2014 Event Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, is nominated U.S. Attorney General to replace Eric Holder; Lynch must be confirmed before taking the position 2014 Event A total of 111 people have been identified as having had contact with an Ebola-infected 2-year-old girl before her death in Mali, raising concerns of a potential new epidemic; the girl was the first confirmed Ebola case in the nation 2014 Event The death toll from a landslide covering Hobo Barik, Afghanistan is estimated to be at least 2,000; though only 350 are confirmed deceased, authorities lack the equipment needed to attempt a full rescue 2014 Event Scientists using the BICEP2 telescope identify evidence for cosmic inflation; if confirmed, this evidence will provide support for the Big Bang Theory of the origin of the universe 2013 Event The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines, is confirmed to be over 5,700 people; the number is expected to increase 2013 Event The landscape painting, 'Sunset at Montmajour,' becomes the first full-sized Van Gogh painting to be confirmed since 1928; it is put on display at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum 2013 Event Reports that Pope John Paul II will be canonized are confirmed as his case awaits approval from Pope Francis, and confirmation of an alleged second miracle from the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints 2013 Event In Beijing, China, a seven-year old girl is confirmed as the first person in the country to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu 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 2013 Event U.S. Senator John Kerry is confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the next U.S. Secretary of State 2005 Event John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1994 Event Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa 1991 Event Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1989 Event NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24 1985 Event Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS 1977 Event Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon 1976 Event Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army 1975 Event Lowell W. Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm 1971 Event William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1971 Event Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1970 Event Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1969 Event Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice 1966 Event Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD) 1958 Event Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania) 1948 Event Ralph J. Bunche confirmed as acting United Nations mediator in Palestine 1947 Event Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 1919 Event Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
