2015 Event North Korea reverts its time zone to that used prior to Japanese colonialization in 1910 in order to commemorate 70 years of liberation from the �wicked Japanese imperialists� 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data for about 100,000 taxpayers after breaking into a U.S. Internal Revenue Service system that allows taxpayers to retrieve previous tax returns; the data can be used to file tax refund claims and commit identity theft 2015 Event Myanmar President Thein Sein implements a population control law requiring women to wait three years between children; critics believe the law can be used to oppress women as well as minority religion and ethnic populations in the country 2015 Event Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in DeflateGate, the scandal in which footballs used by the team were found to be below regulation pressure; Brady's father, Tom Brady, Sr., states that his son was framed 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama states that he did not know that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton solely used a personal email address for government business, possibly violating federal law; Clinton served under Obama for four years 2015 Event Smartflash, a Texas technology licensing company, has won $532.9 million in a lawsuit against Apple for infringement of data management software patents; Apple claims that the patents are invalid and that it never used the technology in question 2014 Event New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a ban of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking; the technique, used to extract natural gas and oil, requires injection of chemicals, sand and water at high pressure underground, posing environmental concerns 2014 Event The International Space Station announces that it has successfully installed and operated a 3D printer; the printer will be used to reduce costs by manufacturing parts at the station rather than transporting them from Earth 2014 Event In a potential attempt to claim sovereignty, China is building an island in the South China Sea in an area claimed by several nations; sources speculate that the island may be used to support an airstrip and military activities 2014 Event A series of hidden online markets are taken down after raids by U.S. and European authorities and the arrest of 17 people; the markets were used to secretly trade illegal goods 2014 Event Scientists Stefan Hell of Germany and Eric Betzig and William Moerner of the U.S. share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing 'super-resolved fluorescence microscopy'; the technology can be used to observe molecular activity in living cells 2014 Event Apple Inc. is putting new security notifications in place after hackers gained access to celebrity iCloud accounts; the company denies any iCloud security compromises, stating that hackers used other methods to gain entry to the accounts 2014 Event India's central bank states that domestic credit cards must complete extra validation when used to buy local goods or services; some businesses have avoided the rule by using foreign payment systems, resulting in cash flows out of the country 2014 Event Over 250 Russian trucks enter embattled eastern Ukraine without permission to deliver humanitarian aid; NATO questions the true intent of the convoy, claiming that Russia has used deceptive 'aid' convoys in other conflicts 2014 Event Multiple U.S. food chains in China drop meat supplier Shanghai Husi after reports that the company used expired meat and unsanitary processing conditions; companies include McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King and Starbucks 2014 Event Doctors announce that a 3D-printed plastic skull was successfully used to replace part of a woman's real skull in an operation three months ago in the Dutch city of Utrecht 2013 Event Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents 2013 Event A data breach at Target Corporation caused the security of 40 million credit and debit cards used at Target stores to be compromised 2013 Event In Wisconsin, two planes carrying nine skydivers collide in midair; the skydivers used their parachutes to steer themselves clear of the debris, and the two pilots survived with minor injuries 2013 Event As the U.S. prepares an alleged imminent attack on Syria, Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, denies that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons 2013 Event UN inspectors arrive in Damascus to determine whether chemical weapons were used in the Syrian conflict 2013 Event North Korea restores the Red Cross link used for government-to-government communications with South Korea 2013 Event Guinness World Records records the largest flag ever made, by a village in Romania; the flag of Romania weighs five tons and used 44 miles of thread 2013 Event New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD 2013 Event The U.S. military used B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea; in response, North Korea threatens to attack America's military bases in Japan 2013 Event At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2013 Event A court grants Iceland's Blaer Bjarkardottir the right to use her own name; after previously ruling Blaer was only a man's name, the Reykjavik court rules it could also be used as a girl's name 2013 Event NASA reveals the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR), a lunar mining robot which could be used to produce fuel and water directly on the Moon 2013 Event European Bioinformatics Institute scientists have successfully stored audio and text on fragments of DNA, and retrieved them with 99.99% accuracy - the first time in history DNA has been used for data storage 2012 Event The Pakistani government accuses the Save the Children NGO as being linked to a fake vaccination program used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden; Pakistan orders foreign nationals working for the organization to leave the country within four weeks 2012 Event U. K. government officials announce that Viaspan, a solution used to preserve some donor organs, could be contaminated with bacteria after tests identified Bacillus cereus was present in the solution used to test Viaspan's sterility 2012 Event In a gesture to honor North Korean founder Kim II-Sung's birthday in April, North Korea plans to launch a new satellite that reportedly will be used to study crops and natural resources 2010 Event A sophisticated tunnel used by drug smugglers between Tijuana, Mexico and Otay Mesa, California, is discovered by U.S. Border Patrol 1998 Event Supreme Court rules attorney-client privilege extends beyond the grave, exempting Vince Foster's conversations with his lawyers from being used as evidence by Kenneth Starr 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1995 Event Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news 1993 Death Jerry Hunt, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques, dies in Canton, Texas, of suicide 1990 Death Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1988 Event At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1986 Event Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1984 Event Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1974 Event Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs 1970 Event New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used 1968 Event State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M 1965 Event U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 1962 Event 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz 1961 Birthday Junior, Norman Giscombe, R&B singer, Mama used to Say 1960 Event Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres 1959 Birthday Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1957 Event World's biggest glass oven used 1956 Event Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used 1955 Birthday Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1954 Event 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1954 Event U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1954 Event 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts 1953 Birthday Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1949 Event 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used 1948 Birthday Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1945 Event New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier 1945 Event Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission 1945 Event Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1944 Event 1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor 1944 Event 1st jet fighter used in combat, Messerschmitt 262 1943 Birthday Jerry Hunt, born Waco, Texas, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques 1940 Birthday Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook' 1936 Event Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign 1935 Event Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin 1933 Birthday Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1933 Event 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate 1929 Event Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, New York 1927 Birthday Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1925 Event Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1922 Birthday Carl Amery, born in Munich, Germany, writer, used pen name Christian Anton Mayer, studied at University of Munich, participant in Gruppe 47, a post-World War II literary association 1922 Event Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada) 1920 Event Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation 1920 Event 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track in Emeryville, California 1916 Event 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1914 Event U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail 1913 Event Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools 1909 Event SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1908 Event 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh) 1905 Event Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used 1905 Birthday Emilio Segre, born in Tivoli, Italy, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle and an element used for Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki 1904 Event Mounted police 1st used in New York City 1900 Event The term "orienteering" is 1st used for an event 1898 Event Machine gun 1st used in battle 1897 Event Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time 1888 Event Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1879 Event 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus 1879 Event 1st electric arc light used in the California Theater 1878 Event 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground 1877 Event 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers 1877 Event Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game 1870 Event Postcards 1st used in U.S. 1870 Event Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1867 Event 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York 1867 Event 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall 1862 Event Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time 1859 Event Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 1856 Event Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner 1855 Event New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration 1854 Event 1st street-cleaning machine in U.S. 1st used in Philadelphia 1853 Event 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos) 1846 Event Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1845 Event Ether 1st used in childbirth in U.S., Jefferson, Ga 1842 Event Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long 1841 Death Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1839 Event Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn 1835 Event New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint 1825 Death Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches, dies at 81 1819 Birthday William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether, HOF 1920 1815 Death Matthias Claudius, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert, dies at 74 1813 Event "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York) 1811 Birthday James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician, used chloroform 1792 Event Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier 1782 Event Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time 1778 Birthday Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 1744 Birthday Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches 1740 Birthday Matthias Claudius, born in Reinfeld, Germany, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert 1611 Event Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi) 1507 Event Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America 1492 Event Lead pencils 1st used 1346 Event Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle
