2015 Event Over 6,000 Syrian migrants arrive in Austria after being detained in Hungary in an effort to control the recent mass wave of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn nations; many of the migrants plan to seek asylum in Austria and Germany 2015 Event France has outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period of time before and during a modeling job; the law aims to prevent promotion of anorexia among models and people who emulate them 2015 Event Over 6 million people attend a Mass in Manila, Philippines given by Pope Francis, who encouraged followers to protect the young and promote peace 2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2014 Event Pope Francis gives Easter Mass in St. Peter's square; his message included prayer for peace in Syria and Ukraine, a halt to Boko Haram attacks against Nigerian Christians, and for all to care for the hungry and the needy 2014 Event Over 300 books related to Anne Frank are donated to Tokyo libraries by the embassy of Israel after a mass vandalism incident earlier this month that destroyed hundreds of the library system's existing copies; police are still investigating 2013 Event Before celebrating Christmas Mass at Pope Francis pays a visit to Pope Benedict XVI at his retirement home 2013 Event Pope Francis displays relics believed to be the bones of St. Peter at a mass in St. Peter's Square; the first time the bones have ever been shown to the public 2013 Event Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears for the first time in court since his arrest April 19; he pleads not guilty to 30 charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction 2013 Event Pope Francis condemns the 'global indifference' to the plight of immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe; he honors them in a mass held on Lampedusa, the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea 2012 Event At St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome, Pope Benedict XVI delivers the annual Christmas Message and holds traditional Mass at St. Peters Basilica 2012 Event In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system 2012 Event Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian leftist protest leader is charged with plotting 'mass disorder', facing a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted 2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2012 Event Mass protests take place in Tamil Nadu, India, as opposition to the Kudankulam nuclear power project grows 2011 Event The Northern Lights become visible over much of North America due to a coronal mass ejection 2011 Event Libya's National Transitional Council raises concerns about the mass killing of political prisoners by Muammar Gaddafi's government 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces Roman Catholic bishops must obey a papal order allowing priests to say the old-style Tridentine Mass 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI performs Easter Mass at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City; he calls for dialogue and diplomacy to end Libya's unrest 2010 Event The Leaf, one of the first mass market electric cars is launched by Nissan 2010 Event Pope Benedict XVI celebrates open-air Mass at Fatima, Portugal with over 500,000 pilgrims attending from 35 nations including Vietnam, China and India 2010 Event A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating its capital city, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 150,000 were killed and buried later in mass graves 2009 Event Two mass graves relating to Columbia's long fight with the Farc, were found in northwest and south Columbia 2009 Event U.S. Army officer William Calley publicly apologizes for the mass killings in the Vietnamese community of My Lai 2009 Event More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary 2006 Event Pope Benedict XVI quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith leading to mass protests 2003 Event United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction 1998 Death Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer, dies at 73 1997 Event 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) 1997 Event "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City 1996 Event "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1994 Death John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52 1994 Event Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York 1994 Death Andrei Tsjikatilo, Rostov Ripper, Russian mass murdered, executed 1991 Death Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat) 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat) 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th home run in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th home run in 1st 86 at bats 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th home run in 1st 72 at bats 1989 Event Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal 1988 Event 88th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass 1988 Event Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass 1987 Event Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass 1986 Event Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America 1984 Death Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78 1983 Event 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00 1982 Event Biggest mass wedding, Reverend Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City 1982 Event Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game 1981 Event Bill C. Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in New York City 1980 Event 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11 1980 Death Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass 1979 Event Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop 1979 Event 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27 1978 Death Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members 1978 Event Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds 1978 Event 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13 1978 Event Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Florida 1975 Event 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 1973 Event Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests 1973 Event The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1972 Event German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed 1970 Event John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass) 1966 Event 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass 1966 Event Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene 1965 Event Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia 1963 Event 63rd U.S. Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass 1963 Birthday Michelle Bell, Melrose, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 Mass School Girls Champ 1962 Event U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million 1960 Event Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass 1958 Event USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's 1957 Birthday Zeljko Ivanek, Lujubljana Yugoslavia, actor, Mass Appeal 1954 Event 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh) 1950 Event South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions 1949 Event Mass arrests of communists in India 1946 Event Mass murder on Jews in Kielce Poland 1945 Event 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2 1944 Event Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz 1943 Event Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians 1943 Event Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn 1942 Event Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass) 1942 Event 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2 1941 Birthday Richard Speck, mass murderer, killed 8 student nurses in 1966 1941 Event 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe 1941 Event 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga 1941 Event Nazi mass murder at Babi Jar, Soviet Union 1941 Event Nazi mass murder in Lvov/Lemberg (7,000 dead) 1941 Event Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia 1941 Event 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania 1939 Event Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews 1939 Death Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed 1938 Event GM began mass production of diesel engines 1936 Birthday Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted 1935 Event Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews 1935 Event 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4 1934 Event 1st youth hostel in U.S. opens (Northfield, Mass) 1933 Death Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60 1932 Event 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass 1931 Event 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Mass in 2:46:45.8 1930 Event 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2 1928 Event 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8 1927 Death Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass 1927 Event 1st Ryder Cup: U.S. beats England, 9 -2 at Worcester CC Mass 1927 Event 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2 1925 Birthday Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass, D-Sen-NY, AG; assassinated 1925 Event 29th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass 1925 Event Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg 1924 Event 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2 1924 Event Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US 1923 Event 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass) 1923 Event 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4 1923 Event Mass arrests in U.S. of mafia 1923 Event Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy 1922 Event 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10 1920 Event 1st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass) 1919 Event 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money 1919 Event 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass 1919 Event 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4 1916 Event 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4 1915 Birthday Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer 1911 Event 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6 1910 Event Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) 1908 Event 14th U.S. Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass 1906 Event Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass) 1906 Event 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45 1905 Event 11th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass 1903 Event 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 1901 Death Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1899 Event 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 1898 Death Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1898 Death Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1898 Event 4th U.S. Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass 1898 Event 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00 1898 Event John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding and gumming mach (Mass) 1895 Event George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) 1893 Event Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass 1893 Birthday Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's U.S. Open, 1913 1892 Event Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 1892 Death Andrew and Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?) 1892 Event Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) 1892 Event 1st basketball game played (Mass) 1892 Event Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass 1885 Event 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) 1885 Event Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes 1882 Event Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans 1881 Event Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass) 1877 Event 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass 1876 Event Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench 1876 Event 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass 1874 Event 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) 1870 Event Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary 1866 Event Indelible pencil patents by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Mass 1865 Event James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator 1863 Event 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1863 Event War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1855 Event Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope 1853 Event Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass 1850 Event 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass 1846 Event 1st U.S. woman telegrapher, Sarah G. Bagley, Lowell, Mass 1844 Death Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 1843 Event Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Mass 1843 Event Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today 1842 Event 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) 1838 Event Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class 1827 Event 1st U.S. swim school opens (Boston Mass) 1787 Event Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1786 Event Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass 1785 Birthday Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks 1778 Event 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1775 Event Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 1774 Event Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary 1765 Event Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) 1763 Birthday Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House 1755 Event Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report 1753 Event Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass 1735 Event Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) 1732 Event 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 1732 Event Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia 1708 Event Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians 1700 Event Mass orders priest to leave the colony 1692 Event Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. (Salem Mass) 1692 Event 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass 1690 Event Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money 1690 Event 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass) 1676 Event 1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass 1676 Event Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians 1676 Event Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1672 Event 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass 1668 Event Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina 1657 Death William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies 1654 Event Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals 1652 Death John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 1649 Death John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61 1649 Death John Winthrop, Puritan and 1st Governor (Mass), dies 1647 Death Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass 1646 Event Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word 1646 Event Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church 1641 Event Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery 1640 Event Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1638 Event 1st earthquake recorded in U.S., at Plymouth, Mass 1638 Event Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony 1637 Event Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic 1636 Event Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded 1635 Event Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony 1630 Event Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston 1629 Event Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate 1628 Event Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle 1628 Event 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass 1621 Event Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass 1620 Event Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass 1588 Birthday John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass 1588 Birthday John Winthrop, 1st governor, Mass Bay Colony 1584 Birthday John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony 1377 Event Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy 390 Event Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica
