2015 Event During his visit to Bolivia, Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for the Catholic Church for its offenses against the indigenous population of the American continent during the conquest by European powers 2015 Event Myanmar President Thein Sein implements a population control law requiring women to wait three years between children; critics believe the law can be used to oppress women as well as minority religion and ethnic populations in the country 2014 Event South Korea bans poultry from the U.S. due to potential bird flu concerns; South Korea is working to contain the spread of the virus among its own avian population 2014 Event Swiss voters decide against a proposal to limit annual immigration to 0.2% of the population, or to approximately 16,000 people; the current immigration rate is about 80,000 people per year 2014 Event The Islamic State captures the Iraqi town of Sinjar, home to the country's Yazidi religious minority population; residents fled in advance of the extremists, who have demanded that non-Muslim residents convert to Islam or face death 2012 Event Half of the population of New York City, and millions of others in the Northeastern United States continue to deal with power outages, gas shortages and limited public transportation after Hurricane Sandy struck; the death toll rises to 90 2011 Event According to the U.N. Population Division, the world population has reached seven billion people 2011 Event North Korea places requests with its worldwide embassies to appeal for aid to feed its population 2010 Event The internet population in China reaches 450 million 2010 Event Uganda's Wildlife Authority announces that some animals in the country's national parks and game reserves have doubled in population since 1999 2006 Event United States population reaches 300 million people 1998 Event U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733 1995 Event Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion 1988 Event Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime 1988 Event 1/3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy 1988 Event U.N. estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion 1983 Event U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!) 1982 Event China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1975 Event British population agrees to European Common Market membership 1974 Event World Population Year begins 1972 Event Danish population votes for European Common Market membership 1972 Birthday Geri Halliwell, born in Watford, England, author, philanthropist, known as 'Ginger Spice' from band, the Spice Girls, representative for the United Nations Population Fund 1972 Event 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars 1972 Event Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest 1970 Event U.S. population is 203,302,031 1967 Event U.S. population reaches 200 million 1963 Event Netherland population hits 12,000,000 1963 Event At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000 1963 Event Algerian population accepts constitution 1962 Event U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion 1960 Event Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec 1949 Event Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 1941 Event Nazi execute entire Jewish population of Grodz, Lithuania 1941 Event Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated 1940 Event U.S. population at 131,669,275 1919 Event Norwegian population agrees to prohibition 1908 Birthday Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined, population explosion 1898 Birthday Alfred Sauvy, French statistician, Affluence and Population 1863 Event Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves 1850 Event U.S. population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) 1820 Event U.S. population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%)) 1810 Event U.S. Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%) 1800 Event U.S. population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%) 1790 Event 1st U.S. census, population of 3,939,214 1788 Event Vizille France population demands local parliament 1781 Event Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population 1766 Birthday Thomas Malthus, England, population expert, Law of Malthus 1643 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1517 Event Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen 1382 Event Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army 1377 Event Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
