2014 Event Burger King Worldwide Inc. will purchase Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons Inc. and move its headquarters to Canada; Burger King will pay a little over $11 billion in U.S. dollars, and the merger will create the third-largest global fast food company 2013 Event A report from Japan's Coast Guard and earthquake experts claims that a new islet has been created; a volcanic eruption raised the new island, which is located off the coast of Nishinoshima - a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, far south of Tokyo 2012 Event Wendy's overtakes Burger King as the second best-selling hamburger chain in the USA 1999 Death Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76 1993 Death Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91 1992 Event New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores 1989 Event British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain 1983 Event Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England 1980 Event Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1974 Death Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 1969 Death Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 1966 Death Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60 1964 Death Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1960 Birthday Django Bates, born in Beckenham, England, jazz musician, founder, Human Chain, plays tenor horn, keyboards, piano 1957 Birthday Dennis Leary, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, writer, director, comedian, co-creator of Rescue Me television show, known for sharp comedic style and chain smoking 1955 Event Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois 1947 Birthday Denis Lawson, actor, Return of Jedi, Born Kicking, Chain 1942 Birthday Fred Ward, SD California, actor, Chain Reaction, Thunderheart, Equinox 1942 Event 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction Enrico Fermi - University of Chicago 1942 Event 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago 1937 Birthday Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1926 Birthday Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt 1917 Birthday Carl Karcher, born in Ohio, restauranteur, founder of Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, supported Conservative causes 1908 Birthday Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945 1904 Event Automobile tire chain patented 1896 Event Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain 1882 Birthday Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1856 Birthday Andrey Markov, born in Russia, mathematician, Markov Chain 1766 Event 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain
