2012 Event Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei 2012 Event A power blackout in Northern England causes as many as 50,000 homes to have a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables 2011 Event WikiLeaks cables claiming Saudi Arabia has exaggerated its crude oil reserves by 40% is published by The Guardian 2010 Event Pakistani's media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India 2010 Event U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal a cable from Hillary Clinton accusing Saudi Arabia's rich of being the largest source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups 1932 Birthday Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless 1823 Birthday Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor, laid undersea cables 1816 Birthday Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
