2015 Event Teixobactin, a newly discovered antibiotic, offers hope in treating tuberculosis and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria; the drug has been effective in rodent trials but has not yet been tested in humans 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 Google publicly offers Google Glass for the first time in a one-day online sale at $1,500 apiece 2013 Event In an effort to curb obesity rates, the United Arab Emirates offers its citizens one gram of gold for every kilogram of weight they lose 2013 Event Instagram offers users the ability to upload videos to their service 1998 Event KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview 1994 Event O. J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller 1993 Event NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman 1991 Event Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years 1990 Event Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1989 Event Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1988 Event WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive 1987 Event U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1985 Event South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence 1984 Event U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI 1983 Event Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns 1979 Event Sid Bernstein offers $ billion for a Beatle reunion 1976 Event Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 1975 Event Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates 1965 Event People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1963 Event John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression 1961 Event Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers 1958 Event De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" 1957 Event U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid 1954 Event President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 Event U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO 1945 Event Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation 1937 Event Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yankees release Tony Lazzeri 1935 Event Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor 1934 Event Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive 1930 Event New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1914 Event Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty 1914 Event Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1912 Event South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1910 Event Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ 1890 Event Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria 1886 Event Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public 1885 Event U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail 1865 Event President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 1863 Event President Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters 1861 Event Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army 1861 Event Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium 1808 Event Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1775 Event 1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents 1738 Event France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1657 Event English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1575 Event King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
