2015 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 2014 Pope Francis canonizes John XXIII and John Paul II; this is the first time that the Catholic Church has elected two former popes to sainthood in the same ceremony 2014 George Clooney and his girlfriend, British attorney Amal Alamuddin, are reportedly engaged 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer breaks his shoulder on a fall from his bicycle and is taken to the hospital by ambulance 2013 In Italy, a deal on forming a new government is finalized two months after the 2013 Italian parliamentary election 2012 The wives and children of former Osama bin Laden are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabialo 2012 Barcelona's association football manager Josep Guardiola announces his resignation 2011 A German naval mine from World War II is discovered and dismantled by BP; removing the bomb avoided potential closure of 16 oil fields 2011 As the Australian dollar reaches new 29-year highs against the U.S. dollar, rising interest rates are predicted 2010 The U.S. Senate investigates Goldman Sachs, finding that they made billions of dollars at the expense of clients during the housing market collapse 2005 Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France 1997 "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances 1997 "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City 1997 Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks 1997 Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn 1997 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship 1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont 1995 "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 221 performances 1995 Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 1994 "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances 1994 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 1994 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 minutes 43 seconds) 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km) 1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California 1994 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0 1993 Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76 1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 New York Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for 1st time 1992 New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent 1991 "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 28 performances 1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio 1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held in Michigan 1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 1989 "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances 1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China 1989 Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy 1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1986 "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 368 performances 1986 Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO 1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings 1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana 1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson 1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead 1982 Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins 1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL 1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach] 1979 George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone" 1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 4-3 in 11 1978 Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa 1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands 1976 "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 16 performances 1976 Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi 1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic 1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 1973 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth 1972 New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported 1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances 1968 Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0 1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1967 Expo '67 opens in Montreal 1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ 1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd cello concert 1965 "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances 1965 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper 1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S. 1963 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname 1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow 1962 Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything," premieres in London 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio 1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K. 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee 1960 South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns 1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French Admiral 1959 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) 1959 Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR 1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election 1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing 1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek" 1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 15 performances 1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia 1950 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 245 performances 1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States 1946 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed 1945 2nd Republic of Austria forms 1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner 1945 U.S. 5th army enters Genua 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London 1942 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars 1942 Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 1941 German troops occupy Athens Greece 1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment 1935 Brussel's World Expo opens 1935 Yankees pull a 1st inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia A's 9-8 1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C. 1931 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record) 1926 In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance 1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1 1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige 1922 Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin 1922 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR 1921 Hadjememaar, Corn de Gelder, elected in Amsterdam 1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence 1918 Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped 1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands 1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1909 Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown 1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London 1905 World Exposition opens in Luik 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0 1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song and legend) dedicated 1890 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan 1881 Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad 1877 Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) 1877 President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends 1874 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms 1870 Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi 1867 Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) 1865 Cornell University in Ithaca,New York is chartered 1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1863 Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL 1861 President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus 1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from U.S. 1860 Thomas J. Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry 1859 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard 1857 Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited 1841 Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D. T. Suzuki, found the awakening 1838 Fire destroys half of Charleston 1828 Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens 1813 Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1805 U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli 1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1694 Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen 1662 Netherlands and France sign military covenant 1650 Scottish general Montrose defeated 1646 King Charles I flees Oxford 1643 Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez," premieres in Madrid 1576 Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur 1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms 1526 Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi 1522 Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1518 Treaty of St. Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant 1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
