2014 Somalia and North Korea tie for the most corrupt country in the world according to this year's ranking on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index Japan launches an explorer that will take samples and collect data from the surface of an asteroid; the six-year trip will include eighteen months of study and data collection 2013 Paleontologist Philip Currie reveals the fully-intact baby Chasmosaurus dinosaur fossil he excavated at Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park; the 72 million-year-old dinosaur is about 1.5 meters long and estimated to have been three years old when it died A study at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals that a modified version of radioimmunotherapy - the treatment for leukemia - can kill latent HIV cells 2012 Following controversial elections, Ukraine's Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov and his government, resign en masse Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei 2011 In anticipation of Budget Day, students protesting against the Irish financial crisis occupy the office of Fine Gael lawmaker Anthony Lawlor At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation 2010 The Leaf, one of the first mass market electric cars is launched by Nissan 2006 Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela 1997 "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo 1995 "Company" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 1992 U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia 1991 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion Muslim Shites release U.S. hostage Alan Steen White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns 1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants 1989 Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB) New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48) 1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs 1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc 1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff New York City after 16 performances 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB) France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1982 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini) Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez 1981 Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty 1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400 Iran accepts constitution 1978 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1976 Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq 1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed 1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die 1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar 1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters 1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4) Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed N.Y. - Chicago luxury train 1966 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1965 Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow U.S.S.R. launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon 1964 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting Police arrests 800 sit-in students at Univeristy of California at Berkeley 1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge Pravda criticizes western art 1961 Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1960 "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 873 performances Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in New York City 1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends 1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses 1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB) 1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52) 1955 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London 1953 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 583 performances Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet 1952 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii Marcos Perez Jimenez elected president of Venezuela 1950 Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7) Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts 1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins 1948 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) 1st U.S. woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 1947 Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City 1946 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain 1944 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece Hungarian death march of Jews ends Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves U.S. 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald 1943 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback) Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins 1941 Hitler views Poltava Ukraine 1939 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres 1938 AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric 1934 Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya KYW-AM in Chicago, Illinois moves to Philadelphia Penn 1933 Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000 Joe Lilliard quarterbacks Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946 1932 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6 General Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany 1931 Alka Seltzer goes on sale 1930 Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) Otto Ender forms Austrian government Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London 1929 Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak 1926 Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) 1923 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) 1922 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1921 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 1920 Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty 1914 Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1910 Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) 1908 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres 1907 George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City 1903 Panglima Polim surrenders to Captain Colijn at Atjeh 1901 Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns 1893 Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia 1883 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes 1881 Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa 1878 Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel 1868 Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on U.S. trial jury 1866 Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies 1864 Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia 1863 Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN 1847 Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" 1844 RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms 1835 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) 1834 1st U.S. dental society organized (NY) 1833 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens 1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US 1818 Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) 1775 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague 1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years 1685 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden 1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford 1676 Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen 1639 1st annulment by court decree passes 1621 Galileo invents telescope 1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia 1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form 1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics 741 St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
