2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama restores the Native American name of Alaska's Mount McKinley, the tallest North American peak; the mountain will revert to its former name of Denali 2015 Event Tiger Woods announces that he will be taking a hiatus from golf in order to recover from a recent injury and work on improving his game back to peak levels; Woods did not specify an expected return date to the game 2013 Event Africa, Europe and the United States experience a rare solar eclipse, with the west African nation of Gabon enjoying peak viewing when the total eclipse sweeps across a path nearly 60 kilometers wide 2011 Event The peak of Brazil's main carnival processions take place in Rio de Janeiro 2001 Death Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies 1984 Event "Yes Or No" by Go-Go's peak at #84 1972 Birthday Lee McIntyre, born in Peak Hill, Australia, golfer, T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ 1972 Event Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1960 Event National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated 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' 1955 Birthday Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1950 Event French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal 1929 Event Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17 1921 Event A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado 1918 Event 44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare, Jr. wins in 1:53.4 1813 Death Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 1808 Event Zebulon Pike reaches his peak 1806 Event Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado) 1806 Event A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500 1779 Birthday Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak
