| 2015 | Taylor Swift receives eight awards at the Billboard Music Awards; Pharrell Williams, Meghan Trainor, One Direction, and Sam Smith were also multiple winners at the ceremony |
| 2014 | African leaders meet in Paris to discuss ways to fight Boko Haram, the Islamist group that kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls over a month ago in Nigeria; the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been seen as slow to respond to the situation |
| 2014 | Google, Inc. and Apple, Inc. have agreed to drop certain patent lawsuits against each other; the lawsuits revolve around Google’s Motorola Mobility technology |
| 2013 | Former President of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla dies in a jail in Marcos Paze, Buenos Aires |
| 2013 | The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA |
| 2012 | U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, says America ‘is ready’ to attack Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons |
| 2012 | Security chief Zhou Yongkang is asked to be removed by a group of Chinese Communist Party veterans |
| 2011 | The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is recorded in Chicago, Illinois; many celebrities attend the star-studded event |
| 2011 | The oldest panda in the world, Ming Ming, dies at the age of 34 in Guangdong, China |
| 2010 | Iceland’s volcano causes Britain’s two busiest airports to close in addition to Dublin Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
| 1998 | 44th McDonald’s LPGA Championship |
| 1997 | 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54 |
| 1997 | Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London |
| 1997 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom |
| 1996 | Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe |
| 1996 | Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs |
| 1994 | Bakili Muluzi’s UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election |
| 1993 | Intel’s new Pentium processor is unveiled |
| 1992 | 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King |
| 1992 | Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone and Fisk) |
| 1991 | Lupita Jones, 23, of Mexico, crowned 40th Miss Universe |
| 1990 | Cheers’ star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI |
| 1990 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71 |
| 1990 | European court rules pension rights for both men and women |
| 1990 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann |
| 1989 | Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! |
| 1989 | Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart |
| 1989 | Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa |
| 1989 | Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” auctioned for $825M |
| 1987 | “Stardust” closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 102 performances |
| 1987 | Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic |
| 1987 | USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die |
| 1986 | “Chicken Song” by Spitting Image hit #1 on the U.K. pop chart |
| 1986 | 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8 |
| 1985 | Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska |
| 1984 | Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning |
| 1984 | Mai Shanley, 21, (NM), crowned 33rd Miss USA |
| 1983 | Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty |
