2015 Event A shipwreck that may have drowned up to 900 North African migrants traveling to Europe has prompted the European Union to meet in order to develop a plan to fund and organize rescues while reducing human trafficking incidents 2014 Event Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to develop Ebola in the U.S., dies after 11 days in a Dallas hospital; he was sent home after an initial hospital visit despite stating he had been in West Africa, but he was admitted upon his return two days later 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a conference in Minsk to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine; Putin agreed to support peace, while Poroshenko promised to develop cease-fire plans 2014 Event Apple and IBM join forces to develop apps for business users; the agreement will give Apple a greater share of the business market, which is increasingly catering to a mobile workforce; IBM will benefit from the software integration on its cloud computing platform 2014 Event Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted a role as economic advisor to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in order to help Egypt reform its economy and develop new business opportunities 2014 Event The banking industry is losing ground as non-banking companies such as Apple, Google and TMobile develop their own payment methods and financial products that circumvent the need for banking services 2013 Event Austrian researchers successfully grew 'cerebral organoids' or mini-brains, containing several distinct regions of the brain; the mini-brains will help scientists understand how brains develop, and what causes schizophrenia and autism 2012 Event U.S. scientists develop a device that can generate electricity from genetically-engineered viruses; these piezoelectric materials are a step toward the development of personal power generators 2011 Event Washington State University researchers develop an artificial bone 'scaffold' which uses 3D printers to print replacement bone tissue for injured patients 2010 Event The U.S. government determines China is helping Iran bypass U.N. sanctions and is helping them improve their missile technology and develop nuclear weapons 2004 Death Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84 1965 Event House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop 1932 Event U.S. and Canada sign a treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway 1862 Birthday Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds 1732 Birthday Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style
