2015 Event The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is planning rules for commercial drones that will limit flights to uncrowded areas within the operator's line of sight, meaning that uses such as package delivery or long-range news reporting are off limits 2014 Event Microsoft Corp. is planning to buy Mojang, the company that created the video game Minecraft; the purchase price would likely exceed $2 billion 2014 Event 705 military troops will be sent to Iraq by the U.S. to assist in planning assistance to groups affected by the advance of Islamist State militants; President Barack Obama states that the troops will not be involved in combat 2014 Event G-20 nations discuss ending stimulus efforts in economically advanced nations while planning ways to increase global trade and employment opportunities to achieve global GDP growth 2013 Event The U.S. issues a global travel alert, claiming Al Qaeda and terrorist organizations may be planning an attack between now and the end of August 2013 Event In Birmingham, United Kingdom, eleven members of a terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to exceed the atrocities committed on July 7 and 9/11 2013 Event The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, reveals that the EU is planning regulatory action to facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders 2012 Event Former U.S. Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty resigns from Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, planning instead to work for the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. 2011 Event According to Bloomberg, Italian company Prada SpA is planning an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2010 Event President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects Iran's successful family planning program and urges young Iranian girls to marry at age 16 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 U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 Event Germany and the European Union deny planning a 20 - 25 billion euro financial aid plan for Greece 1995 Death John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66 1993 Event Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught 1981 Death Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered 1966 Event Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established 1966 Event Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels 1949 Birthday Timothy Cordy, British director, Town and Country Planning Association 1941 Birthday Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning, 1989- 1941 Birthday George Young, MP/British minister of housing and planning 1934 Event U.S. Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized 1928 Birthday John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber 1907 Birthday Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law 1863 Event Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac
