2015 Event Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale calls for aid after Cyclone Pam decimates homes throughout this nation of over 60 islands, resulting in at least 8 deaths; the full impact of the Category 5 storm is not yet known 2015 Event Scientists report that climate change may be influenced by the carbon dioxide released by undersea volcanoes, which have been assumed until now to have a negligible effect; further studies are needed to assess the degree of impact 2014 Event The U.S. Treasury is issuing rules to hinder companies from moving their headquarters outside the country to save on taxes; the rules may impact pending deals, such as Burger King's plan to move to Canada after merging with Tim Horton's 2014 Event The average monthly world CO2 concentration exceeded 400 ppm in April; the U.N. has set a 450 ppm limit for all greenhouse gases to reduce climate impact; concentrations for CO2 and all greenhouse gases averaged 391 and 430 ppm, respectively, in 2011 2013 Event London's Metropolitan police remove belongings and sleeping bags of homeless people as part of 'a policy of reducing the impact of rough sleepers on the community' 2013 Event The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA 2012 Event Part of the April 3, 2012 tornado outbreak, tornadoes impact the Dallas, Texas area 2005 Event Deep Impact spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral 1992 Event Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test 1988 Death Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies at 66 1982 Birthday Leelee Sobieski, born in New York City, New York, actress, films include, 'Deep Impact', Emmy-Award nominee for television movie, 'Joan of Arc' 1966 Event Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1962 Event U.S. launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon 1959 Event Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 1956 Birthday T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact 1930 Birthday J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact 1930 Birthday Bradford Dillman, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer 1907 Birthday Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Impact, Study in Scarlet 1875 Event William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
