2011 Event A $28 billion merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission 1990 Event Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages 1989 Event California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios 1979 Event Elton John, sick with flu, collapses at the Hollywood Universal Ampitheater 1977 Event "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93 1959 Event U.N. adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights 1950 Birthday Osamu Kido, born in Kawasaki City, Japan, professional wrestler for New Japan Pro Wrestling, participated founding the Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation 1948 Event U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1944 Event Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission 1944 Event Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen 1943 Event Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers 1930 Event Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios 1917 Event UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany 1913 Event Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales 1912 Event China votes for universal human rights 1911 Event Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights 1906 Event Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor 1902 Death Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86 1902 Event Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels 1889 Event Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed 1884 Event Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude 1875 Event Universal Postal Union established 1837 Death Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies 1824 Event Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee 1788 Event London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times 1785 Event "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue 1774 Event Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee 1769 Event Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
