2014 Event By court order, student athletes can now profit from commercial use of their names and images; NCAA had previously retained all revenues from such deals, but students will now have profits placed in trust funds to be received upon leaving school 2014 Event Over 1.2 billion security credentials have been stolen in a Russian-led hacking ring; data was stolen from over 420,000 websites, but the websites and victim names have not yet been disclosed 2014 Event Telecom company Vodafone reports that certain nations allow authorities direct access to citizen communications data without a warrant; the company is prohibited from revealing the names of these nations 2014 Event Credit Suisse has pled guilty to criminal charges of assisting U.S. customers in tax fraud and evasion; however, the Swiss government will not allow the bank to cooperate with the U.S. government's request for the names of those customers 2014 Event The NBA names business executive Dick Parsons as acting CEO of the L.A. Clippers; owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from contact with the Clippers or the NBA after he made racist remarks; the NBA plans to attempt a forced sale of the team 2014 Event A flaw in OpenSSL, the encryption method for many websites, has been identified, potentially compromising user security data across the Internet; web users are urged to change login names and passwords immediately 2014 Event Pope Francis announces that on February 22, he will hold a Consistory and create 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries; the names of the Cardinals were released during the Holy Father's announcement 2013 Event India's Bharatiya Janata Party names Narendra Modi as their leader in the next general election 2013 Event Scientific studies reveal that dolphins have unique names for one another, much like humans do 2013 Event Egypt names Mohamed ElBaradei Prime Minister 2013 Event Planet Pluto receives names for its fourth and fifth moons; the International Astronomical Union names them Kerberos and Styx 2013 Event UNESCO officially names Mount Fuji a World Heritage Site 2012 Event 'Science' magazine names Higgs boson, the confirmation of the existence of a subatomic particle, as the 2012 Breakthrough of the Year 2012 Event The GAA names Karl Lacey of Donegal its All Stars Footballer of the Year 2012 Event Ahead of his cabinet and his December 1st inauguration, Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico names his 'transition team' 2012 Event The Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney names Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Congressman, as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in the November 2012 presidential election 2012 Event The North Korean Workers party names Kin Jong Un First Secretary, with his father, Kim Jong IL delcared as the party's 'eternal' General Secretary 2011 Event The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers grants private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes 1997 Event President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy" 1997 Event Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 1997 Event NHL Nashville, Tennessee names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1993 Event Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast 1990 Event Gene Michael names New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager replacing Harding Peterson 1987 Event Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew) 1983 Event Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops 1983 Event Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals 1982 Event New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1979 Event President Carter names Paul Volcker, President of Federal Reserves 1978 Event Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier 1978 Event Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 1974 Event Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president 1973 Event Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal 1973 Event New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life 1970 Event Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s 1969 Event Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal 1968 Event President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor 1967 Event Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names 1967 Event Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's 1967 Event Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals 1967 Event Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II 1965 Event Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain 1963 Event John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen 1961 Event For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year 1961 Event John F. Kennedy names Henry Kissinger special advisor 1960 Event AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies 1960 Event Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 1960 Event White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number 1959 Birthday Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1959 Event NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1957 Event Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team 1956 Event AP names Cincinnati manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year 1955 Event Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete 1954 Event Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay 1948 Event Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine 1944 Event Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission 1944 Birthday Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names 1942 Event Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" 1942 Event Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding 1941 Event Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier 1941 Birthday Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1940 Event German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names 1938 Event General Metaxas names himself premier of Greece 1936 Event Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander 1936 Event Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece 1935 Event President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" 1934 Event Turkish regiment decrees importing family names 1934 Event Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia 1934 Event Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1933 Event Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1933 Event Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany 1930 Event AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP 1930 Event Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara 1927 Event Chilean General Carlos Ibanez names himself president 1926 Event Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium 1926 Event Greek General Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator 1925 Event Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government 1924 Event French government names General Serrail Governor-General of Syria 1917 Event Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1914 Event King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent 1911 Event Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site 1906 Event U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba 1906 Event Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier 1902 Event Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt 1893 Event Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" 1890 Event Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers 1865 Event President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners 1808 Event Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names 1808 Event French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names 1792 Event British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier, Washington 1788 Event Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance 1775 Event 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander 1724 Event Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1695 Event French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III 1695 Event Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names 1692 Event Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king 1691 Event Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands 1682 Event Sofia names herself regent of Russia 1595 Event King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1582 Event Leidse university names Rembert Dodoens professor of botany/medicine 1581 Event Leiden University names Snellius math professor 1578 Death Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies 1569 Event Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane 1566 Event Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva 1560 Event Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht 1545 Event Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese, duke of Parma 1540 Event Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan 1540 Event Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1534 Event Charles V names Joris of Egmont, bishop of Utrecht 1522 Event Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico 1522 Event Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands 1521 Event Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria 1509 Event Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands 1498 Event Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands 1494 Event Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago" 1450 Event Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster 1371 Event Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht 1364 Event Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht 1349 Event Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand 1342 Event Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht 1322 Event Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht 1311 Death Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35 1235 Event Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names 1213 Event English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury 1164 Event Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III 1048 Event Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX 1046 Event Benedictus IX and Silvester III and names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II 1027 Event Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 767 Event Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II 722 Event Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop 695 Event Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen
