2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama will allow the Pentagon to perform a limited number of air strikes in Iraq to thwart the advance of the Islamic State 2013 Event The Pentagon will furlough 650,000 civilian employees without pay for six days this year after receiving warnings that mandatory budget cuts might idle defense workers for a longer period of time 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 1994 Event Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases 1993 Death Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 1990 Event Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15 1988 Event Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities 1988 Event 500 U.S. scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research 1985 Event Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1982 Event Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war 1972 Birthday Claire Forlani, born in Twickenham, London, actress, appeared in 'Meet Joe Black', 'Boys and Girls', 'The Pentagon Papers' 1971 Event New York Times began publishing "Pentagon Papers" 1971 Event Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of U.S. soldiers in SE Asia 1968 Event Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers 1967 Event Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon 1943 Event World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed 1931 Birthday Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower, Pentagon Papers 1887 Birthday Addison Richards, Zanesville, Ohio, actor, Pentagon, Fighting Seabees
