2015 Event Scientists discover a cache of skeletons of a new species of human ancestor, named Homo naledi, in a South African cave; the hominids are thought to have possibly lived up to three million years ago 2015 Event A new birdlike dinosaur, Yi qi, has been discovered in China; the fossils suggest that it lived about 160 million years ago and had membranous, bat-like wings that not been seen in other dinosaur species 2015 Event The tomb of an Egyptian queen, Khentakawess III, is discovered by a team of Czech archaeologists; the queen lived during the Fifth Dynasty and was likely the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to delay deportation of about 4 million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for at least 5 years and have children who are legal residents or U.S. citizens 2014 Event Fossils of a new species of giant penguin, named Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, have been found on Seymour Island in Antarctica; the penguins lived about 40 million years ago and likely weighed about 250 pounds 2013 Death The world's oldest living person and verified longest lived man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, dies in the city of Kyotango, Japan at age 116 2011 Event An investigation is launched by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani to determine how bin Laden lived undetected in Abbottabad 2010 Event Remains of a human that lived 400,000 years ago are discovered in Israel, challenging the theory that humans originated in Africa 2010 Event Scientists announce the discovery of Inkayacu, an extinct genus of prehistoric penguin that lived in the Late Eocene period 2009 Event A new kind of flying reptile fossil, Darwinopterus, lived over 160 million years ago, is found in China 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1982 Event 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1981 Death Dixie, a mouse who lived 6 years, dies 1980 Death Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart 1977 Death Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59 1976 Death George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies 1970 Birthday Benedictine, a St. Bernard, full name Benedictine Daily Double, becomes heaviest known dog, 367 lbs (166.4 kg), lived until the age of 14 1958 Death Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 1956 Birthday Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1906 Birthday Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress, I Lived With You, Over the Moon 1891 Birthday Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher, New York Yankees 1911-15, lived to 103+ 1891 Birthday Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101 1880 Birthday Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 1862 Birthday William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 1316 Birthday Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days
