2015 Event The U.S. Internal Revenue Service reveals that hackers who stole taxpayer data in May had accessed additional databases, adding 220,000 to the previous estimate of 114,000 taxpayers who have had their information compromised 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data for about 100,000 taxpayers after breaking into a U.S. Internal Revenue Service system that allows taxpayers to retrieve previous tax returns; the data can be used to file tax refund claims and commit identity theft 2015 Event The U.S. Internal Revenue Service warns of an increase in taxpayer phone scams threatening victims unless they pay a given amount with a debit or prepaid credit card; over 366,000 people have been swindled of over $15 million since 2013 2014 Event A U.S. aircraft carrier is being repositioned in the Persian Gulf in the event that President Barack Obama decides to authorize military aid in the current internal Iraqi conflict; the president has stated that he will not send in ground troops 2014 Event Businessman Petro Poroshenko wins the Ukraine's presidential election; election turnout was strong despite the nation's internal conflicts with separatist groups, who kept many voting locations closed in the eastern part of the country 2012 Event German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.' 2012 Event An internal investigation is launched by Pope Benedict XVI involving leaks of confidential documents that allege corruption, financial mismanagement and power struggles among senior church officials 2009 Event U.S. Scientists believe to have discovered an antibody that can miminize internal bleeding in trauma victims 1994 Death Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62 1988 Event Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs 1987 Death Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries 1986 Event U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile 1983 Birthday Joseph Mazzello, actor, Internal Affairs 1982 Event Dutch Internal minister Mr. M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1975 Event Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles 1974 Death John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72 1968 Death Theophilus E Donges, South Afr Internal minister, dies at 69 1967 Event Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland 1963 Event Gambia achieves full internal self-government 1963 Event Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain 1962 Event Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium 1961 Event Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1954 Event Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57 1953 Death Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed 1946 Birthday Clare Short, born in Birmingham, England, politician, left wing, Secretary of State for Internal Development, supports legislating cannabis, critical of Israel 1945 Death Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 1944 Death ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed 1944 Event Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death 1938 Birthday Dennis RB Madide, South African Internal minister of Transkei 1931 Birthday Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister 1931 Birthday Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister, 1989-94 1931 Birthday Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs 1927 Birthday Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister, VVD, 1982-86 1920 Birthday Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1913 Event Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes 1909 Death Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70 1903 Birthday Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia 1898 Birthday Theophilus E. Donges, South African minister of Internal Affairs 1897 Event 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated 1897 Death John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79 1897 Event Henry A. Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia 1895 Death Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at 72 1894 Birthday John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister 1891 Death Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies 1884 Birthday Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs, 1940 1870 Death Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49), dies at 76 1862 Event Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate) 1861 Death Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 1835 Death Willem F Roell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67 1832 Death Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies 1826 Event Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine 1822 Birthday Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister, 1877-79 1818 Birthday John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch minister of Internal minister, 1866..88 1817 Birthday Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71 1793 Birthday Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/Minister of Internal Affairs, 1848-49 1791 Event 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages) 1786 Birthday Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister 1767 Birthday Willem F Roell, Dutch Internal minister
