2014 Event Rescuers continue searching for missing AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared en route to Singapore from Indonesia on December 28th; the plane carried 162 people 2012 Event Following controversial elections, Ukraine's Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov and his government, resign en masse 2010 Event Tens of thousands of Poles line the streets to witness the procession of President Kaczynski, en route to the Presidential Palace, Warsaw, where he will lie in state 2009 Event En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 1997 Event Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe) 1996 Event New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) 1996 Event Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24 1996 Event En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 1995 Event CNN en Espanol premieres 1993 Event 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins 1990 Event White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57 1988 Event Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45 1988 Event In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16 1987 Event Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49 1987 Event Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8) 1985 Event En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1984 Event Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 1982 Event KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record 1982 Event Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16) 1982 Death Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80 1982 Event Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 1981 Event Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1980 Event A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100 1980 Event USA beats U.S.S.R. in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal 1970 Event Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1968 Birthday Dawn Robinson, born in New London, Connecticut, singer, rhythm and blues, member, En Vogue, an urban dance-pop group 1968 Event Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings 1967 Birthday Maxine Waters Jones, rocker, En Vogue 1962 Event Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) 1962 Event Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers 1962 Event Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win 1961 Event Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers 1961 Death Leon Jeunehomme, Belgian teacher (Pedagogie en Cours), dies at 77 1960 Event U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats U.S.S.R. 3-2 en route to gold medal 1955 Event Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245) 1954 Event Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49 1953 Event Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs 1953 Event Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris 1950 Birthday Claudia de Colombia, born in Bogato, Columbia, spanish singer, Yo Creo En Ti 1949 Event Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop 1947 Event New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221) 1942 Event Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort 1938 Birthday Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer, Jan Rao en z'n Maat 1936 Event Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins 1935 Event Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 1932 Birthday Vince Hill, singer, Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose 1931 Event Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184 1931 Event Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles 1927 Event Yankees clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60) 1923 Event Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) 1920 Event Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1913 Event 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman 1912 Event Yankees lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season 1908 Birthday Olivier Messiaen, born in Avignon, France, composer, L'Ame en Bourgeon 1891 Death JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37 1883 Birthday Karel Candael, Flemish composer, Passacaglia en Bourree 1883 Event Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende," premieres in Oslo 1864 Event General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington D.C. 1860 Event 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington 1849 Event 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California 1848 Event 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF 1835 Birthday Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, Snikken en grimlachjes 1764 Death Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 1483 Birthday Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
