2014 Event Private car scheduling service Uber has been meeting with opposition as it rapidly expands into cities around the world; complaints range from insufficient driver background checks to violation of rules protecting existing transportation services 2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event Protests have erupted in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities after former President Hosni Mubarak was cleared of charges stemming from deaths during the 2011 demonstrations against him that led to his resignation 2014 Event Legislators in California pass a ban on disposable plastic grocery bags; if approved by Governor Jerry Brown, the ban will be the first implemented across a state, though many cities across the U.S. already have such bans in place 2014 Event The Pyu Ancient Cities in Myanmar and the Shahr-i-Sokhta (Burnt City) in Iran have been named World Heritage sites; the Myanmar cities were active from 200 B.C. to 900 A.D.; the Iranian city was active primarily from 3200 B.C. to about 1800 B.C. 2014 Event Five cities have submitted bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics: Oslo, Norway; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing, China; Krakow, Poland and Lviv, Ukraine; the winner will be selected in July 2015 2014 Event United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg as a U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change 2013 Event Plans for Euro 2020 are announced by the UEFA; the football championship is to be held in 13 cities in 13 different European countries 2012 Event Madonna begins her MDNA Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel, the first of more than 65 cities she will perform at worldwide 2012 Event Justine Greening, the U.K. Secretary of State for Transport approves the HS2, a high-speed rail line that will link major cities in the U.K. to London 2011 Event Rioting takes place in English cities including Manchester, liverpool, Salford, Birmingham and Nottingham; police from Scotland are called in to help 2009 Event The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul 1999 Death Dirk Bogarde, actor/writer, A Tale of Two Cities, dies at 78 1990 Event Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) 1990 Death Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies 1985 Event Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC 1974 Death Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86 1966 Event U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities 1961 Event Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films 1959 Event 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1958 Birthday Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater, 11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86 1954 Event Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) 1953 Birthday Donald Albert Weibring, Jr., Quincy, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1979 Quad Cities 1951 Event 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities 1942 Event James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities 1941 Death Herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78 1941 Event Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19) 1940 Death Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73 1940 Event Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race 1938 Event Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities 1929 Event Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30) 1927 Event 1st U.S. radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" 1926 Birthday Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys 1923 Event KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies 1917 Event Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record) 1908 Birthday Paul Lavalle, born in Beacon, New York, bandleader, Cities Service Band of America 1897 Birthday Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities 1893 Birthday Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs 1891 Birthday Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Academy Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities 1889 Birthday Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities 1887 Birthday Blanche Yurka, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities 1880 Birthday Sholem Asch, Poland, Yiddish novelist/playwright, Three Cities 1873 Event Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary 1866 Birthday Josef Swickard, born in Coblenz, Germany, actor, Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities 1866 Birthday Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities 1863 Event Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz 1859 Event Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published 1859 Event Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published 1850 Birthday Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities 1812 Birthday Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities 1746 Event Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die 1540 Event Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico
