2015 Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2014 After eight years in a coma following a stroke in 2006, Ariel Sharon, Israel's former Prime Minister, dies at the age of 85 2014 U.S. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that President Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024 2013 Artist Paul Emsley unveils the first official portrait of Catherine Duchess of Cambridge 2013 In Sri Lanka, an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is passed by the Parliament 2012 According to Israel's military chief, the country is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights 2012 A mortar in Horns, Syria, kills a friend journalist along with eight others 2011 The Arctic sun rises two days earlier than expected over Ilulissat, Greenland 2011 Scientists posit that streams of antimatter positrons detected annihilating electrons cause Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes on top of thunderstorms 2010 The theory that Egypt's pyramids were built by free workers, not slaves, is reinforced by the discovery of new tombs near the great pyramids 2007 Vietnam becomes the 150th member of the World Trade Organization 2006 Alaska's Augustine volcano erupts 1998 "Proposals," closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 76 performances 1998 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win 1998 AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21 1998 NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49'ers 23-10 1998 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan 1997 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International 1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails 1996 Space Shuttle STS-72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space 1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City) 1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise 1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives 1995 NHLPA and owners agree to end NHL strike 1994 Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy 1994 Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA 1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo, New York on WKBW 1993 Independent President candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics 1992 Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation 1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa 1992 U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi. 1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq 1991 Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title 1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence 1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd 1990 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence 1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229) 1990 Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight 1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) 1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet 1989 Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school 1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI vs. India, Madras 1988 U.S.S.R. announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics 1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0) 1986 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game 1984 STS-41-B vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time 1982 Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F 1982 Honduras adopts constitution 1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 93 performances 1981 Palau adopts constitution 1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles) 1980 Debut of Pretenders 1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances 1978 Governor Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building 1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link) 1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow 1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner 1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics 1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions 1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves 1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in New York City 1976 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1976 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka 1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule 1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106 1973 Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Washington D.C. 1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh 1972 Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president and sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK 1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves 1970 Superbowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Len Dawson, Kansas City, QB 1969 "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5 1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts 1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission 1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV 1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain 1964 "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 302 performances 1964 1st government report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health 1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in U.S. (Cashbox) 1964 Panama ends diplomatic relations with U.S. 1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous 1963 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA 1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" 1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die 1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia 1960 Chad declares independence from France 1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts 1959 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke 1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record 1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open 1959 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21 1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club 1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore 1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles 1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia 1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1944 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established 1943 U.S. and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China 1942 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) 1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya 1941 Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton 1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad 1938 Bradman scores a second innings 113 vs. Qld after a ton in the 1st 1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a U.S. national bank 1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives 1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course) 1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City 1925 Franc B. Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State 1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters) 1923 French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations 1922 Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada) 1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1919 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed 1919 Romania annexes Transylvania 1917 Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in New York City 1916 French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu 1915 Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City) 1913 Bread and Roses Strike begins 1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah) 1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35) 1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded 1892 Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl 1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed U.S. minister to Liberia 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago 1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1865 Battle of Beverly, WV 1864 Charing Cross Station opens in London 1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras 1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Arkansas 1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede 1861 Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform 1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die 1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21) 1805 Michigan Territory organizes 1803 Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La 1790 Statisten and Vonckisten unite as Belgium 1787 Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1785 Continental Congress convenes in New York City 1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) 1774 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog 1765 Frisia bans Voltaires "Traite sur la tolerance" 1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia 1753 Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord 1709 Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London 1693 Mount Etna erupts, Sicily 1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat 1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion 1569 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul's Cathedral 1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1158 Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king 532 Nika-revolt against Justianus and Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople 314 St. Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
