2015 Event Online preorders begin for the Apple Watch, initially planned for sale on April 24th; however, the volume of orders has already pushed delivery dates into June or July for the various models, which are priced from $349 to $17,000 2014 Event Apple announced the Apple Watch, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus; the phones will be larger than previous models and have an improved camera; all three devices use Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow instant payments in stores without credit cards 2011 Event Human Rights Watch reports 24 people were killed in Libya's 'Day of Rage' anti-regime protest 2010 Event Hurricane Earl shifts toward the east coast of the U.S., placing most of North Carolina's coast on hurricane watch 1997 Event 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1997 Event NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch 1995 Death Ted Hawkins, U.S. blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58 1993 Event Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500 1993 Event "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances 1992 Death Frederick W. Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99 1992 Event "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances 1992 Event Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink 1991 Event Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland 1991 Event Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520) 1988 Event 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute 1987 Event Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant 1987 Event 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit 1986 Event 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert 1983 Event 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1981 Event Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch) 1980 Event 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0 1979 Event 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC 1967 Event 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special 1960 Event 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, New York City 1957 Event 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa 1954 Birthday Lorraine Bracco, Brooklyn, actress, Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team 1950 Birthday Tom Berenger, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me 1949 Event 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland 1947 Death Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82 1945 Event British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1944 Event Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep New York Yankees in DH 1944 Birthday Torben Jensen, Denmark, actor, Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn 1942 Birthday Charlie Rose, Henderson, North Carolina, newscaster, CBS Night Watch 1941 Event Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 1941 Event Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in New York City 1938 Birthday Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress, Bloodline, Death Watch 1936 Event 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis 1934 Birthday Robert Lang, actor, Night Watch, director 1926 Event 110,000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie 1925 Event Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7 1924 Event 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1923 Event John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland) 1917 Birthday Don Herbert, born in Waconia, Minnesota, scientist/TV host, Watch Mr. Wizard 1914 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City 1898 Birthday Herman Shumlin, actor, Watch on the Rhine 1895 Birthday Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor, Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx 1892 Birthday Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer, Night Watch 1879 Birthday Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance 1864 Birthday Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor, Teun the night watch 1862 Event 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1675 Event Christian Huygens patents pocket watch 1606 Birthday Rembrandt van Rijn, born in Leiden, Netherlands, painter, Night Watch
