2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 2015 Event H.J. Heinz Co and Kraft Foods Group Inc. will merge to form the third-largest global food company, Kraft Heinz Co.; the merger will be financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital 2015 Event Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2014 Event The U.S. adds new sanctions against Russia, prohibiting certain Russian international businesses from accessing U.S. capital markets; the move extends previous sanctions targeting specific individuals and their companies 2014 Event India has officially divided the state of Andhra Pradesh to create the nation's 29th state, Telangana; Hyderabad will act as joint capital for both states for the next decade; K. Chandrasekhara Rao will serve as Telangana prime minister 2013 Event The roof of a Maxima superstore collapses in Latvia's capital, Riga; a least six are killed and 35 injured 2013 Event The Australian Government institutes a legal challenge to same-sex marriage in its High Court in response to the Australian Capital Territory becoming the first territory in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage 2013 Event President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, dies in office in the nation's capital, Caracas; he was 58 2012 Event Thousands of union employees protest outside of the capital building in Lansing, Michigan, as Michigan's government passes legislation, becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state, and most highly unionized state in the U.S. to have such laws 2012 Event Turin, Italy, is selected as the European Capital of Sport for 2015 2012 Event The governing Worker's Party takes control of Brazil's financial capital and largest city when Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of Sao Paulo 2012 Event Archeologist excavating the Templo Mayor, one of the Aztec's main temples in their capital city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico city), make an unprecedented find - the skeleton of a young woman inside a burial, surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones 2012 Event At least one person is killed from an explosion in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya 2012 Event A new statue of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's late leader is unveiled in the capital of Pyongyang 2012 Event Hundreds of thousands of people protest against austerity measures in Portugal's capital of Lisbon 2012 Event In the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C., Occupy DC activists are prohibited from camping in Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square 2011 Event Queen Elizabeth II makes her 16th visit to Australia, commencing in the capital city of Canberra 2011 Event Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, calls for 1.2 million sandbags in an effort to protect Thai's capital from encroaching floods 2011 Event In the Papuan capital of Jayapura, about 10,000 Papuan people demonstrate in support of independence from India 2010 Event The last death row inmate in Cuba has his death sentence commuted; the nation is against capital punishment and has commuted many death sentences since 2008 2010 Event Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall 2010 Event In China, a 2,400 ear-old pot of soup is discovered near the country's ancient capital of Xi'an 2010 Event An archive documenting the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda is revealed in the capital city of Kigali 2010 Event In Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, the government dismisses criticism from rights groups and opens a 'protest park' 2010 Event Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, celebrates its 1,000-year birthday 2010 Event After a weeklong battle with 43 people killed, Somalia's al-Shabaab rebel group called for reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu 2010 Event Six people are killed by a remotely operated bomb while travelling in southern Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province 2010 Event A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating its capital city, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 150,000 were killed and buried later in mass graves 2009 Event 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 1998 Event Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder 1991 Event Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital 1990 Event "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1985 Event Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC 1982 Event Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena 1982 Event Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare 1982 Event TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system 1980 Event Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena 1980 Event U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is it's capital 1975 Event Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital 1973 Event Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Washington D.C. opens 1967 Event Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada 1963 Event Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles 1960 Event Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil 1954 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open 1950 Event Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon 1950 Event U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea 1950 Event U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1950 Event Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel 1949 Event Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem 1946 Birthday Michael Milken, born in Los Angeles, California, partner, International Capital Access Group 1934 Event Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense 1931 Event New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies 1931 Event New Delhi becomes capital of India 1927 Event Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia 1925 Event Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo 1923 Event Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital 1921 Event Sweden abolished capital punishment 1918 Event Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1913 Event Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid 1898 Event Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital 1891 Birthday Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist, Theory of Money and Capital 1873 Event Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary 1870 Event Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1870 Event Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18) 1870 Event Second Chamber abolishes capital punishment 1867 Event Toronto becomes capital of Ontario 1865 Event Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg 1865 Event CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia 1864 Event Helena, Montana's capital, founded 1863 Event Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho) 1862 Event Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. 1861 Event Richmond, Virginia is designated Confederate Capital 1861 Event Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy 1858 Event War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 1857 Event Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada 1853 Event Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory 1847 Event Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment 1800 Event Washington D.C. established as capital of US 1797 Event Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY 1793 Event Washington replaced Philadelphia as U.S. capital 1790 Event Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary U.S. capital 1789 Event Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 1788 Event Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam 1788 Event New York City becomes 1st capital of US 1783 Event Annapolis Maryland, becomes U.S. capital (until June 1784) 1330 Event Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire 330 Event Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
