2015 Event Pope Francis ends his visit to Cuba by blessing Santiago de Cuba, then flies to the U.S., where he is greeted by the Obama and Biden families; the pontiff will likely speak on migration and the environment during his stay 2015 Event NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft ends its three-year orbit around Mercury with a planned crash into the planet's surface; originally, the probe was to orbit and collect data for one year, but fuel saving efforts extended its mission for two more years 2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2014 Event The G-20 summit in Australia ends with a commitment by leaders of the 20 nations to take steps to raise their collective GDP by $2 trillion over the next four years; critics say that proposed measures are not specific enough to achieve this goal 2014 Event Microsoft ends support for its Windows XP operating system; the system was first released in 2001 2014 Event The Sochi Winter Olympics ends; on this last day of the competitions, Canada beats Sweden in men's hockey, keeping Canada as the reigning gold winner in two consecutive Winter Games 2013 Event President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, ends his five year term and will be replaced by Mamnoon Hussain 2013 Event The 2012-13 Biathlon World Cup ends, with Martin Fourcade winning men's and Tora Berger winning women's overall World Cup titles 2012 Event Expedition 33 ends and Expedition 34 begins as astronauts Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams, and Akihiko Hoshide return to Earth with spacecraft Soyuz TMA-05M 2012 Event A referee lockout that has taken place since June 2012 ends as an agreement is reached between the NFL and NFL Referees Association 2012 Event In India, an earlier blackout that left over 600 million people without power ends when power is restored 2011 Event The U.S. officially ends its Don't ask, don't tell military policy, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation 2010 Event The World Bank officially ends financing Cote d'Ivoire 2010 Event The largest manhunt in U.K. recent history ends when gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself in a 6-hour standoff with police 2000 Event Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends 1999 Death Shel Silverstein, writer, Where the Sidewalk Ends, dies at 66 1998 Event 19th U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California 1997 Event California law ends affirmative-action 1997 Event Cleveland Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games 1997 Event Cleveland Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17) 1997 Event U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club Illinois 1997 Event Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends 1997 Event Pioneer 10, ends its mission 1996 Event After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1996 Event Alanis Morissette ends her 1st U.S. tour (Houston Texas) 1996 Event Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 1996 Event Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million 1995 Event Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip 1995 Event Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days 1995 Event Rangers' Kenny Rogers scoreless inning streak ends after 39 1995 Event Belgium ends military conscript 1995 Event Amtrak New York City - Tampa run ends 1994 Event 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen) 1994 Event Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yankees 11-6 1994 Event 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] 1994 Event Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1994 Event Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru 1993 Event Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 home runs 1993 Event CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands 1993 Event Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA 1993 Event Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA 1992 Event WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years 1992 Event Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps 1992 Event UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc 1992 Event NHL strike ends after 10 days 1992 Event Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1991 Event Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games 1991 Event Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games 1991 Event Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception 1991 Event Richard J. Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA 1991 Event Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy 1991 Event Carlos Huerta's NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157 1991 Event U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq 1991 Event Richard J. Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1991 Event William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA 1991 Event Nolan Ryan possible 8th no-hitter ends in the 8th inning 1991 Event With 3 runs in 9th, Baltimore ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5 1991 Event Angola's civil war ends 1991 Event Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike 1991 Event Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 Event Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1991 Event Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked first 1991 Event 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1991 Event All American Bowl ends after 14 years 1991 Event Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans 1990 Event Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigned, ends his reign longest-serving PM 1990 Event Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight U.S. Open final 1990 Event Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak 1990 Event New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1990 Event 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends 1990 Event Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1989 Event Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games 1989 Event Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions 1989 Event Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50 1989 Event Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 Event Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak 1989 Event Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak 1989 Event Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends 1989 Event Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 Event "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV 1988 Event Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA 1988 Event Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires 1988 Event Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest 1988 Event Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24 1988 Event Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager 1987 Event Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws 1987 Event Benito Santiago ends longest catcher/rookie hitting streak at 34 1987 Event Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions 1987 Event South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987 Event Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games 1987 Event State of siege ends in Taiwan 1987 Event Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 1987 Event Andy Van Slyke home runs off R. McDowell in both ends of double header 1987 Event Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins 1987 Event Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 vs. Pak 1987 Event 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1987 Event William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA 1986 Event TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run 1986 Event Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10) 1986 Event John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1986 Event South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends 1985 Event Indians-Brewers game at Cleveland Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out 1985 Event U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua 1984 Event TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run 1984 Event 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends 1984 Event Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner 1984 Event Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends 1984 Event Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Event Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins 1984 Event John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1984 Event U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force 1984 Event Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak 1983 Event NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak 1983 Event WKBC-TV (channel 48) ends broadcasting in Philadelphia 1983 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745 1983 Event Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 1983 Event Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games 1983 Event Polish government ends 19 months of martial law 1983 Event Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala 1982 Event TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run 1982 Event Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins) 1982 Event Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions 1982 Event Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Illinois 31-6 1982 Event Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1982 Event Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict 1982 Event Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak 1981 Event 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 Event 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2 1981 Event Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain 1981 Event U.S. ends grain embargo against U.S.S.R. 1981 Event Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA 1981 Event Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1981 Event Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege 1980 Event Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions 1980 Event IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike 1980 Event College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for 1980 Event George Brett ends hitting streak at 30 1980 Event Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games 1980 Event South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1980 Event Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building 1980 Event Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1980 Event Michael Bracey ends 59 h 55 m trapped in an elevator, England 1980 Event Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run 1980 Event Minn ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends 1979 Event India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429 1979 Event Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours 1979 Event Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8) 1978 Event Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians 1978 Event China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension 1978 Event Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) 1978 Event Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd 1977 Event E Henry Knoche, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1977 Event NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio 1977 Event Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11 1977 Event Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 1977 Event George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA 1977 Event KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams 1976 Event TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Event Vernon A. Walters, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1976 Event Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter 1976 Event William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA 1975 Event Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1975 Event Phillies and New York Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM 1975 Event Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years 1974 Event Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years 1974 Event David Bowie's 'Diamond Dog' tour ends in New York City 1974 Event OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands 1974 Event A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games 1974 Event Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1974 Event Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands 1974 Event Gas rationing ends in Netherlands 1974 Event A college basketball game ends 210-67 1974 Event Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak 1973 Event Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus 1973 Event Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) 1973 Event General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA 1973 Event U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia 1973 Event James R. Schlesinger, ends term as 9th director of CIA 1973 Event After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1973 Event Friendsville Academy (Tennessee) ends 138-game basketball losing streak 1973 Event Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA 1972 Event U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China 1972 Event President Marcos ends emergency crisis in Philippines 1972 Event British harbor strike ends 1972 Event Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games and 331 total chances without a miscue 1972 Event "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1972 Event 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days 1972 Event President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China 1972 Event 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria 1971 Event Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman,, Jr., USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1971 Event Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome 1971 Event Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie" 1971 Event U.S. ends ban on China trade 1971 Event President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China 1970 Event 4 day NFL strike ends 1970 Event Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report" 1970 Event U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia 1970 Event Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip 1970 Event 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam 1970 Event Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria 1970 Event Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary 1969 Event Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th 1969 Event Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing 1969 Event Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1968 Event St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA 1968 Event Theatre censorship ends in Britain 1968 Event Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 inn scoreless streak ends on wild pitch 1968 Event Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69 1967 Event Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1967 Event Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games) 1966 Event U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays 1966 Event Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1966 Event Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government 1966 Event 12 day New York City transit strike ends 1966 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1965 Event Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission 1965 Event British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia 1965 Event Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia 1965 Event Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends 1965 Event Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. New Zealand at Lord's 1964 Event Rebellion ends in Zaire 1964 Event Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Event Southern Democrats filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked 1964 Event Artisans strike in Belgium ends 1964 Event Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) 1964 Event Panama ends diplomatic relations with U.S. 1963 Event Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends 1963 Event New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends 1963 Event Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games 1963 Event Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket 1963 Event Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury 1963 Event Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years 1962 Event Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 yrs 1962 Event Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years 1962 Event Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases 1962 Event Whitey Ford's World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends 1962 Event A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consec innings pitched without a walk 1962 Event Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) 1962 Event Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school 1962 Event Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 Event General Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1961 Event Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1961 Event 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston 1961 Event Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1961 Event Niagara ends St. Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak 1960 Event Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie 1960 Event CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series 1960 Event Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey 1960 Event Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in U.S. Army 1959 Event State of emergency on Cyprus ends 1959 Event Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4 1959 Event President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua 1959 Event Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends 1959 Event Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years 1959 Event British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis 1959 Event Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi) 1958 Event International Geophyscial Year ends 1958 Event Dutch Government of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers 1957 Event Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1957 Event Strom Thurmond, Senator-D-South Carolina, ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights 1957 Event International Geophysical Year begins, ends December 31, 1958 1957 Event New York City ends trolley car service 1956 Event Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1956 Event Brooklyn, New York ends streetcar service 1956 Event 3rd class travel on British Railways ends 1956 Event Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header 1956 Event U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1956 Event 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends 1955 Event Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH 1955 Event Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield 1955 Event Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 1955 Event English harbor strike ends 1955 Event Argentine state of siege ends 1955 Event Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia 1955 Event Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends 1955 Event Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1955 Event Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 Event U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic 1955 Event Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak 1954 Event Food rationing ends in Britain 1954 Event Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends 1954 Event Belgium ends trade agreement with U.S.S.R. 1953 Event Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games 1953 Event General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA 1952 Event 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends 1952 Event Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends 1951 Event President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1951 Event William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1951 Event Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1951 Event General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1950 Event Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar 1950 Event Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis 1950 Event American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule 1950 Event University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1949 Event Greeks civil war ends 1949 Event Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights 1949 Event Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends 1949 Event Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1949 Event Brigadier General Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1948 Event Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader 1948 Event 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends 1948 Event 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie 1947 Event U.S. control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends 1947 Event Cincinnati Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to New York Giants 5-4 1947 Event Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA 1946 Event TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run 1946 Event President Truman ends wage/price freeze 1946 Event 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers) 1946 Event Bulgaria ends monarchy 1946 Event Kingman Douglass, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA 1945 Event Rationg of auto tires ends in US 1945 Event Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends 1945 Event V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) 1945 Event President Truman ends Lend-Lease program 1945 Event U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends 1945 Event V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe 1945 Event Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima 1945 Event Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955 1945 Event Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion 1944 Event Hungarian death march of Jews ends 1944 Event Meat rationing ends in U.S. 1944 Event Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1944 Event German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed 1943 Event Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks) 1943 Event Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1943 Event Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting 1943 Event Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction 1943 Event Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 1943 Event Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium 1943 Event Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle 1943 Event Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army 1942 Event Battle at Alam Halfa ends 1942 Event Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Event New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II 1942 Event Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion 1942 Event 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Event German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends 1941 Event New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland 1941 Event Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria 1940 Event Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends 1939 Event Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 1939 Event Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco 1939 Event All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends 1937 Event 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 1937 Event 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Michigan ends 1936 Event International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends 1936 Event 1st government of Zealand in Belgium ends 1936 Event Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska 1936 Event Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes), ends 1-0 1936 Event Belgium ends Locarno-pact 1936 Event Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa 1935 Event Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673 1935 Event Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends 1935 Event Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1935 Birthday Paul O[sborne] Williams, U.S., sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle 1934 Event Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 1934 Event Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier" 1934 Event Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days 1933 Event Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0) 1933 Event Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 1933 Event Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed 1932 Event Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games 1932 Event Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand 1932 Event Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery 1931 Event Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's 1931 Event Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH 1931 Event Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak 1930 Event George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him 1930 Event Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute 1930 Event Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games 1930 Event Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with home runs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th) 1930 Event 4th Test Cricket WI vs. England ends in a draw after nine days 1930 Event Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days 1929 Event Yankees Tom Zachary ends season 12-0 1929 Event WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1929 Event New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1929 Event Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) 1928 Event Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy 1926 Event British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends 1926 Event 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins 1926 Event British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike 1926 Event British general strike ends 1926 Event Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein 1925 Event Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139) 1925 Event State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed 1924 Event Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record) 1924 Event Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim 1924 Event Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam 1924 Event 8 month Twenste textile strike ends 1924 Event London public transport strike ends 1923 Event Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied 1923 Event London harbor strike ends 1922 Event German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends 1922 Event Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games 1922 Event Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances 1922 Event Rotterdam metal strike ends 1920 Event Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio 1919 Event 1st transcontinental air race ends 1919 Event Treaty of St. Germain: Austria ends incorporation with Germany 1919 Event Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria 1919 Event 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1918 Event Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) 1918 Event Baseball season ends due to WW I 1918 Event Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans 1918 Event In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends 1918 Event Battle of Zeebrugge ends 1918 Event Battle of Somme, ends 1916 Event Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak 1916 Event Dutch government ends all miltary engagements 1915 Event 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men 1915 Event Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law 1915 Event 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties 1914 Event Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow 1914 Event Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat 1914 Event Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21) 1914 Event Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 1914 Event Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army 1914 Event Mexico ends diplomatic relations with U.S. 1913 Event 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses 1913 Event 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London 1913 Event Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings 1912 Event Italo-Turkish war ends 1912 Event Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends 1911 Event Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak 1911 Event President/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends 1910 Event China ends slavery 1910 Event Germany and Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty 1908 Event 4th Olympic games ends in London 1908 Event Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant) 1908 Event Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris 1906 Event Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning 1905 Event Union of Sweden and Norway ends 1905 Event Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War 1905 Event Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play 1904 Event Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games 1904 Event Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn 1904 Event American occupation of Cuba ends 1903 Event Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge 1902 Event Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal 1902 Event U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends 1901 Event Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China 1901 Event Term of George H. White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends 1899 Event Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1899 Event Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1898 Event Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 Event Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed 1895 Event Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) 1892 Event Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup 1891 Event 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) ends 1891 Event A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years 1890 Event New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton 1885 Event Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear 1879 Event Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus 1878 Event Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends 1877 Event President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends 1877 Event University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat 1876 Event Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1871 Event English - U.S. treaty ends Alabama dispute 1871 Event German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions 1866 Event Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war 1866 Event President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1866 Event Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends 1865 Event Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman 1865 Event Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match 1864 Event Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities 1864 Event Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties 1864 Event Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties 1864 Event Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties 1864 Event At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults 1864 Event Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person 1864 Event Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13) 1864 Event Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500) 1864 Event General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN 1863 Event Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends 1863 Event Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North 1863 Event 2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities 1863 Event Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends 1862 Event Battle of Corinth ends 1862 Event Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities 1862 Event Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal 1861 Event Pony Express ends 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade 1861 Event 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1860 Event Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies 1851 Event Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1849 Event U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd 1848 Event Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony 1848 Event Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million 1846 Event U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty 1846 Event Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1842 Event Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1842 Event Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma 1834 Event Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates 1831 Event Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends 1829 Event Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war 1828 Event Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil 1818 Event Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends 1815 Event U.S. flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli 1815 Event U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates 1804 Event Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1803 Event Peace of Amiens ends 1802 Event Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends 1795 Event Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1795 Event Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy 1793 Event France ends forced worship of God 1789 Event Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances 1785 Event Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges 1784 Event Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris 1781 Event Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends 1779 Event War of Bavarian Succession ends 1776 Event Austria ends interregation torture 1763 Event Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England 1759 Event Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British 1748 Event Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession 1748 Event Ceasefire at Aken ends 1740 Event King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press 1722 Event Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards 1721 Event Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1721 Event Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1713 Event Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions 1703 Event Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage 1697 Event Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war) 1697 Event King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick 1689 Event English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1676 Event 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1668 Event 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Event Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution 1667 Event Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends 1666 Event Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Event Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1661 Event French King Louis XIV ends office of premier 1660 Event English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) 1654 Event Louis II Conde disbands ends of Atrecht 1653 Event Barebone-parliament ends 1650 Event 2nd Fronde-uprising ends 1648 Event Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire 1634 Event Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat 1626 Event Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends 1621 Event Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends 1614 Event Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends 1613 Event Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden 1574 Event Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht 1538 Event Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I 1525 Event Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague 1525 Event German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war 1515 Event Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory 1496 Event England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders 1477 Event Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie 1474 Event Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland 1453 Event Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire 1415 Event Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office 1409 Event Austrian civil war ends 1312 Event Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg 1294 Event Pope Coelestinus V ends term 1212 Event Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia) 891 Event Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope 884 Event Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 870 Event 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople 858 Event Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 855 Event St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 847 Event Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 844 Event Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 842 Event Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches 824 Event St. Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 795 Event Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 772 Event Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 768 Event [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 768 Event [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 767 Event St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 741 Event St. Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 715 Event Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope 707 Event John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope 701 Event St. Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 685 Event St. Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 683 Event St. Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 676 Event Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 672 Event St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope 657 Event St. Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 653 Event St. Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 649 Event Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 642 Event John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 638 Event Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected 625 Event Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope 618 Event St. Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 615 Event St. Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 607 Event Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 579 Event Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 574 Event John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 555 Event Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 537 Event St. Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 536 Event St. Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 535 Event John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 532 Event Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 530 Event [Discorus] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 530 Event St. Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 523 Event St. Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope 498 Event Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 496 Event St. Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 492 Event St. Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 461 Event St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 440 Event St. Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 432 Event St. Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 422 Event St. Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 419 Event [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 418 Event St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 401 Event St. Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 399 Event St. Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 384 Event St. Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 366 Event Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 365 Event [Felix II] ends his reign as Catholic Pope 362 Event Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws 336 Event St. Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope 335 Event St. Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 325 Event Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity 314 Event St. Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope 310 Event St. Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 296 Event St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 283 Event St. Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope 274 Event St. Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 268 Event St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 258 Event St. Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 257 Event St. Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 250 Event Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) 236 Event St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 235 Event St. Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
