show's 50th Anniversary; the broadcast earned a Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama 2013 Event The largest fancy orange diamond on record was sold at Christie's auction in Geneva; the 14.82-carat stunner sold for $35.5 million 2013 Event Individuals from the Imperial Petroleum company in Indianapolis, Indiana, face charges for the largest tax and securities fraud scheme in Indiana history 2013 Event Columbia's Chiribiquete National Park expands to 3 million hectares from 1.2 million hectares, becoming one of the Amazon's largest protected zones 2013 Event In one of the largest jewelry heists in recent years, nearly 103 million euros in diamonds and other jewels were stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel diamond show in Cannes, France 2013 Event Detroit, Michigan files the largest municipal bankruptcy in history; the city of Detroit seeks CHapter 9 bankruptcy protection and is $18.5 billion in debt 2013 Event NASA's New Horizons team releases the first high resolution view of Pluto's largest moon; Charon, which is as large as the state of Texas, is covered in ice 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 Shuanghui, a Chinese meat processing company, buys Smithfield Foods for $4.72 billion; Smithfield was the world's largest meat processing company 2013 Event Guinness World Records records the largest flag ever made, by a village in Romania; the flag of Romania weighs five tons and used 44 miles of thread 2013 Event Wal-Mart revenue exceeds that of Exxon Mobil, becoming the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list 2013 Event British catering firm Compass Group and Whitbread, one of the country's largest hotel chains, find horse DNA in products sold as "beef" 2013 Event Bankrupt carrier, American Airlines and U.S. Airways merge, forming the world's largest air carrier, to trade under the name, American Airlines 2013 Event Founder Michael Dell leads a consortium that announced plans to take Dell private with a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal - the largest buyout seen since the recession 2013 Event In efforts to turn its back on nuclear power, Japan announces plans to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in the Fukushima Prefecture, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 2012 Event Atlanta IntercontinentalExchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world 2012 Event Several European countries protest against unemployment and austerity measures; Spain and Portugal hold the largest protests, with Greece, Italy and Belgium holding smaller ones 2012 Event The governing Worker's Party takes control of Brazil's financial capital and largest city when Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of Sao Paulo 2012 Event Publishers Penguin and Random House merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world 2012 Event After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy 2012 Event Australia announces its plan to create the largest marine reserve in the world 2012 Event The American company Apple, Inc. announces it is worth over $600 billion dollars, making the technology company the largest in the world by market capitalization 2012 Event The largest solar flare in five years, occurring March 6, 2012, nears the Earth, threatening to disrupt airline flights, GPS systems and power grids 2011 Event Brazil overtakes the United Kingdom as the world's sixth largest economy 2011 Event The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2011 Event Over 110 people are arrested in Queens, New York as part of the largest identity theft and retail crime ring in U.S. history 2011 Event The 8th largest search engine in the world, Russia's Yandex, marks its first venture outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by expanding into Turkey 2011 Event In Britain, a ticket holder wins 161,653,000 pounds, the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history 2011 Event New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Andrew Cuomo signs the New York State Marriage Equality Law 2011 Event The Wallow Fire becomes the largest wildfire in Arizona history; firefighters have contained 20% of the 469,407-acre fire 2011 Event Amid unrest in the Mideast, activists claim China has launched the largest crackdown on dissenters in recent years 2011 Event Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2011 Event Over half a million people participate in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back gardens 2010 Event U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal a cable from Hillary Clinton accusing Saudi Arabia's rich of being the largest source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups 2010 Event Authorities searching two homes near Escondido, California, find the largest cache of homemade explosives ever discovered in the U.S. 2010 Event U.S. voters go to the polls; Republicans win control of the House of Representatives with the largest number of seats gained since 1894 2010 Event Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and utilization project, announces its water levels have reached full capacity 2010 Event China's largest fair, Canton Fair, opens and is closely watched as it is the barometer of the country's trade and economic development 2010 Event Over 92,000 classified documents detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan are released by Wikileaks; this is the largest leak in U.S military history 2010 Event The largest manhunt in U.K. recent history ends when gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself in a 6-hour standoff with police 2010 Event Leaders of the twenty largest economies meet for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada 2010 Event United and Continental air lines announce that the two American companies will merge, creating the world's largest airline 2010 Event China begins text message surveillance, blocking customers from the country's two largest operators for lewd messages 2010 Event China surpasses Germany, becoming the. world's largest exporter 2009 Event More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary 2007 Event Burj Dubai becomes the world's largest structure 2005 Event Sumatran earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7, the second largest earthquake since 1965 1999 Event The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames 1997 Event South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1995 Event Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games) 1995 Event World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge 1994 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1994 Event Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn 1994 Event In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made 1994 Event Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 1994 Event Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan 1994 Event Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa) 1994 Event Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal 1994 Event 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome) 1993 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1993 Event Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world 1993 Event 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome) 1992 Event Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium 1992 Event World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 1992 Event 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome) 1992 Event U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation 1992 Event 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) 1991 Event Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive) 1991 Event Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30 1991 Event World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs 1991 Event Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome 1991 Event World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait 1991 Event Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520) 1990 Event 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis 1990 Event World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 1990 Event Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1990 Event 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome) 1989 Event 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) 1989 Event Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal) 1989 Event Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on world's largest mall 1989 Event Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary 1989 Event Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois 1988 Event Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million 1988 Event World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long 1988 Event Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards) 1988 Event Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938) 1988 Event 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit 1987 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 1987 Event 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit 1987 Event Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0) 1986 Event Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 1986 Event Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M) 1986 Event 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia at Detroit 1985 Event Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens 1985 Event Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) 1985 Event Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit 1984 Event Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500) 1983 Event 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm)) 1982 Event Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 1981 Event Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen 1981 Event Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia 1981 Event Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history 1981 Event Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane 1977 Event Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant) 1977 Event World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival 1976 Event 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 1976 Event Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130) 1976 Event World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.) 1973 Event 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) 1972 Event "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama) 1972 Event Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 1972 Event Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178) 1971 Event Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history 1970 Event World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight 1969 Event 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati - Detroit, San Diego - Boston 1967 Event Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7 1967 Event U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1965 Event Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents ) 1964 Event World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin 1963 Event 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7") 1961 Event 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm)) 1961 Event Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) 1960 Event Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499 1960 Event World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) 1960 Event 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5" 1959 Event 10th largest snowfall in New York City history (13.7") 1959 Event 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1957 Birthday Mukesh Ambani, born in Aden, Yemen, Indian business tycoon, largest shareholder and managing director of Reliance Industries, worth over $29 billion 1956 Event Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted 1955 Event U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1954 Event Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 1954 Event Indians sweep Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) 1954 Event Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57 1953 Birthday Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin 1951 Event Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1951 Event World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City) 1948 Event 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3") 1947 Event Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed 1947 Event Largest group of sunspots on record 1946 Event Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed 1945 Event Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders 1945 Event Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1944 Event World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1943 Event World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed 1941 Event Largest roller skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill NY 1941 Event 3rd largest snowfall in New York City history (18.1") 1940 Event Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 cent 1856 British Guiana) 1938 Event Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 1938 Event American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) 1937 Event World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily 1934 Birthday Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush 1934 Event World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines 1931 Event Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe 1928 Event Worlds largest hailstone 1 lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska 1927 Event Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die 1922 Event Largest U.S. flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90') 1922 Event Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs 1919 Death Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1918 Birthday Dwayne Andreas, born in Worthington, Minnesota, called the 'Soybean King', CEO of Archer Daniels Midland - ADM, largest producer of farm commodities in the U.S. for over 30 years 1911 Event Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1910 Event New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station 1909 Event Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det 1906 Event Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1905 Event World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa 1892 Death John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies 1888 Event 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") 1872 Event 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18") 1872 Event World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1863 Event Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory 1849 Birthday Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1815 Birthday John Banvard, New York City, painted worlds largest painting, 3 mile canvas 1655 Event Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)
