2014 Event Residents of the West Point shantytown in Monrovia, Nigeria loot an Ebola quarantine center, stealing items that include contaminated bedsheets; patients flee during the raid, raising the risk of spreading the virus among the 50,000 slum inhabitants 2012 Event Australia's Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after the Warragamba Dam overflows, causing evacuations in the Sydney suburbs Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point 2011 Event In a Schrodinger's cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light; this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another 2011 Event The moon appears 30% brighter and 14% larger than at its furthest point; it reaches its closest point to Earth since 1993 2001 Death Herbert Ross, director, The Turning Point, dies at 74 1995 Event Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 1993 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin 1993 Event Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point 1992 Death Garrison H Davidson, U.S. Lieutenant-general commandant (West Point), dies 1991 Death Roger Swaybill, actor and writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at 47 1989 Event Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 Event Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point 1987 Event Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point 1986 Event Kirk Muller scores New Jersey Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6 1986 Event Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season 1986 Event New York Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point 1982 Event Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point 1982 Event Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record 1977 Event Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point 1976 Event 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy 1975 Death Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27 1974 Death Paul Richards, actor (Dr. Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 1974 Birthday Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Tony Delk, born in Covington, Tennessee, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard, leader of University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division 1973 Event Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point 1973 Birthday Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997 1972 Event Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns 1971 Event Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site 1970 Event NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m) 1970 Event Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) 1970 Event International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule 1966 Birthday Johnny Colt, Cherry Point, North Carolina, rock bassist, Black Crowes 1966 Birthday Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 100m/200m, 1996 Olympics silver 1963 Birthday Cathy Johnston-Forbes, High Point, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 du Maurier 1963 Birthday Steve Hegg, Dana Point California, road cyclist, Olympics-16th-84, 96 1963 Event WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (ABC) begins 1963 Event Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens 1962 Event 1,000,000th NBA point scored 1962 Event Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years 1962 Event Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1959 Birthday Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut 1958 Birthday Leslie Browne, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point 1958 Event 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award 1958 Event NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring 1957 Birthday Leonard C Clements, Cherry Point, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1994 Bob Hope-2nd 1956 Birthday Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters 1952 Event Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite," premieres 1952 Birthday William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS-42, 51, 79 1949 Event WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1949 Death Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies 1949 Birthday Starr Danias, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point 1949 Event President Truman announces his point 4 program 1948 Birthday Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1947 Event 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island 1947 Birthday Peter Weller, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, actor, Robocop, Of Unknown Origin 1947 Birthday Lee Purcell, born in Cherry Point, North Carolina, actor, Big Wednesday, Mr. Majestyk 1945 Event 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented 1943 Birthday Roger Swaybill, actor and writer, Porky's II, Breaking Point 1943 Event German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II 1942 Birthday Kevin Conway, New York City, actor, Flash Point, Cage of Angels 1941 Event Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point 1941 Event Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears) 1939 Birthday Antoinette Sibley, ballerina, Turning Point 1932 Event Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22 1928 Birthday Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner, Center Point 1925 Birthday Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln 1921 Event Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins 1919 Birthday Allen Ludden, Mineral Point Wisconsin, TV host, Password 1911 Event Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point 1904 Birthday Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina, Turning Point 1900 Event 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) 1894 Birthday Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, 'Real McCoys', 'At Gun Point' 1893 Birthday Carl Benton Reid, Lansing, Michigan, actor, Pressure Point 1890 Event 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point 1877 Event Henry O. Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point 1873 Event Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point 1870 Event James W Smith of South Carolina is 1st black to enter West Point 1865 Event Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler) 1864 Event Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) 1864 Event Battle of Summit Point, VA 1862 Event Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend) 1862 Event Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville) 1861 Event Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing 1861 Event Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - U.S. attacks Confederate batteries 1861 Event Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South 1861 Event Ft. Point completed and garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) 1854 Event Marine Telegraph from Ft. Point to San Francisco completed 1831 Event Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy 1814 Event Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 1802 Event U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York 1802 Event U.S. Academy at West Point founded 1802 Event Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1791 Event Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) 1780 Event Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point 1779 Event U.S. troops under General A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York 1779 Event General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx 1778 Event George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army 1577 Birthday Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, Aanbidding of the Point
