2014 Event Taxi service company Uber expands its presence in Latin America by partnering with Carlos Slim's cell phone company America Movil to place the Uber app on mobil phones throughout Mexico 2014 Event Scientists announce the successful creation of stem cells from adult human cells; previous stem cell lines have been derived from fetuses and infants 2014 Event As part of its increasing move into mobile presence, Facebook announces that it will purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion; younger users seem to prefer communicating with mobile apps, which allow them to avoid cell phone texting charges 2013 Event In an effort to repair strained relations after news reports cite the U.S. spied on Chancellor Angela Merke's cell phone, President Barack Obama congratulates the Chancellor on the formation of her new cabinet, and invites her to Washington 2013 Event The U.S. Ambassador is summoned by Germany over suspicions that the U.S. monitored the cell phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel 2013 Event In Birmingham, United Kingdom, eleven members of a terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to exceed the atrocities committed on July 7 and 9/11 2012 Event Swedish doctors perform the world's first stem cell assisted vein transplant on a 10-year old girl 2011 Event Sprint Nextel reportedly pays $20 billion for the exclusive rights to Apple's next mobile cell phone 2011 Event The cell phone of Osama bin Laden's courier is reported to contain contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahadeen, suggesting potential ties to Pakistan's intelligence agencies 2011 Event After scientists reviewed studies on cell phone safety, the World Health Organization classifies cell phone radiation as a carcinogenic hazard, possibly carcinogenic to humans 2011 Event Responding to anti-government protests in Egypt, the government cuts off access to the internet, cell phones, and imposes a curfew 2010 Event A court settlement determines Verizon must pay $25 million to the U.S. Treasury for overcharging 15 million cell phone customers 2010 Event The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the decision to block President Obama's executive order to expand embryonic stem cell research 2010 Event Scientists at the Craig J. Venter Institute announce they have successfully created the world's first artificial lifeform by transplanting a synthesized genome into an existing cell 2006 Event Slobodan Milosevic found dead in cell in the Hague 1970 Event Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell 1959 Birthday David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist, Soft Cell 1956 Birthday [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist, Soft Cell 1944 Event Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die 1942 Birthday Fred Travalena, New York City, comedian/impressionist, Buy and Cell 1933 Event Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell 1931 Event 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct 1916 Birthday Christian B. Anfinsen, U.S. chemist, cell physiology, Nobel 1972 1912 Birthday George E Palade, Romanian/U.S. cell biologist, ribosomen, Nobel 1974 1883 Birthday Ernest E Just, biologist, pioneered cell division 1821 Birthday Rudolf Virchow, German politician/antropologist, cell pathology 1810 Birthday Theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory
