2014 Event Retailer J.C. Penney announces plans to restore profits by cutting 2,000 jobs and close 33 of its 1,100 mid-market department stores 2012 Event Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei 2011 Event Illinois experiences heavy thunderstorms with 75 mph winds, cutting power to 868,000 homes and businesses 1995 Event Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1965 Birthday Jeff Rochlin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps 1961 Birthday D B Sweeney, actor, Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October 1956 Birthday Peter Zaremba, born in America, singer, rocker, member of The Fleshtones, host of 'I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge', MTV program 1895 Event U.S. Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan