2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the Summit of the Americas in Panama for talks aimed at thawing relations; the historic meeting marks the first interaction in decades between top leaders of the two nations 2014 Event The San Francisco Giants are this year's World Champions of Baseball after winning the World Series over the Kansas City Royals with a score of 3-2; this marks the third title by the Giants in the last 5 years 2014 Event Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the Apple Macintosh; the computer had a 9-inch monochrome display, 128 KB of memory and a 3.5" slot for a floppy disk 2014 Event Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Opportunity rover landing on Mars; NASA announces the rover has discovered clay minerals indicating water flowed on Mars early in the planet's history 2012 Event A pageant on London's River Thames marks the highpoint of a series of events celebrating The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II 2012 Event Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming monarch of the U.K and seven sovereign states in the Commonwealth of Nations 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 1996 Death Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75 1996 Death Laurence Marks, journalist, dies at 67 1995 Death Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 1992 Event Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season and it marks the 5th time he's blown a potential win for Greg Harris 1983 Death Mary Livingstone, Sadye Marks, Comedienne, (Jack Benny), dies at 77 1972 Birthday Shae Marks, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, playmate, May, 1994 1971 Birthday Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics 1946 Birthday Alan David Marks, pianist/composer 1945 Birthday Claude D. Marks, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1938 Event Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1926 Birthday Brian Howard, deputy chairman, Marks and Spencer 1922 Event Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top 1921 Birthday Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again 1910 Birthday Dame Markova, Alicia Lilian Alice Marks, London, ballerina 1909 Birthday Jan Lewando, British director, Marks and Spencer 1902 Event Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 1894 Event Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester 1864 Event Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition) 1818 Event General Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks Florida from Seminole indians 1579 Event Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
