2014 Event Twenty-First Century Fox, headed by Rupert Murdoch, rescinds its offer to buy Time Warner Inc. after the latter's resistance to the proposal 2014 Event Dutch and Australian police are headed to eastern Ukraine in the continuing search for bodies and evidence in the missile strike of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; separatists have been accused of tampering with evidence and hindering investigations 2013 Event The Chang'e 3 lunar probe is launched by China; the probe, headed for the moon, includes a robotic lander and the Yutu, Jade Rabbit buggy 1991 Death Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies 1987 Death Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83 1978 Event Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado 1977 Death Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1952 Death Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies 1945 Death Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged 1932 Birthday William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 1921 Birthday Alexander Dubcek, headed Czechoslovakian Communist Party, 1968-69 1913 Birthday William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87 1904 Birthday Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF, 1965-79 1902 Death Sipyagain, Russian Minister of Interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated 1894 Birthday George Meany, New York City, labor leader, headed AFL-CIO 1869 Birthday Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette
