2015 Event Swiss criminal investigators charge FIFA President Sepp Blatter with suspected fraud; 14 FIFA officials have already been arrested in the corruption scandal, but Blatter has stated that he has no knowledge of or involvement in wrongdoing 2015 Event Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, resigns in the midst of a scandal in which the company confessed to installing software in its cars for the last 7 years in order to fool emissions test devices while violating U.S. clean air standards 2015 Event Seth Blatter, president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), resigns five days after his re-election to a fifth term; several FIFA officials were recently arrested in a corruption scandal, but Blatter has not been charged 2015 Event Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in DeflateGate, the scandal in which footballs used by the team were found to be below regulation pressure; Brady's father, Tom Brady, Sr., states that his son was framed 2014 Event Reports of delays at U.S. Veterans Administration facilities has created temporary unity in Congress as lawmakers seek to address the scandal; thousands of veterans have waited at least three months to see a doctor; many have never been seen at all 2014 Event After nearly 40 years on the throne, King Juan Carlos of Spain is abdicating and installing his son Felipe; unfavorable opinion, health issues and investigation of daughter Cristina in a public funds theft scandal have taken their toll on the king 2013 Event Following a corruption scandal, the Petr Necas, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, resigns 2013 Event The News Corporation phone hacking scandal results in the company's agreement to pay $139 million to American shareholders 2013 Event The recent meat adulteration scandal prompts Swedish furniture megastore IKEA to stop sales of its moose meat lasagna in its worldwide stores 2012 Event Amidst controversy over the anti-doping scandal, Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of LIVESTRONG, his anti-cancer charity 2012 Event The United Kingdom's Treasury Committee of the House of Commons releases the first of two volumes reporting on the LIBOR fixing scandal 2012 Event Following the News International phone hacking scandal, James Murdock resigns as Chairman of BskyB 2011 Event Chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, resigns as a result of the News International phone hacking scandal 2011 Event U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces an inquiry into News of the World, allegedly involved in a phone hacking scandal 2011 Event National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after a scandal involving NPR executives 2010 Event Film confirms Sarah, Duchess of York's involvement in a scandal showing she asked for a $40,000 handshake in cash and for 500,000 pounds to be paid in return for access to Prince Andrew 1996 Death Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91 1995 Event "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances 1995 Event "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 23 performances 1990 Event John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal 1987 Event Jim and Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal 1987 Event PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 1985 Event Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal 1981 Death Samuel Barber, U.S. composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70 1979 Event South African President Vorster resigns due to scandal 1977 Death Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 1976 Event Wayne Hays, Representative-D-Ohio 1949 - 1976, resigns after scandal with Elizabeth Ray 1973 Event President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal 1973 Event Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal 1973 Event Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal 1972 Event 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward) 1964 Birthday Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female 1959 Event WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal 1958 Event TV game show scandal investigation starts 1951 Death "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies 1938 Birthday Michael Deaver, politician/influence peddler, S&L scandal 1930 Birthday Iain Cuthbertson, British actor, Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB 1923 Event Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal 1921 Event Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1920 Event Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 1920 Event 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) 1919 Event Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series 1919 Event World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal) 1913 Birthday William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87 1910 Birthday Samuel Barber, born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, composer, Pulitz, School for Scandal 1904 Birthday John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1888 Event Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" 1873 Event Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1873 Event U.S. Congress begins investigating Credit Mobilier scandal 1777 Event RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London
