2014 Event In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2013 Event In efforts to turn its back on nuclear power, Japan announces plans to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in the Fukushima Prefecture, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 2012 Event India and China agree to build a functional plan to address border issues 2011 Event Japan asks South Korea to refute a plan to build a Korean World War II 'comfort women' monument near Seoul's Japanese embassy 2011 Event South Korea states it plans to build a new resettlement center for North Korean refugees 2010 Event In a new deal, France is contracted to build two warships for Russia 2010 Event Plans to build 625 more homes in close to the West Bank, adjacent to Arab East Jerusalem, were announced 2010 Event Pastor Terry Jones threatens to organize an international Burn a Koran Day in retaliation for plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero 2010 Event Iran calls upon Muslims around the world to act in protest in response to Israel's plans to build in East Jerusalem 2010 Event In Washington, D.C, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a lobby group that 'Jerusalem is not a settlement' and Israel has a 'right' to build there 1997 Event Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China 1995 Event San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000 1995 Death B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70 1992 Event San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium 1990 Event Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway 1988 Event Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1987 Event Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle 1972 Event Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) 1967 Event Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1966 Event Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1964 Event Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1962 Event Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde 1962 Event St. Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals 1961 Event John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters 1960 Event French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1958 Event U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam 1958 Event U.S.S.R. lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam 1956 Event Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 Event U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 Event New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build 1954 Event Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced 1941 Event New York City Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens 1937 Event Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished 1936 Event Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay 1933 Event Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams 1931 Event Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge 1928 Event Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 1911 Event Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1904 Event Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace 1902 Event U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million 1888 Event Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers 1888 Birthday Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist, Religious Build Up 1794 Event New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British 1789 Event John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx) 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1656 Event Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam 1576 Event Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory 1250 Event Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue
