2015 Event G.M. will pay $900 million and will undergo compliance monitoring to settle charges that it knew about faulty ignition switches in certain autos for years but neither reported nor fixed the problem; over 120 people died in crashes as a result 2012 Event The Republic of Ireland switches off its analog television service at 10:00am 1998 Event Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week 1996 Event WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format 1956 Event NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium 1928 Event Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet