2015 Event France has outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period of time before and during a modeling job; the law aims to prevent promotion of anorexia among models and people who emulate them 2015 Event Clues in the crash of a Germanwings flight during clear weather Tuesday suggest that the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cabin before deliberately downing the jet in the French Alps; investigations of the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, are ongoing 2015 Event A report is released on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 today, one year after the incident, revealing that the flight's locator beacon battery had expired a year before the flight, but nothing unusual was otherwise detected 2015 Event The International Energy Agency estimates that oil prices will remain relatively low for the next five years, potentially dipping this year to an average of $55/barrel before increasing to about $73/barrel by the year 2020 2014 Event Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced his resignation; the 89-year-old president indicated after reelection in 2013 that he would retire before the end of the 7-year term 2014 Event NASA successfully tests its unmanned Orion spaceship for potential human flight over 3,500 miles from Earth; several years and more tests will be needed before the vessel is ready for human travel, potentially paving the way for manned trips to Mars 2014 Event A gunman attempts to set fire to the Mexican consulate and shoots at police headquarters, the federal court building, and other structures in Austin, Texas before being shot by police; the attack may have been motivated by anti-immigration sentiments 2014 Event Investigators will conduct a deep-sea sonar scan in the Indian Ocean for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; satellite communication attempts have provided clues to the plane's likely trajectory before it disappeared eight months ago 2014 Event Dr. Craig Spencer, diagnosed with Ebola on October 23rd, is healed and has been discharged from the hospital; Spencer raised fears of a U.S. epidemic after reporting that he had traveled to various public places the day before showing symptoms 2014 Event Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, is nominated U.S. Attorney General to replace Eric Holder; Lynch must be confirmed before taking the position 2014 Event A Van Gogh painting, 'Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies', sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million; the artist painted the work at his doctor's home shortly before his death 2014 Event CEO Richard Branson says that Virgin Galactic will first determine the cause of a recent test space flight crash before deciding whether to continue developing commercial space travel 2014 Event A total of 111 people have been identified as having had contact with an Ebola-infected 2-year-old girl before her death in Mali, raising concerns of a potential new epidemic; the girl was the first confirmed Ebola case in the nation 2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its second largest dip since September 2011, dropping 458 points before regaining much of the loss to close down 173 points at just above 16,141 2014 Event The Malaysian government has released the last transmission from Malaysian Air Flight 370; the data confirm that the plane was last located over the eastern Indian Ocean; over a year of mapping and search may be needed before remnants might be found 2014 Event A day before the U.S. Senate will vote on extending emergency unemployment benefits, Gene Sperling, Director of the White House National Economic Council publicly promoted the case for extending benefits 2013 Event Before celebrating Christmas Mass at Pope Francis pays a visit to Pope Benedict XVI at his retirement home 2013 Event Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based on the life of her character Harry Potter; the play tells the previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years 2013 Event The launch of the 'Yu Tu', China's first lunar vehicle, is scheduled to take place at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center before December 10, 2013 2013 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to pull out of a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month; the meeting was set to occur before the September G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg 2013 Event Sediments found in the reservoir of a major treatment plant in Montreal, Canada, lead authorities to issue a warning to boil the water before drinking it 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event Two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings occur, Ethiopian long-distance runner Lelisa Desisa wins the Boston Marathon, with a time of 2:10:22 2013 Event China reports it will open the South China Sea's Paracel Islands to tourism before the May Day holiday. Vietnam voices strong opposition this move, as ownership of the Islands is in dispute 2013 Event U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee, Jack Lew, begins his confirmation hearing by testifying before the U.S. Senate's financial committee 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candiate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's reaction to the attacks on U.S. missions in Benghazi, Cairo and other U.S. embassy's was to 'sympathize' with the assailants; the President claimed the attacks were the result of protests to a movie released on YouTube months before that mocked Mohammed 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul announces he will end his campaign, but that he will still try to obtain delegates before the Republican National Convention in August 2012 Event U.S. researchers report that preventable infections are the leading cause of the world's child mortality rate, where out of 7.6 million children who died before the age of 5 in 21010, 60% died of infections like pneumonia 2011 Event John Corzine, former CEO of MG Global, testifies before a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, stating he doesn't know where hundreds of millions of dollars of his customers' money has gone 2011 Event The Hendra virus is detected in a dog in Queensland, Australia near the Beaudesert; the virus has never before been detected in anything other than flying foxes, horses or humans 2011 Event The World Health Organization announces the E. coli strain responsible for the 2011 E.coli O104:H4 outbreak had never before been isolated from patients 2011 Event One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown 2011 Event In an interview held before the third anniversary of deadly unrest, Gyaincain Norbu claims Tibetans have 'never been freer' 2010 Event BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies before the U.S. about the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster at the Deepwater Horizon rig that has caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history 2010 Event Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies 2009 Death Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2001 Death Dick Schaap, sportscaster/writer, Flashing Before My Eyes, dies at 67 2001 Event The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride 1998 Event President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky 1998 Event Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1995 Event Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence 1995 Event Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 1992 Event Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game 1992 Event New York Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7 1992 Event Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt 1991 Death Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday 1991 Event A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS 1989 Event Yankees beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play 1989 Event New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season 1987 Event A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break 1985 Event During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin 1984 Event 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test 1983 Event While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull 1982 Event SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month 1982 Event Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1981 Event President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1981 Event Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yankees for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles 1978 Birthday Audrey Tautou, born in Beaumont, France, actress, films include, 'Amelie', 'The Da Vinci Code', 'Coco Before Chanel', 'Priceless' 1976 Event Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break 1975 Event Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1973 Event John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 1972 Event Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race 1969 Birthday Julie Delpy, actress, Before Sunrise 1969 Death Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65 1968 Death Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 1967 Event Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing 1965 Event Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1964 Event U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1962 Event U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars 1961 Event John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade 1961 Death John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday 1958 Birthday Tim Burton, born in Burbank, California, film director, films include, 'Edward Scissorhands', 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Batman', 'Batman Returns' 1958 Event Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara 1953 Event Yankees sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight 1952 Event Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee 1951 Event Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1951 Event Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players 1950 Birthday David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1949 Event Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence 1946 Event Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped 1946 Event "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater New York City after 167 performances 1946 Birthday Richard Collinge, cricketer, New Zealand rec wicket-taker, 116, before Hadlee 1946 Birthday Julian Barnes, England, writer, Before She Met Me 1945 Event "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances 1945 Death Carlo Felice Boghen, composer, dies a day before 76th birthday 1943 Birthday Julio Iglesias, Spain, singer, Of All the Girls I Loved Before 1940 Event Bradman out 1st ball for SA vs. Victoria before 6213 1940 Event Paris evacuates before German advance 1940 Event Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1939 Event Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial 1939 Event Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg 1938 Event Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out 1938 Event Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th 1936 Event Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA vs. Queensland before 4,865 1936 Event Bradman scores 192 for S A vs. Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000 1934 Event Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 1932 Birthday Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall 1931 Event Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,697 1930 Event Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,422 1925 Event 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans 1925 Event Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000 1924 Event Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out 1922 Event Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1916 Birthday Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II 1915 Event President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt 1913 Event New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-10, Hooks Wiltse pitches the first nine innings for New York before wilting, and Christy Mathewson relieves 1912 Event English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1909 Event Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000 1908 Event Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1906 Birthday June Collyer, New York City, actress, Before Midnight, Charley's Aunt 1903 Birthday Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn 1903 Event New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 1902 Event Trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket vs. England 1902 Event Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex vs. Surrey 1900 Event Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match 1898 Birthday Helen Flint, Chicago, actress, Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast 1893 Event New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before 1888 Birthday Shmuel Agnon, born in Israel, novelist, Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966 1888 Death Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday 1887 Birthday Juan Gris, born in Spain, cubist painter, Still Life Before an Open Window 1886 Birthday William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I 1881 Birthday Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang 1881 Event Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12 1880 Birthday Herbert Strudwick, cricketer, England wicket-keeper before and after WW I 1879 Event Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court 1878 Birthday Oscar Apfel, Cleveland, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn 1869 Event Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress 1865 Event Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match 1863 Death Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 1862 Birthday Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author, Before Dawn-Nobel 1912 1862 Event Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains 1861 Event Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before U.S. advance 1846 Event Elizabeth Barrett and R Browning exchange last letters before eloping 1842 Event 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1815 Birthday Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast 1799 Event King of Naples flees before advancing French armies 1789 Event John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1787 Event John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton 1779 Birthday Clement Clarke Moore, U.S., author, 'Twas the Night Before Xmas 1743 Birthday John Fitch, inventor, had a working steamboat years before Fulton 1697 Event Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night 1672 Event Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1633 Event Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
