2014 Event 49 hostages of the Islamic State are freed and returned to Turkey after an operation enacted by the Turkish government after the June kidnapping in Mosul, Iraq; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not give information regarding its actions 2014 Event Pakistani protesters seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif briefly take over the state television station and shut it down; soldiers and paramilitary forces later regained control and restored operation 2014 Event Doctors announce that a 3D-printed plastic skull was successfully used to replace part of a woman's real skull in an operation three months ago in the Dutch city of Utrecht 2013 Event In London, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edin burgh is admitted to a hospital for an exploratory operation after experiencing abdominal pains 2013 Event Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice determines they can defer the latest inauguration of President Hugo Chavez while his cancer operation recovery continues 2012 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers from a cancer operation; his Cabinet ministers get together to pray for his recovery 2012 Event The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general reports that Operation Fast and Furious created a 'significant danger to public safety''; the investigation states Attorney General Eric Holder had no prior knowledge of the operation 2011 Event India's government relaxes rules relating to the operation of foreign-owned retailers such as Wal-Mart and Tesco within India 2011 Event American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor undergoes a life-saving operation and has her leg amputated 2010 Event FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2004 Event Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation 2001 Death Poul Anderson, writer, Operation Chaos, dies at 74 2000 Event Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1996 Event Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) 1995 Death Gary Crosby, singer and actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61 1993 Death John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 1992 Event Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia 1992 Death Robert F Simon, U.S. actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83 1992 Event U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation 1991 Event Eastern Airlines shuts down operation 1991 Event Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq 1991 Event Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1990 Death Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72 1990 Event Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1990 Event Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 Death Anthony Quayle, actor (Moses, Operation Crossbow), dies at 76 1980 Event Department of Health and Human Services begins operation 1980 Event U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1980 Event FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1979 Event RKO radio network begins operation 1979 Event CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service 1978 Event Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 1976 Event World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.) 1973 Event Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1971 Event Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson 1971 Death Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 1971 Event Amtrak Railroad begins operation 1971 Death Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1969 Birthday Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever 1968 Event Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1966 Event Toboggan Chutes begin operation in Cleveland Metroparks 1964 Event ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation 1962 Event American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 1962 Event 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation 1962 Event AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation 1958 Event European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation 1957 Event 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation 1956 Event 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) 1953 Event Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 1952 Event Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation 1950 Event "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel 1950 Event Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews 1948 Event Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1948 Event Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee 1948 Event Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army 1947 Birthday Danny Glover, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop 1947 Event International Monetary Fund begins operation 1945 Birthday Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor, Operation Thunderbolt 1945 Event 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1945 Event Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine 1945 Event Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1944 Event Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 Event Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence 1944 Event Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive 1944 Event Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 1944 Event Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 1943 Event British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation 1943 Event U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Event U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky 1943 Event General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel, island-hopping 1943 Event Trident conference in Washington D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan) 1942 Event Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr 1942 Event U.S. Mint in New Orleans ceases operation 1942 Event Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled 1941 Event Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta 1941 Event Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1940 Event Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelowe) 1940 Event 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Ilinois 1940 Event British and French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 1940 Event Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk 1936 Birthday Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat 1936 Event Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation 1936 Birthday Ruta Lee, actress, Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar 1935 Event 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California) 1935 Event Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1935 Event 1st U.S. surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland 1934 Event 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) 1932 Event Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1931 Event Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint 1925 Birthday Dina Merrill, New York City, actress, Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8 1923 Event 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1922 Event 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1919 Death Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1917 Event Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1912 Event SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI) 1912 Event Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation 1905 Event 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1902 Event Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1900 Birthday Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball 1897 Event Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division 1896 Event Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation 1890 Event 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation 1886 Event 1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts 1883 Event 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago 1881 Event Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation 1876 Event 1st crematorium in U.S. begins operation, Washington, Penn 1865 Event Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1862 Event U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation 1856 Birthday Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation 1849 Birthday Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1838 Event U.S. Mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 1813 Birthday James Marion Sims, South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist, vesicovaginal operation 1811 Event The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation 1794 Event Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife 1752 Event Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation 1662 Event 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI)
