2015 Event Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2014 Event Private car scheduling service Uber has been meeting with opposition as it rapidly expands into cities around the world; complaints range from insufficient driver background checks to violation of rules protecting existing transportation services 2014 Event Hewlett-Packard (HP) plans to split into two companies: HP Enterprise, focused on enterprise products and services, and HP Inc., focused on printing and personal computing; the move will be completed in 2015 2014 Event India's central bank states that domestic credit cards must complete extra validation when used to buy local goods or services; some businesses have avoided the rule by using foreign payment systems, resulting in cash flows out of the country 2014 Event Amazon Inc. reports a $126 million loss for the second quarter, its second-highest loss on record; the company has been investing in new services to attract and retain more customers 2014 Event The CEO of BlackBerry Ltd. will be refocusing its business on software and services in an effort to turn around the company; once a leader in the smartphone market, the company's products now account for less than 1% of global market share 2014 Event Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announces reduction of at least 45,000 jobs, expanding the original plan for 34,000 cuts; Whitman seeks to refocus and align HP with changing computing habits such as use of cloud services rather than servers 2014 Event Italian officials announce that many of the country's public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country's debt; plans to sell part of the nation's air traffic control and postal services have already been approved 2014 Event eBay, Inc. will be introducing local, customized e-commerce sites and services throughout Latin America; the company will identify local demand in each market to provide targeted search results and offerings 2014 Event Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell is nominated to replace Kathleen Sebelius as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 2014 Event The banking industry is losing ground as non-banking companies such as Apple, Google and TMobile develop their own payment methods and financial products that circumvent the need for banking services 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event The Dutch non-profit organization's Women on Waves abortion rights activist ship, which provides abortions and related medical services to women from countries with restrictive abortion laws, was blocked from entering Morocco's port of Smir 2012 Event Former U.S. Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty resigns from Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, planning instead to work for the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. 2012 Event The U.S. Surgeon General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Army Secretary, release a new U.S. national strategy to prevent suicides; the strategy uses Facebook as a tactic 2012 Event Deutsche Bank, the German global financial services company, announces plans to cut 1,900 jobs 2011 Event In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks 2011 Event Burial services for Claude Choules, aged 110, the last living veteran of World War I, take place in West Australia's port of Fremantle 2010 Event Taiwan is hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, twelve people are injured, communications and rail services are disrupted 2005 Event New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days 1991 Event 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R. 1986 Event Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme 1985 Event Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) 1982 Event Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev 1981 Event RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services 1980 Event Department of Health and Human Services begins operation 1978 Event Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I 1964 Event During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1961 Birthday Ellery Hanley, born in Leeds, England, rugby league player, honored by the Queen in January, 1990, for his services to the game 1959 Death William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76 1957 Event Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open 1954 Birthday Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1949 Event Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant 1946 Birthday Annette Penhaligon, born in England, politician, secretary for Member of Parliament for Truro, in Cornwall, England, knighted for services to politics and public service 1945 Event Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA vs. Australia Services 1945 Event Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts 1945 Event Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1945 Event Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India 1945 Event Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Australia Services at Delhi 1945 Event U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) disbands 1945 Event Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Australia Services at Old Trafford 1945 Event England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 Event England and Australia Services draw 4th Victory Test 1945 Event Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets 1945 Event Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets 1945 Event Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services 1942 Event National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services 1942 Event OSS, Office of Strategic Services, forms 1933 Birthday Louis W. Sullivan, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989 - 1993 1931 Birthday Margaret Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85 1931 Birthday William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services 1931 Birthday Joan Clague, director of nursing services, Marie Curie Foundation 1930 Event 1st religious services telecast in U.S. (W2XBS New York City) 1924 Birthday John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office 1923 Birthday Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir, Army Nursing Services 1920 Birthday Richard O'Brien, CEO, Manpower Services Commission 1918 Birthday Faye Glenn Abdellan, U.S. government official, health services 1918 Birthday Otis R Bowen, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1985 - 1989 1915 Event U.S. Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services 1659 Event Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.) 1430 Event Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
