Today in History

2014     Six people are arrested in Taiwan for selling contaminated lard products to restaurants, manufacturers and food suppliers; the ‘lard’ included discarded kitchen oil and leather manufacturing grease
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2014     Apple announced the Apple Watch, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus; the phones will be larger than previous models and have an improved camera; all three devices use Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow instant payments in stores without credit cards

2013     The landscape painting, ‘Sunset at Montmajour,’ becomes the first full-sized Van Gogh painting to be confirmed since 1928; it is put on display at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum

2013     A 1,400 year old treasure, called ‘the Ophel Treasure’ is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem

2012     In crowded Ginowan, Okinawa, tens of thousands of Japanese people protest, demanding closure of the Futenma airbase (MCAS) and halting the deployment of twelve MV-22 Osprey aircraft

2012     Serbia says it is protecting a witness of organ harvesting on Serbian prisoners of the war in Kosovo

2011     In South Africa, scientists find Australopithecus sediba skeletons are 2 million years old, suggesting the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans

2011     The 2011 Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand

2010     In Bauchi, northern Nigeria, an Islamist militant group named Boko Haram raids a prison and frees 721 inmates

2010     Pastor Terry Jones threatens to organize an international Burn a Koran Day in retaliation for plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero

2009     President Obama promises the will ‘get something done this year’ on healthcare reform

2001     115th U.S. Womens Tennis

2001     121st U.S. Mens Tennis

1997     Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmamen

1995     “Broadway Limited” last train ride (began in 1902)

1995     109th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63)

1995     Chynna Phillips weds William Baldwin

1995     Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904

1995     Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41)

1994     Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit

1994     Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed

1993     Croupier of casino in Bristol England, shoots a 4, a record 8 times

1993     PLO recognizes state of Israel

1993     Ukraine premier Leonid Koetsjma, resigns

1992     1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home

1992     9th MTV Awards: Howard Stern appears as Fartman

1992     Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits

1991     Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland

1990     110th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62)

1990     Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait

1990     Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson’s forces

1990     Oakland beats New York 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year

1990     Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship