2014 Event Japan passes a $29 million fiscal stimulus package to improve the economy; the funds will be allocated to supporting small businesses, stimulating local economic activity, and strengthening areas damaged by destructive natural forces 2014 Event New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a ban of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking; the technique, used to extract natural gas and oil, requires injection of chemicals, sand and water at high pressure underground, posing environmental concerns 2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2014 Event The Chinese and Russian state energy companies, Gazprom and CPNC, respectively, have entered a deal for Russia to supply China with natural gas; the deal provides a market for Russian gas as European countries seek to reduce their dependence due to Russia's actions 2014 Event Storied American actor Mickey Rooney dies at age 93 of natural causes 2013 Event Hercules 264, a Gulf of Mexico natural gas drilling rig, partially collapses off the coast of Louisiana; the rig remains standing but sustained extensive damage to the derrick package as a result of a continuing fire 2012 Event Mexico's state, Veracruz, experiences a natural disaster when Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall, killing at least three people 2012 Event A drought spreading through the United States leads to over 1,000 counties declared natural disaster areas 2012 Event Officals in Egypt reject a deeply unpopular agreement to supply Israel with natural gas; the agreement was made by former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarek 2012 Event In a gesture to honor North Korean founder Kim II-Sung's birthday in April, North Korea plans to launch a new satellite that reportedly will be used to study crops and natural resources 2011 Event The El Paso natural gas exploration and pipeline company is purchased by Kinder Morgan for $21.1 billion in cash and stock 2010 Event In San Bruno, California, a fire begins with a massive explosion in a natural gas line, kills 4 people, destroys many homes, and continues burning 2008 Death John Michael Hayes, dies in New Hampshire, of natural causes, at 89 2008 Death Estelle Getty, dies in Los Angeles, California, of natural causes, at 84 2008 Death Albert Hofmann, dies in Switzerland, of natural causes, at 102 2008 Death Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97 2007 Death Jane Wyman, dies in California, of natural causes, at 90 2007 Death Madeleine L'Engle, dies at 88, of natural causes 2007 Death Claudia Johnson, dies at 94, of natural causes 2007 Death Kiichi Miyazawa, dies in Tokyo, Japan, of natural causes, at 87 2006 Death John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49 2005 Death James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85 2003 Death Tom Lewis, Representative-R-Florida 1983 - 1995, died of natural causes 2001 Death Edward Boland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989, died at the age of 90 from natural causes 2000 Death Herbert H. Bateman, Representative-R-Virginia 1982 - 2000, died of natural causes 1999 Death Ashley Montagu, anthropologist, The Natural Superiority of Women, dies at 94 1996 Death Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65 1992 Death Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91 1992 Death Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66 1992 Death Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 85 1992 Death Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 1992 Death Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes 1988 Death Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90 1988 Death Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42 1986 Death Bernard Malamud, U.S. writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 1978 Event Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic 1974 Event Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1973 Birthday Juliette Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 1971 Event "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per 1970 Event 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources 1965 Event Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History 1962 Event Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 1954 Birthday Rob Crosby, born in Sumter, South Carolina, country singer, She's a Natural 1954 Birthday Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 1948 Birthday Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love' 1947 Birthday Joey Molland, born in Edge Hill, England, guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, member, Badinger, The Merseys, Natural Gas 1946 Event 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, MA 1939 Birthday Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1937 Birthday Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby 1935 Birthday Lou Rawls, born in Chicago, Illinois, vocalist, Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man 1931 Birthday Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian 1924 Birthday Arthur Frackenpohl, born in Irving, New Jersey, composer, Natural Superiority of Music 1914 Birthday Bernard Malamud, U.S., novelist, Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967 1911 Birthday Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher 1908 Event Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1892 Birthday John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City 1881 Death Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 1881 Event Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens 1880 Death Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, 1st female member of Congress, died at age 92 from natural causes 1869 Birthday Albert F Pollard, British historian, Dict of natural biography 1869 Event American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City) 1865 Event Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida 1820 Death Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 1815 Event 1st natural gas well in U.S. is discovered 1811 Birthday James Hall, U.S. geologist, Natural history of New York 1787 Death Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 1727 Birthday Michel Adanson, French biologist, Natural History of Senegal 1713 Birthday Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher 1707 Birthday George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history 1648 Birthday Gregory King, English statistician, Natural and Political Observations 427 Birthday Plato, born in Athens, Greece, writer, philosopher, mathematician, laid foundations of natural philosophy, science, Western philosophy
