2015 Event Ukraine and Russia negotiate a ceasefire with the support of Germany and France; the agreement calls for an end to fighting, removal of large artillery from the sites of conflict, and greater independence for eastern Ukraine 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2015 Event New U.S. rules loosening trade restrictions with Cuba go into effect today, including permission to sell instruments, tools, equipment and supplies to private businesses; U.S. banks will also be given greater freedom to transact with Cuban banks 2014 Event Hong Kong pro-democracy protest sites are being cleared on a court order; demonstrations have been held since September in an effort to attain greater political freedom for Hong Kong 2014 Event In light of recent separatist elections, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko seeks to nullify a law that gave greater autonomy to rebel regions; Ukraine does not recognize the election results and will hold national elections as planned in December 2014 Event Fast food giant McDonald's announces that its third-quarter profit fell by 30 percent from the third quarter of last year; analysts attribute the trouble to greater competition and customer dissatisfaction with price increases 2014 Event Hong Kong protesters continue to clash with police a day after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying offers to engage in discussion; Leung said that he will not concede to demands for greater independence from central control, a key reason for the protest 2014 Event Apple Inc. forecasts greater demand for its new iPhone6 models than for the iPhone 5S and 5C; in response to consumer demand, the new phones will have larger screens 2014 Event Forbes Media, controlled by the Forbes family, is selling a majority interest in the business to Integrated Whale Media Investments, based in Hong Kong; the deal is expected to provide Forbes with greater international exposure 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 Hospitals are beginning to use genetic profiling of tumors in order to identify the most effective treatments for various cancers; tumor genetics is thought to be of greater significance than the place of origin in the body 2014 Event The Bharatiya Janata Party wins India's general election, defeating the Indian National Congress; the results appear to signal a desire for greater economic progress 2013 Event A Pontifical Commission is established by Pope Francise to investigate current accounting practices and implement new strategies for greater fiscal transparency and fiscal responsibility among all Vatican offices 1997 Death Mother Teresa, philanthropist, Nobel (1979), No Greater Love, dies of cardiac arrest at 87 1997 Event Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 26807721201 1997 Event Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265 1997 Event Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267) 1997 Event Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks 1992 Event Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens 1989 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open 1989 Event Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom 1988 Event Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia 1988 Event Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open 1985 Event Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent 1980 Event Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1979 Event Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1978 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1977 Event Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1975 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft. Myers Golf Classic 1973 Birthday Joe Angel Acosta, Jr., SD California, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milwaukee-3rd 1966 Birthday Jerry Patrick Kelly, Madison WI, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milw-34th 1966 Birthday William Fred Mayfair, born in Phoenix, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1993 Greater Milw Open 1965 Birthday Michael Paul Springer, born in San Francisco, California, PGA golfer, 1994 Greater Milwaukee 1964 Birthday Joe Hamorski, born in Peru, Indiana, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th 1963 Birthday Marco T Dawson, Freising Germany, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milw-2nd 1961 Birthday Jeff Cook, Muncie, Indiana, Nike golfer, 1990 Greater Ozarks Open 1961 Birthday James T. Gallagher, Jr., born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1990 Greater Milw 1960 Birthday Lee Cross Rinker, Stuart, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th 1957 Birthday Mark Francis O'Meara, Goldsboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1984 Greater Milw 1949 Birthday Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1985 Greater Milwaukee Open 1943 Birthday Dave Eichelberger, Waco, Texas, PGA golfer, 1971 Greater Milwaukee Open 1943 Birthday Calvin Peete, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1979 Greater Milwaukee Open 1942 Birthday Tessa Blackstone, born in England, Baroness Blackstone, politician, university administrator, Labor Party, life peer, House of Lords, Baroness Blackstone of Stoke Newington in Greater London 1936 Birthday John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids 1809 Event Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state
