2015 Event British Petroleum (BP) reaches a settlement with U.S. federal, state and local government entities regarding damages from its Deepwater Horizon rig explosion five years ago; BP will pay USD $18 billion through the year 2030 2014 Event A U.S. lawsuit against IBM and Ford Motor Company, seeking damages for the companies' transactions with the former apartheid government, has been dismissed; the transactions were conducted by foreign units and are not under jurisdiction of U.S. law 2013 Event Apple Inc., may incur significant damages after a U.S. district court rules the company conspired to fix the prices of eBooks 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 2007 Event Earthquake in Japan damages nuclear power plan releasing 300 gallons of radioactive water 1997 Event French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Event Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station 1997 Event O. J. Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages 1993 Event Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm 1989 Event Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster 1986 Event New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1985 Event Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop 1975 Event Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated 1970 Event Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock" 1964 Event Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages 1949 Event U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1914 Event Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 1902 Event Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco 1872 Event Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War 1868 Event Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1864 Event Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans 1863 Event Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides
