2014 Event Almost 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru join an emissions reduction accord requiring each nation to post its plan online in 2015; the public can then pressure noncompliant nations to keep and strengthen their commitments 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 Argentina and the Netherlands join Brazil and Germany as World Cup semifinalists 2014 Event Lupita Nyong'o, Oscar winner for best supporting actress in '12 Years a Slave', will join Lancome as its newest brand ambassador 2013 Event Republican Representative Ted Cruz urged grass-roots activists join him in the fight to defund The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare 2012 Event Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says Islam should join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2012 Event An EU Accession referendum is taken in Croatia; 66% vote to join the EU, and 33% vote against joining 2011 Event After negotiations in Brussels, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, rejects the invitation to join a European Union financial crisis accord 1997 Event NATO invites Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic to join 1995 Event Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union 1994 Event Sweden agrees to join European Union 1994 Event Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th U.S. team 1990 Event East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems 1988 Event New Jersey Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time 1987 Event Turkey asks to join European market 1986 Event Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community 1981 Event Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community 1980 Event Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season 1975 Event Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles 1974 Event Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac 1972 Event Norway votes to join common market 1972 Event British Parliament votes to join European Common Market 1970 Event Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult 1962 Event U.S. advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight 1961 Event Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL 1958 Event Yemen announces it would join the United Arab Republic 1957 Event Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for National Service 1956 Event Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad 1954 Event U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO 1953 Event Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees 1945 Event British troop join in Rangoon 1944 Event Navy says black women can join WAVES 1944 Event Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk 1943 Event U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea 1941 Event Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization 1935 Event Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany 1926 Event Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany 1926 Event U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court 1921 Event Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany 1920 Event National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1920 Event Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations 1861 Event Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1775 Event Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army 1754 Event 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
