2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an 'occupied force' 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama will seek approval from Congress to add force in the fight against ISIS militants; the current U.S. military campaign began without Congressional approval, raising concerns that Obama exceeded the limits of his authority 2014 Event Google Inc. announces that it will be closing down its Google News site in Spain next week, ahead of rules taking effect in January that will force news aggregators to pay each publisher for using its content 2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2014 Event The London police force begins a pilot program using body cameras to record behavior and document evidence during responses to incidents 2013 Event The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, completed his last shift as a search and rescue helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force; he will now focus on Royal and community work 2013 Event The U.S. Army robot, BigDog from Boston Dynamics, is upgraded to include arm that can manipulate nearby objects with great force; it is able to hurl a cinderblock 15 feet 2012 Event Amid tension with China, Keen Sword, the biennial naval training exercise between the United States and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, takes place off the shore of Okinawa 2012 Event In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 2012 Event After a classified 469-day orbital mission, the U.S. air force's robotic Boeing X-37-B spaceplane returns to Earth 2011 Event The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2011 Event In Cairo, protesters storm the Israeli embassy and force the Israeli ambassador to Egypt to flee 2011 Event The Republic of Korea announces plans to conduct midair refueling drills with the U.S. Air Force in 2011 2010 Event Foreign ministers of the Arab League meet in Cairo and agree to ask the U.N. Security Council to force Israel to end its blockade of Gaza 2010 Event The transcript of the flight data recorders from the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash that killed 96 Polish officials and intellectuals is published 2002 Death "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89 1995 Event Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees 1995 Death Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64 1995 Death Mansour Satari, Brigadier-General and commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46 1994 Event U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti 1994 Event Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed 1994 Event North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen 1993 Death Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered 1993 Death Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63 1993 Event Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59 1993 Death James H Doolittle, U.S. air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96 1993 Event Angolese air force bombs Huambo 1992 Event Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1991 Death Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 1990 Death Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56 1990 Death Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 Death Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76 1989 Event Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52 1989 Death Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 1989 Event Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails 1989 Death Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51 1988 Death Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66 1987 Event 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis 1987 Event Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed 1986 Event Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes 1986 Event French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad 1985 Event U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1984 Death Howland Chamberlin, actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73 1984 Event U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force 1984 Event Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut 1979 Event Royal Air force receives 1st F-16 1978 Event 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force 1978 Death Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., retired Air Force general, dies at 58 1976 Event 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo 1975 Event Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force 1974 Event Air Force fires 1st ICBM 1972 Event Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber 1972 Event Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force 1968 Death John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58 1967 Event Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City 1967 Event Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game 1966 Death Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79 1963 Event French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons 1960 Birthday Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer 1959 Event 1st U.S. Air Force Academy graduation 1959 Event 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo 1959 Event Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1958 Event Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo 1958 Event Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 1956 Event Jordan attacks United Nations Palestine force 1955 Event U.S. Air Force unveils self-guided missile 1954 Event Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened 1954 Event U.S. Air Force Academy forms 1954 Event U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, established 1953 Birthday Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker, Bob Marley and the Wailers 1952 Death John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39 1951 Event Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing 1950 Birthday Frank Stallone, New York City, Sylvestor's brother/actor, Barfly, Outlaw Force 1950 Event North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1950 Event Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia 1949 Birthday Bill Wallace, rocker/actor, Fear, Avenging Force, Desperate 1948 Death Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 1948 Event 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1947 Event USAF (U.S. Air Force) forms 1947 Event U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense 1947 Death Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60 1946 Birthday Felton Perry, actor, Magnum Force, Sudden Death 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Event U.S. Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure 1945 Event U.S. Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Event Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Dresden 1945 Event 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz 1945 Event U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 Event Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany 1944 Event Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die 1944 Event Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) 1944 Event Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force 1944 Event Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours 1944 Event Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 Event Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 1944 Event U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen 1944 Event 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany 1944 Event 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity 1944 Event D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Event 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux 1944 Event 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die 1944 Event General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London 1944 Event Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 1943 Event U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt 1943 Death Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide 1943 Event U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt 1943 Event Elsie S. Ott becomes 1st woman awarded U.S. Air Force Medal 1942 Event 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe 1942 Event Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet 1942 Event 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) 1942 Event 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1941 Event Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Nazi's force German Jews, 6 and over to wear Jewish stars 1941 Event German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 1940 Event German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights 1940 Event British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 Event German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 1939 Event British Expeditionary Force reaches France 1936 Event German air force begins bombing of Madrid 1935 Event Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe 1934 Event Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1933 Event Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party 1932 Event Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta 1930 Birthday Herb Edelman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5 1930 Event Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City 1930 Death Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1929 Birthday Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1926 Event French air force bombs Damascus, Syria 1926 Event Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1925 Event French occupation force begins evacuating country 1921 Event Belgium's public library law goes into force 1920 Event Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England 1919 Event Boston's police force forms strike 1918 Birthday Ben Johnson, born in Foraker, Oklahoma, actor, Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger 1918 Event England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force 1917 Event Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) 1917 Event 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1916 Event Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under General Pershing 1915 Birthday John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp 1915 Event Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine 1914 Birthday Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story 1912 Birthday John Garfield, born in New York City, actor, Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez 1909 Birthday John Ridgely, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Northern Pursuit, Air Force 1909 Birthday Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1907 Event World's 1st air force established in the U.S. Army 1906 Birthday Curtis E Le May, air force general/Vice Presidential candidate 1906 Birthday Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1905 Birthday Thomas Gomez, born in New York City, actor, Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout 1887 Birthday Marc A. "Pete" Mitscher, U.S. lt-admiral, WW II-Task Force 58 1886 Birthday Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Force, WW II 1883 Event Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons 1878 Birthday Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force 1876 Birthday Mary R. Beard, born in Indianapolis, historian, Woman as a Force in History 1876 Event 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics) 1874 Event Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1873 Event Canada's North West Mounted Police Force (RCMPF) forms 1865 Event Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft. Anderson, North Carolina 1860 Event Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1857 Event Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) 1854 Event Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1850 Birthday Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress, Stupid force 1848 Event Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force 1835 Event Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Government 1830 Event Charles X of France resigns by force 1830 Event London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) 1829 Event London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard) 1824 Birthday Manning Ferguson Force, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Event Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1798 Event Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews 1774 Birthday Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale 1689 Event Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 1602 Event Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale 1282 Event Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 1040 Event Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes
