2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2014 Event Sony Pictures cancels release of its movie "The Interview" after hacking attacks and threats thought to be ordered by the North Korean government; the movie is reportedly a comedy depicting an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 2014 Event Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been ordered to withdraw to their home bases by President Vladimir Putin; the move comes ahead of meetings between Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko 2014 Event Google and Microsoft report that the National Security Agency ordered them to provide information on 10,000 accounts over a six-month period in 2012 and 2013, and Yahoo reported they complied with government request for information on more than 40,000 accounts 2012 Event Sisters Eva Hoffe and Ruth Wiesler, who inherited valuable documents belonging to Franz Kafka and his colleague Max Brod are ordered to turn the documents over to the National Library in Tel Aviv 2011 Event Australia's Qantas airlines and its unions are ordered to settle their industrial dispute within 21 days 2011 Event Thousands of homes are ordered evacuated as the Spring 2011 Mississippi River Floods continue 2010 Event Ukranian prosecutors claim that in 2000, former Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko ordered the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze 1993 Event Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song 1992 Event Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support 1990 Event Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1985 Event Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA 1981 Event Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony 1981 Event George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1977 Event Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered 1975 Event Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools 1974 Event John Lennon is ordered to leave U.S. in 60 days 1969 Event Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 Event State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances 1968 Event Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1967 Event Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible 1967 Event Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted 1965 Event U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1965 Event U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam 1944 Event King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu 1942 Event Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David 1941 Event All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1939 Event Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David 1917 Event After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor 1861 Event Manassas, Virginia General Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, General Johnston is ordered to Manassas 1861 Event President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory 1699 Event Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1651 Event Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
