2015 Event Zimbabwe seeks extradition of U.S. dentist Walter James Palmer, who killed a protected lion, Cecil, during a hunt; led by a local guide, Palmer believed that the hunt was properly licensed and fully legal 2014 Event A water-embedded rock layer is found deep inside the earth; the layer stores three times the water found in all the earth's oceans, suggesting that oceans developed through seepage of this water and not from striking comets as previously believed 2014 Event Scientists from Australian National University observe the oldest star in the universe for the first time. The star, located 6,000 light years from Earth, serves as a fingerprint of the first stars in the universe; it is believed to be 13.7 billion years old 2013 Event In the U.S., two winners are believed to have won the Mega Millions lottery; they will share a jackpot of $636 million 2013 Event Pope Francis displays relics believed to be the bones of St. Peter at a mass in St. Peter's Square; the first time the bones have ever been shown to the public 2013 Event In Gamla Uppsala, Sweden, archeologists discover mysterious posts in perfect alignment for the length of a kilometre in what is believed to be a display of power from a fifth century chieftain 2012 Event Medical textbooks require rewriting after 39-year-old Canadian Scott Routley becomes the first person believed to be in a vegetative state to tell scientists he isn't in any pain 2012 Event Antisa Khvichava, a Georgian woman believed to be the oldest woman of all time, dies at age 132 2012 Event In Bulgaria, remains believed to be John the Baptist, are scientifically dated to be from the first century AD 2011 Event In Pakistan's South Waziristan province, 13 militants in a compound are believed to have been killed by U.S. drone missiles 2011 Event In Sweden, four men arrested for the 2011 failed Gothenburg terrorist attack are believed to be linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network 2011 Event A skull believed to be 20-million years old is discovered in a Uganda; the skull is believed to be from a tree-climbing ape 2010 Event Archaeologists at a site on the Egypt-Gaza border unearth parts of a possible hidden city believed to be over 2,000 years old 2010 Event The U.S. House of Representatives imposes trade sanctions against China, which is believed to be undervaluing the yuan 2010 Event Mexican Naval Infantry discover 72 corpses near the U.S. Texas border, believed to be migrants from Central America and South America murdered by a drug cartel 2010 Event Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists reveal part of a skull believed to be Buddhism's founder, Siddartha Gautama 2010 Event Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992 Event Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in U.S. Open history (5hr 26min) 1979 Death Ali Hassan Salameh, Abu Hassan, killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes 1961 Event A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha 1950 Birthday Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1831 Birthday Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1747 Death Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1715 Birthday Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives
