2015 The deadline has passed for conclusion of negotiations by Iran and a group of six nations on Iran's nuclear program; however, as some progress has been made, the talks will continue 2014 The International Court of Justice at the U.N. agrees that Japanese whaling is conducted for commercial purposes, not scientific research; Japan accepts the order to cease all whaling activities in the Antarctic 2014 The U.S. announces that it is on track to enroll 7 million people in government-mandated health insurance programs by the deadline at midnight 2013 In China, two people die from H7N9 avian influenza infection. xH7N9 avian influenza is a sub-type that previously had not been transmitted to humans 2013 Once the world's fastest computer, the IBM Roadrunner, was decommissioned; advances in chip design have surpassed its capabilities 2012 Progress is made on the U.K. and European Union's tallest building when the spire of the Shard London Bridge is put in place 2012 In the U.S., the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merge to create the SAG-AFTRA union 2011 Amid unrest in the Mideast, activists claim China has launched the largest crackdown on dissenters in recent years 2011 At a meeting in Nanjing, China, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the main problem in the world's monetary system is countries that inhibit the free flow of the value of their currency 2010 Tear gas is fired on more than 200 Palestinians and their allies protesting outside the gates of Ofer Prison over the recent detainment of colleagues 2002 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV 1997 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) 1997 Pioneer 10, ends its mission 1996 "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances 1996 "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances 1996 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65 1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle 1996 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan 1996 Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy 1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast 1996 Space Shuttle STS-76 (Atlantis 16), lands 1996 Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title 1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yankees 4-1) 1995 Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike 1994 James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra 1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens 1992 Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1992 U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya 1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 1991 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott 1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years 1991 Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az 1991 Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union 1991 Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in New York City 1991 Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves 1991 St. Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal 1990 "Carol and Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV 1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) 1990 Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws 1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle 1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium 1988 New York Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night 1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved" 1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes 1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1985 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000 1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 1985 Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Orndorf 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people 1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City 1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil 1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins 1981 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry 1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires 1978 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite 1978 Wings release "London Town" album 1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in New York City 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth 1976 New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator 1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs 1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs. Islanders, on 60 shots 1973 Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision 1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down 1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion 1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre 1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee 1969 George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open 1968 Seattle's AL club is named Pilots 1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) 1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City 1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter 1965 U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military 1963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years 1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia 1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City 1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1958 U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division 1958 U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same 1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Australia, Kingston 1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1954 U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, established 1954 U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare established 1953 U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general 1951 U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea 1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province 1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1946 Belgian government of Acker, forms 1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine 1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen 1945 Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City 1945 U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars 1943 U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326 1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa 1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco 1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956) 1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany 1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) 1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) 1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) 1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler 1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall 1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine 1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 1925 WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) 1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established 1924 London public transport strike ends 1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hours 1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1923 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games 1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions 1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam 1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity 1921 British coal miners goes on strike 1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law 1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann 1918 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect 1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands 1916 Dutch government ends all miltary engagements 1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1909 Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time 1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt 1906 GB Shaws German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin" 1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger 1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) 1900 Brigadier General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands 1896 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening, also known as the zipper 1889 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution 1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate 1883 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" 1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system 1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana) 1878 Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title 1877 British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown 1877 Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Australia vs. England MCG 1870 1st black to vote in U.S. (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy New Jersey) 1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China 1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 1865 General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S. 1850 U.S. population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) 1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF 1841 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B 1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends 1831 Quebec and Montreal incorporated 1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris 1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names 1796 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar 1745 Jews are expelled from Prague 1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey 1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord 1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru 1644 Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara 1547 Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France 1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus 1504 France and Spain signs ceasefire 1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews 1084 Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV
