2014 Event A partial solar eclipse takes place, only viewable from certain regions of Australia and Antarctica; the annular eclipse was formed as the moon blocked out the center of the sun, leaving a ring of solar rays 2013 Event A partial shutdown of government agencies occurs after the U.S. House and Senate files to agree on a spending bill to keep government operations running 1989 Event Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune 1989 Event Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland 1974 Event President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings 1967 Event Grenada gains partial independence from Britain 1966 Event Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor 1960 Event East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin 1858 Event Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
