2015 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects liquid water on Mars in the form of hydrated salts; the minerals are found along flow lines on steep slopes and tend to appear during 'warm' weather (above 10 degrees F , -23 degrees C) 2014 Event Ford Motor Company begins using aluminum instead of steel in the body of its most popular truck, the F-150; the change has cost the company time and money in conversion of production lines but will make the vehicle more fuel efficient 2014 Event Scientists announce the successful creation of stem cells from adult human cells; previous stem cell lines have been derived from fetuses and infants 2013 Event An error on the Delta Air Lines website allows thousands of customers to buy tickets for super-low fares, some 90% below regular ticket prices; Delta takes responsibility for the error, and will honor ticket purchases as well as frequent flier miles earned on the reduced-fare flights 2013 Event Central Vietnam is hit by Tropical Storm Wutip; over 1,000 houses are damaged, trees are uprooted and power lines are cut 2013 Event Pope Francis calls for worldwide 'financial reform along ethical lines' which would curb the 'tyranny' of 'markets and financial speculation' 2010 Event United and Continental air lines announce that the two American companies will merge, creating the world's largest airline 2008 Event Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines merge 1998 Event U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1989 Event Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines 1989 Event Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines 1978 Event Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia 1971 Birthday Stella McCartney, born in London, England, fashion designer, daughter of Sir Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, designed clothing lines for the Gap, H&M, Target 1970 Birthday Delroy Pearson, rock vocalist, Five Star-Between the Lines 1950 Event 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines 1950 Event 13 North Korean divisions open assault on United Nations lines 1945 Event LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close 1944 Event Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam 1944 Event Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines 1944 Event Japanese kamakize attacks on U.S. lines at Saipan 1944 Event 1,100 U.S. guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy 1943 Event German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia 1942 Event Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines 1936 Event Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 1934 Event Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1931 Birthday Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism 1927 Event Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington D.C. to New York City 1922 Event 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. 1918 Event White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play 1917 Event 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1917 Event 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1917 Event British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades 1916 Event Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines 1910 Event Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) 1871 Event Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum 1864 Event Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1862 Death Felix Zollicoffer, General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines 1818 Event Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly"
