2015 Event Over 6,000 Syrian migrants arrive in Austria after being detained in Hungary in an effort to control the recent mass wave of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn nations; many of the migrants plan to seek asylum in Austria and Germany 2014 Event North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae; Bae was imprisoned for two years after arrest for missionary actions, while Miller was detained in April for 'hostile acts' after tearing up his visa and requesting asylum 2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2013 Event Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden one year of temporary political asylum; Snowden leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport 2013 Event Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces a plan to help settle Papua New Guinea asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat 2013 Event A boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island; Australian authorities rescue 88 people and 9 are feared dead 2009 Event An Australian navy ship intercepts a boat carrying 60 suspected asylum seekers 1992 Event Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum 1989 Event Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy 1979 Event Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland 1975 Event Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum 1975 Event Czechoslovakian tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City 1970 Event Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1967 Event 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum 1967 Event Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US 1964 Birthday Dave Pirner, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, singer, member and lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum 1960 Event Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 1959 Event Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1954 Event Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra 1943 Birthday David Geffin, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, Geffin, Asylum 1942 Birthday Britt Ekland, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Wicker Man, Asylum 1942 Birthday Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress, Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum 1934 Birthday Sylvia Syms, London, actress, Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine 1931 Birthday Alex Cord, New York City, actor, Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum 1851 Event SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded 1829 Event New England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in U.S., incorporated, Boston
