2014 Event Office supply company Staples announces that up to 1.16 million cards may have been affected by a data breach in October; the company is offering free identity theft protection for shoppers at the affected stores and advises all customers to monitor their credit records 2014 Event American pet supply retailer PetSmart agrees to be purchased by private equity firm BC Partners for $8.7 billion 2014 Event Orbital Sciences Corp. launches its second cargo rocket to the International Space Station; Orbital and competitor Space X each have contracts for space supply delivery 2014 Event Lesotho has received funding from the World Bank to continue improving its water supply by enhancing the Metalong Dam and providing water to more areas; the project benefits around 30,000 residents 2014 Event The Chinese and Russian state energy companies, Gazprom and CPNC, respectively, have entered a deal for Russia to supply China with natural gas; the deal provides a market for Russian gas as European countries seek to reduce their dependence due to Russia's actions 2013 Event The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is found in tap water near New Orleans, the first time ever detected in the U.S. water supply 2013 Event In China, more than 9,000 pigs were found rotting in the Huangpu river, threatening to contaminate Shanghai's drinking supply; the government said the water quality in the city tested as normal 2012 Event After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for a NATO airstrike that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers and officials, Pakistan reopens key NATO supply routes into Afghanistan 2012 Event Officals in Egypt reject a deeply unpopular agreement to supply Israel with natural gas; the agreement was made by former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarek 2011 Event Tokyo reports that levels of radiation in its water supply have returned to normal 2009 Death Norman Borlaug, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies 1993 Event U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti 1988 Event Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply 1986 Event Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble 1983 Event Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion 1961 Event Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) 1957 Birthday David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1955 Event Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel 1952 Birthday Russell Hitchcock, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1951 Birthday Rex Goh, rock guitarist, Air Supply 1950 Birthday Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1949 Birthday David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply 1948 Birthday Frank Estersmith, born in Australia, rocker, Air Supply 1922 Birthday Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist 1922 Event Geological survey says U.S. oil supply would be depleted in 20 years 1914 Birthday Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1912 Event World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy 1866 Event Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
