2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2015 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station complete a tricky cable installation project to prepare for addition of docking ports; the ports will be able to receive manned commercial space capsules such as those launched by SpaceX and Boeing 2014 Event Apple Inc. wins an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of blocking competing music providers in its iTunes 7.0 update; the company proved that its upgrades were product improvements and that consumers were still able to access music purchased elsewhere 2014 Event Kurdish peshmerga fighters are able to recapture part of the Mosul Dam after U.S. airstrikes push back Islamic State militants 2014 Event The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration removes its ban on air travel to Israel after concluding that Israel will be able to prevent risks to aircraft during the conflict with Hamas 2014 Event U.S. telecom company Sprint is in talks to purchase T-Mobile U.S.; the combined company will be better able to compete against market leaders Verizon and AT&T 2014 Event The Federal Communications Commission moves away from the idea of net neutrality, in which all Internet users are able to equally access and view content; the agency instead proposes to allow large companies to pay Internet service providers for access to faster-streaming 'lanes' 2014 Event The world's largest virus to date is discovered in 30,000-year-old Siberian ice; the ancient virus is still able to infect amoebae, its target hosts 2014 Event Lebanon's new Prime Minister Tammam Salam declares that he has been able to form a new cabinet, breaking the 10-month impasse between Hezbollah and Sunni rival parties; Salam intends to hold presidential elections on time 2013 Event The U.S. Army robot, BigDog from Boston Dynamics, is upgraded to include arm that can manipulate nearby objects with great force; it is able to hurl a cinderblock 15 feet 2010 Event BP claims that if the ban on offshore drilling permits continues, it may not be able to pay compensation for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 1989 Event NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz 1989 Death Able J Herzberg, Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies 1987 Death I. W. Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87 1984 Event U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, New Jersey 1979 Event Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier 1959 Event Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 1946 Death Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 1902 Death Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet), dies at 75 1892 Birthday Able Kiviat, U.S., runner, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics 1875 Birthday Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist 1829 Death Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 1827 Birthday Frederick A. Able, English chemist/inventor, cordiet 1659 Death Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, New Zealand), dies at about 56 1643 Event Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania 1642 Event Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia
