2015 Event Apple reports higher earnings than expected by Wall Street, at $2.33 per share for the second quarter versus the projected $2.16 per share; earnings were boosted by strong sales of the latest iPhone models and increased sales in China 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 Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a balloon-release ceremony and celebrations throughout the country; the wall had been built through Berlin to separate communist East Germany from West Germany 2014 Event Demonstrators block Wall Street as they demand action on climate change in advance of a U.N. climate change forum tomorrow 2014 Event Facebook announces first-quarter profits of $642 million, an increase of nearly a factor of 3 over first-quarter profits in 2013, resulting in earnings of 25 cents per share versus the 17 cents per share expected by Wall Street 2011 Event New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest 2011 Event Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic 2002 Death Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 1993 Event 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1992 Death Alexander V Van de Wall Bake, staff leader/Governor KMA Breda, dies 1990 Event Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood 1990 Death Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies 1990 Event Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate 1989 Event Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall 1988 Event Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City 1987 Event On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 1987 Death Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies 1982 Event FALN (Puerto Rico Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1980 Event Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1980 Event Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1 1979 Event Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1979 Event Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles 1978 Birthday Brooke Burns, born in Dallas, Texas, model, actress, appeared on 'Baywatch', 'Baywatch Hawaii' television shows, hosted 'Hole in the Wall' television game show 1973 Birthday Marcus Wall, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes 1973 Event Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's 1970 Event Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1970 Event 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1967 Birthday Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1967 Event Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1967 Death Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1965 Birthday Charlie Sheen, New York City, actor, Wall St, Platoon 1965 Death Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 1963 Event Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 Event East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall 1962 Birthday Patrick Cassidy, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/composer, Fever Pitch, Off the Wall 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1961 Event Building of Berlin Wall begins 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 1960 Birthday James Spader, born in New York City, actor, Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin 1959 Event 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284 1958 Birthday Med Lucart, rock musician, Wall of Voodoo 1955 Birthday Stan Ridway, rocker, Wall Of Voodoo 1952 Birthday Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo 1951 Birthday Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall" 1950 Birthday Gary Green, born in Stroud Green, England, guitarist for Gentle Giant rock band, worked with Billy Sherwood on album, 'Back Against The Wall', 2005 1949 Birthday Larry Wall, Canadian Author 1946 Birthday Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1946 Birthday David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing 1946 Birthday David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1946 Birthday Syd Barrett, Roger Keith Barrett, lead guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall 1945 Birthday Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1945 Birthday Don Reid, Virginia, country singer, Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall 1945 Birthday Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1944 Event Allies bomb sea wall at Veere 1944 Birthday Michael Douglas, born in New Jersey, actor, Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile 1943 Birthday George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1940 Birthday Martin Sheen, born in New York, actor, Subject Was Roses, Wall St 1939 Birthday [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound 1938 Birthday Lew DeWitt, born in Virginia, country singer, Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall 1938 Birthday Lew De Witt, singer, Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall 1933 Birthday Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week 1930 Birthday Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show 1928 Birthday Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures" 1926 Birthday Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show 1926 Event Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1920 Event Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30 1919 Birthday Shirley Jackson, U.S., writer, Road Through the Wall 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1916 Death Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies 1914 Birthday Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall 1904 Birthday Tim Wall, cricketer, 18 Tests for Australia 1928-34 1890 Event Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 1889 Event Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1885 Birthday Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall 1875 Birthday Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1874 Birthday Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken 1873 Event Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St 1869 Event Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold 1851 Birthday Charles H Dow, co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St. Journal 1834 Birthday Henrietta, Hetty, Green, financier, Witch of Wall Street 1821 Death John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 1792 Event 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1766 Birthday John Wall Calcott, composer 1375 Event Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 122 Event Building begins on Hadrian's Wall 76 Birthday Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall 70 Event Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 70 Event Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem
