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2013 Event - American actress Angelina Jolie announces she underwent elective double mastectomy surgery because she carried the BRCA1 gene and had a family history of breast cancer

2013 Event - Born without a trachea, a 2-year-old Korean-Canadian child is the youngest patient in history to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells; she received the transplanted organ at the Children's Hospital of Illinois

2013 Event - The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history

2013 Event - For the first time in its history, the European Parliament rejects a European Union budget

2013 Event - The United Kingdom's bond credit rating is downgraded for the first time in history; Moody's Investor's Service changed the bond credit rating from AAA to AA1

2013 Event - European Bioinformatics Institute scientists have successfully stored audio and text on fragments of DNA, and retrieved them with 99.99% accuracy - the first time in history DNA has been used for data storage

2012 Event - The 'Lamb of God', the first panels of the Ghent Altarpiece are secretly moved from Saint Bavo Cathedral for a five-year restoration at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts; the panels are likely the most frequently stolen artwork in history

2012 Event - Playing against the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st perfect game in MLB history and the third perfect game in team history

2012 Event - The Mega Millions jackpot in the U.S. reaches a world record in lottery history - $500 million dollars

2012 Event - The movie 'John Carter' becomes one of the biggest losses in film history; Disney takes a $200 million writedown on the film

2012 Event - The Euro zone experiences the highest unemployment level in its history: 10.7 per cent

2011 Event - At the 2011 Melbourne Cup, the French-trained horse Dunaden wins the closest finish in the race's history

2011 Event - Over 110 people are arrested in Queens, New York as part of the largest identity theft and retail crime ring in U.S. history

2011 Event - Standard &: Poor's rating agency downgrades U.S. sovereign debt; the downgrade is the first in the history of the United States

2011 Event - In Britain, a ticket holder wins 161,653,000 pounds, the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history

2011 Event - Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club

2011 Event - The Wallow Fire becomes the largest wildfire in Arizona history; firefighters have contained 20% of the 469,407-acre fire

2011 Event - Save the Children launches a campaign to help 400,000 children in Sri Lanka deal with the crisis following the worst floods in their history

2011 Event - In one of the biggest upsets in NFL history, the New York Jets defeat the New England Patriots

2010 Event - Naheed Nenshi, the first Muslim in Canada's history is elected mayor of Calgary in Alberta, Canada

2010 Event - Shanghai's Expo 2010 attracts over 64 million people, a record-breaking number of visitors in the history of World's Fairs

2010 Event - Sarah, Duchess of York, becomes the first Royal in history to suffer possible bankruptcy

2010 Event - Russia's worst drought in history prompts Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to temporarily ban the export of flour and wheat

2010 Event - Over 92,000 classified documents detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan are released by Wikileaks; this is the largest leak in U.S military history

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

2010 Event - In volume, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill has overtaken Ixtoc I to become the worst oceanic oil spill in U.S. recorded history

2010 Event - The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held

2010 Event - BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies before the U.S. about the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster at the Deepwater Horizon rig that has caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history

2009 Event - A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean

2009 Event - Melbourne, Australia records highest-ever temperature, sparking the deadliest brushfires in Australian history

2000 Death - Sir Steven Runciman, historian, A History of the Crusuades, dies at 97

1998 Event - 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0

1997 Event - At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history

1996 Event - 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history

1996 Event - 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle

1995 Event - Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours, Starting December 9th at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982

1995 Death - Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44

1994 Event - 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history, Matt Nokes

1994 Event - 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina

1994 Event - Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History

1993 Event - Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history

1992 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place

1992 Event - Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in New Jersey Devils history

1992 Event - Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in U.S. Open history (5hr 26min)

1992 Event - Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior

1992 Event - NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history

1991 Event - Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49

1991 Event - Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history

1991 Event - Dennis Martinez pitches the 15th perfect game in baseball history

1991 Event - Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history

1991 Event - Del Ballard, Jr. throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history

1990 Event - 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0

1990 Event - Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history

1990 Event - Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history

1990 Event - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

1989 Event - Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary

1988 Event - 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4 hours 55 minutes - longest men's final in U.S. Open history

1988 Event - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)

1987 Event - South Africa longest mine strike in history ends

1987 Event - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)

1987 Event - Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history

1986 Event - Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England)

1986 Event - Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31

1984 Death - Michel Foucault, philosoph (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDs at 57

1983 Event - 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm))

1982 Event - 60th hat trick in Islander history - Bryan Trottier

1981 Event - Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history

1981 Event - 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals

1980 Event - Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history

1980 Death - Amos Milburn, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship, dies at 52

1978 Event - 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy)

1978 Event - "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA New York City after 21 performances

1978 Event - "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances

1977 Event - 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom

1976 Event - Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history

1976 Birthday - Nwankwo Kanu, born in Owerri, Nigeria, professional soccer player, member of the Igbo, UNICEF ambassador, most decorated soccer player in history

1974 Event - Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres

1972 Event - Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history

1971 Event - Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul

1971 Event - Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history

1970 Event - Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history

1969 Death - Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67

1969 Event - Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon

1968 Event - Yankees turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins

1967 Event - Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)

1966 Death - Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Race), dies

1966 Event - Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)

1965 Event - Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History

1964 Event - Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant, and 29th in club's history

1963 Event - Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history

1963 Event - 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7")

1962 Event - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning home run wins longest New York Yankee game in history

1961 Birthday - Tom Holt, born in London, author, British novelist, writes mythopoeic novels that parody mythology, history, literature

1961 Event - 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes

1961 Event - 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm))

1960 Birthday - Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign

1960 Event - 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5"

1959 Event - 10th largest snowfall in New York City history (13.7")

1958 Birthday - Viggo Mortensen, born in New York City, New York, actor, appeared in 'The Lord of the Rings' film trilogy, 'Eastern Promises', 'A History of Violence', 'Hidalgo'

1956 Birthday - David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion

1956 Birthday - Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history

1955 Event - Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history

1954 Event - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)

1953 Birthday - Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history

1951 Birthday - Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history

1950 Event - Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4

1950 Event - Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history

1948 Event - 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3")

1948 Birthday - Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love'

1946 Event - Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers)

1946 Event - Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history)

1944 Event - Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn

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 Death - Beatrice Webb, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine, dies at age 85, in Liphook, England

1942 Birthday - Neil Chalmers, director, National History Museum, London

1941 Birthday - Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer, University of East Anglia

1941 Event - 3rd largest snowfall in New York City history (18.1")

1940 Event - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in U.S. history

1939 Birthday - Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history

1937 Event - 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24

1936 Event - Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history

1935 Event - Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam

1935 Birthday - Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility

1934 Event - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)

1930 Birthday - Robert Buchanan, founder, Center for History of Tech Bath University

1927 Birthday - Amos Milburn, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship

1926 Birthday - Michel Foucault, French philosopher, History of Sexuality

1926 Event - Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history

1925 Event - Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)

1924 Event - History of Science Society organized at Boston

1921 Event - Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history

1921 Birthday - Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science

1920 Death - Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer (Polar History), dies at 32

1914 Event - Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia A's, 1st sweep in World Series history

1910 Event - 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history

1906 Death - Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies

1906 Birthday - Alan J P Taylor, British historian, English history 1914-1915

1902 Birthday - Roy Armstrong, English historian, History of Sussex

1901 Birthday - Eric Voegelin, Germany, U.S. philosopher, Order and History

1900 Birthday - Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher, History of Ecuador

1898 Birthday - Allison Danzig, sports writer, Tennis Pictorial History

1898 Birthday - Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer, History of Sascha

1897 Event - Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)

1896 Event - 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece, American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history

1895 Death - Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67

1894 Birthday - Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics

1893 Event - 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi)

1893 Event - For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago

1892 Birthday - John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City

1892 Birthday - Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia

1891 Death - George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41

1889 Birthday - Arnold Toynbee, born in England, historian, Study of History

1888 Event - 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21")

1887 Birthday - Pieter C A Geyl, historian, History of the Dutch Tribe

1881 Event - Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens

1877 Death - John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63

1876 Birthday - Mary R. Beard, born in Indianapolis, historian, Woman as a Force in History

1876 Birthday - Alfred L. Kroeber, Hoboken, New Jersey, author, Anthropologist looks at History

1876 Event - 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14)

1874 Death - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75

1872 Event - 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18")

1869 Event - American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City)

1869 Death - Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies at 78

1862 Birthday - Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian, History of Belgium

1858 Birthday - Beatrice Webb, born in Gloucester, England, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine

1856 Birthday - Gerrit Kalff, writer, history of Dutch writers

1855 Birthday - James Edward Kelly, U.S., sculptor "Sculptor of American History"

1855 Birthday - Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, History of the Dutch People

1844 Death - Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies

1832 Birthday - H H Bancroft, historian, publisher, History of Pacific States

1827 Birthday - Ernest H Baillon, French botanist, History of Plants

1826 Birthday - Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views

1824 Death - Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71

1819 Birthday - Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland

1816 Birthday - August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music

1811 Birthday - James Hall, U.S. geologist, Natural history of New York

1798 Birthday - Jules Michelet, French historian, History of France, L'Amour

1798 Death - Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73

1795 Birthday - Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian, History of Rome

1794 Birthday - William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science

1792 Birthday - Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, History of Europe

1790 Death - Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89

1779 Birthday - Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist, "greatest clown in history"

1773 Birthday - James Mill, born in Scotland, philosopher and historian, History of British India

1752 Birthday - Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist, History of Mankind

1743 Event - 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston

1736 Birthday - Jean-Sylvain, French historian, History of France

1727 Birthday - Michel Adanson, French biologist, Natural History of Senegal

1725 Birthday - Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life

1719 Birthday - John Hawkins, born in England, wrote 1st history of music

1717 Birthday - Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, History of Ancient Art

1707 Birthday - George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history

1706 Death - Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59

1644 Death - John Wtenbogaert, theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87

1630 Event - Governor John Winthrop begins "History of New England"

1608 Birthday - Thomas Fuller, England, literary, History of the Holy War

1607 Event - Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published

1501 Birthday - Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist, History of Plants

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