2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2015 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi encounters resistance to proposed labor reforms as 150 million workers go on strike for a day in protest; Modi is seeking to make the Indian business environment more attractive to investment by foreign companies 2015 Event The German government approves the Greek bailout deal, which was also approved by the Greek parliament earlier this week; German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that chaos would result if the deal did not go through 2015 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning artificial trans fats from all foods and beverages; the ban will go into effect in 2018 2015 Event HSBC bank announces plans to let go up to 8,000 workers in the U.K. and potentially up to 25,000 around the world as it restructures itself to improve profitability 2015 Event Harper Lee will release her second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' after 55 years; Lee wrote this novel first, presenting Scout as an adult, but editors convinced Lee to write instead about Scout as a child, resulting in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 2015 Event New U.S. rules loosening trade restrictions with Cuba go into effect today, including permission to sell instruments, tools, equipment and supplies to private businesses; U.S. banks will also be given greater freedom to transact with Cuban banks 2014 Event Colombian coffee company Juan Valdez announces plans to go public in a couple of years; in the meantime, the company plans to expand its higher-end coffee shops around the globe in direct competition with Starbucks 2014 Event Amidst massive security including 160,000 soldiers and over 200,000 policemen, Egyptians go to the polls to vote on a draft constitution which would strengthen the military-backed leadership of the country 2013 Event In Bangladesh, workers seeking higher pay go on strike, and hundreds of garment factories shut down 2013 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a general election; half of the parliamentary seats are lost by Shiite candidates 2013 Event Iranians go to the polls for a presidential election and local elections 2012 Event Egyptian voters go to the polls to vote on a highly protested referendum on a new constitution 2012 Event Venezuelans go to the polls to vote in the country's presidential election; President Hugo Chavez competes against Henrique Capriles Radonski of the opposing Justice First party 2012 Event The Chicago Teachers Union leadership votes to suspend the strike; teachers go back to school as union members review a tentative pact with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2012 Event Egypt's voters go to the polls for a second round of voting in their first presidential election 2012 Event Voters in Lesotho, a landlocked country completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, go to the polls for a general election 2012 Event Fifteen months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in Egypt by a revolution, voters go to the polls for a presidential election 2012 Event Senegalese voters go to the polls for Senegal's presidential election, which has been marked by controversy and violence 2012 Event In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a parliamentary election 2011 Event Outbreaks of violence are reported as voters in the Democratic Republic of the congo go to the polls for a general election 2011 Event In Spain, voters go to the polls for the general election; the center-right Popular Party wins a parliamentary majority 2011 Event In Georgia's region of South Ossetia, voters go to the polls for a presidential election and referendum 2011 Event In Australia, thousands of Toyota workers go on strike over a pay dispute 2011 Event Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a general election 2010 Event U.S. voters go to the polls; Republicans win control of the House of Representatives with the largest number of seats gained since 1894 2010 Event The works of thirty celebrated Iranian artists go on sale at Bonhams auction house in Dubai 1998 Event Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain 1996 Event Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 1996 Death Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81 1995 Event New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals 1994 Event 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6 1993 Death Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1993 Event Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field 1993 Event Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale 1992 Event NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993 1992 Death Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies 1992 Death Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies 1991 Event Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings 1991 Event Railroad workers go on strike in U.S. 1990 Death Will Kuluva, actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73 1990 Event 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go and Go wins in 2:27.2 1989 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence 1989 Death Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66 1989 Event Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1989 Event Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals 1988 Event Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1988 Event Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) 1987 Death James Baldwin, writer (Go Tell it on the Mountain), dies at 63 1987 Event NFL players go on strike for 24 days 1987 Event Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East 1987 Death Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestral leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 1986 Event Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1985 Event Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1984 Event Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit 1984 Event "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and Revolution peaks at #1 1984 Birthday Avril Lavigne, born in Belleville, Canada, singer, songwriter, albums have sold over 16 million copies, albums include, 'Let Go', 'Under My Skin', 'The Best Damn Thing' 1983 Event Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1981 Event Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike 1980 Event In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike 1979 Event "Boom Boom (Out Go Lights)" by Pat Travers peaks at #56 1979 Event "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers 1979 Event "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 8 performances 1979 Event "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 8 performances 1978 Event Iranian oil workers go on strike 1978 Event RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service 1978 Birthday Victor Sikora, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1976 Birthday Frank van Twillert, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1976 Birthday Maringo Vlijter, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1975 Event Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 1975 Event Wings release "Letting Go" 1975 Event 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike 1974 Birthday Bas Leferink, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1974 Birthday Toine Rorije, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1973 Birthday Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us' 1973 Event New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games 1973 Event New York Mets are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1972 Event Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1972 Death Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1971 Death Diana Lynn, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), dies at 45 1971 Birthday Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player, Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles 1971 Event Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms 1971 Event U.S. special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents 1971 Event National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1970 Birthday Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1970 Birthday Marco Heering, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1970 Birthday Paul Bosvelt, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente 1970 Birthday Dennis Hulshof, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1970 Death Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81 1969 Birthday Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1969 Birthday Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles 1969 Event Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL 1969 Birthday John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Birthday Cees Marbus, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Death Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 1968 Event Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike 1968 Birthday Jack de Gier, soccer player, Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Event 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 Birthday Jason van Blerk, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1967 Event Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1967 Event Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air 1967 Birthday Marcel Valk, soccer player, RKC, Go Ahead Eagles 1966 Event Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program 1966 Birthday Jerry Fehily, rocker, Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go 1966 Birthday Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' 1965 Birthday Fiachna O'Braonain, Irish pop guitarist, Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go 1965 Birthday Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1965 Birthday Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles 1964 Event EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who 1964 Event Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1 1964 Event 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan and Dean's "Surf City" 1964 Birthday Lenny Kravitz, singer/guitar, 911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way? 1963 Event "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2 1963 Event Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres 1963 Event 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio 1963 Event "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Birthday Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Event London trolley buses go out of service 1961 Death Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60 1961 Event Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg 1961 Birthday Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1959 Birthday Richard Drummie, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1958 Birthday Joop Hiele, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles 1958 Death Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies 1958 Birthday Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker, Curiosity, Here I Go Again 1958 Event Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" 1956 Birthday David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows 1956 Event 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike 1956 Event 1st solar powered radios go on sale 1956 Birthday Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Every Time You Go Away 1955 Birthday Peter Cox, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1955 Birthday Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go 1953 Event 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service 1953 Event 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1953 Event American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1953 Death Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies 1952 Event 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S. 1952 Event Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1951 Event New York Giants lose to go 13 games behind Brooklyn Dodgers, later win pennant 1950 Event "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 176 performances 1950 Event "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances 1949 Event "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 176 performances 1948 Birthday Southside Johnny Lyon, New Jersey, rocker, Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home 1948 Event "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1948 Birthday Paul Davis, born in Meridian, Michigan, country/rock vocalist, I Go Crazy 1947 Event With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1947 Birthday Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 1946 Birthday Marianne Faithfull, born in Hampstead, England, singer, Money, As Tears Go By 1945 Event General Motors workers go on strike 1945 Death Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 1944 Birthday Brigid Bazlen, born in Wisconsin, actress, Pam-Too Young to go Steady 1944 Birthday T S "Tony" McPhee, rocker, Sad Go Round 1944 Birthday Mary Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go 1944 Birthday Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond 1943 Death Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 1942 Event Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work 1942 Event German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad 1942 Event 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1941 Birthday Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go 1941 Event U.S. savings bonds go on sale 1941 Birthday Sandy Denny, country singer, Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go 1939 Event Nylon stockings go on sale in U.S. for 1st time 1939 Event Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware) 1939 Event Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1937 Event Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge 1936 Event New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1935 Birthday Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy 1935 Event Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant 1934 Event St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant 1934 Birthday Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water 1933 Event Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1931 Birthday June Thorburn, born in Kashmir, India, actress, Touch and Go, Children Galore 1931 Event 1st electric shavers go on sale in U.S. from Schick 1930 Event St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1930 Birthday Nita Talbot, born in New York City, New York, actress, Supertrain, Here We Go Again 1929 Birthday Bud Spencer, Italian actor, Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It 1928 Event NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps 1927 Birthday Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress, Go For Broke 1926 Birthday Diana Lynn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go 1926 Birthday Buddy Greco, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Away We Go, Broadway Open House 1926 Event British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike 1926 Event British coal-miners go on strike 1926 Birthday Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1925 Event NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 1925 Event Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15 1922 Birthday Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water 1922 Birthday M. Alain Resnais, born in Vannes, France, director, Melo, I Want to Go Home 1922 Event Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1917 Birthday Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orchestral leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go 1915 Event Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands 1914 Birthday Dorothy Hyson, actress, Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go 1914 Event 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike 1913 Event Dutch Disability laws go into effect 1912 Birthday John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet, Go to the Mosque 1911 Event Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1908 Event Yankees lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season 1906 Birthday Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale 1902 Event Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer 1901 Event 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor) 1901 Birthday Donald Cook, Portland, Oregon, actor, Too Young To Go Steady 1900 Death Charles Dudley Warner, U.S. writer (As We Go), dies at 70 1900 Birthday Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1900 Event Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers 1900 Event NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1898 Event 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1895 Birthday Charles Lamont, born in San Francisco, California, director, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1893 Event 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1892 Birthday Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie 1892 Event Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1891 Event Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike 1889 Birthday Robert [Harriot] Barrat, New York City, actor, Go West, Distant Drums 1888 Event Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike 1865 Event Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" 1847 Event 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City 1820 Event Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays 1811 Birthday Horace Greeley, editor, "Go west, young man" 1700 Event Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar 1577 Event Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world 1568 Event Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
