2015 Event Hackers steal personal data on up to 80 million customers of health insurance provider Anthem, Inc.; though free credit monitoring is being offered to victims, such monitoring won't detect or prevent medical identity theft 2014 Event As the Ebola epidemic spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested Ebola vaccine doses from GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo); the company offered the vaccine to WHO in March, but the offer was rejected because the vaccine had not been tested on humans 2014 Event Crowds line up at retailers across the U.S. as the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are offered for sale; buyers are seeking to be some of the first to own the devices, which may be shipped as late as November for those who pre-ordered online 2014 Event Obamacare renders confusion as two appeals courts issue conflicting rulings regarding the legality of subsidies offered through federal versus state-run insurance exchanges; the ruling will likely to to the U.S. Supreme Court 2014 Event Time Warner, Inc. may be offered $75 billion by Twenty-First Century Fox in a proposed merger deal that would create the world's largest media company; Time Warner rejected an earlier proposal by Fox 2014 Event German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer 2011 Event An undersea fiber-optic cable arrives in Cuba, linking it to Venezuela. Venezuela offered to help Cuba speed its internet connection when the U.S. refused 1987 Event Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion 1986 Event U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982 1974 Event 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000 1969 Event John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar 1952 Event 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale in Elmsford, New York 1949 Event 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) 1949 Event Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered 1946 Event Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses 1938 Event 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City 1934 Event 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1929 Event 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx) 1900 Event 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy 1883 Event A papyrus offered to British Museum for 10,000 pounds, forgery
