2015 Event Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, calls upon world leaders to free the world of nuclear weapons during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 2015 Event California Governor Jerry Brown mandates a 25% cut in water usage, the first required water restriction in the state's history, as severe drought continues; earlier calls for a voluntary 20% reduction were not met 2015 Event Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale calls for aid after Cyclone Pam decimates homes throughout this nation of over 60 islands, resulting in at least 8 deaths; the full impact of the Category 5 storm is not yet known 2015 Event Sierra Leone Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is entering a voluntary 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies of Ebola; spread of the virus has been slowing, but a recent increase in infections has led to new calls for precaution 2015 Event Ukraine and Russia negotiate a ceasefire with the support of Germany and France; the agreement calls for an end to fighting, removal of large artillery from the sites of conflict, and greater independence for eastern Ukraine 2014 Event Swedish officials release a photo of U-boat tracks along the sea floor as proof that a foreign submarine breached the nation�s waters; the search began after the military detected Russian-language distress calls and spotted an unidentified vessel 2014 Event The U.S. House Judiciary Committee finds that there are no grounds for impeachment of President Barack Obama, despite calls for such action from political opponents 2014 Event The U.S. National Security Agency confirms that it has been using a legal loophole to search phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant 2014 Event Italy's Democratic leader Matteo Renzi calls for a new government and for the country's Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to resign 2013 Event Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi speech (to the City of Rome and to the World), a papal address and Apostolic Blessing dating back to Ancient Rome; the Pope calls for peace in Syria and South Sudan 2013 Event The U.S. Ambassador is summoned by Germany over suspicions that the U.S. monitored the cell phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel 2013 Event Pope Francis calls for worldwide 'financial reform along ethical lines' which would curb the 'tyranny' of 'markets and financial speculation' 2013 Event UK's oldest music retailer HMV calls in administrators after talks to rescue the company fail; the company which has over 4,500 employees, opened its first shop on Oxford Street in 1921 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 2012 Event The main opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of the congo condemns parliamentary election as rigged; he calls for a strike in protest of his house arrest 2011 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on Iran to respond to the IAEA report stating Iran is working on nuclear bomb technology 2011 Event Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, reveals it is impossible to protect Bangkok from flooding; calls the floods a 'national crisis' 2011 Event Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, calls for 1.2 million sandbags in an effort to protect Thai's capital from encroaching floods 2011 Event The Foreign Ministry of Iran calls for Musa al-Sadr to be released; they claim he has been held in Libya since 1978 2011 Event Senior politician Norman Moore calls upon Western Australia to consider secession over carbon tax and Minerals Resource Rent Tax 2011 Event In Libya's capitol of Tripoli, Muammar Gaddafi calls on NATO to stop its bombing campaign or else European homes offices and families will be targeted 2011 Event Nabil al-Araby, Foreign Minister of Egypt, calls for the U.S. to support and independent Palestine 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI performs Easter Mass at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City; he calls for dialogue and diplomacy to end Libya's unrest 2011 Event James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calls for the Federal Reserve to limit its purchase of U.S. Treasuries because they 'feed the fire' of inflation 2011 Event The International Atomic Energy Agency calls for a summit to discuss concerns about nuclear safety following radiation leaks at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant 2011 Event In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama 2010 Event President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 2010 Event Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 2010 Event Iran calls upon Muslims around the world to act in protest in response to Israel's plans to build in East Jerusalem 1997 Event FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls 1996 Event WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM 1995 Event "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 454 performances 1994 Event Replay shows A's Bobby Witt beat KC's Gagne to 1st in 6th but ump Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, runing Witt's perfect game 1994 Event "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances 1993 Event President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville 1992 Event "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 7 performances 1992 Event "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances 1991 Event U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1990 Event Esther Canseco calls Oakland A's manager Tony La Russa a "punk" for not starting husband Jose in the World Series 1990 Event President Bush calls up military reserves 1989 Event Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons 1989 Event U.K. physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud" 1988 Event Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile 1988 Event New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1986 Event RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs 1986 Event Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege 1983 Event Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization" 1983 Event President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire" 1982 Event Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch 1980 Event John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's 1980 Event U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1980 Death Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51 1978 Event Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army 1974 Event European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament 1974 Event Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran 1973 Event Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests 1973 Event The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1969 Event "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy 1968 Event LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" 1966 Event Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW 1965 Event U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia 1962 Event French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence 1960 Event Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 1957 Event Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1956 Event KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland 1950 Event French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS 1950 Event WOL-AM in Washington D.C. swaps calls with WWDC 1946 Event Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia 1945 Event Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks 1945 Event Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1945 Event Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties 1944 Event KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO 1943 Birthday Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls 1943 Event "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality and self-determination 1942 Event "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations 1942 Event Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" 1942 Event Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 1940 Event All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland 1939 Event Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" 1939 Event Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews 1938 Event Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" 1935 Birthday Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress, Machine Calls it Murder 1935 Event 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1933 Birthday Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs 1931 Event Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1925 Event Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1923 Event General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship 1923 Event Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin 1922 Event Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite 1922 Event WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls 1917 Event M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer 1917 Event Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests and officers 1916 Event General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe 1915 Event St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores 1915 Event Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF 1914 Event Pope Benedict XV calls for peace 1913 Event Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China 1906 Event Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession 1903 Event Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers "criminals" 1900 Event German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1875 Event Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms 1865 Event U.S. Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1863 Event President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer 1862 Event U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) 1861 Event Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state 1800 Event Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles 1791 Event President Washington calls the U.S. Senate into its 1st special session 1788 Event King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together 1787 Event "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution 1689 Event Prince Willem III calls English parliament together 1648 Event French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together 1581 Event Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal 1559 Event Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy 1420 Event Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten 1347 Event Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
