2015 Event The remains of Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, are escorted in a royal funeral procession; the remains were discovered in Leicester in 2012 and will be reburied at the Leicester Cathedral 2015 Event Turkey sends troops to Syria to rescue 40 guards and relocate remains from the tomb of Sulayman Shah, which is now surrounded by ISIS militants; the site is internationally recognized as Turkish territory 2014 Event Indonesia's search team finds plane wreckage and the remains of three people who were aboard AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared on December 28th; the findings confirm that the flight crashed in the waters between Indonesia and Singapore 2014 Event Investigators will conduct a deep-sea sonar scan in the Indian Ocean for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; satellite communication attempts have provided clues to the plane's likely trajectory before it disappeared eight months ago 2014 Event Unidentified remains of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack are put to rest in a private depository next to the museum at the World Trade Center Memorial site; the remains will not be accessible or viewable to the public 2014 Event The World Bank reports that India is now the third-largest economy behind the U.S. and China on the basis of purchasing power parity; India replaces Japan, though Japan remains in third place when GDPs are compared on an exchange-rated basis 2013 Event NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden remains in Moscow, Russia; he is stranded at Russia's Sheremetyevo International Airport 2013 Event Hercules 264, a Gulf of Mexico natural gas drilling rig, partially collapses off the coast of Louisiana; the rig remains standing but sustained extensive damage to the derrick package as a result of a continuing fire 2013 Event The oldest European remains of a white man are discovered in Australia; the Manning River Skull may belong to a man born in 1650, predating the country's history that Captain James Cook was the first to land on Australia's east coast in 1770 2013 Event At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England 2012 Event In Bulgaria, remains believed to be John the Baptist, are scientifically dated to be from the first century AD 2012 Event In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed 2011 Event The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War 2011 Event Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska, discover remains of a 3-year old child from the Ice Age and named it Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin, 'Upper Sun River Mouth Child' 2010 Event Remains of a human that lived 400,000 years ago are discovered in Israel, challenging the theory that humans originated in Africa 2010 Event A construction site in London reveals a Roman settlement filled with ancient artifacts and human remains 2010 Event In Prague, scientists exhume the remains of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe, in an effort to solve the mystery of his sudden death 2010 Event Afghan archeologists discover the remains of a Buddhist site located south of Kabul 2009 Event Oil giant Dutch Shell warns its outlook remains uncertain after reporting its quarterly profit fell by 73% 1987 Event Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" 1986 Event Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains 1986 Event NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts 1985 Event American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele 1981 Event Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1978 Event Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland 1964 Event Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier 1958 Event U.S. nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole 1958 Event U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record) 1945 Event Happy Chandler, resigns as U.S. Senator, remains as baseball commish 1930 Event Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit oya Spitsbergen 1928 Birthday James Ivory, producer/director, Howard's End, Remains of the Day 1912 Event 2,500 U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua; U.S. remains until 1925 1911 Event Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK 1906 Birthday Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho 1903 Event Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge 1891 Death Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland
