2015 Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 2014 President Obama pays his respects in a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican; Obama has stated that he is 'a great admirer' of the new pope Doctors announce that a 3D-printed plastic skull was successfully used to replace part of a woman's real skull in an operation three months ago in the Dutch city of Utrecht 2013 The 2013 National Poetry Competition is won by Patricia McCarthy A 6.0-magnitude earthquake named Nantou, strikes near Taipei, Taiwan; one person is killed and 19 injured 2012 World leaders discuss nuclear security during a summit in Seoul, South Korea Libya's National Transitional Council admits it faces a national crisis amidst and escalation of violence and militia rule 2011 Libya's military operations are now under the NATO control In Tokyo, anti-nuclear activists rally, demanding change in Japan's nuclear industry 2010 Thousands of 'red shirt' protesters demand fresh elections, causing Thai troops to retreat 2009 At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre New York City for 85 performances 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray 1996 "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1995 67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump," Jessica Lange and Tom Hanks win 1994 23rd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Andrews Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN) Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald 1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" 1991 NCAA bans University of Minnesota football team from postseason play in 1992 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky Scotty Bowman and Neil Armstrong elected to NHL Hall of Fame 1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final 1989 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premieres on NBC-TV Delhi beat Bengal by innings and 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR) Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA) Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza, "Macho Man" Savage pins Ted Dibiase 1987 President Habre's troops reconquer Faya Largeau Chad 1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour ground breaking 1985 Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres 1983 13th Easter Seal Telethon Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," premieres in New York City 1982 "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St. New York City after 1577 performances Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore Randy Holt sets Washington Capitals record of 34 penalty minutes 1981 John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in the United Kingdom 1980 "Happy New Year" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 17 performances "Reggae" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 21 performances Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) Mount St. Helens becomes active after 123 years 1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars 1978 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88 Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 1,774 performances Rutles "All You Need is Cash" is shown on British TV 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic 1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title Washington D.C. underground Metro opens 1973 Dennis Amiss out for 99 vs. Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding and LSD possession 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians 1972 Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky Venera 8 launched to Venus 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title 1970 Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey" U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1969 Black Academy of Arts and Letters forms in Boston Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1968 Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia 1966 Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars U.N. troops arrive on Cyprus 1962 Ann Jellicoe's "Knack," premieres in London Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy 1961 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen 1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open 1958 CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and 1st Secretary of Communist Party 1957 29th Academy Awards - "Around World in 80 Days," Bergman, Brynner win 1956 French commandos land in Algeria U.S. seizes U.S. communist newspaper "Daily Worker" 1955 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse) WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio 1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records 1951 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58 Frank Sinatra recorded "I'm a Fool to Want You" 1950 Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio) Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44 British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 U.S. killed U.S. 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden 1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno 1943 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio U.S. begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia 1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City) 1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul 1940 Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1937 Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam 1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air 1933 U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized Japan leaves League of Nations Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett 1932 De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt 1931 Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on 1930 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1929 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1928 KGB-AM in San Diego, California begins radio transmissions U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1924 Canada recognizes U.S.S.R. New French government of Poincare begins 1920 Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed Hermann Muller becomes German chancellor (SPD) 1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) 1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington D.C. 1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston - New York 1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds) 1871 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0 1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment 1865 Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals 1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer 1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1860 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew) 1855 Abraham Gesner patents kerosene 1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill 1848 John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster 1841 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City 1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 1808 Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna 1802 Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends 1794 U.S. Navy forms 1790 The shoelace invented 1758 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine 1721 France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid 1713 Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar 1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded) 1708 English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk 1668 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne 1599 Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland 1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
