2015 Event Researchers discover a biofluorescent hawksbill sea turtle in waters off of the Solomon Islands; though biofluorescence has been observed in captive reptiles, this is the first occurrence seen in a wild reptile 2015 Event Amazon.com joins eBay and others in removing Confederate flag items from its site after last week's shooting of nine African American church members; though part of U.S. Civil War history, the flag is also seen by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event A new birdlike dinosaur, Yi qi, has been discovered in China; the fossils suggest that it lived about 160 million years ago and had membranous, bat-like wings that not been seen in other dinosaur species 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 African leaders meet in Paris to discuss ways to fight Boko Haram, the Islamist group that kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls over a month ago in Nigeria; the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been seen as slow to respond to the situation 2014 Event Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2013 Event One of the rarest mammals on earth, the saola, an Asian unicorn is released by WWF; the photo was taken by a camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam in September 2013, last seen 15 years ago 2013 Event Central Australia reports the sighting of a Central rock rat; the creature is found only in Australia and has not been seen since 1960 2013 Event Founder Michael Dell leads a consortium that announced plans to take Dell private with a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal - the largest buyout seen since the recession 2012 Event After not being seen for weeks, Ethiopia's long-term Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi dies of a mystery illness 2012 Event Scientists in Kamchatka, Russia, report sighting the first adult white orca to be seen in the wild 2009 Death Billy Mays, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc., dies at age 50 1994 Event Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1993 Event Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands 1992 Event Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York 1992 Event "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1991 Event Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute 1991 Event Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii 1991 Event Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt 1989 Event Mary Martin in "Peter Pan," 1st seen on TV since 1973 1989 Event Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV 1987 Event "Nightline" is seen in U.S.S.R. for 1st time 1987 Event Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604 1984 Event Transit of Earth as seen on Mars 1983 Event Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 1979 Event Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration 1974 Event Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" 1966 Event Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again 1959 Event Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3 1958 Birthday Billy Mays, born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc. 1953 Birthday Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist, BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet 1947 Event Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia 1910 Event Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) 1910 Event Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) 1892 Birthday Ernst van Raalte, lawyer, Seen, heard... wrote 1885 Event 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda 1858 Event Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer 1854 Event SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again 1817 Event Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore 1712 Event French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast 1680 Event Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th 1661 Event Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen 1620 Event 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1611 Event Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again 1264 Event Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen 1181 Event Supernova seen in Cassiopia 1056 Event Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
