2014 Event Sony Pictures releases its comedy 'The Interview' today in over 300 theaters and through online channels; the film depicts an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and was initially canceled due to threats and hacking attacks 2014 Event The U.S. Senate intelligence committee releases its report on CIA interrogation methods after 9/11; the report found that the CIA hid many of its actions from Congress and former President George W. Bush and claims that little useful intelligence resulted 2014 Event North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae; Bae was imprisoned for two years after arrest for missionary actions, while Miller was detained in April for 'hostile acts' after tearing up his visa and requesting asylum 2014 Event Internet retailer Amazon, Inc. releases its own 'Fire' smart phone; the phone will allow users to connect directly to Amazon.com to shop for items they scan or identify in video and audio clips on the device 2014 Event Greenpeace releases its annual energy efficiency report praising several Internet companies, including Apple, which scored poorly a couple of years ago; Amazon was noted as lagging behind in use of renewable energy for its data centers 2014 Event China releases satellite images of debris possibly linked to the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight on March 8th 2014 Event Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2013 Event Apple releases two new iPhones - the iPhone 5c and 5s 2013 Event A corruption investigation continues after a Cairo criminal court releases former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Tora prison 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 Iran releases a new Qaher-313 combat jet which they claim can evade radar detection 2013 Event Research In Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of wireless devices, releases the Blackberry 10, its newest operating system for Blackberrys; the company also announces two smartphones, the Z10 and Q10 2012 Event The United Kingdom's Treasury Committee of the House of Commons releases the first of two volumes reporting on the LIBOR fixing scandal 2011 Event The IAEA releases a report stating Iran has performed activities relating to the development of a nuclear device, and that the project is likely still under way 2011 Event China releases two prominent human rights lawyers, Liu Xiaoyuan and Jiang Tianyong 2011 Event The United Nations releases a report stating world food prices are at the highest in 20 years 2010 Event Wikileaks releases 250,000 classified documents and sensitive national security information sent by U.S. embassies; the U.S. condemns the unauthorized disclosure 2010 Event Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao releases pictures of the moon's Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, taken during China's Chang e-2 lunar mission 2007 Event Microsoft releases Windows Vista 1997 Event Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin 1997 Event U.S. releases a redesigned $50 bill 1997 Event Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 Event Elton John releases Diana tribute 'Candle in the Wind 1997' 1997 Event Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1996 Event Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 1996 Event Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip 1993 Event Howard Stern releases his 1st book "Private Parts" 1993 Event Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live" 1992 Event Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" 1992 Event AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499) 1991 Event Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song 1991 Event Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0 1991 Event Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama" 1991 Event Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0 1991 Event Intel releases 486SX chip 1991 Event Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years 1991 Event Iraq releases 6 U.S., 3 British and 1 Italian POW 1990 Event NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion 1990 Event Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari) 1990 Event Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 1989 Event George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and "Poor Little Girl" 1989 Event Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and "Ou Est Le Soleil" 1989 Event George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976 - 1989" album 1989 Event Paul McCartney releases "This One" 1989 Event Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt" 1989 Event Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey" 1988 Event Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album 1988 Event KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most 1988 Event Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0 1988 Event George Harrison releases "This is Love" 1988 Event George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab" 1987 Event Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago" 1987 Event Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best" 1987 Event George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You" 1987 Event Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" 1987 Event IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" 1986 Event John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album 1986 Event U.S. releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov 1986 Event U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album 1986 Event Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000 1986 Event Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM 1986 Event NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Press" 1985 Event Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us" 1985 Event Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix 1984 Event John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him" 1984 Event Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" 1984 Event Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack 1984 Event IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0 1984 Event Yoko Ono releases "I'm Stepping Out", the last single from the John Lennon and Yoko Ono album 'Milk and Honey' 1984 Event Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA" 1984 Event John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time" 1984 Event John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me" 1983 Event Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album 1983 Event Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany 1983 Event IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 1982 Event Michael Jackson releases 'Thriller' 1982 Event George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album 1982 Event Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album 1982 Event Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" 1982 Event Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away" 1982 Event IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 1981 Event Ringo releases "Stop and Smell Roses" album 1981 Event Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains" 1981 Event George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England" 1981 Event George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in the United Kingdom 1981 Event Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 1981 Event John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in the United Kingdom 1981 Event John Lennon releases "Woman" in the United Kingdom 1980 Event John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in the United Kingdom 1980 Event John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the United Kingdom 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary" 1980 Event Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall" 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" 1980 Event Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks 1980 Event FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1979 Event Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" 1979 Event George Harrison releases "Faster" 1979 Event Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1979 Event Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona" 1979 Event Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3 1979 Event George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone" 1979 Event Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 1979 Event George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album 1979 Event George Harrison releases "Blow Away" 1978 Event Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" 1978 Event Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania" 1977 Event Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album 1977 Event Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love" 1977 Event ELO releases "Telephone Line" 1977 Event Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero" 1977 Event Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1977 Event George Harrison releases "True Love" 1977 Event KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams 1977 Event France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics 1976 Event Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single 1976 Event George Harrison releases "This Song" 1976 Event Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career 1976 Event Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" 1976 Event Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women 1976 Event Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album 1976 Event George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" 1976 Event Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK 1975 Event George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in the United Kingdom 1975 Event David Bowie releases 'Fame' 1975 Event Janis Ian releases "At 17" 1975 Event Paul McCartney releases "Venus and Mars" 1975 Event 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" 1975 Event John Lennon releases "Stand by Me" 1975 Event Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved" 1975 Event John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album 1975 Event John Lennon releases "#9 Dream" 1974 Event George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the United Kingdom 1974 Event George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" 1974 Event Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in UK 1974 Event John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album 1974 Event House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 1974 Event Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" 1974 Event Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" 1974 Event Ringo releases "You're 16" 1973 Event Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album 1973 Event John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album 1973 Event Ringo releases "Ringo" album 1973 Event Ringo releases "Photograph" 1973 Event George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World" 1973 Event George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in the United Kingdom 1973 Event Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love" 1973 Event Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love" 1972 Event Looking Glass releases "Brandy" 1972 Event David Bowie releases 'Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' 1972 Event Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK 1972 Event Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single 1971 Event John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" 1971 Event John Lennon releases "Imagine" album 1971 Event George Harrison releases "Bangladesh" 1971 Event Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From" 1971 Event Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" 1971 Event Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK 1971 Event Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK 1971 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" 1970 Event George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Event George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Event Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album 1970 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1970 Event Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold" 1970 Event Melanie releases "Lay Down" 1970 Event Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey" 1969 Event Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" 1969 Event David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity' 1969 Event Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore" 1969 Event Simon and Garfunkel releases "Boxer" 1969 Event Cream releases their last album "Goodbye" 1968 Event North Korea releases Pueblo crew 1968 Event Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" 1967 Event Gladys Knight and Pips releases "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" 1967 Event Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" 1967 Event Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" 1966 Event Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK 1966 Event Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" 1966 Event David Bowie releases his 1st record 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' 1965 Event Rock group Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain" 1963 Event Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda" 1963 Event "Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips" 1962 Event U.S. and Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive 1962 Event NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule 1960 Event Chubby Checker releases "The Twist" 1960 Event Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely" 1959 Event Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter" 1957 Event Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite" 1956 Event Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog" 1956 Event Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti" 1954 Event Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll" 1949 Birthday Tony Stevens, born in Willesden, London, bassist, musician, played bass with Foghat, Savoy Brown, releases include 'Looking In' 1949 Event RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) 1929 Event Luis Bunuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film 1919 Event Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
