2015 Event The U.S. is allocating $300 million to an HIV reduction program for females ages 15 to 24; the goal is to cut infections by 40% by the end of 2017 in Malawi, Kenya, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho 2015 Event G.M. will pay $900 million and will undergo compliance monitoring to settle charges that it knew about faulty ignition switches in certain autos for years but neither reported nor fixed the problem; over 120 people died in crashes as a result 2015 Event Scientists discover a cache of skeletons of a new species of human ancestor, named Homo naledi, in a South African cave; the hominids are thought to have possibly lived up to three million years ago 2015 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi encounters resistance to proposed labor reforms as 150 million workers go on strike for a day in protest; Modi is seeking to make the Indian business environment more attractive to investment by foreign companies 2015 Event The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turns polluter by accidentally releasing a million gallons of heavy-metal-laden mining wastewater into Colorado's Animas River while investigating a Superfund site 2015 Event Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4 million vehicles after two researchers successfully hack wirelessly into a test car 10 miles away, enabling them to control functions such as steering and braking; the news raises concerns for all automakers 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 Japanese parliament votes to lower the nation's voting age to 18 from 20; the change will make about 2.4 million people eligible to vote 2015 Event Negotiations break down between Greece's leftist Syriza government and the European Union regarding issuance of additional bailout funding; Greece has a deadline of tomorrow to repay USD $336 million of its existing debt 2015 Event Two art works set world records at a Christie's auction in New York, with Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers Version O' selling for $160 million and Alberto Giacometti's sculpture 'Pointing Man' selling for $141.3 million 2015 Event A new birdlike dinosaur, Yi qi, has been discovered in China; the fossils suggest that it lived about 160 million years ago and had membranous, bat-like wings that not been seen in other dinosaur species 2015 Event Former General Muhammadu Buhari defeats incumbent Goodluck Jonathan to become the new President of Nigeria; Buhari won by over 2.5 million votes 2015 Event Health care and personal security records of 11 million customers have been stolen from Premera Blue Cross; the health care insurer operates mainly in the U.S. states of Washington and Alaska, but customers in other states may also be affected 2015 Event The U.S. Internal Revenue Service warns of an increase in taxpayer phone scams threatening victims unless they pay a given amount with a debit or prepaid credit card; over 366,000 people have been swindled of over $15 million since 2013 2015 Event The U.S. will support the Ukraine in its fight against separatist militants by providing $75 million in non-lethal aid in the form of drones, ambulances and radios; Humvees will also be sent under a separate agreement 2015 Event Smartflash, a Texas technology licensing company, has won $532.9 million in a lawsuit against Apple for infringement of data management software patents; Apple claims that the patents are invalid and that it never used the technology in question 2015 Event A federal U.S. judge orders a halt to an executive order issued by President Barack Obama that allows approximately 5 million illegal immigrants to remain in the country; Obama expects to overcome this hurdle to implement the order as planned 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data on up to 80 million customers of health insurance provider Anthem, Inc.; though free credit monitoring is being offered to victims, such monitoring won't detect or prevent medical identity theft 2015 Event Over 6 million people attend a Mass in Manila, Philippines given by Pope Francis, who encouraged followers to protect the young and promote peace 2015 Event Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2015 Event The U.S. has fined American Honda Motor Company $70 million for neglecting to report, from mid-2003 to mid-2014, over 1,700 safety issues that resulted in deaths or injuries 2014 Event Japan passes a $29 million fiscal stimulus package to improve the economy; the funds will be allocated to supporting small businesses, stimulating local economic activity, and strengthening areas damaged by destructive natural forces 2014 Event 'The Battle of the Five Armies', the last film in 'The Hobbit' series, grosses over $90 million in its first five days of release, exceeding box office expectations of $75 million 2014 Event Office supply company Staples announces that up to 1.16 million cards may have been affected by a data breach in October; the company is offering free identity theft protection for shoppers at the affected stores and advises all customers to monitor their credit records 2014 Event Photo-sharing application Instagram has overtaken short-messaging application Twitter with over 300 million monthly users to Twitter's 284 million 2014 Event James Watson, one of three scientists to co-discover DNA structure, has auctioned off the 1962 Nobel Prize medal he received for the achievement; Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov paid $4.8 million for the medal but then returned it to Watson 2014 Event The U.N. World Food Program stops assistance to over 1.7 million Syrian refugees in the nations adjoining Syria; the program has provided over $800 million in aid but lacks funds to continue this support 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to delay deportation of about 4 million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for at least 5 years and have children who are legal residents or U.S. citizens 2014 Event A Van Gogh painting, 'Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies', sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million; the artist painted the work at his doctor's home shortly before his death 2014 Event Automakers Kia and Hyundai are fined $100 million by the U.S. for claiming that emissions of greenhouse gases from its vehicles were lower than actual emissions, allowing the companies to fraudulently receive pollution credits 2014 Event Several nations have pledged financial support to rebuild Gaza after destruction resulting from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the summer; commitments include an immediate $212 million U.S. donation and a $1 billion pledge from Qatar 2014 Event JPMorgan Chase discloses that a July data breach resulted in exposure of contact information for 83 million households; the bank states that security information, such as passwords and birth dates, did not appear to have been compromised 2014 Event India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior 2014 Event The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) project that Ebola cases could reach between 550,000 and 1.4 million by January if more isn't done to control spread of the disease; infections are doubling about every 3 weeks in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014 Event Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is seeking to buy U.S. online rebate service Ebates Shopping.com Inc. for $950 million; in recent years, Rakuten has been making acquisitions to expand its interests outside of Japan 2014 Event U.S. pharmaceutical company InterMune has been bought by Roche, the Swiss drug manufacturer, for $8.6 million; Roche will pay cash, offering a 38% premium on InterMune's current stock price of approximately $54/share 2014 Event Community Health Systems Inc., a private hospital company, reveals that Social Security numbers and other personal data were stolen for 4.5 million patients in April and June; the company believes the attack is the work of Chinese hackers 2014 Event Fossils of a new species of giant penguin, named Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, have been found on Seymour Island in Antarctica; the penguins lived about 40 million years ago and likely weighed about 250 pounds 2014 Event Apple Inc. will be required to pay $450 million in settlements if found guilty of antitrust violations concerning e-book price fixing; the outcome of an appeal by Apple is pending 2014 Event The NCAA settles a lawsuit regarding concussions, paying $70 million to assess head injuries for current and past players of college sports; The fund does not cover treatment, forcing injured players to sue their colleges for compensation 2014 Event Amazon Inc. reports a $126 million loss for the second quarter, its second-highest loss on record; the company has been investing in new services to attract and retain more customers 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2014 Event The original lyrics to 'Like a Rolling Stone', handwritten by Bob Dylan on hotel stationery, sells for $2 million at auction 2014 Event 'Nympheas', a painting in Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' series, is auctioned today for a price of $54 million; this is only the second-highest price paid for a Monet - another painting in the series sold in 2008 for $80.3 million at auction 2014 Event General Motors announces the recall of almost 3.4 additional vehicles for safety issues, bringing the current year recall total to almost 6 million; GM CEO Mary Barra has been keeping the U.S. Congress informed of the company's corrective actions 2014 Event General Motors announces an additional recall of 2.4 million vehicles as a proactive measure against discovery of further safety defects; in 2014 to date, the company has recalled over 13 million vehicles for safety issues 2014 Event Apple and Samsung achieved mixed victory in a patent suit settlement; Samsung will owe Apple about $120 million, and Apple will owe Samsung about $158,000; Both parties were found to have infringed on each other's patents 2014 Event Facebook announces first-quarter profits of $642 million, an increase of nearly a factor of 3 over first-quarter profits in 2013, resulting in earnings of 25 cents per share versus the 17 cents per share expected by Wall Street 2014 Event Atlanta-based Birch Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond announce their merger; Birch will pay approximately $323 million, with Cbeyond stockholders receiving up to $10 per share 2014 Event Michaels Stores, Inc. states that data for 2.6 million payment cards at its Michaels stores and 400,000 cards at its Aaron Brothers stores may have been compromised in a security breach; the breaches occurred between May 8, 2013 and February 27, 2014 2014 Event Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. is ranked the highest-paid U.S. executive for the second year in a row; Ellison's 2013 compensation of $78.4 million is more than twice that of runner-up Robert Iger of Walt Disney Corp, with $34.3 million 2014 Event The U.S. announces that it is on track to enroll 7 million people in government-mandated health insurance programs by the deadline at midnight 2014 Event Third baseman Miguel Cabrera signs a 10-year contract with the Detroit Tigers for $292 million, exceeding the 10-year contract signed by Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees in 2007 for $275 million 2014 Event Disney announces that it will buy Maker Studios for $500 million with an additional payout of $450 million if certain performance targets are met; purchase of the online video producer may help Disney expand marketing outlets for its media 2014 Event In the U.S., today's Mega Millions multistate lottery drawing has two winning tickets; the $400 million jackpot is the third largest in the game's history 2014 Event The government of the U.K. has announced that it will put 11 million pounds into the funding of the Square Kilometer Array project, a radio telescope that will collect massive amounts of data from space, requiring immense computing resources 2014 Event The Italian government sets aside 2 million euros for repairs to the ancient city of Pompeii after damage caused by heavy rains highlights the general decay of this World Heritage site 2014 Event Twenty-eight years after Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was ousted, the Philippine government recovers $29 million from Swiss accounts, bringing the total Marcos' secret accounts now recovered and in government hands to $712 million 2014 Event For the first time in history, millionaires made up the majority of Congress in 2012; The Center for Responsive Politics study reveals that of the 534 members, 268 had a net worth of $1 million or more 2014 Event A bill to restore jobless benefits for the unemployed fails in the U.S. Senate; the benefits, a 3-month extension for 1.3 million unemployed will cost $6 billion; Democrats did not satisfy Republican request for a solid plan on how to pay for it 2014 Event Strong quarterly earnings cause Facebook stock to rise 16 percent; the company boasts 755 million active users, and its ad revenue increased by 76 percent year over year to $2.34 billion 2014 Event Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2014 Event Social security numbers and credit cards details of more than 20 million South Koreans are stolen by an IT contractor 2014 Event The U.S. Senate votes to renew jobless benefits for 1.3 million Americans; the bill,calling for a three-month extension, will not be approved unless House Democrats agree to deal to cover $6 billion dollar cost without adding to the federal debt 2013 Event In the U.S., 2.5 million minimum wage workers will get a raise January 1st in thirteen states including Colorado, Rhode Island and Connecticut 2013 Event Administrative officials claim that over 1.1 million Americans are now enrolled in Obamacare 2013 Event As long-term federal unemployment benefits expire, leaving 1.3 million unemployed Americans without aid, lawmakers discuss bipartisan legislation to extend unemployment benefits 2013 Event A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 Event A data breach at Target Corporation caused the security of 40 million credit and debit cards used at Target stores to be compromised 2013 Event In the U.S., two winners are believed to have won the Mega Millions lottery; they will share a jackpot of $636 million 2013 Event The Hunger Games: Catching Fire grosses $161 million in the U.S. and Canada, becoming the most successful film ever released in November 2013 Event The Philippines receives a $500 million emergency loan from the World Bank to help the country recover and rebuild in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan 2013 Event On the first day of its release, Sony's PlayStation 4 sells 1 million units in the U.S. and Canada; the PS4 launches in Europe November 29th, and Japan February 22, 2014 2013 Event The painting, 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' by Sir Francis Bacon, sells for a record-high price of $142 million at Christie's auction in New York 2013 Event The largest fancy orange diamond on record was sold at Christie's auction in Geneva; the 14.82-carat stunner sold for $35.5 million 2013 Event In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead 2013 Event An $800 million lawsuit is filed by Fannie Mae against nine banks for manipulating the Libor benchmark interest rate; the banks involved include Bank of America and Citigroup 2013 Event Two million people lose power and five people are killed when Typhoon Nari strikes the Philippines 2013 Event Credit card information, among other data of 2.9 million Adobe consumers was stolen during a cyber attack on the company's website 2013 Event The fifth installment of the 'Grand Theft Auto' videogame series is released by Rockstar Games, netting $800 million on the day it is launched 2013 Event In Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather beats Saul Alvarez, winning over $45 million dollars in a world-record purse 2013 Event In Greenland. a canyon over 800km long is discovered up to 800m deep in different places below the ice sheet covering the country; the canyon is longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon; it was carved out by a river over four million years ago 2013 Event The first federal health study reporting on the use of sleeping pills reveals that 8.6 million Americans take prescription sleeping pills 2013 Event Columbia's Chiribiquete National Park expands to 3 million hectares from 1.2 million hectares, becoming one of the Amazon's largest protected zones 2013 Event The super PAC 'Ready for Hillary', has raised over $1 million since its inception this year; much of the money raised comes from mega-donors to President Barack Obama 2013 Event In one of the largest jewelry heists in recent years, nearly 103 million euros in diamonds and other jewels were stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel diamond show in Cannes, France 2013 Event The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announces that online scams cost Australians of AU$93 million in 2012 2013 Event The 1998 QE2, an asteroid measuring nearly 1.7 miles across, and its moon, pass within 3.6 million miles of the earth 2013 Event Scientists reveal new studies suggesting the turtles evolved in a shell 40 million years prior than what was previously thought 2013 Event The movie, 'Fast & Furious 6' opens in 59 countries, including the U.S. and Canada, grossing an estimated $122 million 2013 Event An agent in Zephyrhills, Florida confirms they located the winner of a record-high Powerball jackpot of $590 million 2013 Event A report reveals that hackers using fraudulent ATM cards in February, 2013, stole $45 million 2013 Event Three months after $50 million in diamonds is stolen at the Brussels Airport, more than 24 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium were detained, and a significant stash of the diamonds and stash recovered 2013 Event Unemployment in France reaches a record level of 3.22 million people 2013 Event The News Corporation phone hacking scandal results in the company's agreement to pay $139 million to American shareholders 2013 Event Charged with bribing public officials in Argentina between 2005 and 2009, clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million to resolve U.S. regulatory and criminal claims 2013 Event Japan's Honda, Nissan and Mazda automakers announce plas to recall 3.4 million cars due to airbag defects. 2013 Event The release of 1.7 million U.S diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973-1976 when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State were released by Wikileaks; Julian Assange worked on the project inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London 2013 Event In Doha, Qatar, hundreds of delegates meet as Qatar pledges $500 million in aid to rebuild Sudan's Darfur, a region racked by a decade-long conflict 2013 Event The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2013 Event Google agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit, paying a $7 million fine over its handling of wireless data from early 2008 until the spring of 2010 2013 Event Microsoft is fined €561 million for not providing E.U. residents with an alternative web browser to Internet Explorer 2013 Event The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences award is established by Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook, Sergey Brin of Google and venture capitalize Yuri Milner; the prize rewards excellence in life sciences, with 11 awards and $3 million in prizes 2013 Event At Belgium's Brussels Airport, armed robbers steal untraceable, raw diamonds worth $50 million from a plane within minutes, and without alarming passengers 2013 Event After pleading guilty to a U.S. case of tax evasion, Wegelin and Co., the oldest bank in Switzerland, closes; the bank faces a fine of $57.8 million 2012 Event An asteroid named 4179 Toutatis, over 3 miles wide, passes within 4.3 million miles, or 18 lunar distances from Earth 2012 Event Light from the first stars in the universe is detected by astronomers studying high-energy radiation data; the data suggests these stars existed as early as 500 million years after the 'big bang' 2012 Event For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date, are made available to the public in the 'Encyclopedia of DNA Elements' 2012 Event A large crude deposit of oil is found by Permex, Mexico's state-owned oil company, in the northern state of Tamaulipas; deposits could contain 250 - 400 million barrels of oil 2012 Event Liliane Bettencourt, French L'Oreal heiress, sells D'Arros Island to pay tax bills for $60 million 2012 Event In India, an earlier blackout that left over 600 million people without power ends when power is restored 2012 Event Over 300 million people are left without power in Delhi, India, due to a power grid failure 2012 Event The United Kingdom freezes 100 million pounds of assets of Syrian leaders 2012 Event Saudi Arabia donates $100 million to the Palestinian Authority 2012 Event Airbus announces it's plan to invest $600 million to open an assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama 2012 Event U.S. researchers report that preventable infections are the leading cause of the world's child mortality rate, where out of 7.6 million children who died before the age of 5 in 21010, 60% died of infections like pneumonia 2012 Event Roy Lichtenstein's picture, 'Sleeping Girl', sells at auction for $44.9 million, a new record for Lichtenstein's artwork 2012 Event More than 700 writers, academics and others send a letter to protest the planned spending of $300 million on the Fifth Avenue Branch of the New York Public Library 2012 Event Owner of the New Orleans Saints, Tom Benson, agrees to purchase the New Orleans Hornets from the National Basketball Association for an estimated $338 million 2012 Event Data from the 1940 U.S. census is released including information on 132 million people 2012 Event VISA and MasterCard warn banks that a security breach has compromised over 10 million credit card numbers 2012 Event The Mega Millions jackpot in the U.S. reaches a world record in lottery history - $500 million dollars 2012 Event The movie 'John Carter' becomes one of the biggest losses in film history; Disney takes a $200 million writedown on the film 2012 Event Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995 2012 Event The animated film, 'The Lorax' earns $70.7 million dollars at the box office, the fifth highest returns ever for an animated film 2012 Event Wikileaks begins releasing 5 million emails from Stratfor, a private intelligence company 2012 Event In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival 2012 Event A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house 2012 Event Elizabeth Taylor's collection of artworks by Vincent Van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas sell for over 13.7 million pounds at Christie's in London 2012 Event For the first time in nearly 17 years, Spain's unemployment number passes five million 2012 Event Apple, Inc. reports over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads were sold during the 2011 fourth quarter; the company generated over $127 billion in revenue 2012 Event Customers of online shoe retailer Zappos must change their passwords after Zappos reports hackers accessed up to 24 million customer accounts 2011 Event Unemployment in the United Kingdom rises to 2.64 million people 2011 Event Northern Rock bank, nationalized in 2008 by the British Government, is sold to Virgin Money for 747 million pounds 2011 Event A new census measure claims that a record number of Americans, 49.1 million, are living below the poverty line 2011 Event Four states and 1.5 million people in the Eastern U.S. still have no power after a 2011 Halloween nor-easter hit the area with unusually early snowfall 2011 Event A vaccination program immunizing over 170 million children every year has resulted in the near eradication of polio in India 2011 Event Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, calls for 1.2 million sandbags in an effort to protect Thai's capital from encroaching floods 2011 Event U.S. company Apple Inc. breaks company sales records with the release of its iPhone 4S smartphone with over 4 million units sold in 4 days 2011 Event In South Africa, scientists find Australopithecus sediba skeletons are 2 million years old, suggesting the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans 2011 Event The International Monetary Fund approves a new three-year loan for Haiti worth $60 million, canceling Haiti's $268 million debt 2011 Event The World Health Organization claims over 5 million Ethiopian are susceptible to developing cholera due to the breakout of acute watery diarrhea 2011 Event The Swiss Government blocks 27 million Swiss francs worth of assets belonging to senior Syrian officials 2011 Event The U.N. reports 10 million people are effected by the worst drought in 60 years, forcing Somalians to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia to avoid starvation 2011 Event According to the UN, 2 million adolescents in the world live with HIV; 86 per cent of them live in sub-Saharan Africa 2011 Event Jimmy Choo, a U.S. company, is sold to Labelux, a private equity firm for $800 million 2011 Event Each household within the exclusion zone of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant will receive 1 million yen from the Tokyo Electric Power Company 2011 Event Rejean Hinse, a Quebec man wrongly convicted of a crime in the 1960s and acquitted 30 years later, receives $13.1 million in compensation 2011 Event A record $79 million auction price is paid for Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang's 1988 'Forever Lasting Love' three-panel oil painting 2011 Event A large, rare, Andy Warhol self-portrait in red and white sells for $10.79 million pounds at Christie's auction house in London, England 2011 Event AOL purchases the liberal website, The Huffington Post, for $315 million 2011 Event Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2011 Event Over half a million people participate in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back gardens 2011 Event A 450 year-old painting by Titian of the Madonna and Child sets a record at Sotheby's, selling for $16.9 million 2011 Event Google awards its outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt $100 million 2011 Event Pakistan's President, Asif Ali Zardari, launched an emergency polio immunization programme targeting 32 million children under age 5 2011 Event In South Korea, 1.4 million domestic pigs are buried alive to combat an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease 2011 Event With news that Facebook received investments of $500 million, analysts estimate the value of the company at $50 billion 2010 Event The internet population in China reaches 450 million 2010 Event At auction, John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sells for a record price of $10.3 million 2010 Event Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011 2010 Event The U.S. announces it will provide an additional $500 million to aid Pakistan to help rebuilding efforts after major floods ravaged the country 2010 Event A court settlement determines Verizon must pay $25 million to the U.S. Treasury for overcharging 15 million cell phone customers 2010 Event Shanghai's Expo 2010 attracts over 64 million people, a record-breaking number of visitors in the history of World's Fairs 2010 Event Nigeria's government opens two swollen dams, displacing two million people in Jigawa State 2010 Event Poverty rates in the United States hit a 15-year high of 14.3 percent, or 43.6 million people 2010 Event Raul Castro, head of the Cuban government, declares they will lay off half a million state workers to improve their economy by the middle of 2011 2010 Event Threatened by floods, Pakistan directs nearly half a million people to evacuate their homes 2010 Event International pledges to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods currently totals $800 million 2010 Event United Nations officials believe 3.5 million children may contract waterborne diseases as a result of the floods in Pakistan 2010 Event The U.S. Government estimates the Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico 2010 Event The U.S. pledges $10 million in foreign aid money to help victims of the Pakistan floods 2010 Event President Obama meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and promises Palestinians $400 million in U.S. assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 2010 Event German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 2010 Event An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 2010 Event Yahoo! sells HotJobs to Monster.com for a reported $225 million 2010 Event The World Food Programme reports that 4.3 million people suffer from hunger in Sudan, the number has quadrupled since 2009 2010 Event Toyota announces recalls for approximately 5.2 million vehicles for a pedal entrapment and floor mat problem 2009 Event At a ceremony in eastern Shan State, Burma, authorities burn $93 million in seized narcotic drugs 2009 Event Eight Eastern Europeans are accused of stealing $9 million in a huge computer payroll scam 2009 Event A new kind of flying reptile fossil, Darwinopterus, lived over 160 million years ago, is found in China 2009 Event Typhoon Morakat approaches southeastern China, over one million people are evacuated 2007 Event Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars 2006 Event United States population reaches 300 million people 2004 Event Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents 2001 Death Aaliyah, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million', dies in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, at age 22, in a plane crash 2001 Event Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 1998 Event Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each 1998 Event Tellabs Inc. acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million 1998 Event Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1998 Event Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million 1997 Event Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract 1997 Event Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract 1997 Event Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him 1997 Event Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Event Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million 1997 Event Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana breaks world record, 318 million distributed 1997 Event Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits 1997 Event Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million 1997 Event Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal 1997 Event Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc 1997 Event Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million 1997 Event 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1997 Event NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch 1997 Event Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement 1997 Event 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund 1996 Event Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox 1996 Event Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million 1996 Death Og Mandino, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1996 Event Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million 1996 Event Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million 1996 Event Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million 1996 Event 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 1996 Event Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) 1995 Event David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1995 Event Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million 1995 Event Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 Event Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury 1994 Event New York Lotto pays $60 million+ 1994 Event Disney's "Lion King," opens in theaters with $42 million 1994 Event Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 1994 Event Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 Event 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral 1994 Event Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1993 Event Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million 1993 Event NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million 1993 Event Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull 1993 Event "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people 1992 Event General Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus 1992 Event San Francisco Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds 1992 Event 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home 1992 Event New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) 1991 Event IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991 Event New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension 1991 Death Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 1991 Event Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans 1991 Event Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million 1991 Event In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless 1991 Event Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1991 Event Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million 1991 Event Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990 1991 Event Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1991 Event Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets 1991 Event Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 Event New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner, with the numbers 18-21-32-33-35-38 1991 Event Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration 1991 Event New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50) 1990 Event Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million 1990 Event "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million 1990 Event Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million 1990 Birthday Emma Watson, born in Paris, France, British actress, model, known for role as Hermione in 'Harry Potter' film series, earning her more than $10 million pounds 1990 Event New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) 1990 Event Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1990 Event Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1990 Event Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some 1990 Event Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium 1990 Event New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) 1989 Event Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract 1989 Event Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract 1989 Event The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 1989 Event California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Event New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) 1988 Death Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59 1988 Event 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 Million in New Jersey 1988 Event Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine 1988 Event Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles 1988 Event New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48) 1988 Event 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1988 Event Picasso's "Acrobat and Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million 1988 Event Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel 1988 Event Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science 1988 Event Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library 1988 Event "ET" released to home video (14 million presold) 1988 Event Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Event Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million 1988 Event New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments 1988 Event Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case 1988 Event Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million 1988 Event Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn 1987 Birthday Hilary Duff, born in Houston, Texas, actress, appeared in 'A Cinderella Story', singer, sold over 13 million albums, which include, 'Metamorphosis', 'Hilary Duff', 'Dignity' 1987 Event Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 Event 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1987 Birthday Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide 1987 Event Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million) 1987 Event Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator 1986 Death Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies 1986 Event Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift 1986 Event Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime 1986 Event SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky 1986 Event 240.49 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1986 Event 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years) 1986 Event Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1986 Event 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million 1986 Event Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF 1986 Event 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1986 Event 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 Event Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 1986 Event Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million 1986 Birthday Charlotte Church, born in Cardiff, Wales, singer, songwriter, actress, classical crossover singer, host of 'The Charlotte Church Show', worth $20 million pounds 1986 Event 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event New York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46) 1986 Event 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1985 Event New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47) 1985 Event Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million 1985 Event "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief 1985 Event Laffit Pincay, Jr. becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million 1985 Birthday Keira Knightley, born in Teddington, England, actress, films include, 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Atonement', Pirates of the Caribbean' triology, made $32 million in 2007 1985 Event Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million 1985 Event Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator 1985 Event Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins 1984 Event John W Mercom, Jr. announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million 1984 Event Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire 1984 Event John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million 1984 Birthday Avril Lavigne, born in Belleville, Canada, singer, songwriter, albums have sold over 16 million copies, albums include, 'Let Go', 'Under My Skin', 'The Best Damn Thing' 1984 Event Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time 1984 Event 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 1984 Event 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Event 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Event Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil 1984 Birthday Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002 1984 Death Ethel Merman, singer and actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76 1983 Event Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million 1983 Event 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 Event Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million 1983 Event Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1983 Event Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million 1983 Event Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1983 Event Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians 1982 Event Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil 1982 Event Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million 1981 Event Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch) 1981 Birthday Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars 1981 Event Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1981 Event Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 1981 Event Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen 1981 Event Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1981 Event U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1981 Birthday Josh Groban, born in Los Angels, California, singer, songwriter, actor, sold nearly 20 million albums, album, 'Josh Groban' went from gold to double-platinum 1981 Birthday Kelly Rowland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actress, founding member of group, Destiny's Child, sold more than 50 million albums, collaborated with Nelly on 'Dilemma' single 1981 Event AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million 1981 Event Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision 1980 Event Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1980 Event UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting 1980 Event Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million 1980 Event Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million 1979 Event Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1979 Event Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract 1979 Event Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million 1979 Event 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million 1979 Event Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1979 Birthday Pink, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Alecia Beth Moore, singer, songwriter, pop, punk genres, sold 30 million albums, 40 million digital singles worldwide 1979 Event Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1979 Event Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled, world's worst oil spillage 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1979 Death Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 1979 Event 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC 1979 Event Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1979 Birthday Aaliyah, born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million' 1978 Event Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 Birthday Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1978 Birthday Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix' 1978 Event Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans 1978 Event Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London 1978 Event Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1978 Birthday A. J. McLean, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, born Alexander James 'Alex' McLean, musician, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys, over 130 million albums sold 1977 Birthday Ludacris, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, actor, co-founder, 'Disturbing the Peace' sold 14 million albums worldwide 1977 Event Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons 1976 Event Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins 1976 Event Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail 1976 Event Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years 1976 Event Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 1976 Event Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees 1976 Event San Francisco Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth 1976 Birthday Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up' 1976 Event Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million 1976 Birthday Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice' 1976 Event Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million 1975 Death Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87 1975 Birthday Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide 1974 Event New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 years for record $3.75 million 1974 Event A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley 1974 Birthday Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1974 Event Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's, buys San Diego Padres for $12 million 1974 Event "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV 1974 Event Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres 1973 Birthday Anastacia, born in Chicago, Illinois, born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, singer, songwriter, sold over 20 million albums, successful outside of the U.S. 1973 Event George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million 1972 Event 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1972 Event U.S. sells grain to U.S.S.R. for $750 million 1972 Event Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million 1971 Birthday Dido Armstrong, born in London, England, known as 'Dido', singer, songwriter, album, 'No Angel' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, 'Life for Rent' sold over 12 million copies 1971 Birthday Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1971 Event European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 1971 Birthday Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums 1971 Birthday Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 Birthday Chad Taylor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, lead guitarist, member of the band, Live, album 'Throwing Copper', sold over 25 million records 1970 Event Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed 1970 Event Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million 1970 Event Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1969 Event Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million 1968 Death Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47 1968 Event Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million 1967 Event U.S. population reaches 200 million 1967 Event At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million 1967 Event Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein 1967 Birthday Faith Hill, born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, singer, country music, sold 40 million records, hits include, 'This Kiss', appeared in 'The Stepford Wives', married to Tim McGraw 1967 Event 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special 1967 Death Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54 1967 Event Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1967 Birthday Tim McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, singer, actor, sold over 40 million albums and singles, famous songs include, 'I Like It, I Love It', married to singer, Faith Hill 1967 Event Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives 1966 Birthday Stacy Lattisaw, Washington D.C., disco singer, Million Dollar Baby 1965 Event CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1965 Birthday Shahrukh Khan, born in New Delhi, India, actor, Bollywood figure, film producer, television host, appeared in 'Om Shanti Om', 'My Name Is Khan', worth over $540 million dollars 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Birthday J. K. Rowling, born in Yate, England, author, 'Harry Potter' series of fantasy novels, listed as the 12th richest woman in Britain, 2008, with a net worth of $798 million 1965 Birthday Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007 1965 Event France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold 1964 Event Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1964 Event Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1964 Event Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1964 Event 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers) 1964 Event NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million 1964 Event CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million 1963 Event 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1963 Event U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia 1963 Birthday George Michael, born in Bushey, England, singer, songwriter, member of band Wham!, famous song, 'Careless Whisper', sold over 100 million records 1963 Event Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed 1963 Birthday Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1962 Event U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million 1961 Event Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller 1959 Birthday Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums 1959 Event Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1959 Event 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1959 Event $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City 1958 Birthday Pamela Prati, Rome, Italy, Million $ Cap, 1984, actress 1958 Event U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam 1958 Birthday Michelle Bauer, California, actress, One Million Heels BC 1958 Event Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1958 Event Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Birthday Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted 1958 Birthday Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' 1958 Event New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV 1957 Event Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1957 Birthday Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008 1957 Event U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Event Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million 1957 Event Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1956 Event RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records 1956 Birthday David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion 1956 Event Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 Birthday Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die 1955 Event Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters 1954 Event Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage 1954 Event IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour 1954 Birthday Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson 1954 Birthday F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer, band member of French rock band, Les Variations, hit 'Words', 1982, sold eight million records worldwide 1953 Event U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1953 Event U.S. give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid 1953 Event 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1953 Birthday Jimmy McCulloch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, hard rock genre, played lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977, member of band One in a Million 1953 Event August A. Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million 1951 Birthday John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane' 1951 Event Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million 1950 Birthday Nora Roberts, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, author, wrote 165 romance novels, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, sold over 280 million books 1950 Birthday Phil McGraw, born in Vinita, Oklahoma, television personality, former psychologist, host of 'Dr. Phil' television program, earned $80 million in 2009 1949 Event Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million 1949 Birthday Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End' 1948 Birthday Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 Death Carole Landis, U.S. actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29 1947 Event Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) 1947 Event Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time 1947 Birthday John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1946 Event Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers) 1946 Birthday Larry Graham, Jr., rocker, Graham Central Station-One in a Million You 1946 Event Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million 1946 Event Bill Veeck purchases the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million 1946 Event 66,545 fans help Yankees break million attendance mark, the earliest 1946 Birthday Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1945 Event Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1943 Event 1 million inhabitants flee Hamburg 1943 Event Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase 1942 Event Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines 1942 Event German-Netherlands press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe 1942 Event Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1941 Event USA lends Soviet Union $1 million 1941 Event Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade 1940 Death Nathanael West, Weinstein, U.S. writer (Cool Million), dies at 37 1940 Event Auschwitz concentration camp opens, 3 million killed there 1939 Birthday Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books 1937 Event World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) 1936 Event 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1934 Event 4.7 million U.S. families report receiving welfare payments 1933 Birthday Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1931 Event Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller) 1930 Birthday Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1929 Birthday John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1927 Birthday Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Birthday Carl Toms, stage designer, 1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two 1926 Birthday Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Birthday Richard Anderson, born in Long Beach, New Jersey, actor, Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man 1926 Event British general strike-3 million workers support miners 1925 Birthday Paul Newman, born in Ohio, actor, entrepreneur, humanitarian, donated over $250 million to charity 1923 Birthday Og Mandino, born in Italy, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1923 Birthday Adele Mara, born in Dearborn, Michigan, actress and singer, Cool Million, Wheels 1922 Event Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1921 Event Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians 1921 Event Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier) 1920 Birthday Helen Walker, Worcester, Massachusetts, actress, Brewster's Million 1919 Event 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 1919 Birthday Jesse White, Buf, New York, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid 1919 Birthday Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress, One Million BC, Topper Returns 1917 Event 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 Event U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands 1916 Event Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million 1916 Event Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties) 1916 Birthday Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 Event Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 1915 Birthday Victor Mature, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, 1 Million BC, Samson and Delilah 1914 Event Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe 1913 Event John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 1910 Event Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber 1910 Event Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1909 Event Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes 1904 Event U.S. acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million 1903 Event Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes 1902 Event U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million 1902 Event Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 1902 Event Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million 1900 Event New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million 1900 Event World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors 1893 Birthday Bert Bertram, actor, How to Steal a Million 1892 Birthday Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1888 Birthday Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid 1887 Event Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million 1868 Event Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1854 Event Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million 1853 Event Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 1848 Event Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million 1848 Event Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million 1821 Event Spain sells eastern Florida to United States for $5 million 1820 Event Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for $5 million 1662 Event England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres 1661 Event Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
