2014 Event Almost 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru join an emissions reduction accord requiring each nation to post its plan online in 2015; the public can then pressure noncompliant nations to keep and strengthen their commitments 2014 Event Negotiations have stalled at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru due to disagreement over how to distribute responsibilities for battling climate change across developed and developing nations 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a conference in Minsk to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine; Putin agreed to support peace, while Poroshenko promised to develop cease-fire plans 2014 Event NCAA basketball team Wichita State Shockers wins the Missouri Valley Conference championship undefeated 2013 Event In London, the world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference; one food expert said it was 'close to meat, but not that juicy' 2013 Event During a U.N. conference on disarmament, North Korea threatens to destroy South Korea 2013 Event At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England 2011 Event At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation 2011 Event The U.S. announces it will boycott an anti-racism conference at the United Nations due to concerns over anti-Semetism 2011 Event Dubai, United Arab Emirates, begins an anti-piracy conference 2011 Event In London, England, international leaders take part in a conference focused on military action and the future of Libya 2010 Event 60 countries are invited to participate in Iran's two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran April 17 - 18; China says it will attend 2010 Event Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, unveils a new invention, a tablet PC called the iPad, at a press conference in San Francisco 2009 Event The United Nations opens its Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 1998 Event President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference 1991 Event Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Big East Football conference forms 1990 Event South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1989 Event International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris 1987 Death R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1983 Event Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2 1983 Event Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead 1983 Event Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead 1983 Event Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead 1983 Event Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1 1983 Event Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead 1980 Event LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open 1980 Event University administraion declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles and post-season play due to transcript and curriculum abuses 1978 Event Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 1977 Event Carter holds 1st news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) 1977 Event Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference 1976 Event Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of U.S. Conference of Mayors 1972 Event U.N. Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm 1968 Birthday Rasmus Lerdorf, born in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, created PHP programming language, Open Source conference speaker, contributed to Apache HTTP Server 1968 Event Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 1968 Event World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi 1966 Event 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights 1964 Event Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference 1964 Event UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva 1962 Event Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1961 Event 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade 1961 Event 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy) 1957 Event Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans 1957 Event Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms 1956 Event 1st International conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne) 1956 Event Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 1955 Event Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 1955 Event Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends 1955 Event 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens 1955 Event 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1955 Event 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) 1954 Event Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva 1953 Event 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) 1953 Event NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf 1953 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7 1952 Event 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends 1952 Event Netherlands-Indonesian Unity conference 1952 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 1951 Event President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference 1950 Event 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C. 1948 Event Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens 1946 Event All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0) 1945 Event Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman and Churchill 1945 Event Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting 1945 Event 45 countries convene United Nations Conference on International Organization in SF 1945 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference 1945 Event San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference 1944 Event Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1944 Event Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF and World Bank 1944 Event Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh 1943 Event 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu 1943 Event Conference of Teheran (Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin) 1943 Event Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow 1943 Event Trident conference in Washington D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan) 1943 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg 1942 Event Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews 1942 Event Allied Conference for war trials 1942 Event Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration 1941 Event Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for a wartime conference 1939 Birthday Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, Secretary-General, Bishops' Conference 1983-88 1938 Event K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India 1938 Birthday Kathleen Richardson, president, Methodist Conference 1937 Birthday Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979 1937 Event Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens 1934 Event Disarmament conference in Geneva fails 1933 Event Financial and Economy World conference opens, 66 countries 1933 Event 1st interstate legislative conference in U.S. opens, Washington, D.C. 1932 Event Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries 1931 Event 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform 1927 Event International Economic Conference (52 countries including U.S.S.R.) opens 1927 Event President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference 1926 Event Imperial Conference ends-giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth 1925 Event League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage 1925 Event 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkampferbund in Berlin 1924 Event Conference about German recovery payments opens in London 1924 Event Conference over German recovery payments begins in London 1922 Event Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference 1922 Event Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended 1922 Event Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments 1921 Event Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments 1919 Event Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1919 Event President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference 1919 Event Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Event Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland) 1918 Event President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1915 Event Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland 1914 Event Postdam Conference ended 1914 Event Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski and Rosa Luxemburg) 1913 Event 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) 1910 Event 2nd NAACP conference (New York City) 1909 Event 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, New York City) 1907 Event 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference 1906 Event SOS adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy 1906 Event Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco) 1899 Event World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference 1896 Event Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf 1890 Event Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington D.C.) 1889 Event 1st Pan American conference (Washington D.C.) 1884 Event Colonization of Africa orgainized at International conference in Berlin 1882 Event 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) 1865 Event Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse 1568 Event Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
