2015 Event Certain members of Greece's Syriza party form the Popular Unity Party, which opposes the current E.U. bailout; Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who ran on a Syriza anti-bailout platform, resigned after accepting the bailout terms against voter wishes 2015 Event Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, is elected as Prime Minister of Greece on an anti-austerity platform 2014 Event Apple and IBM join forces to develop apps for business users; the agreement will give Apple a greater share of the business market, which is increasingly catering to a mobile workforce; IBM will benefit from the software integration on its cloud computing platform 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 1992 Death Stanley Dudek, U.S. platform diver (watershows), dies 1988 Event North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die 1982 Event Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1964 Birthday Wendy Wyland, Jackson, Michigan, platform diver 1984 Olympics bronze 1949 Event Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) 1948 Birthday Michael Finneran, diver, 1st perfect 10 on 10m platform 1947 Birthday Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver, Gold Medals 1968, 1972, 1976 Olympics 1924 Birthday Victoria Draves, U.S., platform/springboard diver 1948 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Sammy Lee, born in Fresno, California, platform diver, 2 Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics 1915 Birthday Dorothy Poynton-Hill, U.S., platform diver 1932 Olympics gold 1907 Birthday Pete Desjardins, U.S., platform and springboard diver 1928 Olympics gold 1903 Birthday Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, U.S., platform diver, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics
