2013 Event Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents 2013 Event The Organization on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reports it has completed the inspection of 21 out of 23 chemical weapons sites across Syria, resulting in the destruction of over 1,000 metric tons of toxic agents and munitions 2009 Event A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing 1988 Event Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents 1985 Event French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior 1985 Event French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1976 Event A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell 1975 Event Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents 1970 Event President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses 1969 Event "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman and The Agents hits #92 1967 Event Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents 1963 Event Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum 1951 Event 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/U.S. agents 1939 Event Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents 1901 Birthday Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents