2015 Event Puerto Rico fails to make a $58 billion debt payment on bonds issued by the Public Finance Corporation; Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla warned creditors in June that debt restructuring will be needed to keep the government afloat 2015 Event Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, steps down after the company reports poor first quarter results; cofounder Jack Dorsey will step in as temporary CEO, but Costolo will keep his position on the board 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 The U.S. Obama administration will keep over 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, delaying fulfillment of Obama's pledge to withdraw all but 9,800 troops; the plan is to reduce troops to around 5,500 by the end of next year 2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2014 Event The U.S. is pressing Iraq to put a new government into place as soon as possible in order to keep the nation from being torn apart by sectarian violence; the U.S. plans to send military advisors but not direct military assistance at this time 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 2013 Event Ukraine's former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko posted messages supporting the anti-government protesters who toppled the last status of Vladimir Lenin on her website, calling on suporters to keep up their demands 2013 Event A partial shutdown of government agencies occurs after the U.S. House and Senate files to agree on a spending bill to keep government operations running 2013 Event Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 2012 Event In an apparent effort to keep his contract, a subcontractor at Japan's defunct Fukushima's nuclear power plant shielded dosimeters with lead plates to ensure they did not reach radiation limits, and workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure 2011 Event The U.S. Federal Reserve declares it will keep interest rates at exceptionally low levels through mid-2013 1995 Event Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked 1992 Event Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout and decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error 1990 Event Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing 1990 Event Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity 1984 Event Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game 1983 Event Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1976 Death Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 1976 Event 18th Grammy Awards: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' Record of the Year, Natalie Cole wins as best New Artist 1976 Event George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" 1965 Birthday David Whyte, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1965 Birthday Nathan, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1964 Event Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas 1964 Event Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City 1963 Birthday Carl Fysh, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1962 Birthday Steve Alexander, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1960 Birthday Eg White, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1960 Birthday Kim Wilde, Smith, England, rock vocalist, 'You Keep Me Hanging On' 1957 Event Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1951 Death Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58 1949 Event American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out 1948 Birthday Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin' 1946 Birthday Carmine Appice, musician, Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling 1940 Birthday O. B. McClinton, Burnett, country singer, Keep your arms around me 1939 Birthday Ian McKellen, England, actor, Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel 1938 Death Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24 1920 Event NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission 1917 Birthday Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes 1913 Birthday Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 1903 Birthday Ronald Shiner, actor, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara 1893 Event Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret 1891 Birthday Marcel Barger, Meyer Streliskie, cabaret performer, I keep Susy 1499 Event Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown 1150 Event Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise
