2015 U.S. President Barack Obama will seek approval from Congress to add force in the fight against ISIS militants; the current U.S. military campaign began without Congressional approval, raising concerns that Obama exceeded the limits of his authority 2014 For the first time in history, millionaires made up the majority of Congress in 2012; The Center for Responsive Politics study reveals that of the 534 members, 268 had a net worth of $1 million or more 2014 As part of a political transition, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and representatives from the country's main political parties agree to transform Yemen into a six-region federation 2013 London hosts the 66th British Academy Film Awards, with 'Argo' winning best film, Emmanuelle Riva winning best actress and Daniel Day-Lewis winning best actor 2013 At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2012 The Guardian proclaims 'The Guard' has won its first annual film award 2012 A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin; the story, 'The Cats of Copenhagen' is called an 'outrage' 2011 An undersea fiber-optic cable arrives in Cuba, linking it to Venezuela. Venezuela offered to help Cuba speed its internet connection when the U.S. refused 2011 The North American winter storm continues across the Southeastern United States and the Tennessee Valley 2010 Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week 2009 A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia 2006 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy 2005 North Korea announces that it has nuclear weapons 1998 AOL raises monthly flat rate internet access from $19.95 to $21.95 1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery 1997 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1997 5th annual ESPY Awards presented 1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU) 1997 O. J. Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages 1997 Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR 1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991 1996 IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov 1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA 1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m) 1995 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek 1993 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59) 1993 U.S. officially backs peace plan in Bosnia 1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people 1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV 1992 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA 1992 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana 1991 "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 24 performances 1991 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte 1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament 1991 Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54) 1991 Lithuania votes for independence from U.S.S.R. 1991 NBA All Star Game at Charlotte North Carolina 1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome) 1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1990 Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water 1990 South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th 1990 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1989 Celtic Kansas City Jones and Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame 1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis 1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days 1989 Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff 1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court 1988 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails 1988 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal) 1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre 1986 "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released 1985 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-E mission 1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic 1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral U.K. nuclear disarmament 1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec 1981 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA 1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton 1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249 1980 Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in New York City 1980 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic 1979 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1 1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed 1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA 1977 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 92 performances 1977 Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro 1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born 1977 Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976) 1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1974 "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 103 performances 1974 Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic 1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out 1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st U.S. women's marathon (2:55:17) 1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81 an ounce in London 1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1973 Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 vs. New Zealand Dunedin 1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY 1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees) 1971 John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in New York City 1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa 1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire a state record 1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1969 LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94 1968 "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3 1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France 1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect 1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns 1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1963 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon 1963 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz 1962 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA 1962 U.S.S.R. swaps spy Francis Gary Power to U.S. for Rudolph Abel 1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego 1961 Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power 1961 Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres 1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances 1960 Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres 1959 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone" 1959 Tornado in St. Louis kills 19 and injures 265 1957 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA 1954 Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam 1954 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB 1954 Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN 1954 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER 1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1953 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB 1953 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA 1953 Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA 1951 "John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21 1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari 1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, New York City 1948 Greek General Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia 1947 Netherlands Radio Union forms 1947 Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland 1947 WW II peace treaties signed 1946 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum 1945 "Rum and Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1 1944 Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested 1944 U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland 1943 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality and self-determination 1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia 1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau 1942 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA 1941 Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands 1940 "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1 1940 Tom and Jerry created by Hanna and Barbera debut by MGM 1940 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1940 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner 1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga 1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2) 1935 1st U.S. streamlined electric RR engine begins service 1935 Pennsylvania Rail Road begins passenger service on new electric locomotive 1934 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine 1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, New York City; 1st unperforated ungummed U.S. stamp 1934 Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in New York City 1934 Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier" 1934 Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in New York City 1933 -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record) 1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co New York City) 1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship 1933 Hitler proclaims end of Marxism 1933 Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed 1931 New Delhi becomes capital of India 1931 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts premieres in New York City 1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress 1927 President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference 1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins 1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind 1925 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year 1924 Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators) 1923 Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company 1923 Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in New York City 1923 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied 1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball 1917 Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherlands 1st female professor 1916 Conscription begins in Britain 1913 Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in New York City 1912 Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Australia at MCG 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1906 State of siege proclaimed in Zululand 1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1900 Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec) 1899 -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) 1899 U.S.-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. U.S. gets Puerto Rico and Guam 1897 N.Y. Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" 1890 Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement 1883 Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin, kills 71 1882 Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1881 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris 1880 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage 1879 1st electric arc light used in the California Theater 1879 Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo 1878 Peace of Zanjon 1878 Peter Tsjaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres 1870 City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time) 1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City) 1868 Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida 1866 Dutch government Frans van der Putte forms 1863 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1863 P. T. Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York City) 1862 Dutch 2nd government of Thorbecke forms 1860 John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres 1859 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oudh and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny 1855 U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship 1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US 1846 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg 1824 Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru 1807 U.S. Coast Survey authorized by Congress 1794 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres 1774 Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England 1749 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published 1746 English Pelham government resigns 1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England 1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France 1713 Netherlands and England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier 1676 Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1635 Academie Franeaise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu) 1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets 1098 Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch 60 St. Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
