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 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 Serbian Novak Djokovic beats Swiss Roger Federer to win his second U.S. Men's Open title; a day earlier, Italian Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Women's Open to win her first Grand Slam, then announced her retirement 2014 Event Almost 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru join an emissions reduction accord requiring each nation to post its plan online in 2015; the public can then pressure noncompliant nations to keep and strengthen their commitments 2014 Event James Watson, one of three scientists to co-discover DNA structure, has auctioned off the 1962 Nobel Prize medal he received for the achievement; Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov paid $4.8 million for the medal but then returned it to Watson 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2011 Event An extremist explodes a car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing at least seven people; he then opens fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Utoya, Norway, killing 84 2011 Event As part of a crackdown on dissent in China, 169 Chinese Christians attempting to hold an outdoor prayer session were detained, then released 2009 Event A magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off the coast of Indonesia, setting off a tsunami alert which is then withdrawn 1999 Event Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves 1994 Death Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1992 Event England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record 1992 Event Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game 1991 Death Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55 1991 Event Mike Powell of U.S., sets then long jump record at 29' 4 " (8.95m) 1991 Event Red Sox and White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11) 1990 Event Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels and then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7 1989 Event Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois 1987 Event Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss) 1986 Event New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves 1982 Event Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians 1982 Event New York Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game 1982 Event New York Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game 1982 Event New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak 1982 Birthday Gaby Hoffman, actress, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then 1981 Event Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal 1981 Event Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike 1981 Event Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1979 Event Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated 1978 Death Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1975 Event Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing 1974 Event Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark 1974 Event Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories) 1973 Event Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide 1972 Event Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts 1971 Event UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row 1970 Event New York Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out 1969 Event Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris 1969 Event 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati - Detroit, San Diego - Boston 1968 Event Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 1967 Event Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1967 Event Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves 1965 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1964 Event Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene" 1964 Event Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1964 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 " 1964 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1962 Event Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 1962 Event Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1962 Event Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago 1961 Event Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves 1961 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1961 Event Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie 1961 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' " 1961 Event Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) 1961 Event Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each) 1961 Event Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black 1961 Event Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale 1960 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 11" 1960 Event In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM 1959 Event Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record 1957 Birthday Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then 1957 Event Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then" 1956 Event Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1955 Event Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season 1954 Event Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws 1954 Event Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 years 352, then world record 1954 Event Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Event Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief 1953 Birthday John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Event Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1951 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0 1948 Event Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland 1948 Event Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season 1948 Event Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader 1942 Birthday Bill Coday, U.S. singer, You're Gonna Then Me 1938 Birthday Michael Parks, born in Corona, California, actor, Then Came Bronson 1936 Event Cleveland Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia A's) 1935 Event Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 8" 1932 Event Washington Redskins, then Boston Braves, forms 1931 Event Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2" 1931 Event Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses 1930 Event Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14 1930 Event Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game 1929 Event Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak 1928 Event Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' " 1928 Event Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" 1927 Birthday Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1925 Event Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15 1925 Birthday Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1924 Event Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 " 1921 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1921 Event Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" 1920 Event NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1920 Event Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie 1920 Event NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games 1920 Event Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0) 1920 Event Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 1919 Birthday Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo, Zaire 1919 Event Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs 1915 Event BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service 1914 Event Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves 1913 Event Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th 1912 Event Red Sox defeat A's 3-0 for then AL record 105th win 1912 Event Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins 1910 Event Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed 1909 Event Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) 1906 Event White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game 1904 Event Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards 1902 Event Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL 1901 Event Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1895 Birthday Walderman Marx, cricketer, S Af, 240 on FC debut, then world record, 1895 Event Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record 1889 Event South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England 1888 Event USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game 1882 Event Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty 1865 Event Cheyennes and Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado 1854 Event With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks 1841 Event Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx 1838 Event London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours 1539 Event Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava, Czechoslovakia), expelled 1530 Event King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church
