2015 Event Los Angeles County, U.S., votes to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour from $9/hour; the new pay rate will be valid for county workers and employees working in unincorporated areas of the county 2014 Event A grand jury in St. Louis County reaches the decision that police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown; the decision sparked protests, looting and businesses being burned to the ground in St. Louis, as well as protests across the U.S. 2013 Event In Colorado, thousands are evacuated due to heavy floods in Boulder County; four people are reported dead and 80 missing 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013 2012 Event Twenty inches of rainfall in Escambia County, Florida damages roadways and bridges, and leaving parts of the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama under water 2012 Event Ireland is struck by another earthquake off of the County Mayo coast 2012 Event In China, violent rainfalls and flooding in the Hunan Province destroy a bridge and 3,500 homes, causing Pinhjiang County to evacuate 28,000 people 2012 Event In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional 2012 Event Evidence of citrus greening, a disease that has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazil and Florida, is found in a residential area of Los Angeles County, California 2011 Event An investigation into the death of American actress Natalie Wood is reopened by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after fresh information surfaces; Wood drowned in 1981 2011 Event At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians 2011 Event Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement 2011 Event Iowa's Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado 2011 Event Florida's Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are ousted in recall elections 2010 Event Tibet's Galongla Tunnel, built at an altitude of 3,750 meters, is completed, linking Medog county to the outside world 2010 Event At least 54 homes are destroyed and 8 people are missing after wildfires hit Boulder County, Colorado 2010 Event Wildfire concerns cause over 3,500 people to evacuate Boulder County, Colorado 1996 Event Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yankees win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) 1994 Event Orange County California files for bankruptcy 1994 Event Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed 1993 Event U.S. warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti 1993 Event Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1990 Event Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, world record 1990 Event Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway 1989 Event Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 1988 Event 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence 1981 Event Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Birthday Larisa Oleynik, born in Santa Clara County, California, actress, starred in 'The Secret World of Alex Mack' television series and film, '10 Things I Hate About You' 1978 Death Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79 1977 Event 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1976 Event In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks" 1975 Event 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1973 Event 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners 1973 Birthday Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county California, playmate, Oct, 1992 1972 Event 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad 1971 Death Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1970 Birthday Nicole Jeray, Cook County, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Champ-22nd 1968 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open 1967 Birthday Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons 1966 Event 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset 1966 Event Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 1965 Birthday Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England 1964 Birthday Tish Certo, Niagara Falls, New York, LPGA golfer, 1981 Erie County, New York Champ 1964 Birthday Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1962 Event Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 1962 Event Marin County withdraws from BART district 1962 Event San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area 1960 Event Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence 1960 Birthday Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association 1960 Birthday Eric Shea, born in Los Angeles County, California, actor, appeared on television episodes and in films 'Yours, Mine and Ours' 1968, film 'The Poseidon Adventure' 1972 1958 Birthday Debra Jensen, born in Orange County, California, playmate, January, 1978 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Birthday Berke Breathed, cartoonist, Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland 1957 Birthday Mike Gatting, born in Kingsbury, England, cricketer, played for the Middlesex County Cricket Club, ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships 1955 Event Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County 1955 Event 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 1954 Event Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem 1953 Event Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless 1952 Event 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed 1952 Birthday Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye 1949 Birthday Joyce McKinney, born in Avery County, North Carolina, Miss Wyoming, 1972 1945 Birthday Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single 1944 Death Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65 1944 Birthday William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1944 Birthday Robert Landers, Tarrant County, Texas, PGA golfer, Ft. Worth-1976, 78, 80 1943 Birthday Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Birthday Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire 1943 Birthday Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1941 Event German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica 1940 Birthday Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1939 Birthday Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57 1938 Birthday Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, actor, Coward of the County 1938 Birthday Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1937 Birthday Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1934 Birthday Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape 1933 Event John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail 1933 Birthday John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall 1933 Birthday Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1933 Event Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side 1932 Birthday Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Birthday Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board 1931 Birthday Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Birthday Betty Johnson, born in Guilford County, North Carolina, singer, Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed 1930 Birthday Geoffrey Littler, CEO, County NatWest Group 1927 Birthday John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Birthday Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road 1926 Birthday Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1925 Birthday Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Virginia, columnist/humorist, New York Times 1925 Birthday Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board 1925 Birthday Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1923 Birthday Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress, L Shaped Room 1923 Birthday Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated 1919 Birthday Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1918 Birthday Tom "Stubby" Fouts, Carroll County, Indiana, actor, Polka-go-round 1918 Birthday Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1916 Birthday Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916 Birthday Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway 1915 Event Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga 1915 Event Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life 1909 Birthday Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC 1909 Birthday Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles 1907 Birthday Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, country singer, 16 Tons 1904 Birthday Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance 1903 Event George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City 1903 Birthday Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress, Promoter 1892 Birthday Emory Parnell, St. Paul Minnesota, actress, Rocket Man, County Fair 1888 Birthday Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, Coquette, Deluge 1886 Birthday Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, She Done Him Wrong 1879 Birthday Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher 1877 Birthday Alben W. Barkley, Graves County, Kentucky, 35th Vice President-D 1949 - 1953 1870 Event Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection 1865 Event Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" 1862 Birthday Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County, Iowa, actress, Son of Dracula 1860 Event Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County 1853 Birthday Leland Hone, cricketer, England keeper 1879 without county experience 1850 Event San Francisco County Government established 1845 Death John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, dies in Allen County Indiana 1828 Birthday Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine 1817 Event 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland 1813 Birthday Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford 1812 Event Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York 1796 Birthday Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists 1775 Event Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain 1765 Event People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax 1679 Event New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony 1643 Event 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) 1622 Event County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges 1587 Event Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break 1134 Event Storm flood ravages Zeeland county 1077 Event German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren 1064 Event German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland
