2015 Event Pope Francis ends his visit to Cuba by blessing Santiago de Cuba, then flies to the U.S., where he is greeted by the Obama and Biden families; the pontiff will likely speak on migration and the environment during his stay 2015 Event Despite finding no wreckage to date, Malaysian officials announce that the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is being ruled an accident; the ruling lets families of the missing passengers seek compensation for the tragedy 2014 Event Peshmerga fighters have occupied part of Sinjar Mountain, retaking the territory from ISIS militants; around 1,500 Yazidi families, trapped on the mountain, have been liberated 2014 Event Google is partnering with solar manufacturer SunPower to form a financing program to help families afford solar power for their homes 2011 Event In Libya's capitol of Tripoli, Muammar Gaddafi calls on NATO to stop its bombing campaign or else European homes offices and families will be targeted 2010 Event In Chile, 33 miners trapped half a mile beneath the surface make contact with their families for the first time in three weeks since the incidentally 1985 Death James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages 1980 Event 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls New York) are evacuated 1953 Event Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 1934 Event 4.7 million U.S. families report receiving welfare payments 1923 Birthday Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war 1913 Birthday Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller 1855 Event Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela 1821 Event Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas 1683 Event Germantown Pennsylvania founded by 13 immigrant families
