2015 Event Swiss criminal investigators charge FIFA President Sepp Blatter with suspected fraud; 14 FIFA officials have already been arrested in the corruption scandal, but Blatter has stated that he has no knowledge of or involvement in wrongdoing 2014 Event U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been suspended for six months from sponsor organization USA Swimming due to a recent drunk driving charge; Phelps plans to enter a treatment program 2014 Event Drug manufacturer Mapp Biopharmaceutical states that it has run out of its experimental Ebola treatment drug; the company has been shipping all available stock without charge to West Africa in an attempt to treat victims of the current epidemic 2014 Event U.S. officials state that Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by test-firing a type of cruise missile; Russian officials argue against the charge 2014 Event National 9/11 Memorial officials announce that the 9/11 Museum will open mid-May; the long-delayed Museum, dedicated to the victims of the terror attack, plans to charge $24 for most adult tickets 2011 Event North Korea attests it has detained Jun Young Su, a U.S. citizen; they plan to charge him with 'committing a crime' against their country 2010 Event Students in Britain plan a nationwide protest against a proposal to charge up to $9,000 pounds per year for tuition fees 1998 Event Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge 1995 Event FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1994 Event Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao 1994 Event Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm 1992 Event 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge 1991 Event Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge 1974 Event A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract 1974 Birthday Alexander Polinsky, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Adam-Charles in Charge 1974 Birthday Justin Whalin, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Jimmy-Lois and Clark, Charles in Charge 1974 Event House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up 1972 Birthday Nicole Eggert, born in Glendale California, actress, Charles in Charge, Baywatch 1970 Event 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons) 1970 Birthday Jonathan Ward, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter 1969 Birthday April Lerman, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Lila-Charles in Charge 1967 Event Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge 1961 Event After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1960 Birthday Scott Baio, Brooklyn, Joanie Loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, Zapped 1951 Event Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao 1940 Birthday Ellen Travolta, Englewood, New Jersey, actress, Grease, Charles in Charge 1925 Birthday George MacDonald Fraser, poet and author, Flashman at the Charge 1913 Birthday Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curaeao, 1951-67 1906 Event New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls 1898 Event Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 1874 Event Harvard beats McGill University in football, 3 - 0, 1st admission charge at a football game 1864 Event New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee 1861 Event Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1854 Event Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published 1854 Event Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1819 Event Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators 1817 Death Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brigadier General 1807 Event Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge 1777 Event de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress 1555 Event Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan
