2015 A pending merger between telecommunication giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable is canceled after regulators indicate that there are concerns regarding competitive and public interest issues 2014 Google is partnering with solar manufacturer SunPower to form a financing program to help families afford solar power for their homes Facebook announces first-quarter profits of $642 million, an increase of nearly a factor of 3 over first-quarter profits in 2013, resulting in earnings of 25 cents per share versus the 17 cents per share expected by Wall Street 2013 The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands In France, an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage is passed, opening the door for Francois Holland to promulgate it 2012 Despite an initial ban on the film 'Borat,' Kazakhstan issues and official 'thank you' to actor Sacha Baron Cohen for his character, Borat Sagdiyev The trial over illegal use of campaign funds by U.S. Presidential candidate John Edwards begins in North Carolina 2011 In England, the guest list for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is released A clash occurs in the disputed border region of Cambodia and Thailand; thousands evacuate 2010 A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, near Shia mosques, kill dozens of people and wound 100 others 2000 Gulf Air flight 72 crashes near Bahrain, killing 143 1997 "Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno, Nevada on KRZQ 96.5 FM Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million 1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City 1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1993 Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia Motley Crue's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in New York City 1992 "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances Marion Berry, former mayor of Washington D.C., let out of prison McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China 1991 Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 1990 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts 1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06) 1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec) 1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead New Coke debuts 1984 AIDS-virus identified, acquired immune deficiency syndrome 1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops Miltitary workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10 1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London 1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. 1972 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 1968 "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 pence) United Methodist Church forms 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty 1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite 1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," premieres in New York City New York State Theater opens Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1963 "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 302 performances Jerry Bock and S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in New York City 1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1961 "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 216 performances Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open 1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofe's "San Francisco Suite" 1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 472 performances 1st heliport in Britain opens in London 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game 1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1955 "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 583 performances Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers 1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 4th NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3 1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco Netherlands annexes Elten and Tudderen 1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1946 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1945 Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po 1943 British and U.S. offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta 1942 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss) New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert 1939 1st performance of Bela Bartok's 2nd Concerto for violin Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st home run 1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government 1936 Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win 1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal 1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1925 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms 1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1921 Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 seconds) 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea National Urban League forms 1916 Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in New York City 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels 1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1904 American Academy of Arts and Letters forms 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Washington Senators 7-2 1900 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City) Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (New York City) 1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia 1883 John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London 1878 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram 1871 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up 1867 Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1864 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) 1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft. Smith Battle of San Antonio, Texas 1860 Dem convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery 1851 Canada issues its 1st postage stamps 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1826 Missolonghi captured by Turks 1798 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York 1775 Opera "Il Re Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) 1723 Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht 1705 Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London 1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony 1661 English king Charles II crowned in London 1633 Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn 1616 Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1504 King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria 1501 Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon 1500 Pedro Cabral lands and annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz) 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter) 1154 Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf