2015 Aid response to the Nepal earthquake has been hindered due to runway damage at the country’s main airport in Kathmandu, requiring airport closure to large jets; the death toll from the disaster has risen to over 7,000
2014 The death toll from a landslide covering Hobo Barik, Afghanistan is estimated to be at least 2,000; though only 350 are confirmed deceased, authorities lack the equipment needed to attempt a full rescue
2013 New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announces it will return two statues from northern Cambodia’s archeological site Koh Ker
2013 Caterpillar, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, announces plans to lay off 300 additional employees at its Decatur, Illinois facility by July 2013
2012 New Delhi hosts the 59th National Film Awards; ‘Deool’ and ‘Byari’ win the Award for Best Feature Film
2012 Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese dissident, requests help from the U.S. Congress in his attempt to flee China with his family
2011 Interest rates at the Reserve Bank of India are increased by 50 basis points to 7.25 per cent
2011 In Yafran, Libya, thousands risk potential death and starvation after Muammar Gaddafi’s forces shut off water and block food supplies
2010 United and Continental air lines announce that the two American companies will merge, creating the world’s largest airline
1998 wins Titleholders Golf Championship
1997 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
1991 356th and final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
1988 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida
1988 Jasper Johns’ “Diver” sold for $4,200,000
1987 “Mikado” closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 46 performances
1986 NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
1986 New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home run
1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain
1978 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
1978 WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game
1976 Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
1976 Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt’s Gift)
1975 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
1973 Chicago’s Sears Tower, world’s tallest building finished
1973 Kansas City Royals’ George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
1971 All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
1933 James Brown, American singer and songwriter.
1967 Black students seized finance building at
1866 Memphis Massacre
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