2015 Event G.M. will pay $900 million and will undergo compliance monitoring to settle charges that it knew about faulty ignition switches in certain autos for years but neither reported nor fixed the problem; over 120 people died in crashes as a result 2013 Event In the U.S., a computer problem shuts down the NASDAQ electronic stock exchange for three hours 2011 Event At a meeting in Nanjing, China, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the main problem in the world's monetary system is countries that inhibit the free flow of the value of their currency 2010 Event Toyota announces recalls for approximately 5.2 million vehicles for a pedal entrapment and floor mat problem 2000 Event Kenya Airways flight 431 crashes near Cote d'Ivoire, killing 170, likely cause was a mechnical problem 2000 Event After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea) 1996 Death Marjorie Proops, problem page editor, dies at 85 1986 Event STS-61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem 1985 Event STS-61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem 1985 Event STS-51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem 1984 Event STS-41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 1983 Event STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem 1970 Event Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1961 Death Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 1955 Birthday John Nunn, born in London, England, champion chess player, chess writer, publisher, mathematician, once ranked among the world's top ten, two-time champion in chess problem solving 1939 Event Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem 1900 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge" 1891 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" 1890 Birthday Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher, Problem des Bosen 1846 Event Alexis the Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem" 1697 Event Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
