2015 Event Pope Francis issues an encyclical, 'Laudato Si' (Praise Be), urging action to protect Earth from pollution and climate change; the document was issued with the intention of influencing the U.N. Climate Summit later this year 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the Summit of the Americas in Panama for talks aimed at thawing relations; the historic meeting marks the first interaction in decades between top leaders of the two nations 2014 Event The G-20 summit in Australia ends with a commitment by leaders of the 20 nations to take steps to raise their collective GDP by $2 trillion over the next four years; critics say that proposed measures are not specific enough to achieve this goal 2014 Event After two years of hostility between Japan and China over control of certain islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Linping shake hands during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit 2013 Event The Syrian civil war is a high-priority topic at the39th annual G8 Summit begins in Northern Ireland 2013 Event China's President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama discuss cyber espionnage at the end of their two day summit 2013 Event Officials at the Kremlin announce that the 2014 G8 summit will be held at Sochi, its southern Black Sea resort 2012 Event British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013 2012 Event The 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, Iran, closes with a 60-page final document focusing on Iran's nuclear energy program and the Palestinian issue, with no mention of the civil war in Syria 2012 Event The Non-Aligned Movement begins their 16th Summit in Tehran, Iran 2012 Event The U.S. State Department states the U.N. Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit is 'strange' and 'not a good signal' 2012 Event In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit 2012 Event World leaders discuss nuclear security during a summit in Seoul, South Korea 2011 Event In the French city of Cannes, the 2011 G-20 summit commences; discussions will focus on the continuing Eurozone debt crisis 2011 Event The International Atomic Energy Agency calls for a summit to discuss concerns about nuclear safety following radiation leaks at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant 2010 Event A series of eight 3G wireless transmitters have been installed along the trail to base camps on Mount Everest, with coverage reaching the summit 2010 Event Leaders of the twenty largest economies meet for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada 2010 Event President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, meets with President Barack Obama to discuss Iran's nuclear program during the Nuclear Security Summit 2010 Event A European Union summit discusses the possibility of bailing out Greece's economy 2009 Event The 5th Summit of the Americas takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, thirty-four heads of government attend 2009 Event At the 21st NATO Summit, new Secretary General, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is appointed 1997 Event U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1992 Event World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 1989 Event Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs 1987 Event Gorbachev arrives in U.S. for a summit meeting 1987 Event Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit 1986 Event Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland 1986 Event 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles 1978 Event 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit 1978 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit 1975 Event Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89 1975 Birthday Billy Walsh, Summit, New Jersey, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1975 Event Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit 1973 Event Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey 1960 Event Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US 1953 Event Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest 1945 Event U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1924 Event George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit 1919 Birthday Warren Stevens, Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania, actor, Richard Boone Show 1919 Birthday Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1914 Birthday Vance Packard, Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, author, Hidden Persuaders 1864 Event Battle of Summit Point, VA 1861 Event Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV 1822 Event 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
