2015 Event Nokia announces that it will purchase Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion, creating the second-largest manufacturer of mobile communication products behind Ericsson 2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event The World Bank reports that India is now the third-largest economy behind the U.S. and China on the basis of purchasing power parity; India replaces Japan, though Japan remains in third place when GDPs are compared on an exchange-rated basis 2014 Event Greenpeace releases its annual energy efficiency report praising several Internet companies, including Apple, which scored poorly a couple of years ago; Amazon was noted as lagging behind in use of renewable energy for its data centers 2014 Event Expansion plans for the Panama Canal are paused so Grupo Unidos por el Canal, the group behind the project, can seek more funding for the $3.2 billion project 2013 Event Scientists in Canada bring 400 year-old bryophyte specimens left behind by retreating glaciers during the Ice Age back to life 2010 Event The U.S. launches a search for the people behind an attempt to mail bombs to synagogues and places of worship in Chicago, Illinois 1996 Event NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind 1995 Event U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun 1995 Event Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun 1995 Death Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58 1994 Event Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun 1989 Death Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies 1983 Event Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record 1977 Death Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 1976 Event Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall 1971 Death Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 1969 Event USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings 1968 Death Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 1966 Event 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain 1965 Death Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62 1964 Event Phils bomb Reds 10-0 as both teams finish one game behind St. Louis 1964 Event Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars 1960 Event Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars 1951 Event New York Giants lose to go 13 games behind Brooklyn Dodgers, later win pennant 1950 Event 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines 1950 Birthday Mark Pinter, born in Decorah, Iowa, actor, Behind the Screen, Another World 1944 Event Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines 1934 Event 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it 1932 Birthday Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt, Arkansas, vocalist, Behind Closed Doors 1930 Birthday Joan Sims, actress, Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo 1908 Event New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1903 Birthday Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky 1902 Birthday Kitty Kelly, born in New York City, actress, Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors 1876 Death Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's
