2014 Julia Pierson, the first female director of the U.S. Secret Service, resigns after an 18-month tenure during which several security breaches occurred, including the recent daytime intrusion of the White House by a man armed with a knife The Mexican government captures Hector Beltran Leyva, head of a family-run crime organization primarily involved in drug trafficking 2013 A partial shutdown of government agencies occurs after the U.S. House and Senate files to agree on a spending bill to keep government operations running Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expels three U.S. diplomats, accusing them of 'economic conspiracy' related to a power-grid shutdown 2012 Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, Chairman of Libya's legislative authority, the General National Congress, says al-Qaeda elements who fought with rebels in Libya's civil war number "up to 200" in Libya Japan appoints its new finance minister, Koriki Jojima, and Seiji Maehara as its new minister of national strategy and economic policy 2011 Heavy fighting continues in Libya's heavily besieged city of Sirte; growing fears of humanitarian disaster builds China asks Myanmar to protect Chinese corporate interests after Burma's President Thein Sein shut down the Myitsone Dam project 2010 The first dedicated 3D TV channel in Europe, Sky 3D, launches in the UK Scientists announce the discovery of Inkayacu, an extinct genus of prehistoric penguin that lived in the Late Eocene period 1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning 1995 Bermuda begins using new area code 441 Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence 1994 Boon completes his 19th Test century (114 vs. Pak, Karachi) Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic South African President Nelson Mandela visits U.S. Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curaeao 1993 Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1992 "Oba Oba '93" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 22 performances Cartoon Cable Network premieres Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens Ross Perot re-enters presidental race 1991 Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network on WJFK-AM 1990 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean President Bush at U.N., condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait Serbs in Croatia proclaim autonomy 1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany U.S. issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333 1988 Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313) Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of Soviet Union Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth 1987 "Roza" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 12 performances 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA Fiji's constitution is suspended 1986 President Carter's presidential library dedicated in Atlanta 1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed 1984 Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball 1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America 1982 EPCOT Center opens in Orlando, Florida U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl 1981 J Chodorov/N Panama's "Talent for Murder," premieres in London U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days 1979 Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president Pope John Paul II begins visit of US RKO radio network begins operation U.S. returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years 1978 Comoros adopts constitution Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from U.K. Yankees lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox 1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games Department Of Energy established Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam Yankees win 2nd consecutive AL East title 1976 1st Dutch casino opens 1975 Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu" Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Joe Frazier in Manilla Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1974 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington D.C. 1973 Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager U.S.S.R.-West Germany gas tunnel opens 1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances 1st games of World Hockey Association 2nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41 3rd New York City Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic 1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens 1970 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1 1969 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1968 "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh 1967 KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' LA Golf Open Pink FLoyd's 1st U.S. tour (arrives in New York City) 1966 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times" WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins 1965 Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, Puerto Rico begins broadcasting WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC) begins broadcasting WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1963 1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game Nigeria becomes a republic within Commonwealth 1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977 James Meredith became 1st black at University of Mississippi Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests Lucy Show premieres SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff U.N. gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea U.S. National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovitsch' 12nd Symphony Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs off of Tracy Stallard U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day) South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1959 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature a New York team (LA vs Chic) 1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA 1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1956 Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens 1955 "Honeymooners" premieres Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank) WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (TCI) begins broadcasting 1954 British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation 1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, California (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or Liberal Party wins Japanese elections Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion) 1951 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated 1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run) South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0 1949 People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa 1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages Radio Denmark begins transmitting 1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service NHL Pension Society founded U.S. control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in New York City 1946 12 war criminals sentenced to death in Nuremberg 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St. Louis wins 2 games to 0) Bob Feller 348th strikeout of season 1945 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) disbands 1944 Newspaper editor Alejandro Cordova assassinated in Guatemala St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant 1943 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II Averell Harriman named U.S. ambassador to Moscow Germans attack Jews in Denmark King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples 1942 Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st U.S. jet, makes maiden flight Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing 1941 D Sjostakovitch plane evacuated in Moscow H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in New York City Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series 1940 Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens 1939 Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" 1938 Cubs clinch NL pennant Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) 1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1936 Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain 1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1933 Antwerp Sports arena opens Packers make 5 1st downs, Giants make 0, but still win 10-7 Washington Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57 1932 NHL readmits Ottawa and drops Pittsburgh Oswald Mosley forms British Union of Fascists World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers 1931 Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage World Series is a rematch as A's seek 3rd straight title vs Cards 1930 Soccer team WHC forms World Series opens at Phila's Shibe Park, Philadelphia A's beat St. Louis 5-2 1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6) U.S.S.R. launches its 1st 5 year plan 1927 Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds 1924 Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) and 5 mile (24:06.2) Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand 1922 Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401 1921 WJZ, Newark New Jersey begins broadcasting 1920 Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day 1919 World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal) 1912 Yankees lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season 1911 United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hour day 1910 Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) Explosion at Los Angeles Times kills 21 Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6 1908 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague) Henry Ford introduces Model T car Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1 1907 Plaza Hotel (5th Av and 59th Str, New York) opens 1906 Hugh Jennings resigns as Baltimore manager to take over at Detroit in 1907 1904 JB van Heutsz becomes Governor-General of Netherland Indies Netherlands and Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor 1903 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Americans Pilgrims (Red Sox) 1898 Dutch railway Alkmaar-Receiver opens Henry Huntington buys LA Railway Jews are expelled from Kiev, Russia 1896 Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place Yosemite becomes a National Park 1895 Romanians in Costantinople massacred 1894 Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska 1893 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi) 1892 University of Chicago opens 1890 Congress creates Weather Bureau Yosemite National Park forms 1889 Soccer team HFC Haarlem forms Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum 1888 National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time 1886 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada closes 1885 Special delivery mail service begins in US 1880 John Philip Sousa becomes new director of U.S. Marine Corps Band 1879 Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause 1874 Rotterdam opens drink water pipes 1871 General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht 1869 1st postcards are issued (Vienna) 1868 1st edition of Maasbode published 1867 Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published 1866 Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens 1864 Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln 1863 5 Russian warships welcomed in New York City Dutch Breda-Tilburg railway opens 1851 1st Hawaiian stamps issued 1847 Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet 1838 Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) 1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) Treaty with Winnebago Indians 1833 Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero, Argentina 1830 General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam 1801 England and France signs Preliminary of London 1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty 1795 France annexes Southern Netherlands 1791 1st session of new French legislative assembly Dutch prince Willem Frederik marries his niece princess Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia 1768 English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France 1705 Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rakoczi becomes king 1688 Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy 1670 Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers 1661 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James 1657 Treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel 1653 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 1632 Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses 1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers 1569 Duke of Norfolk arrested 1529 Meeting between Maarten Luther and Huldrych Zwingli 1273 Earl Rudolf van Habsburg becomes Roman Catholics-German king 965 John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII 704 Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre
