2015 | U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an ‘occupied force’ |
2014 | Voters in Switzerland reject a proposal to raise the minimum wage to about $25 per hour; if passed, the rate would have been the highest minimum wage in Europe |
2014 | Italian officials announce that many of the country’s public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country’s debt; plans to sell part of the nation’s air traffic control and postal services have already been approved |
2013 | In Rome, one hundred thousand protestors rally against their new government’s austerity measures, and demand a new policy focused on job creation |
2013 | An agent in Zephyrhills, Florida confirms they located the winner of a record-high Powerball jackpot of $590 million |
2012 | German opera singer and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, dies age age 86 |
2012 | Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012’s Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal |
2011 | The U.S. intends to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, for alleged human rights breaches during the 2011 Syrian Uprising |
2011 | Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland’s Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence |
2010 | Christina Figueres of Costa Rica is appointed by U.N. Secretary – General Ban Ki Moon to lead efforts to combat global warming and climate change |
2009 | The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul |
1997 | “King David,” opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City |
1997 | 43rd McDonald’s LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson |
1997 | Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic |
1997 | Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic |
1996 | 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2 |
1996 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner |
1995 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma |
1994 | AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona |
1994 | Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip |
1994 | Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens |
1993 | Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty |
1993 | Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola |
1992 | Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs |
1991 | 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54 |
1991 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1991 | U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station |
1990 | 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty |
1990 | Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak |
1990 | Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant |
1990 | Return To Green Acres TV movie airs |
1989 | Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl |
1988 | Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen |
1988 | In just Oakland’s 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16 |
1986 | “Singin’ in the Rain” closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 367 performances |
1986 | Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic |
1986 | Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups |
1986 | David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool |
1986 | South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia |
1986 | Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 “atomic” hand-stand push-ups |
1985 | “One Night In Bangkok” by Murray Head hits #3 |
1985 | 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank’s Prospect wins in 1:53.4 |
1985 | 1st remote location for “Nightline” (South Africa) |
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