2015 Event The Japanese parliament votes to lower the nation's voting age to 18 from 20; the change will make about 2.4 million people eligible to vote 2014 Event In the recent Japan elections, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gains victory, and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party wins the majority of lower house elections 2014 Event Automakers Kia and Hyundai are fined $100 million by the U.S. for claiming that emissions of greenhouse gases from its vehicles were lower than actual emissions, allowing the companies to fraudulently receive pollution credits 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court agrees with a lower court ruling that Google's Street View data collection violated anti-wiretapping laws by capturing personal data from wi-fi networks 2013 Event At a World Trade Organization meeting, a trade agreement called the Bali Package is reached; the agreement will lower global trade barriers and will simplify trade deals to better enable poorer states in Bali, Indonesia to sell their goods 2012 Event Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2011 Event Boris Gryzlov, ally to Vladimir Putin and speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, resigns from his position 2011 Event The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe causes European and Asian stock markets to open lower 2010 Event Many nations urge lower fishing rates on the Atlantic bluefin tuna; quota limits on the critically endangered fish are discussed by major fishing nations in Paris 1993 Death Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 1989 Event New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand) 1972 Birthday Jonathan Wyatt, Lower Hutt New Zealand, 5000m 1996 Olympics 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1971 Event Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment 1964 Birthday Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt New Zealand, 5k/10k 1996 Olympics 1945 Birthday Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member 1942 Birthday Gunter Wallraff, born in Burscheid, Germany, writer, undercover journalist, wrote on tabloid journalism, lower working class conditions 1935 Birthday Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader 1935 Birthday Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic 1934 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1930 Birthday Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader 1927 Death John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75 1926 Birthday Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1923 Event Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins 1909 Birthday 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45 1901 Birthday Blaz Arnic, born in Luce, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century 1897 Birthday Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader 1892 Event James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house 1874 Event I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature 1857 Event Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited 1856 Event Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War 1851 Birthday John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house member 1840 Event Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada 1797 Death John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 1792 Event Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city 1770 Event Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1682 Event Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1450 Event Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX 1040 Event Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes 69 Event Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
