2015 Event Google, Inc. restructures, placing its search business and its various research ventures into a holding company called Alphabet; Google will begin reporting under the new company with the fourth quarter of this year 2015 Event Google will begin testing self-driving cars on the streets of Mountain View, California this summer; the company has tested modified versions of existing vehicles but will now test cars developed specifically for self-driving 2015 Event Online preorders begin for the Apple Watch, initially planned for sale on April 24th; however, the volume of orders has already pushed delivery dates into June or July for the various models, which are priced from $349 to $17,000 2015 Event Apple will begin a web TV service in September, carrying broadcast networks such as CBS, Fox and ABC; the service will offer 25 channels and will likely cost less than current cable television packages 2014 Event NASA awakens its New Horizons craft from hibernation for the last time; the vessel was launched 9 years ago to travel over 3 billion miles to Pluto and will be within range to begin data collection on the planet in January 2015 2014 Event Representatives for the Islamic State announce that the group will begin minting its own currency in order to remove itself from the world financial system, which it considers 'satanic' 2014 Event Tiger Woods has announced that he will begin golfing again after a three-month hiatus he took to recover from back surgery; he will play in the Quicken Loans National in Maryland next week 2014 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin targeting assets stored overseas in an effort to avoid taxes; the Indian government estimates that up to $2 trillion may be in hiding; the nation follows China and Russia in magnitude of offshored wealth 2014 Event Elon Musk, head of Tesla Motors, Inc., announces that the company will begin selling its luxury electric cars in China this month 2014 Event Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra will begin selling the e2o, an electric car, in Bhutan for about $11,300; vehicle exhaust is causing air pollution problems in Bhutan that threaten the country's tourist-dependent economy 2013 Event President Barack Obama and the First Family begin their 17-day Hawaiian vacation; this is the sixth year in a row the Obama's have visited family and friends on the island of Oahu for Christmas and New Year's 2013 Event The trial for ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi begin in Cairo; Morsi's behavior during the session prompts the judge to postpone the trial until January 8, 2014 2013 Event Three astronauts begin a 15-day mission on the Shenzhou 10, the fifth manned spaceflight mission and the second and final one to space laboratory Tiangong-1 2013 Event More than 100 Catholic cardinals meet in Rome, Italy, to begin the process of selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2012 Event At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Panama City, South Korea announces it's plans to begin 'scientific' whaling of minke whales 2012 Event The U.S., Russia and China, begin talks about Iran's nuclear program 2011 Event Health authorities begin slaughtering 17,000 chickens after a carcass infected with H5N1 is found at a poultry market in Hong Kong 2011 Event NBA team owners and players reach an agreement, ending the 149-day NBA lockout; the new NBA season will begin Christmas day 2011 Event Millions of Muslims begin Hajj, their annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca 2011 Event Two South African farm workers begin trial for murdering white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche 2011 Event BP announces plans to begin drilling for oil off the coast of Libya 2010 Event NATO nations reach an agreement to begin handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghanistan military by 2014 2010 Event Muslims across the world begin the holy month of Ramadan where they must fast between sunrise and sunset 2008 Event 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, China 1996 Event Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence 1995 Event 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike 1994 Event Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 Event Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 Event The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour 1994 Event 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago 1994 Event Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field 1993 Event Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space 1993 Event Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak 1992 Event America Cup finals begin in San Diego 1992 Event Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 1992 Event Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo 1992 Event Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case 1992 Event NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history 1992 Event Florida Marlins begin selling tickets 1992 Death Menachem Begin, Prime Minister Israel 1977 - 1980, 1981 - 1983, Nobel 1979, dies at 85 1992 Death Menachem Begin, Israeli Statesman 1992 Death Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack 1991 Event New Jersey Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues 1991 Event U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1991 Event Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1990 Event Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) 1990 Event Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. 1989 Event East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia) 1989 Event Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China 1989 Event NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak 1988 Event Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war 1988 Event Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 1988 Event Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Event Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak 1988 Event Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft 1988 Event Rascals begin 1st tour in 20 years 1988 Event In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 miles in 75 hours 20 minutes 1987 Event Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank 1987 Event Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak 1986 Event Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina 1984 Event During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1984 Event National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1983 Event Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak 1983 Event Israel premier Begin resigns 1983 Event Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM 1983 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation 1983 Event NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak 1983 Event NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak 1983 Event NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1982 Event U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1982 Event NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 Event NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 Event Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 1982 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington 1982 Event New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak 1981 Event Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia 1981 Event Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria 1981 Event 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 Event Jacksons begin a 36-city tour 1981 Event Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections 1981 Event Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 Event Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak 1980 Event John and Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy" 1980 Event Cubans begin to arrive in U.S. from Mariel boatlift 1979 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo 1979 Event Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington D.C. 1979 Event U.S. and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations 1978 Event In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Event Begin and Sadat win Nobel Peace prize 1978 Event Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit 1978 Event Begin, Sadat and Carter sign Camp David accord 1978 Event Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1978 Event Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 1978 Event Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks 1977 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt 1977 Event Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM 1977 Event Menahem Begin forms Israeli government 1977 Event Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister 1977 Event U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions 1977 Event Czechoslovakian intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 1976 Event Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa, Soweto Day 1976 Event Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain 1976 Event NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak 1974 Event NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak 1974 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak 1974 Event House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment 1974 Event Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975 1973 Event Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee 1972 Event Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin 1972 Event Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations 1972 Event U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage 1972 Event President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle 1971 Event Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak 1970 Event 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1970 Event SF city employees begin 4-day strike 1969 Event "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing 1969 Event Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps 1969 Event John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal) 1969 Event U.S. troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill 1969 Event Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album 1969 Event US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1968 Event Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" 1967 Event The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a U.S. tour 1967 Event 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin 1967 Event New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) 1967 Event U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1966 Event Toboggan Chutes begin operation in Cleveland Metroparks 1966 Event Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 Event Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers 1965 Event Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow 1965 Event Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days 1965 Event Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas 1965 Event Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao 1964 Event WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin 1964 Event Rolling Stones begin 1st U.S. tour, with Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee 1964 Event U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos 1964 Event Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1964 Event Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus 1963 Event Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans 1963 Event Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden 1963 Event Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel 1963 Event Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1962 Event Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill 1961 Event 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern) 1960 Event Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 1959 Event Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit 1958 Event New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 Event NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters 1957 Event B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1956 Event Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1955 Event Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan 1955 Event Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season 1954 Event Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game 1953 Event NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak 1952 Event Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word 1952 Event Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin 1952 Event Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1950 Event U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 Event U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea 1948 Event Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 1948 Event 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria 1947 Event Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1946 Event German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.S.R. 1946 Event Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1945 Event German rocket engineers begin work in U.S. 1945 Event Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald 1945 Event During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 1945 Event Nazi occupiers begin state of siege 1945 Event U.S. 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer 1944 Event Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany 1944 Event U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo 1944 Event Gulf of Leyte battle begin 1944 Event Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers 1944 Event Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London 1944 Event Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1944 Event Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz 1944 Event U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific 1944 Event During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1944 Event Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh 1943 Event Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1943 Event Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg 1943 Event Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis 1942 Event 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training 1942 Event Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1942 Event Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp 1942 Event German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast 1941 Event German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa 1941 Event Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 1941 Event German occupiers begin youth labor 1941 Event FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 1941 Event Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1941 Event Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1940 Event German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration 1940 Event British and French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 1939 Event Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews 1939 Event Municipal Railway and Market St. RR begin service to Transbay Terminal 1935 Event NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 1935 Event Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1934 Event Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March 1930 Event New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew 1929 Event British troops begin evacuating 1927 Event U.S. and Canada begin diplomatic relations 1924 Event 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1924 Event Netherlands and U.S.S.R. begin talks over U.S.S.R. recognition 1922 Event Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1921 Event Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia 1919 Event 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money 1919 Event Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1917 Event 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 Event American men begin registering for the draft 1916 Event Great Arab Revolt begin 1915 Event French begin Woevre-offensive 1915 Event Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary 1914 Event Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1914 Event Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL 1913 Birthday Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1977-83, Nobel 1978 1907 Event 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1906 Event Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak 1905 Event Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1904 Event Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1899 Event Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal 1891 Event Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland 1881 Event Holmes and Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet," 1st case together 1878 Event Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500 1876 Event Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1871 Event Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour 1870 Event Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East 1864 Event Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. 1864 Event Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1864 Event Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia 1862 Event Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota 1853 Event Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1845 Event Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding 1843 Event Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist 1842 Event Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles 1835 Event P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US 1814 Event Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium 1804 Event Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase 1789 Event Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington D.C. 1781 Event Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 Event 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1776 Event Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1775 Event British begin siege of Boston 1763 Event Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland 1701 Event Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar 1700 Event Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar 1673 Event Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi 1614 Event 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) 1576 Event Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence 1572 Event Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem 1529 Event Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII and Catharina of Aragon 1190 Event Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England 626 Event Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople
