2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2015 Event HSBC bank announces plans to let go up to 8,000 workers in the U.K. and potentially up to 25,000 around the world as it restructures itself to improve profitability 2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 2014 Event Representatives for the Islamic State announce that the group will begin minting its own currency in order to remove itself from the world financial system, which it considers 'satanic' 2014 Event A memorial event was held in Hong Kong in remembrance of lives lost in Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in 1989; authorities on the mainland tightened security and may be detaining many in order to avoid commemorative protests at the square itself 2011 Event Canada declares that because its country would face large penalties for treaty violations, it is withdrawing itself from the Kyoto Protocol 2010 Event Eastern Japan braces itself as Typhoon Chaba heads its way, carrying winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour near its center 1991 Event Estonia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. itself independent 1991 Event Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank 1989 Event Hungary proclaims itself a republic and declares communist rule ended 1982 Event AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies 1973 Event Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby 1971 Event People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 Event British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt 1949 Event Siam renames itself Thailand 1948 Event North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1942 Event British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugrated as 32nd president, pledges to pull U.S. out of Depression and says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." 1925 Event Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe president 1918 Event Bavaria proclaims itself a republic 1918 Event Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1915 Event German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1858 Event Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" 1792 Event Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented 1789 Event 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly 1749 Event Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal 1707 Event Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rakoczi II
