2015 Event Stock markets around the world fall after China reports a low value for its purchasing managers' index, suggesting that the nation's economy is slowing; in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops by 470 points 2015 Event The Shanghai Composite Index, representing China's stock market, drops 8.5% over fears that the government will withdraw support that has kept stock prices high in the midst of economic slowdown; regulators deny that such a change will be made 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Event Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2012 Event The U.S. unemployment rate drops to 8.3%, the lowest in three years after employers added 240,000 jobs in January 2012 Event 2012 Republican Party Presidential primary candidate Jon Huntsman drops out of the race, endorsing Mitt Romney 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 1997 Event MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy 1997 Event Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts 1997 Event Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts 1997 Event Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts 1995 Event Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) 1994 Event Howard Stern drops out of New York gubernatorial race 1994 Event Lebanon drops relations with Iran 1994 Death Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1992 Event George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball 1991 Event Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive) 1991 Event U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq 1989 Event East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution 1989 Event Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book 1987 Event Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record) 1987 Event Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss) 1986 Event Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria 1985 Event Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya 1985 Event En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1982 Event FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads 1981 Event Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba 1978 Event Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1978 Event Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR 1977 Event Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam 1977 Event Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1977 Event Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia 1972 Event Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan 1971 Event Syriam President Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan 1969 Event After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts 1968 Event Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters 1967 Event U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Israel 1965 Event Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the U.S. 1964 Death [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor and director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81 1964 Event Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France 1963 Event Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1962 Event U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day 1960 Event Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium 1960 Event Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands 1958 Event Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1953 Event Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 Event American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1946 Event U.S. drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion) 1945 Event U.S. drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1945 Event U.S. drops fire bombs on Tokyo 1944 Event U.S. B-17's drops pamphlets on Walcheren 1944 Event RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin 1942 Event Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US 1942 Event RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf 1941 Event Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yankees score 4 and win 7-4 1940 Event RAF drops 1st anti-nazi pamphlets on Netherlands 1939 Event Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union 1939 Event U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Finland 1932 Event NHL readmits Ottawa and drops Pittsburgh 1930 Event NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty 1929 Event U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with China 1919 Event 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents 1915 Event Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea 1915 Event Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany 1914 Event German plane drops bombs on Dover England 1907 Event For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year 1883 Birthday [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, theater director 1845 Event Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US 1810 Event Overnight temp at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) 1214 Event Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
