2015 Event Greece continues negotiations with its creditors after refusing proposed austerity measures; however, the Greek government proposal includes reforms similar to those rejected by voters in a recent referendum 2014 Event French President Francois Hollande proposes that terminally ill patients should have the right to be sedated until death; the proposal does not suggest assisted termination of the patient's life 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 Twenty-First Century Fox, headed by Rupert Murdoch, rescinds its offer to buy Time Warner Inc. after the latter's resistance to the proposal 2014 Event Time Warner, Inc. may be offered $75 billion by Twenty-First Century Fox in a proposed merger deal that would create the world's largest media company; Time Warner rejected an earlier proposal by Fox 2014 Event Voters in Switzerland reject a proposal to raise the minimum wage to about $25 per hour; if passed, the rate would have been the highest minimum wage in Europe 2013 Event An overwhelming 65% of Croatian voters vote yes for a referendum on a proposal to outlaw same-sex marriage 2013 Event In the U.S., a centerpiece proposal on background checks aimed at tightening gun control, fails in a Senate vote 2012 Event A debate among EU commissioners on a proposal to accept a 40 percent quota for women on corporate boards is delayed until November 2012 2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2011 Event Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts a proposal from President Dmitry Medvedev to run in Russia's 2012 Presidential election 2010 Event Students in Britain plan a nationwide protest against a proposal to charge up to $9,000 pounds per year for tuition fees 1995 Event Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 1994 Event 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins 1991 Event U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1991 Event Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak 1986 Event NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game 1967 Event Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1965 Event Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1953 Event Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal 1949 Event AL votes down proposal to revive spitball 1948 Event U.N. reject Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons 1947 Event Arabs and Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine 1937 Event Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1934 Event Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence 1932 Event Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor 1916 Event NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20) 1916 Event NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats 1915 Event House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote 1861 Event Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1838 Event Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwin's marriage proposal 1792 Event Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France 1667 Birthday Jonathan Swift, England, satirist, Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal
