2015 Event The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2014 Event Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, a key member of the military arm of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab, surrenders to police; the group seeks to take over the U.N.-supported Somali government 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 Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, the key Sierra Leone doctor fighting the Ebola virus, dies after succumbing to the disease 2014 Event A lawsuit against Lance Armstrong is dismissed; after he admitted to doping, the plaintiffs sued, claiming that they bought energy-drink maker FRS Co. believing that the drinks endorsed by Armstrong had been the key reason for his cycling success 2012 Event After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for a NATO airstrike that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers and officials, Pakistan reopens key NATO supply routes into Afghanistan 2011 Event If Western nations impose more sanctions, Iran threatens to close down the key oil route of the Strait of Hormuz 1997 Death Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66 1995 Death John Trevor Key, photographer, dies at 48 1995 Event Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 103-89 1992 Event New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key 1992 Death Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79 1992 Death Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies 1981 Event Kevin Wade's "Key Exchange," premieres in London 1975 Death Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1974 Death Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 1973 Event Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1969 Event Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium 1965 Death Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79 1964 Birthday Amanda Sandrelli, Rome, Italy, actress, The Key 1961 Birthday Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Orioles 1960 Event Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park 1959 Death Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 1958 Event Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM 1954 Death Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, actor (Dr. Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76 1953 Death Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73 1949 Birthday Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End' 1949 Birthday Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life' 1947 Birthday John Trevor Key, photographer 1946 Birthday Richard "Dick" N Richards, Key West, USN/astr, STS-28, 41, 50, 64 1946 Birthday Stefania Sandrelli, born in Viareggio, Italy, actress, Afredo, Key 1945 Birthday Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 1939 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," premieres in New York City 1938 Event Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts 1930 Birthday Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up 1926 Death Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76 1924 Birthday Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo 1922 Event President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore 1912 Event Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Shepherd's Key," premieres 1905 Birthday Thomas Gomez, born in New York City, actor, Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout 1903 Event Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay 1901 Birthday Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island 1900 Birthday Edna Best, born in Hove, England, actress starred in Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo 1899 Birthday Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1895 Birthday Susanne Langer, U.S., philosopher/educator, Philosophy in a New Key 1875 Death Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer 1866 Event J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener 1849 Birthday Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman 1843 Death Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63 1814 Event Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner" 1799 Birthday Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer 1779 Birthday Francis Scott Key, composer, Star-Spangled Banner 1627 Death Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67 1568 Death Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47
