2015 Lee Kuan Yew, founder of the nation of Singapore and prime minister for 31 years, dies at the age of 91 after suffering for weeks from pneumonia 2014 French satellite images confirm Chinese detection of potential debris from missing Malaysian Air Flight 370, which disappeared March 8th 2014 Kentucky beat undefeated Wichita State in the NCAA basketball tournament, ending Wichita's historic 35-0 record 2013 Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan for over 25 years, announces he will step down in 2015 2013 By a margin of 50-49, the U.S. Senate passes its first budget in four years 2012 In Mexico, thousands in Guanajuato, come out to greet Pope Benedict XVI at the start of his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America 2012 Pope Benedict XVI says Cuba needs to find ways to move away from Communism, and that he will help them find a peaceful way to make the transition 2011 In China, the yuan reaches a record level against the U.S. dollar 2011 In Tokyo, the Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks reports that radioactive iodine in city tap water is two times the recommended level for infants 2010 In Washington, D.C, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a lobby group that 'Jerusalem is not a settlement' and Israel has a 'right' to build there 2003 75th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards 2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 1998 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards 1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City 1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins 1997 Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING 1997 Liberty Legends of Senior Golf 1997 Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational 1997 Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title 1995 "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances 1995 Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) 1994 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28) 1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1994 Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days 1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev 1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) 1994 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored 1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die 1993 Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns 1993 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets 1991 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m) 1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature 1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter 1987 Soap "Bold and Beautiful" premieres 1987 U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns 1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins 1986 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas 1986 Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open 1985 Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-D mission 1985 Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91) 1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB) 1984 Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN) 1984 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1984 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1983 U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI) 1982 Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals 1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan 1980 Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament 1980 France performs nuclear test 1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt 1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1979 Wings release "Goodnight Tonight" 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying) 1975 Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic 1973 After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in U.S. 1972 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars 1972 New York Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce 1971 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational 1969 Rally for Decency (Miami) 1968 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55 1968 Reverend Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC 1966 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church 1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young) 1965 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed 1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva 1963 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (OT) 1963 Rolf Hochhuth's "Der Stellvertreter," premieres in Berlin 1962 John F. Kennedy visits SF 1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1962 Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach 1962 William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000 1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit 1957 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) 1957 U.S. Army sells last homing pigeons 1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) 1956 Sudan becomes independent 1952 Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1951 Wages in France increase 11% 1950 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances 1950 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win 1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government 1950 U.N. World Meteorological Organization established 1949 Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City 1948 John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) 1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1945 Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen 1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives 1943 German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia 1942 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported 1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS 1940 All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland 1938 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St. L Cardinals minor leaguers 1937 Los Angeles Railway Co. starts using PCC streetcars 1936 Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome 1934 U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 1933 Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1933 Kroll Opera in Berlin opens 1930 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1930 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1929 1st telephone installed in White House 1926 NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games 1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 1923 Frank Silver and Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" 1922 1st airplane lands at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. 1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions 1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted 1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy 1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River 1918 Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed 1918 Lithuania proclaims independence 1918 Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) 1917 Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S. 1915 Zion Mule Corp forms 1912 Dixie Cup invented 1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st U.S. auto speedway) 1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1896 Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier," premieres in Milan 1889 President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization 1881 Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1880 Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) 1873 Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico 1868 University of California founded (Oakland California) 1867 Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto 1865 General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro North Carolina 1864 Encounter at Camden AR 1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign 1861 London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begins operating 1858 Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia) 1857 Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City) 1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1839 1st known use of term OK (Boston) 1839 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) 1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale 1835 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes 1832 British Parliament passes reform bill 1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1806 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast 1801 Murder attempt on Czar Paul I 1794 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine 1794 Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland 1775 Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" 1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later 1743 English premiere of Handel's "Messiah" 1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London 1708 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth 1657 France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 1630 French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont 1593 English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander 1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht 1568 Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike 1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published 1490 Maimonides Mishneh Torah published 1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III 1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1026 Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy
