2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2015 Event The Cairo Criminal Court convicts Egyptian ex-President Mohammed Morsi for his role in illegal detentions and violent responses to protests against him three years ago; he and other Muslim Brotherhood defendants will serve a 20-year prison term 2014 Event The Church of England announces that it has changed its rules to allow female bishops; the church has allowed female priests for the last 20 years but has not allowed women to serve in higher positions until now 2014 Event Botswana doctor Matshidiso Moeti will serve as new director of the World Health Organization office in Africa; Moeti will be instrumental in prevention of additional Ebola outbreaks and in restoration of health care facilities in Ebola-hit nations 2014 Event India has officially divided the state of Andhra Pradesh to create the nation's 29th state, Telangana; Hyderabad will act as joint capital for both states for the next decade; K. Chandrasekhara Rao will serve as Telangana prime minister 2011 Event U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, publicly announces she will retire rather than serve a second term in 2012 if President Obama is reelected 2002 Death Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79 1997 Event Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (U.S. Open) 1993 Death James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76 1979 Event Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in U.S. Tennis Open quarterfinals 1976 Birthday Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve 1954 Event Charles Mahoney becomes 1st U.S. black to serve as a full United Nations delegate 1948 Event Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress 1942 Event U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve 1927 Event 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) 1907 Birthday Bernard Miles, British actor, In Which We Serve, Mermaid Theatre 1884 Event William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1876 Birthday Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a Governor, Wyoming, 1925-27 1215 Event English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
