2015 Event Apple will begin a web TV service in September, carrying broadcast networks such as CBS, Fox and ABC; the service will offer 25 channels and will likely cost less than current cable television packages 2014 Event As the Ebola epidemic spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested Ebola vaccine doses from GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo); the company offered the vaccine to WHO in March, but the offer was rejected because the vaccine had not been tested on humans 2014 Event In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2014 Event Movie studio Warner Brothers announces plans to lay off employees and reduce costs in order to improve efficiency; parent company Time Warner Inc. is seeking improvements across its divisions after rejecting a buyout offer by Rupert Murdoch earlier this year 2014 Event Twenty-First Century Fox, headed by Rupert Murdoch, rescinds its offer to buy Time Warner Inc. after the latter's resistance to the proposal 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer 2014 Event Petro Poroshenko is inaugurated as the new Ukrainian president; Poroshenko took a firm stand on keeping Ukraine united and suggested plans to ease tensions in the eastern part of the country, including an offer of amnesty for separatists 2014 Event Drug maker Pfizer, Inc. has raised its offer to buy AstraZeneca Plc; the current offer of over 63 billion pounds was made after AstraZeneca rejected Pfizer's offer of 58.8 billion pounds in January 2014 Event German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer 2013 Event Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, lays out his intention to renegotiate terms with the EU, and subsequent plan to offer a referendum on his country's withdrawal from the EU if a new deal is agreed 1993 Event Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers 1990 Event Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks 1988 Event Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft 1985 Event Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract 1981 Event RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services 1981 Event New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 1981 Event Iran accepts U.S. offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets 1973 Event University of Texas (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing 1973 Event In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth" 1967 Event Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein 1965 Event Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1962 Event Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 1961 Event Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1958 Event Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn 1957 Event Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1957 Event Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1953 Event J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club 1945 Event Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1940 Event Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" 1861 Event Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1829 Event President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses 1750 Event 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md 1566 Event 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition
