2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event Colombian coffee company Juan Valdez announces plans to go public in a couple of years; in the meantime, the company plans to expand its higher-end coffee shops around the globe in direct competition with Starbucks 2014 Event At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, Best Motion Picture is awarded to '12 Years a Slave'; 'American Hustle is receives the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award, with actress Amy Adams honored as Best Actress 2013 Event At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, the Time Warner Inc. film 'Argo' wins for best drama and best director 2012 Event A temporary fix to the Internet Doomsday virus created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation expires, causing thousands of computer users across the globe to lose Internet access 1988 Event Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone 1988 Event Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone 1985 Event Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1963 Birthday Brad Pitt, born in actor, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, actor, film producer, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee, one-time Golden Globe winner 1960 Event USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 1951 Birthday Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1937 Event 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to New York 1921 Birthday Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1918 Event Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) 1910 Event Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St. New York City 1909 Event Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1898 Event Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe 1876 Death Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 1864 Event Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties 1864 Event 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia 1826 Event USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 1818 Birthday George Brown, Canada, publisher, Toronto Globe, PM, L, 1858 1791 Birthday Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe 1613 Event Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1522 Event Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan
