2015 Event Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, steps down after the company reports poor first quarter results; cofounder Jack Dorsey will step in as temporary CEO, but Costolo will keep his position on the board 2014 Event Pahoa, a town of about 1,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island, must evacuate due to a stream of lava flowing at 20 yards per hour from the Kilauea volcano; Red Cross Hawaii is assisting residents with temporary shelter 2014 Event Reports of delays at U.S. Veterans Administration facilities has created temporary unity in Congress as lawmakers seek to address the scandal; thousands of veterans have waited at least three months to see a doctor; many have never been seen at all 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2013 Event Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden one year of temporary political asylum; Snowden leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport 2012 Event A temporary fix to the Internet Doomsday virus created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation expires, causing thousands of computer users across the globe to lose Internet access 2012 Event Vice-President of Argentina Amado Boudou assumes temporary power as President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has surgery for thyroid cancer 2010 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is granted temporary powers to pass laws by decree, negating any required review or support from the National Assembly 2010 Event Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months 2009 Event 30,000 Phillipine people remain in temporary shelter as scientists predict the Mount Mayon volcano will erupt in the coming weeks 1998 Death Gulzarilal Nanda, temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 66), dies 1997 Event Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary" 1975 Event Yankees sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire 1969 Event Denton Cooley implanted 1st temporary artificial heart 1967 Event John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1957 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase 1946 Event U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1946 Event F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government 1943 Event Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia 1917 Event Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press 1917 Event New soviet government suspends freedom of press (temporary) 1911 Event General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti 1906 Event "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St. SF 1859 Event Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 1790 Event Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary U.S. capital 1765 Event Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1646 Event Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire
