2014 Event The U.N. World Food Program stops assistance to over 1.7 million Syrian refugees in the nations adjoining Syria; the program has provided over $800 million in aid but lacks funds to continue this support 2012 Event In a retaliatory move against E.U. sanctions, Iran stops all exports to France and the United Kingdom 1998 Event NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics 1997 Event Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes 1994 Event Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge 1992 Event ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals 1990 Event New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations 1988 Event Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades 1988 Event Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 1975 Event Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1973 Event Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1968 Event U.S. Mint stops buying and selling gold 1967 Event Radio Malta stops testing 1960 Event U.S. stops sugar import from Cuba 1953 Event U.S. stops aid to Persia 1946 Event 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball 1943 Event Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean 1941 Event NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots 1927 Event Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A) 1924 Event 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops 1922 Event Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1913 Event Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished 1911 Event White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak 1908 Event Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row 1901 Event After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series 1891 Event Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed 1890 Event U.S. stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece 1878 Event U.S. stops minting 20 cent coin 1861 Event US, banks stops payments in gold 1854 Event Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo 1848 Event Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1814 Event Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves 1650 Death Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1650 Death Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
