2015 Event E-commerce company eBay announces that it will lay off 2,400 employees in advance of its plans to spin off its PayPal unit; the split is expected to take place in mid-2015 2014 Event Demonstrators block Wall Street as they demand action on climate change in advance of a U.N. climate change forum tomorrow 2014 Event 705 military troops will be sent to Iraq by the U.S. to assist in planning assistance to groups affected by the advance of Islamist State militants; President Barack Obama states that the troops will not be involved in combat 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama will allow the Pentagon to perform a limited number of air strikes in Iraq to thwart the advance of the Islamic State 2014 Event The Islamic State captures the Iraqi town of Sinjar, home to the country's Yazidi religious minority population; residents fled in advance of the extremists, who have demanded that non-Muslim residents convert to Islam or face death 2014 Event President Barack Obama exchanges 5 Guantanamo Bay prisoners for the lone U.S. prisoner of war in Afghanistan, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl; some lawmakers protest that the secret exchange was illegal because Congress was not notified in advance 2012 Event After Simon Bolivar's U.K. concert, featuring Venezuela's premier youth orchestra sells out eight months in advance, it is announced that the concert will be live-streamed on June 23rd and 26th, 2012 2011 Event President Barack Obama's Jobs Act fails to receive the sixty votes required to advance from the U.S. Senate 1989 Event Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series 1975 Event JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers 1945 Event General Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany 1944 Event General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris 1944 Event Japanese advance in Hangkhou, China 1942 Event 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1940 Event Paris evacuates before German advance 1939 Event Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw 1914 Event Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved) 1914 Event General von Moltke ceases German advance in France 1864 Event Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance 1864 Event General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia 1863 Event Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted 1861 Event Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before U.S. advance 1861 Event Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance 1853 Event Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard Advance 1800 Event French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1777 Event Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
