2015 Event Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 after battling health issues related to diabetes and high blood pressure 2015 Event Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in DeflateGate, the scandal in which footballs used by the team were found to be below regulation pressure; Brady's father, Tom Brady, Sr., states that his son was framed 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 Almost 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru join an emissions reduction accord requiring each nation to post its plan online in 2015; the public can then pressure noncompliant nations to keep and strengthen their commitments 2014 Event Oil prices fall to $69/barrel after an OPEC decision to continue current oil production levels despite pressure from non-OPEC oil producing countries seeking higher prices 2014 Event The cabinet of Israel approves a bill stating that the nation is both a democratic state and the Jewish homeland; the bill is meant to address political pressure from groups that deny or ignore Israel�s Jewish identity 2014 Event The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has canceled trademarks of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name and trademarks are 'offensive to Native Americans'; the team has been under pressure for years to change its name 2014 Event Donald Sterling, L.A. Clippers owner, is banned for life after reports of his racist comments; a new CEO will be appointed, and other team owners are encouraged to pressure Sterling into selling; many parties have already expressed interest 2013 Event A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is grounded by Qatar Airways; a minor technical issue is reported, increasing pressure on Boeing to address possible electrical problems with its lastest new jet 2013 Event Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface 2011 Event Under pressure from conservationists and diplomats, Japan's whaling fleet leaves the Antarctic 2010 Event Political pressure and cyber-attacks directed against WikiLeaks are condemned by Reporters Without Borders 1992 Death Frank Singuineau, actor (Firepower, Pressure, Mummy), dies 1989 Event Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa) 1989 Event Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) 1986 Event NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 1979 Event Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa 1968 Event Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, U.S.S.R. 1954 Event U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1947 Event Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1945 Event Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low) 1940 Event British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure 1922 Event Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini 1909 Event U.S. pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office 1893 Birthday Carl Benton Reid, Lansing, Michigan, actor, Pressure Point 1869 Birthday Harvey Cushing, U.S., neurosurgeon, blood pressure studies 1799 Birthday Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist, blood pressure
