2014 Event The week-long cease-fire in the Ukraine has been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who urged separatist fighters to stop fighting and instead hold discussions with the Ukrainian government 2014 Event A lawsuit against Lance Armstrong is dismissed; after he admitted to doping, the plaintiffs sued, claiming that they bought energy-drink maker FRS Co. believing that the drinks endorsed by Armstrong had been the key reason for his cycling success 2012 Event Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a major Mexican party to run for President of Mexico 1991 Event Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves 1983 Event Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM 1931 Birthday Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies
