2015 Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2014 Russia supplies Iraq with military aircraft to help the government fight insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq; the U.S. has readied military assistance, but it has not yet been delivered 2014 Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2013 In a poll, only 30 percent of people in Brazil considered President Dilma Rousseff's administration 'great' or 'good' 2013 In Corsica, cycling begins the 100th running of the Tour de France 2012 After five years of marriage, American actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announce their plans to divorce 2012 News that European Union members agree on a deal to help some struggling Eurozone members causes world stock markets to soar 2011 Pope Benedict XVI announces the launch of a new Vatican website, news.va; he also performs the first tweet ever made by a pope 2011 The General Assembly of Rhode Island passes legislation allowing same-sex couples to enter civil unions 2010 General Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war Afghanistan announces his retirement after making controversial statements in 'Rolling Stone' magazine 1997 "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 88 performances 1997 "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 72 performances 1997 18th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh 1997 Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic 1997 Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic 1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) 1997 Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss 1996 Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss 1996 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900 1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders) 1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan 1994 U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees 1992 "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 9 performances 1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California 1992 A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season 1992 NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers 1991 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 216 performances 1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern California 1991 Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon 1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M 1990 New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak 1990 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St. Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues 1989 Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time 1989 Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year 1988 Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time 1987 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts 1987 Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams 1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany) 1986 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic 1986 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues 1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA 1985 STS-51-F vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990 1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski 1984 U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI 1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races 1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended 1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR 1980 "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 557 performances 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1979 "Moonraker" premieres in U.S. 1979 San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium 1978 Vice President Walter F. Mondale begins trip to Mid-East 1977 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run 1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain 1975 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner 1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hour rec) 1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual 1972 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) 1971 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense 1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days 1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia 1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House 1969 24th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young 1969 On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) 1968 "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17 1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem 1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge 1966 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1966 KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, California begins 1966 U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities 1965 USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15 1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate 1963 "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 257 performances 1963 Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits U.K. charts 1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien 1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner 1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run 1962 John F. Kennedy dines with premier MacMillan in London 1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) 1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks) 1959 Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity" 1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm 1957 12th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed 1956 Prime Minister Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) 1955 Argentine state of siege ends 1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer 1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany 1952 7th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs 1950 U.S. beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994) 1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine 1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 1949 U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II 1947 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson 1947 Yankees beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak 1946 "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater New York City after 264 performances 1946 "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances 1946 Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist 1946 British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv 1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) 1945 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR 1944 German counter attack at Caen 1944 Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead 1944 Rommel and von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden 1944 Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk 1944 U.S. 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg 1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ) 1943 U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea 1943 Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe 1942 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, premieres 1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record 1940 Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard 1940 U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register 1940 Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1939 4th Dutch government of Colijn falls 1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe 1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to U.S. bishops "On motion pictures" 1933 Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title 1932 U.S.S.R. and China sign no attack treaty 1931 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record) 1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini 1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 1929 31.1 degrees C (88 degrees F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt 1929 Mexico and Vatican sign Concord 1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii 1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history 1921 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60) 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time 1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops 1911 Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier 1906 12th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill 1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe 1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo 1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage 1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) 1891 National Forest Service organized 1881 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud 1880 France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti) 1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs 1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault 1863 George A. Custer (23) appointed Union Brigadier-General 1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia 1858 Great fire in London harbor 1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia 1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) 1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million 1854 Netherlands allows corporal punishment 1850 British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse 1822 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaide Bonaparte 1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar 1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay 1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor 1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 1762 Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II 1755 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic 1694 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports 1682 Sofia names herself regent of Russia 1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1540 English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic 1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada 1529 Emperor Karel V and Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona 1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good 1377 French invasion fleet lands at Rye England 1312 Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned
