2015 Event Officials from North Korea and South Korea meet to discuss issues that have led to recent hostile incidents along the border; South Korea is currently conducting military exercises with the United States, which North Korea claims is a threat 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data for about 100,000 taxpayers after breaking into a U.S. Internal Revenue Service system that allows taxpayers to retrieve previous tax returns; the data can be used to file tax refund claims and commit identity theft 2015 Event Smartflash, a Texas technology licensing company, has won $532.9 million in a lawsuit against Apple for infringement of data management software patents; Apple claims that the patents are invalid and that it never used the technology in question 2014 Event The U.S. Senate intelligence committee releases its report on CIA interrogation methods after 9/11; the report found that the CIA hid many of its actions from Congress and former President George W. Bush and claims that little useful intelligence resulted 2014 Event The U.N. issues a report concluding that immediate global actions are needed to prevent runaway impacts of climate change; the report claims failure to act now will result in extensive future damage which will be prohibitively expensive to control 2014 Event Israel closes visitation to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, citing security concerns after the shooting of Israeli activist Yehudah Glick; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claims that the action is a 'declaration of war' 2014 Event A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2014 Event U.S. officials have validated claims by the Islamic State (IS) that journalist James Foley, held in captivity for two years, has been killed; President Obama vows to continue airstrikes in Iraq against IS militants 2014 Event Spain will increase spending in an $8.2 billion program aimed to stimulate economic growth; the country has been working to overcome an unemployment rate of 25%, but recent reports have shown an encouraging decline in jobless claims 2014 Event Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines, considers the territorial claims China has made in the South China Sea comparable to the Nazi Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2014 Event Initial U.S. jobless claims remained essentially unchanged at 326,000, following 325,000 the previous week 2013 Event In an interview with U.S. journalist Barbara Walters, Hillary Clinton claims she is 'unsure' whether she will run for President in 2016 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 2013 Event In a report sent to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Syria claims it has fully disclosed information regarding its chemical weapons program 2013 Event U.S. President Barack Obama claims he is ready to order a strike on Syria, but will seek approval from Congress 2013 Event Charged with bribing public officials in Argentina between 2005 and 2009, clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million to resolve U.S. regulatory and criminal claims 2013 Event France's former President, Nicolas Sarkozy is investigated over claims of illegal donations made by Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oreal, the country's richest woman 2013 Event The running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, claims that votes cast in Kenya's presidential election have been falsified 2013 Event Scientists in Spain publish a study in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' that claims a Mediterranean diets, high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits, reduce the risk of heart disease 2012 Event The U.N. condemns North Korea for launching a long-range Unha rocket; North Korea claims its purpose is to put its first satellite into space, but critics say the launch is a disguised ballistic missile test 2012 Event Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea 2012 Event Philippine President Benigno Aquino, announces a state of national calamity after Typhoon Bopha claims over 450 lives 2012 Event The Japanese Coast Guard reports six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are sighted near the disputed Senkaku Islands; China claims the 'two surveillance ship fleets' are in waters around the islands for purposes of 'patrols and law enforcement' 2012 Event Robert Spitzer, a retired American psychiatrist, claims his 2001 study was 'fatally flawed'; the study falsely supported the myth that gay people could be 'cured' 2012 Event A Harvard Medical School study claims that red meat increases the risk of death and has additional negative health implications 2011 Event The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary election 2011 Event A new census measure claims that a record number of Americans, 49.1 million, are living below the poverty line 2011 Event The World Health Organization claims over 5 million Ethiopian are susceptible to developing cholera due to the breakout of acute watery diarrhea 2011 Event The Tokyo Electric Power Company claims three Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors partially melted down during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011 Event Libya's military claims it will stop fighting Sunday to allow the rebels to turn themselves in 2011 Event In an interview held before the third anniversary of deadly unrest, Gyaincain Norbu claims Tibetans have 'never been freer' 2011 Event In an effort to disprove claims that he has fled the country, Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi appears on television and claims to remain head of the revolution 2011 Event Rebel leader Yoweri Museveni continues his 30-year rule after being re-elected President of Uganda; the opposition claims the election was a 'sham' 2010 Event In Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko claims he won the presidential election with 79% of the vote; hundreds protesting the vote were arrested 2010 Event Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus claims innocence while being investigated for diverting millions of dollars of aid money from Grameen Bank 2010 Event In a Potsdam speech, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, claims multiculturalism has 'failed' in Germany 2010 Event BP claims that if the ban on offshore drilling permits continues, it may not be able to pay compensation for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 2009 Event North Korea claims it has entered the final phase of uranium enrichment, tells the United Nations it is open to dialogue 1997 Event Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him 1995 Event Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Baltimore to move Browns 1994 Event Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them) 1990 Event Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial 1990 Event Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq 1989 Event Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 1988 Event Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane 1985 Event French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior 1984 Event Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1977 Event Djibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France 1977 Event Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives 1963 Event Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb 1960 Event Ivory Coast claims independence from France 1960 Event Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash 1957 Birthday Daisy Fuentes, Havana Cuba, VJ, MTV International, claims 1964 1953 Birthday Grace Jones, born in Kingston, Jamacia, she claims but actually 5/19/48 1950 Event Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees 1947 Event Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 1939 Event Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect 1939 Event Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica 1936 Event Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1931 Event Norway claims Peter I Island 1923 Event New Zealand claims Ross Dependency 1923 Event New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica 1918 Event Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia 1915 Event Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia 1915 Event Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta 1915 Event Japan claims economic control of China 1913 Event Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court 1908 Event Frederick A. Cook claims to reach North Pole, he didn't 1871 Event Meeting of Alabama claims commission 1859 Event Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America 1855 Event U.S. Court of Claims forms for cases against government 1850 Event British blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 1846 Event Captain Montgomery claims Yerba Buena, San Francisco, for U.S. 1824 Event Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1819 Event Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) 1803 Event Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France 1792 Event Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain 1790 Event New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1682 Event Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1648 Event English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed 1641 Event Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal 1604 Event Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar 1583 Event Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1542 Event Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain 1539 Event Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain 1534 Event Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France 1526 Event Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 1500 Event Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal 1497 Event John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) 1492 Event Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain 1348 Event Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
