2015 Event G.M. will pay $900 million and will undergo compliance monitoring to settle charges that it knew about faulty ignition switches in certain autos for years but neither reported nor fixed the problem; over 120 people died in crashes as a result 2015 Event A memorial to the 40 people aboard Flight 93 opens in Shawshank, Pennsylvania, U.S.; terrorists hijacked the flight on September 11, 2001, but passengers rushed the cockpit, crashing the flight and averting the intended attack on the U.S. Capitol 2015 Event France and the U.K. agree to share responsibility for taking in immigrants fleeing Syria and other conflict-ridden nations; France agrees to accept 24,000 people over the next two years, and the U.K. will accept 20,000 2015 Event The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 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 2015 Event An outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) continues to spread in South Korea, where 11 people have died, 126 have been diagnosed, and over 3,000 people have been quarantined in an attempt to stop the epidemic 2015 Event Flooding from recent heavy rains in Texas has resulted in over 200 rescues and at least 27 deaths to date; several people have also been reported missing 2015 Event The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has banned 11 people after an ethics investigation; the banned officials have recently or previously been indicted for corruption by the U.S. Justice Department 2015 Event A second major earthquake, magnitude 7.3, hits Nepal less than three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the nation and caused thousands of deaths and injuries; at least 48 people are known to have perished in this second event 2015 Event The World Health Organization declares Liberia free of the Ebola virus after a period of 42 days with no new cases, which is twice the normal quarantine duration; over 4,700 people perished in the nation during the epidemic 2015 Event Italian authorities arrested the captain and a crewman of a vessel that shipwrecked in the Mediterranean, drowning at least 800 people; the passengers were migrating from North Africa to Europe 2015 Event Sea incidents involving migrants continue at a steady pace in the Mediterranean, as Italian ships rescue 1,500 people from 5 separate vessels in less than 24 hours 2015 Event France has outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period of time before and during a modeling job; the law aims to prevent promotion of anorexia among models and people who emulate them 2015 Event The U.S. Internal Revenue Service warns of an increase in taxpayer phone scams threatening victims unless they pay a given amount with a debit or prepaid credit card; over 366,000 people have been swindled of over $15 million since 2013 2015 Event Over 6 million people attend a Mass in Manila, Philippines given by Pope Francis, who encouraged followers to protect the young and promote peace 2015 Event Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2014 Event Indonesia's search team finds plane wreckage and the remains of three people who were aboard AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared on December 28th; the findings confirm that the flight crashed in the waters between Indonesia and Singapore 2014 Event Rescuers continue searching for missing AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared en route to Singapore from Indonesia on December 28th; the plane carried 162 people 2014 Event Flooding in Malaysia has caused evacuations of over 100,000 people and has resulted in at least 10 deaths 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event Sierra Leone has expanded the regions of the country subject to quarantine as the Ebola virus continues to spread; over 7,000 people in the nation have been infected and over 1,500 have died to date 2014 Event Swiss voters decide against a proposal to limit annual immigration to 0.2% of the population, or to approximately 16,000 people; the current immigration rate is about 80,000 people per year 2014 Event Police arrest over 140 people and continue clearing away camps formed by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong; the protesters seek autonomy in selection of Hong Kong candidates rather than selection of election choices by the Chinese government 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Nagano, Japan; no deaths were reported, but dozens of people were injured or trapped in their homes, and over 80 people evacuated to a shelter 2014 Event A series of hidden online markets are taken down after raids by U.S. and European authorities and the arrest of 17 people; the markets were used to secretly trade illegal goods 2014 Event Pahoa, a town of about 1,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island, must evacuate due to a stream of lava flowing at 20 yards per hour from the Kilauea volcano; Red Cross Hawaii is assisting residents with temporary shelter 2014 Event A total of 111 people have been identified as having had contact with an Ebola-infected 2-year-old girl before her death in Mali, raising concerns of a potential new epidemic; the girl was the first confirmed Ebola case in the nation 2014 Event A recent study of over 11,000 people suggests that exercising three times per week can reduce depression risk by 19%, with an added risk reduction of 6% for every additional round of exercise 2014 Event Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient hospitalized for Ebola in the U.S., slips from serious to critical condition in a Dallas hospital; 10 people who had been in close contact with the patient have been placed in isolation 2014 Event Six people are arrested in Taiwan for selling contaminated lard products to restaurants, manufacturers and food suppliers; the 'lard' included discarded kitchen oil and leather manufacturing grease 2014 Event Continued rain in the Hiroshima province of Japan poses a risk of additional landslides, which have caused the death of at least 42 people to date 2014 Event China's Yunnan Province is hit by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake; 367 people perished, and over 1,880 were injured 2014 Event The U.S. states that evidence suggests a Russian-made missile was fired at Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; the missile strike killed all 298 people aboard 2014 Event Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack 2014 Event Mohammed Zakari, a leader of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, has been arrested by Nigerian police; Boko Haram is implicated in hundreds of deaths and kidnappings, and Zakari is wanted for the recent killings of seven people 2014 Event The U.K. recognizes people of Cornish heritage as minorities in accordance with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; people of Scottish, Welsh and Irish heritage already have minority standing 2014 Event 174 people have been rescued from a South Korean ferry that capsized off the coast; the ferry was carrying 476 people, mainly students; rescue efforts are ongoing 2014 Event The U.S. announces that it is on track to enroll 7 million people in government-mandated health insurance programs by the deadline at midnight 2014 Event The People's Bank of China widens its trading band for the yuan against the U.S. dollar to within 2% of the determined daily midpoint, moving the currency toward market-based valuation 2014 Event Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrests more anti-government protestors and now holds 19 people suspected of attempting to undermine him 2014 Event Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra Island, shooting toxic clouds of ash into the air; 15 people die, and the search continues for more victims and survivors 2014 Event In West Virginia, 10 people were hospitalized and 300,000 people have been unable to use tap water for four days since 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, an industrial chemical, leaked into the Elk river 2014 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again, with pyroclastic flows streaming down the volcanic slope; the activity has caused the evacuation of 22,000 people from the danger zone around Sinabung 2014 Event According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the net worth of the 300 richest people in the world collectively increased by $524 billion; the group has an aggregate net worth of $3.7 trillion 2014 Event A measles outbreak is declared in Metro Manila; the Philippine Department of Health reports 1,724 cases as of December 14, and 71 people in one hospital alone died in 2013 2013 Event Twenty people die on the island of Madagascar from bubonic plague, which is transmitted to humans via rat fleas; chronic overcrowding and unhygienic prison conditions are identified as the root cause of the outbreak 2013 Event After the People's Republic of China expands its air zone, South Korea responds by expand its air defense zone, causing rising tensions in the region 2013 Event The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines, is confirmed to be over 5,700 people; the number is expected to increase 2013 Event Iran experiences a 5.6-magnitude earthquake 35 miles from the Bushehr nuclear plant, raising concerns over the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake; seven people die and 30 are injured 2013 Event For reasons of 'strategic national interest', Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announces the nation will cut its diplomatic ties with Taiwan but would remain a friend of Taiwan's people 2013 Event During the first month of its release in October, the U.S. government reports that 106,185 people signed up for health insurance; only 26,794 signed up using the failed website, HealthCare.gov 2013 Event In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead 2013 Event The Philippines' central province of Leyte suffers a loss of potentially 10,000 people when Typhoon Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia on November 8, 2013; it is the deadliest typhoon ever recorded 2013 Event The war-torn city of Deir Ezzor, Syria experiences the first outbreak of polio in 14 years, with 22 people suspected of having the viral disease 2013 Event Two million people lose power and five people are killed when Typhoon Nari strikes the Philippines 2013 Event Nearly 500,000 people been evacuated from India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states in preparation for Cyclone Phailin 2013 Event After completing rescue missions for survivors of the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck, it is determined 360 people perished 2013 Event Italian government ministers belonging to Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party resign 2013 Event At least 328 people are killed in a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit Balochistan, Pakistan on the 24th of September 2013 Event Typhoon Usagi passes through southern China, killing at least 25 people in Hong Kong 2013 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung explodes, causing nearly 6,000 people in the country's North Sumatra province to flee 2013 Event In Colorado, thousands are evacuated due to heavy floods in Boulder County; four people are reported dead and 80 missing 2013 Event In southwestern China, at least four people are killed by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake 2013 Event A boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island; Australian authorities rescue 88 people and 9 are feared dead 2013 Event In Camp Nou, located in Barcelona, Catalonia, over 90,000 people attend the 'Concert per la llibertat' (Concert for freedom) for the independence of Catalonia 2013 Event In a poll, only 30 percent of people in Brazil considered President Dilma Rousseff's administration 'great' or 'good' 2013 Event A Hepatitis A outbreak is linked to a fruit juice product sold by Townsend Farms; 79 people in the U.S. were effected 2013 Event London's Metropolitan police remove belongings and sleeping bags of homeless people as part of 'a policy of reducing the impact of rough sleepers on the community' 2013 Event The Arctic Council, an international forum that addresses issues faced by Arctic governments and the Arctic's indigenous people, gives China, India and four other nations observer status 2013 Event Savar, Bangladesh celebrates a woman found alive in the rubble 17 days after after a garment factory building collapsed and killed over 1,042 people 2013 Event Three months after $50 million in diamonds is stolen at the Brussels Airport, more than 24 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium were detained, and a significant stash of the diamonds and stash recovered 2013 Event Unemployment in France reaches a record level of 3.22 million people 2013 Event The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands 2013 Event Muslim terrorists set off two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3, injuring 183 people, and at least 15 requiring amputations 2013 Event The People's Republic of China and the U.S. agree to work towards eliminating nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula 2013 Event In China, two people die from H7N9 avian influenza infection. xH7N9 avian influenza is a sub-type that previously had not been transmitted to humans 2013 Event In Paris, hundreds of thousands of people protest the legalization of same-sex marriage in France; the protest turns violent after access to the Champs-Elysees is denied 2013 Event Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally apologizes to people affected by forced adoptions during the 1950s through 1970s 2013 Event China's CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping is named as the new President of the People's Republic of China, with Li Yuanchao named as Vice President 2013 Event In China, Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the National People's Congress announcing the country's 2013 goal of a 7.5% growth rate in GDP 2013 Event With a personal fortune of $73 billion dollars, Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, tops the list of the 'Forbes' list of wealthiest people 2013 Event The famous painting, 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 is vandalized while on loan to the Louvre-Lenz museum in Lens, France 2013 Event In preparation for the Scottish independence referendum, the Scottish Government agrees to alter the wording in its referendum because members expressed concerns that it might lead people to vote for it 2013 Event Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes 2012 Event Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them 2012 Event In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a shooter kills 29 people, including 20 children, himself and his mother at Sandy Hook Elementary School 2012 Event Typhoon Bopha, striking New Bataan and parts of the southern Philippines, leads to the deaths of 283 people with 339 injured, over 300 missing, and over 87,000 evacuated from the area 2012 Event In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt 2012 Event Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes 2012 Event A dense fog near Beaumont, Texas, causes a a 100-vehicle pileup , leaving 120 people injured and 2 killed; the incident forced the Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to close in both directions 2012 Event A Union Pacific train strikes a parade float in Midland, Teas, killing four people and injuring 17 others 2012 Event In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system 2012 Event In the U.S., five people have died from fungal meningitis, and 47 are infected; all contracted fungal meningitis from contaminated medicine 2012 Event After a strike over working conditions, the world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum Limited, fires 12,000 people in South Africa 2012 Event Unseasonal flooding in Morocco causes three people to drown 2012 Event Demonstrations by thousands of Libyan people cause Ansar al-Sharia Islamists evacuate their headquarters 2012 Event In crowded Ginowan, Okinawa, tens of thousands of Japanese people protest, demanding closure of the Futenma airbase (MCAS) and halting the deployment of twelve MV-22 Osprey aircraft 2012 Event Scientists create a 'magic carpet' using optical fibers to help prevent elderly people from falling by detecting when unusual footsteps are taken 2012 Event At least 20 people due from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2012 Event Dallas, Texas Mayor Mike Rawlings declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of West Nile Virus kills at least 17 people; the city plans to combat the mosquitoes with aerial spraying of pyrethroid insecticides 2012 Event Mexico's drug war continues in Monterey, when alleged members of the Gulf Cartel storm a bar in Monterey, killing 10 people 2012 Event Mexico's state, Veracruz, experiences a natural disaster when Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall, killing at least three people 2012 Event Typhoon Haikui, expected to make landfall in Zhejiang early tonight or early tomorrow, prompts the People's Republic of China to evacuate 200,000 people form Shanghai 2012 Event In India, an earlier blackout that left over 600 million people without power ends when power is restored 2012 Event Over 300 million people are left without power in Delhi, India, due to a power grid failure 2012 Event Tropical Storm Khanun left 16,000 people homeless in South Korea 2012 Event King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army 2012 Event The People's Republic of China economic growth rate experiences to its lowest level in three years, 7.6 per cent 2012 Event An estimated 90 - 115 people die when an oil tanker in Okobge, Rivers State Nigeria crashes and explodes 2012 Event In an attempt to encourage people to buy from their local bookstores, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo boycotts e-books 2012 Event As part of a build-up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, 100,000 people attend a two-day music concert at Hackney Marshes 2012 Event Northern Italy, near Bologna, experiences a 5.8-magnitude earthquake; at least 24 people are killed 2012 Event Following some controversial remarks, Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, is accused of 'insulting the Greek people' 2012 Event People in East Asia, the North Pacific and the Western United States have the opportunity today to view a rare annular solar eclipse 2012 Event Robert Spitzer, a retired American psychiatrist, claims his 2001 study was 'fatally flawed'; the study falsely supported the myth that gay people could be 'cured' 2012 Event Scientists at Stanford University invent a working bionic eye the is powered only by focused light; the eye could eventually restore the sight of millions of people suffering from macular degeneration and retinal pigmentosa 2012 Event In China, violent rainfalls and flooding in the Hunan Province destroy a bridge and 3,500 homes, causing Pinhjiang County to evacuate 28,000 people 2012 Event A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China 2012 Event Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Tahrir Square against continuing military rule in Egypt 2012 Event Data from the 1940 U.S. census is released including information on 132 million people 2012 Event In Montreal, Canada, over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes 2012 Event Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995 2012 Event The U.S. Census Bureau reports the world now has 7 billion people 2012 Event In 2012, the People's Republic of China will increase its defense spending by 11.2 per cent 2012 Event The midwestern United States is hit by tornadoes, killing 12 people 2012 Event In New Zealand's city of Christchurch, thousands of people commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake where 185 people died last year 2012 Event In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival 2012 Event Hundreds of thousands of people protest against austerity measures in Portugal's capital of Lisbon 2012 Event Protests run by Occupy Oakland in Oakland City, California turn violent; approximately 300 people are arrested 2012 Event Eleven people are killed when their hot air balloon collides with a power line and crashes near Carterton, New Zealand 2011 Event During the 40th anniversary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a bomb kills one person and clashes break out between security and opposition protesters 2011 Event In the Philippines, flash floods from Tropical Storm Washi killed at least 400 people, with more missing 2011 Event According to the U.S. Census, 1 in 2 people are considered low-income or poor 2011 Event Unemployment in the United Kingdom rises to 2.64 million people 2011 Event In Bogota, Columbia, 200,000 people protest government cuts in education 2011 Event Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, 45 trapped coal miners are pulled to the surface in Sanmenxia; 8 miners died 2011 Event Four states and 1.5 million people in the Eastern U.S. still have no power after a 2011 Halloween nor-easter hit the area with unusually early snowfall 2011 Event According to the U.N. Population Division, the world population has reached seven billion people 2011 Event A World War II-era bomb is discovered in the German city of Halle; 12,000 people are evacuated 2011 Event In the U.S., 133 people in 26 states are suffering from the 2011 U.S. listeriosis outbreak, which killed 28 people to date 2011 Event The city of Van in eastern Turkey experiences a 7.2-magnitude earthquake; 100 people are killed 2011 Event In Poland, the Polish People's Party coalition becomes the first government to be reelected since Poland transitioned to democracy in 1989 2011 Event Over 110 people are arrested in Queens, New York as part of the largest identity theft and retail crime ring in U.S. history 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Public Security arrests over 2,000 people in an effort to crackdown on gang-related crime 2011 Event In Pakistan, over 5,000 people reportedly are infected with Dengue fever 2011 Event Japan's National Police Agency discloses that 90% of cyberattacks on its web site came from IP addresses in the People's Republic of China 2011 Event First Air fails in an attempt to land a Boeing 737 in poor conditions; 12 of 15 people die after the plane crashes near Canada's Resolute Bay 2011 Event In the Papuan capital of Jayapura, about 10,000 Papuan people demonstrate in support of independence from India 2011 Event U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte sets a new world record for the 200-meter individual medley, winning gold at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China 2011 Event An extremist explodes a car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing at least seven people; he then opens fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Utoya, Norway, killing 84 2011 Event In Guinea, up to 80 people, including soldiers, are arrested for a failed assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde, which occurred July 19 2011 Event U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C. despite a warning from the People's Republic of China 2011 Event In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive 2011 Event In China, a fire in a coal mine in Shandong Province leaves at least 36 people trapped underground 2011 Event A tourist boat travelling off the coast of Baja California in Mexico sinks; 23 people are reported missing 2011 Event The U.N. reports 10 million people are effected by the worst drought in 60 years, forcing Somalians to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia to avoid starvation 2011 Event The E.coli strain that caused 46 deaths in Germany reportedly resurfaced in france, with eight people hospitalized in Bordeaux 2011 Event People's Republic of China officials warn that the the 2011 China floods will likely raise the price of food 2011 Event Over 270,000 people in Illinois experience a power failure due to thunderstorms and funnel clouds 2011 Event The first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people is issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council 2011 Event In Rome, Italy, over 500,000 people demonstrate, demanding same-sex rights 2011 Event Li Na becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open; Li Na is from the People's Republic of China 2011 Event In Germany, at least 10 people die from cucumbers infected with the deadly bacteria E. coli 2011 Event About 193,000 people are without power after severs storms struck the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia 2011 Event Tornado warnings are issued for Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri; the Joplin, Missouri death toll rises to 126 people with 1,150 injured by the May 22 tornado 2011 Event April exports for the People's Republic of China reach an all-time monthly hight of $155.69 billion 2011 Event A near riot breaks out at the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China 2011 Event Thousands march in Mexico City to protest the 38,000 people who have died since the Mexican Drug War began in 2006 2011 Event A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2011 Event In Morocco, thousands rally to demand and end to corruption and more civil rights for the Moroccan people 2011 Event Over 200,000 people are evacuated from Japan as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grows 2011 Event In his book 'Jesus of Nazareth Part II', Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people for the responsibility of the death of Jesus 2011 Event In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama 2011 Event More than 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed during the unrest in Libya 2011 Event As more people are detained, the online call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' continues 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, the call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' spreads online as authorities hunt down political activists 2011 Event Human Rights Watch reports 24 people were killed in Libya's 'Day of Rage' anti-regime protest 2011 Event Inflation in the People's Republic of China reaches 4.9% 2011 Event Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2011 Event Egypt's people vow to continue demonstrating until President Mubarak's regime falls 2011 Event Over half a million people participate in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back gardens 2011 Event Top airport security officials are fired after a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 35 people, injures 130 2011 Event In Egypt, tens of thousands of people participate in a 'day of revolt' to protest against the government 2011 Event U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14 2011 Event Chinese prosecutors claim over 600 people were killed in Yunnan over a seven year period from official misconduct 2011 Event River levels in Queensland, Australia continue to rise, 200,000 people are affected and one fatality are reported 2010 Event Sri Lanka's floods maroon over 76,000 people 2010 Event Britain's Labor Party leader Ed Miliband launches a review of the British Labor Party, calling upon activists to help make it the 'People's Party' once again 2010 Event A stampede occurs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations, killing at least 339 people 2010 Event David Cameron, Prime Minister of Britain, embarks on an official visit aimed at building closer economic ties to the People's Republic of China 2010 Event The oldest type of stone axe in the world is dated at 35,500 years old; it was found in Australia's Northern Territory in the lands of the Jawoyn people 2010 Event The People's Republic of China announces it is taking its first census in ten years 2010 Event The U.S. launches a search for the people behind an attempt to mail bombs to synagogues and places of worship in Chicago, Illinois 2010 Event Over 250 people die as a result of the cholera outbreak in the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak; cholera is detected for the first time in Port-au-Prince 2010 Event In Uganda, 20 people die and 20,000 people are sickened by an outbreak of jiggers 2010 Event Shanghai's Expo 2010 attracts over 64 million people, a record-breaking number of visitors in the history of World's Fairs 2010 Event In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga 2010 Event Nigeria's government opens two swollen dams, displacing two million people in Jigawa State 2010 Event In Parana, Brazil, a stadium collapses during a car race, injuring 110 people 2010 Event At least 47 people die in northern India from heavy monsoon rains and landslides in Uttrakhand state, Pitthoragarh, Chapawat and Uttarkashi regions 2010 Event In New Zealand, 100,000 people are left without water after a large storm; the storm took the roof off of Stadium Southland in Invercargill 2010 Event Poverty rates in the United States hit a 15-year high of 14.3 percent, or 43.6 million people 2010 Event Rival political parties clash in Guinea ahead of a presidential run-off election; at least 24 people are injured 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 2010 Event At least 54 homes are destroyed and 8 people are missing after wildfires hit Boulder County, Colorado 2010 Event Wildfire concerns cause over 3,500 people to evacuate Boulder County, Colorado 2010 Event In Guatemala, heavy rains and landslides kill at least 18 people and a state of emergency is declared 2010 Event At least 40 people are killed by a bomb blast at a solidarity rally with the Palestinian people in Quetta, Pakistan 2010 Event Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless 2010 Event In Sudan, the People's Liberation Army announces it will demobilize its child soldiers by the end of 2010 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinaburg volcano continues to erupt, two people are killed and 21,000 are evacuated from the vicinity 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people 2010 Event In Hong Kong, 80,000 people rally in response to last week's fatal tourist coast hijacking hostage crisis in the Philippines 2010 Event A crowd of 500,000 people attend a 'Restoring Honor' rally hosted by Glenn Beck at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 2010 Event After a weeklong battle with 43 people killed, Somalia's al-Shabaab rebel group called for reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu 2010 Event Threatened by floods, Pakistan directs nearly half a million people to evacuate their homes 2010 Event The U.S. experiences a salmonella scare, with hundreds of people ill from bad eggs; eggs are recalled from stores throughout the nation 2010 Event In Zhouqu, China, new landslides leave 29 people dead and 10,500 trapped 2010 Event Northern Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army is accused of abduction and forced recruitment of 697 people in the past year and a half 2010 Event More than 5,000 people lose their homes and crops when the Niger River bursts its banks 2010 Event The death toll from the Gansu province flooding and landslide disaster rises to 702 with 1,100 people missing 2010 Event Ongoing flooding and landslides in Gansu Province, China, kill 127 people and result in 2,000 missing 2010 Event Officials determine that over 28,000 people have died from Mexican drug violence since December 2006 2010 Event Floods in Pakistan kill over 900 people, and the death toll is expected to rise further 2010 Event Monsoon rains delay salvage of the wreckage of Airblue Flight 202 which crashed in the Margalla Hills outside Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people onboard 2010 Event Entire villages are burned to the ground and 40,000 people flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2010 Event At least 70 people are killed and 300 wounded in a series of bombings over the three-day Shia pilgrimage to the Musa Kadhim mausoleum in Iraq 2010 Event A heat wave in the U.S. and Canada kills 9 people 2010 Event A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 230 people and injuring 2010 Event Brazilian storms in Alagoas and Pernambuco states kill 46 people 2010 Event At last count, 76 people are dead while hundreds have disappeared after a train crash in the Republic of Congo caused the train to fall into a ravine 2010 Event Kurdish rebels claim responsibility for a bus bomb in Istanbul, Turkey; five people were killed and twelve people injured 2010 Event Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology in Bangladesh is shut down after a student rampage injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever 2010 Event Rival clashes between nomadic groups in the Darfur region of Sudan kills at least 48 people 2010 Event Roza Otunbayeva, interim leader of Kyrgyzstan, estimates the death toll from the country's worst ethnic battle in decades could be as many as 2,000 people 2010 Event Ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan's city of Osh and Jalal-Abad left more than 100 people dead and over 1,400 injured after three days of four days of fighting 2010 Event Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas 2010 Event Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people 2010 Event A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, near Shia mosques, kill dozens of people and wound 100 others 2010 Event Kyrgyzstan unrest continues as over 1,000 people in Jala-Abad gather in the towns main square denouncing Otunbayeva's interim government and chanting pro-Bakiev slogans 2010 Event President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, meets with President Barack Obama to discuss Iran's nuclear program during the Nuclear Security Summit 2010 Event Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2010 Event Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months 2010 Event The BBC finds evidence of a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army last December, in which 321 people, including children, were killed 2010 Event A suicide bomb attack in Geresh, Helmand Province, Afganistan kills ten people and injures 7 2010 Event After five years of research by the Dresden Historians' Commission, a report stated a reduced figure of 25,000 people died in the 1945 Dresden bombing 2010 Event Six people are killed by a remotely operated bomb while travelling in southern Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province 2010 Event Taiwan is hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, twelve people are injured, communications and rail services are disrupted 2010 Event At least 33 people are killed, more than 50 wounded, by multiple suicide bombers in Baquoba, Iraq 2010 Event Suicide bombers carry out a number of attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people 2010 Event Tengzhong's bid to purchase Hummer from General Motors is rejected by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China 2010 Event At least 32 people are dead and 68 injured from floods and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal 2010 Event Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week 2010 Event The World Food Programme reports that 4.3 million people suffer from hunger in Sudan, the number has quadrupled since 2009 2010 Event A suicide bomber kills 20 people at a market in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province 2010 Event The People's Republic of China 2009 Mercedes-Benz sales rose 77% 2010 Event An employee at ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri, commits suicide after shooting eight people, 3 fatally 2010 Event A suicide bomber kills 95 people, injures over 100, and destroys 20 houses at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan 2009 Event Nearly 100 people are killed by a runaway truck at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria 2009 Event 30,000 Phillipine people remain in temporary shelter as scientists predict the Mount Mayon volcano will erupt in the coming weeks 2009 Event 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 2009 Event An ethnic conflict over fishing rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 100 people, displaces 50,000 2009 Event Margarito Montes, a prominent union leader, is found among fifteen people killed on a ranch in northern Mexico 2009 Event Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang 2009 Event A train travelling through heavy rain in Hua Hin in southern Thailand, is derailed, killing serval people and injuring dozens 2009 Event A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing 2009 Event More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary 2009 Event Typhoon Morakat approaches southeastern China, over one million people are evacuated 2009 Event A crowd of 50,000 people participate in a memorial service at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 2009 Event The engine on an airbus A320 plane catches fire at Paris-Orly airport, eight people are injured 2009 Event Nearly 300 people are killed and 1,500 injured near L'Aquila, Italy, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes 2009 Event At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 2009 Event Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan 2008 Event Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days 2008 Event Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Aboriginal people of Australia 2007 Event 8.0 Earthquake in Peru kills over 500 people, injures over 1,500 2007 Event Multiple suicide bombings kill over 550 people in Qahtaniya, Iraq 2006 Event United States population reaches 300 million people 2006 Event Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea 2005 Event Earthquake in Kashmir kills approximately 80,000 people 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2003 Death Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82 2002 Event Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people 1999 Death Curtis Mayfield, composer/singer, People Get Ready, dies at 57 1998 Death Richard Paul, actor, The People vs. Larry Flynt, dies at 58 1998 Event President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" 1998 Event 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win 1997 Event 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 1996 Event 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City 1996 Event 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins 1996 Event Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) 1995 Event Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb 1995 Event Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people 1995 Event 1st time 13 people in space 1995 Event 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins 1995 Event Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY 1995 Event Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion 1994 Event U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back 1994 Event Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden 1994 Event President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people 1994 Event Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender 1994 Event 20th People's Choice Awards 1993 Event 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match 1993 Event Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty 1993 Event The Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas, is destroyed in a fire after 51-day stand-off; 76 people die, including 24 British nationals and 20 children 1993 Event 19th People's Choice Awards 1993 Event "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people 1992 Birthday Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 Death Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies 1992 Death Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 1992 Event 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire 1992 Death Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer 1991 Event Ukrainian people vote for independence 1991 Event "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10 1991 Event "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35 1991 Event Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vroe Folk" (Free People) 1991 Event 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 1991 Event UNPO, Unrepresented Nations and People Org forms in Hague 1990 Event 1st time 12 people in space 1990 Event Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley California 1990 Event 16th People's Choice Awards 1989 Event U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1989 Death Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 1989 Event 15th People's Choice Awards 1988 Event 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win 1987 Event 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby 1986 Event Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1986 Event 12th People's Choice Awards 1985 Event Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 Event 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards 1984 Event Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1984 Event 1st time 11 people in space 1984 Event 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields 1984 Event 1st time 8 people in space 1983 Event Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Event Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people 1983 Event 9th People's Choice Awards 1983 Event Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1982 Event China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1982 Death Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67 1982 Event DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people 1981 Event Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV 1981 Event Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage 1981 Event 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win 1981 Event People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips 1981 Event 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter 1980 Event South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1979 Death Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52 1979 Event "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3 1979 Event "Real People" premieres on NBC TV 1979 Event People's Republic of China joins IOC 1979 Event 5th People's Choice Awards 1979 Event "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart 1979 Event YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 1978 Event U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries 1978 Event People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1978 Birthday Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1978 Event 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope 1977 Event Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1977 Event Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 Event Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms 1976 Event "Let My People Come" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 106 performances 1976 Event "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 106 performances 1976 Event East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 1976 Birthday Colin Farrell, born in Castleknock, Ireland, actor, films include, 'Minority Report', 'Alexander', 'In Bruges', listed as 'People' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, 2003 1976 Death Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, 'My Country and My People' 1975 Event Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed 1975 Event Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1975 Event WEDway People Mover inaugurated 1975 Event 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1974 Event Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1974 Event "People" magazine begins sales 1974 Event E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in New York City 1973 Event President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook" 1973 Event National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1973 Death M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author 'People that Mutiny', dies at 68 1972 Event Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations 1972 Birthday Peter Billingsley, born in New York City, actor, Real People 1971 Event Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson 1971 Event People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic 1971 Event People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 Event China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council 1971 Event People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1971 Event President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China 1971 Birthday Jose Solano, born in Inglewood, California, actor, played Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, listed as '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by YM Magazine, nominated for the ALMA Award 1971 Event John and Yoko record "Power to the People" 1970 Event Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1969 Event Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi 1969 Event 1st time 7 people in space 1969 Event 1st time 5 people in space 1969 Event People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao 1969 Event Communist New People's Army found in Philippines 1969 Event Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine 1968 Birthday Hugh Jackman, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, producer, movies include 'Kate & Leopold', 'The Prestige', 'X-Men', named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine 1968 Death William E B Dubois, U.S. founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 1968 Event 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign 1968 Event Martin Luther King, Jr. announces plans for Poor People's Campaign 1968 Event Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission 1967 Event People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established 1967 Event Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence 1967 Event People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K. 1967 Event People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain 1967 Event 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records 1967 Event NLF leaves People's Republic of South-Yemen 1965 Birthday Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Turin Italy, actress, Normal People 1965 Event People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1964 Event 1st time 4 people in space 1964 Event Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks 1964 Event 1st time 3 people in space 1964 Birthday Courtney Love, SF, vocalist, Hole, actress, People vs Larry Flynt 1963 Birthday Helen Slater, New York City, actress, Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People 1963 Birthday Hu Na, born in Taipei, Republic of China, professional tennis player, defected from the People's Republic of the United State to the United States in 1982 1963 Event 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) 1962 Event Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places) 1962 Event 1st time 2 people in space 1961 Event "Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 8 performances 1961 Event "Billy Barnes People" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 8 performances 1961 Birthday Byron Allen, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Real People, Byron Allen Show 1961 Death Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82 1960 Event 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1960 Birthday Timothy Hutton, born in Malibu, California, actor, Turk 182, Ordinary People 1960 Birthday Nastassja Kinski, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Tess, Cat People 1959 Birthday Belouis Some, rocker, Neville Keighley-Some People 1958 Event 14 people named 1st life peers in U.K. 1958 Event "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 1958 Birthday Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' 1958 Birthday Colin Ferguson, murderer, 6 people on the LIRR on Dec 7, 1993 1957 Event 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade 1957 Event Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" 1957 Birthday Laurie Mann, geek, Dead People Server curator since 1997 1956 Event Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China 1956 Birthday Alexander Briley, vocalist, YMCA-Village People 1956 Event M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon 1956 Event East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1955 Birthday Rita Rudner, comedienne, Funny People 1954 Event 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1953 Death Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1953 Birthday Paul Allen, born in Seattle, Washington, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, worth $10 billion, 'Time' magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World 1952 Birthday Hun Sen, born in Peam Koh Sna, Cambodia, politician, Cambodian People's Party, Prime minister of Cambodia, governed since the 1979 overthrow of the Khmer Rouge 1952 Birthday Annette O'Toole, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Cat People, Superman III 1951 Event United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea 1950 Event U.N. reject membership of China's People Republic 1950 Event New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 1950 Birthday Itumeleng J Mosala, South Africa president, Azanian People's Org 1950 Death Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1950 Event Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Event India recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Event Burma recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Event U.S.S.R. recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Event People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) 1949 Event Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China 1949 Event Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution 1948 Birthday Sarah Purcell, Richmond, Indiana, actress/TV hostess, Real People 1948 Event People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed 1948 Event Communist form North China People's Republic 1948 Event North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1948 Birthday Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People 1948 Birthday Mercedes Ruehl, Queens, New York, actress, Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People 1948 Birthday Barbara Hershey, Herzstein, Atlanta, Stuntman, Shy People 1947 Birthday Lynn Lowry, E St. Louis, Illinois, actress, Cat People, Crazies 1947 Event 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1947 Birthday Ann Hui, director, Boat People 1947 Death Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 1946 Birthday Paul Schrader, director, American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore 1946 Birthday Cynthia Robinson, rock trumpeteer, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1946 Event Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1945 Event Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established 1945 Event "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1945 Birthday Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1945 Birthday John Heard, actor, Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD 1944 Event 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Birthday Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People 1944 Birthday Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins 1944 Event Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people 1944 Birthday M N Aubrey Mokoape, South Africa's Vice President, Azanian People Org 1944 Event Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased 1944 Birthday Bill Rafferty, comedian, Real People, Laugh-in '77 1944 Birthday Bill Rafferty, born in Queens, New York, comedian, Laugh-In, Real People 1944 Birthday Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1944 Birthday Sly Stone, born in Dallas, rocker, Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People 1943 Birthday Randy Newman, New Orleans, vocalist, Short People, Love, Louisiana, Raindrops 1943 Birthday Randy Newman, rock vocalitst, Short People 1943 Birthday Jim Martini, rocker, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1943 Birthday Max Gail, born in Detroit, Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People 1943 Event "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality and self-determination 1942 Event Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" 1942 Birthday John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily 1942 Event George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta 1942 Event Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews 1941 Death Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies 1940 Birthday Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1940 Birthday Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People 1940 Birthday Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer, Games People Play 1939 Birthday Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian, Fernwood 2 Night, Real People 1939 Birthday Ray Aranha, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Nick-Married People 1939 Birthday William Hagerty, editor, People 1938 Birthday Francine York, Aurora, Minnesota, actress, Slattery's People 1937 Birthday Mary Tyler Moore, born in Brooklyn, actress, Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People 1937 Event French People's front government-Blum falls 1937 Event Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1936 Event 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1936 Event French People's Front wins elections 1936 Event Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections 1936 Event Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms 1935 Event Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels 1935 Birthday Judd Hirsch, born in Bronx, actor, Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People 1934 Event French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1934 Event Nazi-Germany begins People's court 1934 Birthday John Barbour, born in Toronto, TV host, Real People 1933 Event Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 Event 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1932 Birthday Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People 1931 Event Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung 1930 Birthday Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1930 Event 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece 1929 Event Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death 1929 Event Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1927 Birthday Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper 1925 Event General M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense 1924 Birthday Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Event Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed 1924 Event Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin) 1923 Birthday Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1923 Birthday Ruby Dee, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Cat People, Roots 1923 Birthday Anita Bjorak, actress, Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People 1923 Event Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1922 Event Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite 1921 Birthday Jackie Cooper, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, Hennesey, People's Choice 1921 Event Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed 1921 Birthday Sheb Wooley, born in Erick, Oklahoma, vocalist, Purple People Eater, Hee Haw 1920 Birthday Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Oklahoma, actor, Investigator, For the People 1920 Event Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi 1920 Birthday Liesbeth Tonckens, Wilhelmina, actress/lecturer, Free People 1919 Birthday Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1919 Event 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Netherlands 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1918 Event Hungarian People's Republic declared 1918 Birthday Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author, Cider for Poor People 1918 Birthday Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer, Sooty, Some People 1917 Event People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 1917 Event 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin, banned 41 years 1915 Birthday Eli Wallach, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door 1915 Birthday Margaret Walker Alexander, poet and novelist, For My People 1915 Birthday Dan Seymour, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, We the People, Sing It Again 1914 Death Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1914 Birthday Magda Gabor, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor 1913 Birthday Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People 1912 Birthday Art Linkletter, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, TV host, People are Funny 1912 Event Over 1,500 people die when the British passenger ship, RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg 1911 Birthday Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor, Telegram, Town People 1910 Event Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain 1910 Birthday Eve March, California, actress, Curse of the Cat People 1909 Event National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms 1906 Death Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 1905 Event Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish 1905 Event Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people 1904 Event 1st day of New York City subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks 1904 Event Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1902 Birthday Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor and director, 2 Smart People 1900 Event 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People" 1900 Birthday Fred Emney, born in London, England, actor, Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino 1897 Birthday Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet and author, People's Palace 1897 Birthday John Mens, writer, People Without Money 1895 Birthday Lin Yutang, born in China, writer, 'My Country and My People' 1895 Birthday S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1894 Event Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1893 Birthday M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin 1891 Event 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) 1888 Birthday Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People 1888 Birthday Jack Holt, U.S., golddigger/actor, Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone 1884 Event Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 1884 Event Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1878 Birthday Carl Sandburg, U.S., poet/biographer of Lincoln, The People, Yes 1877 Birthday Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, People/Nutcracker 1872 Birthday Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1870 Birthday Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party 1869 Death Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 1867 Birthday Philip Kleintjes, people's rights leader 1864 Event Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam 1861 Event People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union 1859 Birthday Willem C Grunings, Curacaos publisher, People's Friend 1858 Event Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1855 Birthday Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, History of the Dutch People 1854 Event Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board 1849 Event Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" 1848 Event People's uprising in Palermo Sicily 1833 Event Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves 1824 Birthday Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat/people rights scholar, Calvo Clause 1815 Birthday Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people 1814 Birthday Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People 1781 Event Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets 1777 Event People of New Connecticut, Vermont, declare independence from England 1775 Event 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1765 Event People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax 1752 Event This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1741 Event Dutch people protest bad quality of bread 1731 Event Dutch people revolt against meat tax 1726 Event People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax 1714 Event People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands 1699 Event People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter 1693 Event Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages 1676 Event Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia" 1648 Event People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin 1648 Event Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov 1648 Event Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 1647 Event People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples 1614 Event Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt 1597 Event Germany throws out English sales people 1498 Death Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies 1391 Event Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1349 Event People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells 1347 Event Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal 1302 Event Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
