2015 Amazon.com joins eBay and others in removing Confederate flag items from its site after last week's shooting of nine African American church members; though part of U.S. Civil War history, the flag is also seen by many as a symbol of racism 2014 Ukrainian rebels honor the government's week-long cease-fire; peace talks were also initiated between the separatists, the ambassador to Russia and an ex-president of the Ukraine standing in for the current administration 2014 'Nympheas', a painting in Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' series, is auctioned today for a price of $54 million; this is only the second-highest price paid for a Monet - another painting in the series sold in 2008 for $80.3 million at auction 2013 Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is receiving care for a lung infection that has worsened, leaving him in critical condition 2013 Nik Wallenda completes a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon 2012 As part of a build-up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, 100,000 people attend a two-day music concert at Hackney Marshes 2012 During the U.S. selection trials, U.S. track and field athlete Ashton Eaton sets the new world record for the decathlon 2011 It is determined that the 20111 E. coli O104:H4 bacterial outbreak that began in Germany in May 2011 resulted from a combination of two dangerous E. coli strains 2011 Japan's Iwate prefecture experiences a 6.7 magnitude earthquake 2010 At last count, 76 people are dead while hundreds have disappeared after a train crash in the Republic of Congo caused the train to fall into a ravine 1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 29 performances 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan 1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N. 1994 Replay shows A's Bobby Witt beat KC's Gagne to 1st in 6th but ump Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, runing Witt's perfect game 1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff 1993 U.N. authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti 1992 "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 1992 Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time 1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election 1991 "Odd Couple" opens and closes at Belasco Theater New York City 1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music" 1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race 1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty 1990 Moldavia declares independence 1990 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home 1990 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year 1990 Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy 1989 Movie "Batman" premieres 1988 Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft 1988 Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager 1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84) 1986 Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts, refuses to let Reagan address House 1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic 1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million 1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat 1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions 1982 "Cleavage" opens and closes at Playhouse Theater New York City 1982 -117 degrees F; All time low at South Pole 1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight 1981 "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 28 performances 1981 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2 1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition 1981 French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists 1981 New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 1981 Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with bases-loaded single in bottom of 33rd inning, Pawtucket beats Rochester 3-2 1980 "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime 1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation 1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium) 1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1979 Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona" 1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1978 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy 1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 6-4 1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure, 555 m, opens 1975 75th U.S. Golf Open: Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah CC ILL 1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs 1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space 1974 20th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie 1973 "Cyrano" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 49 performances 1973 "Sugar" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 506 performances 1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game home run in which he pitched 1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV 1970 Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 1970 Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession 1969 French government of Couve de Murville resigns 1969 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA) 1967 John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise 1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey 1967 U.S. Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds 1964 General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1963 63rd U.S. Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1963 New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards 1963 President Kennedy tours West-Europe 1962 "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St. James New York City after 205 performances 1962 Laos Suvanna Phuma forms government 1962 Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan 1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect 1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1961 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1960 "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV 1960 Japan signs security treaty with the U.S. 1958 Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers 1958 Federal judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock 1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmus Prize) established 1956 "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1956 "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvous peaks at #8 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt 1955 Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" released 1954 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament 1952 U.S. airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu, Korea 1951 British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to U.S.S.R. 1951 Most expensive U.S. hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas) 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 1950 Yankees and Tigers hit record 11 home runs, Tigers win 10-9 1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School 1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die 1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa 1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress 1945 77th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2 1945 Last organized Japanese defiance broken, Tarakan 1944 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 1944 Russian offensive in central front sector 1944 Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen 1943 Dutch artsens protest against nazis 1943 RAF discovers Werner von Brauns V1/V2-base in Peenemunde 1941 Germany occupies Telz Lithuana 1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp 1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ 1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (U.S.) established 1938 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium 1938 New York City Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 cops to patrol subway 1935 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor 1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC 1932 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland) 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world 1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8 1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox 1926 8th government of Briand van France forms 1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers 1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends 1922 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George 1919 Nitti government forms in Italy 1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 1917 31st U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62) 1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1915 Yankees get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 1915 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag) 1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections 1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce 1888 Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer" 1865 At Ft. Towson, General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable Confederate army 1863 Tullahoma campaign, Tennessee 1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office 1860 U.S. Secret Service created 1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use 1848 Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone 1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris 1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang 1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 1794 Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev 1784 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren 1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to U.S. Congress 1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England 1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia 1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 1724 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" 1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal 1658 Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort Jafnapatnam Ceylon 1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again 1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops 1532 Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V 1305 French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge 1298 Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king 1295 Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome 930 World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established
