2015 Event Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ruling Likud party have retained victory in this week's election; Netanyahu will now focus on forming a coalition government 2013 Event In Italy, a deal on forming a new government is finalized two months after the 2013 Italian parliamentary election 2013 Event Bankrupt carrier, American Airlines and U.S. Airways merge, forming the world's largest air carrier, to trade under the name, American Airlines 2012 Event Yahoo and Facebook agree to settle a patent dispute, dropping lawsuits against each other and now forming an advertising and content-sharing alliance that expands an existing partnership between the two companies 2010 Event Known as Africa's female Mandela, Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda's opposition leader, is arrested on charges of forming a terrorist organization 1991 Event Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States 1956 Event Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1945 Event Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government 1579 Event Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
