| 2012 | The novel coronavirus alert is lifted by the World Health Organization after they determine the virus, which originated in Saudi Arabia, is not highly contagious |
| 2012 | The President of Germany's Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel recommends Peer Steinbruck as the party's Chancellor candidate for the 2012 German federal election |
| 2011 | Japan asks South Korea to refute a plan to build a Korean World War II 'comfort women' monument near Seoul's Japanese embassy |
| 2011 | A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. |
| 2010 | One of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region |
| 2010 | An 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore of Oleron, France; no casualties are reported |
| 1998 | Europe beats U.S. in Ryder Cup, 14 -13 |
| 1997 | 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain |
| 1997 | Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic |
| 1997 | Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting |
| 1997 | St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th home run of 1997 (34 with Oak A's) |
| 1997 | Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic |
| 1996 | 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka |
| 1996 | Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear |
| 1996 | New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask |
| 1996 | Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 |
| 1996 | Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump |
| 1996 | Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) |
| 1995 | Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win |
| 1995 | Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS |
| 1995 | Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle |
| 1995 | Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov |
| 1995 | Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank |
| 1994 | "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS |
| 1994 | "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!) |
| 1994 | "Ed Wood" premieres |
| 1994 | Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed |
| 1993 | Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL |
| 1993 | Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed |
| 1993 | Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live" |
| 1992 | "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater New York City |
| 1992 | "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV |
| 1992 | Oakland A's win AL West title |
| 1992 | Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies |
| 1991 | "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV |
| 1991 | "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley and Melody Makers peaks at #85 |
| 1991 | "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5 |
| 1991 | "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10 |
| 1991 | New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game |
| 1991 | U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq |
| 1990 | Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House |
| 1990 | Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame |
| 1988 | Bronx Museum for Arts opens |
| 1988 | Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad) |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns |
| 1987 | "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV |
| 1987 | Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson on "$10,000 Pyramid" |
| 1986 | Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City) |
| 1986 | Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards |
| 1986 | Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21 |
| 1985 | "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4 |
| 1985 | "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25 |
| 1985 | "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3 |
| 1985 | "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87 |
| 1984 | 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi) |
| 1984 | Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10 |
| 1983 | STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad |
| 1982 | 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules |
| 1982 | NASA launches Intelsat V |
| 1981 | Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City |
| 1980 | "Charlie and Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 17 performances |
| 1980 | Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS |
| 1980 | Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing |
| 1980 | Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic |
| 1979 | Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shaver in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1978 | Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord |
| 1978 | Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa |
| 1978 | Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon |
| 1976 | A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion |
| 1976 | Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act |
| 1976 | Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1975 | 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14 |
| 1975 | 6th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27 |
| 1975 | Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies |
| 1975 | Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad and Rollie Fingers, no-hits California Angels 5-0 |
| 1974 | "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47 |
| 1974 | "I'm A Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings peaks at #75 |
| 1974 | "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52 |
| 1974 | "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31 |
| 1974 | "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1 |
| 1974 | "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys reenters chart and peaks at #36 |
| 1974 | 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy |
| 1974 | California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minnesota Twin, 4-0 |
| 1974 | John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (New York City) |
| 1974 | Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople |
| 1973 | Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train |
| 1972 | David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall |
| 1972 | Japan and Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations |
| 1971 | Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in U.S. Embassy in |
| 1971 | New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music |
| 1971 | Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome |
| 1970 | "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV |
| 1970 | Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar |
| 1970 | Intrepid (U.S.) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup |
| 1970 | Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album |
| 1969 | Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (52-14) |
| 1969 | Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing! |
| 1969 | SPD wins West German Parliament elections |
| 1968 | "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 286 performances |
| 1968 | "Hey Jude" by Beatles peaks at #1 |
| 1968 | "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore New York City for 17 performances |
| 1968 | Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hour |
| 1968 | Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship |
| 1968 | Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks |
| 1968 | Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes |
| 1968 | Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co" |
| 1968 | Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hour |
| 1967 | Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C. |
| 1965 | Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km |
| 1965 | Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines) |
| 1965 | Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed |
| 1964 | 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2) |
| 1964 | Suriname governor A Currie resigns |
| 1963 | "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1963 | "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys peaks at #15 |
| 1963 | "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells peaks at #1 |
| 1963 | "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV |
| 1963 | "Nick Teen and Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95 |
| 1963 | "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2 |
| 1963 | "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1963 | "Surfer Joe" by Surfaris peaks at #62 |
| 1963 | "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV |
| 1963 | Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yards |
| 1963 | Murray The K, a New York DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio |
| 1962 | "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime |
| 1962 | "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV |
| 1962 | "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1962 | "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1962 | "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV |
| 1962 | Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched |
| 1961 | "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV |
| 1961 | "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV |
| 1961 | "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway |
| 1961 | Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic |
| 1961 | Ted Williams hits a home run on his last at bat |
| 1961 | USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m |
| 1961 | Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres |
| 1960 | "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV |
| 1960 | "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1 |
| 1960 | "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV |
| 1960 | "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater |
| 1960 | Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 |
| 1959 | "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV |
| 1959 | Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin |
| 1959 | Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth |
| 1958 | France adopts constitution |
| 1958 | Guinea votes for independence from France |
| 1958 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1958 | USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's |
| 1957 | "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1957 | "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV |
| 1957 | "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1 |
| 1957 | Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels |
| 1956 | "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV |
| 1956 | RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records |
| 1955 | 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (New York Yankees beat Dodgers) |
| 1955 | WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, North Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC |
| 1953 | "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS |
| 1953 | "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS |
| 1953 | Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 |
| 1953 | KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1951 | Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yankees clinch pennant #18 |
| 1951 | Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton |
| 1951 | Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards |
| 1950 | Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN |
| 1949 | "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis |
| 1948 | WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting |
| 1946 | Greek king George II back in Athens |
| 1945 | Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders |
| 1945 | Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci" |
| 1944 | 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise) |
| 1944 | Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands |
| 1944 | Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder) |
| 1942 | Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad |
| 1942 | NY Americans NHL team folded |
| 1941 | Phillies lose club record 111th game |
| 1941 | Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg |
| 1940 | Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns |
| 1940 | Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German |
| 1940 | Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan |
| 1939 | Estonia accepts Soviet military bases |
| 1939 | Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio |
| 1939 | Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender |
| 1938 | Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in New York City |
| 1938 | Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" |
| 1937 | Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon) |
| 1937 | Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore |
| 1936 | Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) |
| 1936 | Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game |
| 1933 | Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson |
| 1933 | Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown |
| 1932 | New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 |
| 1931 | Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) |
| 1930 | Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games |
| 1929 | 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-University of Alberta) |
| 1928 | 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers) |
| 1928 | New York Yankees clinch pennant #6 |
| 1928 | Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler |
| 1928 | U.S. acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek |
| 1928 | Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow |
| 1926 | Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed |
| 1924 | 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops |
| 1924 | French government names General Serrail Governor-General of Syria |
| 1924 | General Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico |
| 1923 | Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations |
| 1923 | Radio Times 1st published |
| 1923 | Yankees slaughter Red Sox 24-4 |
| 1922 | Mussolini marches on Rome |
| 1921 | 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY |
| 1920 | 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) |
| 1920 | Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies |
| 1919 | Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 |
| 1915 | Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia |
| 1914 | German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) |
| 1912 | "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 |
| 1912 | SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die |
| 1906 | U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 |
| 1904 | Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City |
| 1901 | Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed |
| 1894 | Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester |
| 1889 | Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908) |
| 1887 | Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million |
| 1879 | Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route |
| 1868 | Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France |
| 1868 | Opelousas Massacre at St. Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed) |
| 1867 | Toronto becomes capital of Ontario |
| 1858 | Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed |
| 1850 | U.S. Navy abolishes flogging as punishment |
| 1829 | Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston |
| 1815 | Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples |
| 1787 | Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval |
| 1785 | Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) |
| 1781 | 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown |
| 1767 | Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope |
| 1760 | Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin |
| 1745 | Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland |
| 1708 | Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy |
| 1687 | Venetians take Athens from the Turks |
| 1678 | "Pilgrim's Progress" published |
| 1652 | English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock |
| 1621 | Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks |
| 1542 | Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay |
| 1538 | Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish |
| 1528 | Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die |
| 1521 | Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade |
| 1394 | Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII |
| 1362 | Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V |
| 1322 | Battle of Muhldorf |
| 1106 | Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert |
| 1066 | William the Conqueror troops sail to England |
| 351 | Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius |
| 235 | Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down |
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