2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2015 Event Australian golfer Jason Day wins the PGA Championship with a score of 20 under par; American Jordan Spieth wins second place, resulting in a rank of #1 in the world, replacing Northern Irish golf champ Rory McIlroy 2014 Event A male of the rare northern white rhino species has been found dead at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya; only six animals remain in the world, of which only one is a breeding male 2013 Event The Northern Philippines are hit by Typhoon Usagi, causing flooding, landslides and disruptions in power, communication and transportation 2013 Event The worst monsoon season in 50 years rages on as Northern India prepares for more rain 2013 Event The Syrian civil war is a high-priority topic at the39th annual G8 Summit begins in Northern Ireland 2013 Event New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announces it will return two statues from northern Cambodia's archeological site Koh Ker 2012 Event British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013 2012 Event Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2012 Event A large crude deposit of oil is found by Permex, Mexico's state-owned oil company, in the northern state of Tamaulipas; deposits could contain 250 - 400 million barrels of oil 2012 Event Australians in the country's Northern Territory elect the Country Liberal Party 2012 Event The winner of U.S. PGA Championship at Kiawah Island is Northern Ireland's professional golfer, Rory McIlroy 2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 2012 Event Northern Italy, near Bologna, experiences a 5.8-magnitude earthquake; at least 24 people are killed 2012 Event A power blackout in Northern England causes as many as 50,000 homes to have a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables 2012 Event The first deployment of U.S. Marines arrives in Australia's city of Darwin in the Northern Territory 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Wyoming 2011 Event Northern Rock bank, nationalized in 2008 by the British Government, is sold to Virgin Money for 747 million pounds 2011 Event The Northern Lights become visible over much of North America due to a coronal mass ejection 2011 Event A colony of stromatolites is discovered at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland 2011 Event A state of emergency is declared by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal after Tropical Storm Lee in the northern Gulf of Mexico 2011 Event The coalition government announces plans to privatize Northern Rock, a British public-owned bank 2011 Event Germany determines it must shut down part of its airspace as volcanic ash from Iceland's Grisvotn eruption spreads through northern Europe 2011 Event All bullet trains in northern and central Japan were temporarily halted due a computer glitch; thousands of passengers are affected 2010 Event The oldest type of stone axe in the world is dated at 35,500 years old; it was found in Australia's Northern Territory in the lands of the Jawoyn people 2010 Event At least 47 people die in northern India from heavy monsoon rains and landslides in Uttrakhand state, Pitthoragarh, Chapawat and Uttarkashi regions 2010 Event In Bauchi, northern Nigeria, an Islamist militant group named Boko Haram raids a prison and frees 721 inmates 2010 Event Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless 2010 Event Northern Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army is accused of abduction and forced recruitment of 697 people in the past year and a half 2010 Event Colton Harris-Moore, a 19-year-old fugitive known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' is captured by police in northern Eleuthera, The Bahamas 2010 Event The inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, 1972, determined British paratroopers first the first shot without warning, and concocted lies to cover up their acts 2010 Event Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway 2010 Event Northern Ireland's electricity is knocked out; nearly 25,000 homes remain powerless 2010 Event A car bomb explodes in a courthouse located in Newry, Northern Ireland. The area's last incidence of a car bombing was in the year 2000 2010 Event Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government declare a ceasefire in northern Yemen 2010 Event Muslim fundamentalists in northern Algeria kill an army colonel and a military commander of Bejaia 2009 Event Margarito Montes, a prominent union leader, is found among fifteen people killed on a ranch in northern Mexico 2007 Event 7.7 Earthquake in northern Chile 2003 Event Earthquake kills at least 2,266 in northern Algeria 2002 Death Peg Phillips, actress/theater company founder, Northern Exposure, dies at 84 2002 Event China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112 1998 Event Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1998 Event Earthquake kills about 5,000 in northern Afghanistan 1998 Event Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. 1998 Event Earthquake kills about 2,300 in northern Afghanistan 1998 Event U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1996 Death Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies 1995 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song 1995 Event Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540 1994 Death Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan, dies at 38 of Ewing's sarcoma, in Northern Ireland 1994 Event Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire 1994 Death Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6 1993 Event Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse 1993 Event British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Event 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die 1992 Event Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls and breaks 3 fingers 1992 Event 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane 1991 Death Horatio Luro, U.S. horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 1991 Event U.S. troops leave northern Iraq 1991 Event U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq 1991 Event Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title 1991 Event Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open 1986 Event Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US 1985 Event Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland 1983 Event Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed 1982 Event Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die 1982 Event 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1979 Event 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1979 Event Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration 1978 Event Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing 1978 Event Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established 1976 Event 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1976 Birthday Melanie Sibetang, Miss Northern Marianas Universe 1997 1975 Event Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with U.S. 1974 Event Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington 1974 Birthday Gabe Northern, defensive end for the Buffalo Bills 1974 Event Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster 1973 Event Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland 1972 Death Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Event Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1971 Death Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated 1970 Birthday Phil A. Mickelson, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, 1991 Northern Telecom 1969 Event British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland 1967 Birthday Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer, 1994 Northern Telecom-2nd 1967 Birthday David Wayne Toms, Monroe, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1992 Northern Telecom-3rd 1964 Event 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8 1964 Event 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00 1964 Birthday Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1963 Birthday Marla Duncan, born in Fairfield, California, Miss Northern California fitness 1990 1963 Event Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1960 Birthday Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs 1960 Birthday Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1960 Event Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded 1959 Birthday Robin L Freeman, St. Charles, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Northern Telecom-3rd 1958 Event Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1958 Event Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco 1956 Birthday Amanda Burton, born in Ballougry, Northern Ireland, actress, known for television role of Sam Ryan on 'Silent Witness', appeared in 'The Commander' and 'Peak Practice' 1956 Birthday Patrick McGeown, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981 1956 Birthday Adam Arkin, Brooklyn, actor, Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure 1954 Birthday Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1953 Event Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953 Death Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1952 Birthday Grant Goodeve, Middlebury CT, actor, Northern Exposure 1952 Birthday Liam Neeson, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Schindler's List, Les Miserables 1947 Birthday Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano 1947 Birthday Eric Bell, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy 1947 Birthday John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1945 Event U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa 1944 Event Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns 1943 Event New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia) 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1942 Event 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1941 Event Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines 1940 Event German armour division moves into Northern France 1938 Birthday John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1936 Birthday Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1933 Birthday Terence Cooper, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Casino Royale 1930 Birthday John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure 1929 Birthday Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure 1927 Birthday John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1925 Birthday Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance 1924 Event Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1921 Event Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland 1921 Event 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected 1920 Birthday Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1919 Birthday Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1918 Event Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1918 Event 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania 1914 Birthday Julie Bishop, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat 1914 Event Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria 1911 Event South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government 1909 Birthday Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe 1909 Birthday John Ridgely, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Northern Pursuit, Air Force 1903 Birthday Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover 1900 Event British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established 1894 Birthday Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1893 Event Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast 1889 Birthday Barry Macollum, born in Northern Ireland 1883 Event Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 1876 Birthday Theodor Daubler, German writer, Northern Lights 1870 Event Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn 1864 Event Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA 1863 Event Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 1862 Event Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers 1853 Event Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London 1838 Birthday James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad 1835 Event Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile 1804 Event New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery 1783 Event Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states 1697 Event English king Willem III travels through northern Europe 1597 Death Diederik Sonoy, German/Netherlands governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67 1509 Event Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 1375 Event Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 1219 Event Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed 1196 Event Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood" 1167 Event Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League 739 Death P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies 732 Event Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
