2015 Greece misses its $1.8 billion debt payment to the IMF after a bailout extension request was denied; Greek leaders had rejected making reforms in exchange for the funds, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is now willing to negotiate 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court agrees with a lower court ruling that Google's Street View data collection violated anti-wiretapping laws by capturing personal data from wi-fi networks 2014 Toyota is seeking to sell fuel-cell vehicles in the U.S. but must receive an exemption from certain safety requirements to do so; Toyota states that its car meets safety requirements through a different mechanism than that specified in the rules 2013 In Camp Nou, located in Barcelona, Catalonia, over 90,000 people attend the 'Concert per la llibertat' (Concert for freedom) for the independence of Catalonia 2013 By winning the U.S. Open golf tournament, Korean Inbee Park, becomes the fourth woman to win three major championships in a season 2012 BMP7 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7), a potential therapeutic utility for recurrent metastatic disease, is announced as the Molecule of the Year 2011 2012 Vano Merabishvili is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Georgia by the country's President, Mikheil Saakashvili 2011 Investigations by the ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority implicate fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt in the deadly E. coli outbreaks 2011 Tropical Storm Arlene, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical storm, lands near Cabo Rojo and brings heavy rain to Mexico and southern Texas 2010 The 15th President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is sworn in, as is the 15th Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay 2009 One person out of 183 passengers and crew survives the crash of Yemenia Flight 626 off the coast of Moroni, Comoros 2005 Spain becomes the 3rd country to permit same-sex marriage 1998 Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down02930301 1998 Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1997 Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks 1996 "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater New York City after 77 performances 1996 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances 1996 "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 Caroline Frolic, Miss Ontario, crowned Miss Renaissance USA 1996 Dottie Pepper wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic 1995 Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits 1994 Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France, 7 killed 1994 Giants outfielder Darren Lewis errors after record 392 flawless games 1994 Pre-trial hearings open in LA against OJ Simpson 1994 U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin 1993 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field 1992 1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City 1992 Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye 1992 Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines 1992 Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s) 1991 37th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Meg Mallon 1990 East and West Germany merge their economies 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia 1989 Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK 1989 Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl 1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile and Guam 1989 N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill 1989 Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup 1988 "Sledge Hammer!" last aires on ABC-TV 1988 Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason 1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1987 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time 1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump 1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1985 "King and I" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances 1985 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut 1985 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1985 Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June 1984 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia 1984 Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551) 1984 Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1982 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander New York City after 333 performances 1982 Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification 1982 Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale 1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1981 China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy 1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow 1979 "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 8 performances 1979 Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury 1978 English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz 1978 Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 home runs 1978 Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox 1977 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52" 1977 Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss 1977 U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. 1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto 1976 John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4 1975 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman 1975 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia 1975 University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance 1974 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala 1974 Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York) 1974 Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west 1973 "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC 1973 Biggest U.S. tanker "Brooklyn" christened (230,000 ton) 1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-minute solar eclipse 1972 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 1972 Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1971 Biesheuvel government forms 1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment 1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City 1970 Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2 1969 Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 1969 Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco 1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" 1968 Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1967 Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Moise Tsjombe kidnapped to Algeria 1967 Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils 1966 Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour 1966 Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa 1966 Richath Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA 1966 Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless 1966 Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise 1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit 1964 Last United Nations troops leave Congo 1963 Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Carvel Ladies Golf Open 1962 17th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom 1962 French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria 1962 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits New York Mets, 5-0 1962 Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian Liberation Army fighters 1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent 1961 Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ 1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1960 U.S. stops sugar import from Cuba 1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium 1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 1958 "No Chemise, Please" by Gerry Grenahan peaks at #24 1958 Dutch Government of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers 1956 "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 245 performances 1956 "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances 1956 Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow 1956 United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 1955 "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV 1954 Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57 1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor 1953 1st Corvette manufactured 1952 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV 1952 Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government 1951 "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1951 NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 1950 U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1949 Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta 1948 Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1948 Last British armies leave Israel 1948 Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs 1945 17-day newspaper strike in New York begins 1944 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea 1944 French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands 1944 Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen 1943 General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel, island-hopping 1942 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month 1942 Colonel General Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine 1942 U.S. Mint in New Orleans ceases operation 1942 U.S. bombs Celebes and Timor 1941 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 Pro-nazi group declares Ukraine independence 1940 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears 1940 58 U-boats (284,000 ton) sunk this month 1940 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service forms 1939 Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde 1938 Final game at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phillies 14-1 1936 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 40 hour work week law approved 1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy 1936 Margaret Mitchell's novel 'Gone with the Wind' published 1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ 1934 "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 1934 French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 1934 NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions 1933 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war 1933 Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2 1933 U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah closes 1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY 1930 Bradman scores 254 at Lord's vs. England, 320 minutes, 25 fours 1929 33rd U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY 1928 Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards 1927 Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico 1927 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes 1924 England score 2-503 in day's play vs. South Africa at Lord's 1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica 1916 22nd U.S. Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club MINN 1916 General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits" 1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa 1913 2nd Balkan War begins 1913 New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-10, Hooks Wiltse pitches the first nine innings for New York before wilting, and Christy Mathewson relieves 1911 Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War 1911 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri closes 1910 Russia absorbs Finland 1909 Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title 1908 Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Highlanders, 8-0 1908 Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet) 1906 John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted 1902 Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning 1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks, New Jersey, 326 die 1899 Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick England vs. Australia at Headingley 1896 W. S. Hadaway patents electric stove 1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1894 London Tower Bridge opens 1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered 1881 Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia 1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods 1876 Serbia declares war on Turkey 1871 Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms 1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1865 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty 1863 Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties 1863 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves 1863 Skirmish at Sporting Hill, Pennsylvania 1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia 1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1862 Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp Virginia (Frayser's Farm) 1862 Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo" 1861 CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade 1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 1815 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates 1794 Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio 1755 Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants 1741 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms 1734 Russian army occupies Danzig 1722 Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions 1700 Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700) 1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1688 Whig-Lords questions prince Willem III van Orange on Protestantism 1648 French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together 1643 Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published 1598 King Philip II moves to Escorial palace 1596 English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz 1559 Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament 1548 Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans 1528 Burgundy army occupies Utrecht 1520 Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs 1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha 1371 Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht 1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland 949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht 833 Louis, king of Austria, crowned 296 St. Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
