2015 Helen Mirren wins best leading actress for her role in 'The Audience,' and Alex Sharp wins best leading actor for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' at the 69th annual Tony Awards 2014 Petro Poroshenko is inaugurated as the new Ukrainian president; Poroshenko took a firm stand on keeping Ukraine united and suggested plans to ease tensions in the eastern part of the country, including an offer of amnesty for separatists 2014 Comedian Tracy Morgan is hospitalized in critical condition after his bus is hit by a speeding semi trailer; fellow comedian James McNair, known as Jimmy Mack, did not survive the collision 2013 Russia's President, Vladimir Putin and his wife appear on live television to announce they have divorced after thirty years of marriage 2013 According to a new study, breast milk boosts brain development by 30% compared to babies who are fed formula 2012 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina, announces she will switch her personal savings from the U.S. dollar to the Argentine peso 2012 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announces it will end talks with Iran; chief inspector Herman Nackaerts says there has been no progress 2011 Nintendo's new video game system, the Wii U is introduced; it has a touch-screen display designed as a bridge between portable and tablet-based games and console video games 2011 The U.S. state of Arizona has an enormous wildfire covering almost 500 square miles; it is not contained and is sending smoke across several other states 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 2006 Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq 1998 Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards 1997 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8 1997 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) 1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers 1996 Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children" 1994 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base 1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill 1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993 Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1993 Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol 1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) 1992 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship 1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson 1990 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains 1990 South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 1989 For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89 1989 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 1989 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years 1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2 1988 Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply 1987 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win 1987 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76) 1987 Andy Van Slyke home runs off R. McDowell in both ends of double header 1987 Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship 1986 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8 1986 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63) 1986 Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble 1986 Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1 1986 Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1 1983 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out 1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell 1982 Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena 1982 Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games 1982 New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers 1982 President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth 1982 Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game and goes 0-for-4 1981 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win 1981 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61) 1981 Israeli F-15's and F-16's destroys Iraqi plutonium production facility 1981 Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances 1980 "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9 1980 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8 1980 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) 1980 Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06) 1980 John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for U.S. Open 1980 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter 1979 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature 1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 1979 Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns 1979 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion 1978 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3 1978 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation 1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1 1976 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres 1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1 1975 Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 vs. Pakistan World Cup 1975 Spain's Manuel Orantes wins U.S. Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets 1975 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup 1974 Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1 1973 Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 1972 "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 3,388 performances 1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 1972 Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America 1972 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th 1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut 1970 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire 1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win 1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1970 The Who's "Tommy" is performed at New York's Lincoln Center 1969 "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1969 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts and Letters wins in 2:28.8 1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special 1969 Tommy James and Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion" 1969 Washington Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1 1969 Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert in Hyde Park, London 1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination 1967 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors 1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1967 New York Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1 1966 New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits 1965 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power 1965 Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1959 KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) 1958 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2 1958 Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out 1957 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants 1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns 1955 "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV 1955 1st President to appear on color TV, Eisenhower 1955 India premier Nehru visit U.S.S.R. 1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open 1953 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants 1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins 1952 "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 94 performances 1952 7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4 1952 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2 1948 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns 1948 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election 1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1944 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler 1942 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol 1942 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands 1941 45th U.S. Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft. Worth 1941 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31, triple crown 1940 British/French troops evacuate Narvik 1939 1st king and queen of England to visit U.S., George VI and Elizabeth 1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God" 1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen 1933 Balanchine/Weills "7 Deadly Sins," premiers in Paris 1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2 1930 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6 1929 Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) 1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state 1926 Swedish government of Ekman forms 1924 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8 1924 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit 1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 1912 St. Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America" 1912 U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens 1906 Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating New York Giants 19-0 1906 Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches 1905 Norway dissolves union with Sweden, in effect since 1814 1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal 1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic 1896 G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 1892 Republican convention in Minneapolis begins 1887 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C. 1881 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 1873 7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75 1866 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec 1864 Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana - Jefferson Davis' home burnt 1863 Mexico City captured by French troops 1862 Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular) 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco 1860 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens 1839 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed 1798 Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews 1788 Masses stone French government army at Grenoble 1780 Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die 1776 Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress 1775 United Colonies change name to United States 1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky 1694 English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest 1692 Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1654 Louis XIV crowned King of France 1628 English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights 1614 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation 1601 Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid 1557 England declares war on France 1546 England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland 1527 Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain and Portugal divide America 1413 King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome 1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded 1099 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem 555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 421 Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II
