2015 Event Commercial space company SpaceX has been approved as a contractor to the U.S. military for satellite launches; SpaceX will compete for contracts against the Boeing-Lockheed Martin United Launch Alliance, currently the primary military launch provider 2014 Event 'The Washington Post' and 'The Guardian' win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting of surveillance programs by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); the investigations relied on thousands of documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor 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 Social security numbers and credit cards details of more than 20 million South Koreans are stolen by an IT contractor 2014 Event Responding to privacy concerns raised by former spy contractor Edward Snowden's NSA disclosures, U.S. President Barack Obama announces reforms to NSA phone surveillance 1995 Death Frederick West, English contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53 1971 Death Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65 1942 Birthday Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1941 Birthday David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1939 Birthday Lynn Wilson, contractor/multi-millionaire 1939 Birthday Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire 1938 Birthday Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire, Twigden PLC 1934 Birthday John Lelliott, English contractor and multi-millionaire 1934 Birthday Nari Contractor, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1918 Birthday Kirby Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1916 Birthday Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1915 Birthday Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1712 Birthday Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession
