2014 Event General Motors announces an additional recall of 2.4 million vehicles as a proactive measure against discovery of further safety defects; in 2014 to date, the company has recalled over 13 million vehicles for safety issues 2013 Event Japan's Honda, Nissan and Mazda automakers announce plas to recall 3.4 million cars due to airbag defects. 2011 Event In the U.K., researchers use a new gene therapy technique to treat those who suffer ocular defects such as retinal choroideremia 1997 Event Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba 1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City 1976 Event Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1974 Event Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west 1967 Event Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S. 1967 Event Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City 1962 Event British spy Kim Philby defects to U.S.S.R. 1961 Event Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt 1961 Event Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris 1954 Event West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany
