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 Texas Governor Rick Perry has been convicted of felony for threatening to block state funds from the office of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg unless she resigned; the threat stemmed from Lehmberg's arrest for drunk driving 2013 Event An experimental privacy feature on Google's Android mobile software is removed, raising objections from the Electronic Frontier Foundation; the feature allowed users to block apps from collecting personal information such as a user's location and address book data 2013 Event An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways 2013 Event Heavy monsoon rains cause the collapse of a partially-finished building on a residential block in Mumbai, India 2011 Event In Yafran, Libya, thousands risk potential death and starvation after Muammar Gaddafi's forces shut off water and block food supplies 2010 Event The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the decision to block President Obama's executive order to expand embryonic stem cell research 2001 Death Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1994 Death Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64 1993 Death Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies 1992 Death Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies 1991 Event Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence 1990 Death Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88 1990 Event 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn 1990 Event New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall 1989 Event Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day" 1989 Event Cleveland Cavaliers block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record 1988 Event 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium 1984 Event Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record 1982 Event Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record 1980 Event Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale 1980 Event Polish railway workers block railway to Russia 1967 Death Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64 1959 Event Citizens of Deerfield, Illinois block building of interracial housing 1956 Birthday Matt Aitken, rocker, Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block 1953 Event Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply 1953 Event Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1951 Birthday Mike Stock, rocker, Stock, Aitken and Waterman-Road Block 1947 Birthday Pete Waterman, rocker, Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block 1935 Birthday John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981 - 1986 1934 Death Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 1929 Birthday Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland 1924 Event Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern 1924 Event Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP 1921 Death Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 1918 Event HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor 1909 Birthday Herblock, Herbert L Block, Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist 1909 Birthday Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1907 Event Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, estimated 150 died 1902 Birthday Ray Block, born in France, orchestra leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason 1882 Event Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks 1880 Birthday Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat 1880 Birthday Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat 1868 Birthday Anthony J Block, Dutch lawyer, strafproces
