2015 Event E-commerce company eBay announces that it will lay off 2,400 employees in advance of its plans to spin off its PayPal unit; the split is expected to take place in mid-2015 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 EBay Inc. announces that it will split its PayPal unit into a separate company, raising the possibility of a PayPal buyout by mobile payment operators such as Google 2011 Event A Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737 plane crashed and split in to at the Chaddi Jagan International Airport; no one was injured 1992 Death Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71 1991 Event MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 1991 Event Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho 1989 Event Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open 1989 Event AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 1982 Event Rock group Doobie Brothers split up 1980 Death Dee Carroll, Betty Jean Marsh, actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies 1975 Event Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu" 1973 Event Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision 1970 Event Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles 1967 Birthday Ante Mise, Yugoslav soccer player, Hajduk Split/Vitesse 1965 Event Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 1960 Event India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1958 Birthday Neil Finn, rocker, Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House 1953 Birthday Malcolm Green, rocker, Split Enz-I Got You 1952 Birthday Tim Finn, rocker, Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues 1949 Birthday Nigel Griggs, rocker, Split Enz 1947 Event Arabs and Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine 1945 Event U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany 1939 Event Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University 1938 Birthday Ralp Inbar, Dutch TV host, Banana Split 1933 Event Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season 1913 Birthday Stephen McNally, New York City, actor, Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo 1913 Event Department of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments 1902 Event Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs. Adolph Landeburg (horse rider) 1522 Event Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches 661 Death Ali ibn Abi Talib, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad, dies at age 62 599 Birthday Ali ibn Abi Talib, born in Mecca, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad