2015 Event The Brain Kids, a team of robots from Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology, wins this year's RoboCup, a robotic football (soccer) tournament started 18 years ago to encourage new developments in the robotics field 2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2014 Event Music curator and headphone maker Beats Electronics will become the latest acquisition of Apple, Inc.; Apple will pay $3 billion for the music company, started by music producer Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr. Dre 2012 Event Volcanic activity alerts are issued in Chile and Argentina, in areas near the Copahue volcano, after it started to spew ash 2003 Death Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 2003 Death Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80 2002 Death Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 2002 Death William Rosenberg, Entreprenuer, started Dunkin' Donuts, dies at 86 2002 Death Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, started Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, dies at 75 2001 Death Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83 2001 Death William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 1998 Death Otto Bettman, archivist/writer, Started a huge photo archive, dies at 94 1995 Event Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980 1988 Event "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances 1987 Event "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances 1983 Death Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 1982 Event Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17) 1982 Event Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1981 Event Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3) 1979 Death Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53 1977 Event Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977 1973 Event Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) 1972 Event Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12) 1960 Birthday Chad McQueen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, film producer, played role of Dutch in The Karate Kid movie, race car driver, started McQueen Racing LLC in 2010 1949 Event Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco 1930 Event Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City 1916 Birthday Barry Gray, Bernard Yaroslaw, interviewer, started call-in radio 1908 Birthday Pat Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, TV Executive, started Today show 1906 Birthday Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, started Merv Griffin 1902 Birthday Meyer Lansky, mobster, Started numbers 1902 Death Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 1891 Event A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years 1889 Event Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner" 1872 Event Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business 1865 Event SF Dramatic Chronicle started 1859 Event Grading started for Market Street RR 1835 Event 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 1832 Birthday Julius Sterling Morton, born in Adams, New York, Governor of Nebraska 1893 - 1897, started Arbor Day 1729 Birthday Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1150 Event Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise
