2015 U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the Summit of the Americas in Panama for talks aimed at thawing relations; the historic meeting marks the first interaction in decades between top leaders of the two nations 2014 Papua New Guinea is shaken by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake with an aftershock registering at 6.1 on the Richter scale; the quakes were centered off the island of Bougainville 2014 Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell is nominated to replace Kathleen Sebelius as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 2013 Malawi President Joyce Banda accuses singer Madonna of 'bullying state officials' after exaggerating the contributions of her charity and complaining about her treatment during a recent visit to the country 2013 Japan's Honda, Nissan and Mazda automakers announce plas to recall 3.4 million cars due to airbag defects. 2012 The North Korean Workers party names Kin Jong Un First Secretary, with his father, Kim Jong IL delcared as the party's 'eternal' General Secretary 2012 Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papademos resigns, calling for a new election within a month 2011 In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect 2011 One month after the Tohoku earthquake shook Japan, a 6.6 magnitude aftershock hit Japan, lasting nearly an hour 2010 Tens of thousands of Poles line the streets to witness the procession of President Kaczynski, en route to the Presidential Palace, Warsaw, where he will lie in state 1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship: 1996 "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform 1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season 1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277 1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) 1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie 1992 BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence 1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) 1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris 1992 Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hours) 1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City 1991 New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television" 1991 Space Shuttle STS-37, Atlantis 8, lands 1991 U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration 1990 Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary 1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Philadelphia 1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens 1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) 1986 A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000 1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM 1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1984 General Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth 1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280 1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win 1983 NASA launches RCA-F 1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee Brewer player 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance 1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970 1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse 1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president 1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act 1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances 1967 Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," premieres 1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271 1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances 1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut 1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village 1961 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires 1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically 1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare 1951 President Truman fires General Douglas McArthur 1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco 1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1948 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball 1945 Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum 1945 SS burns and shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen 1945 U.S. captures Tsugen Shima 1945 U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald" 1945 U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen 1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft 1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized 1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets 1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations 1936 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City 1936 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 1933 Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia 1929 KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam 1927 Chilean General Carlos Ibanez names himself president 1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent 1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections 1924 WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions 1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax 1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) 1921 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR 1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox 1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres 1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid 1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa 1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut 1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration 1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system 1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews 1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station 1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die 1881 Spelman College founded 1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organizes 1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates 1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House) 1862 Rebels surrender Ft. Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender 1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans 1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria 1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini 1814 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba 1801 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig 1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain 1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht 1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht 1567 Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda 1564 England and France sign Peace of Troyes 1564 Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns 1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland 1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army 1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI 672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
