2015 Event Search and rescue efforts continue for missing passengers of a cruise ship that capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River during a tornado; there are 14 survivors to date, with most of the 456 passengers still missing 2015 Event A pending merger between telecommunication giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable is canceled after regulators indicate that there are concerns regarding competitive and public interest issues 2014 Event A man is apprehended inside the White House after scaling the fence and running into the building; U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were not there at the time of the incident 2014 Event The U.S. House Judiciary Committee finds that there are no grounds for impeachment of President Barack Obama, despite calls for such action from political opponents 2014 Event Researchers report that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy can increase the risk of ADHD diagnoses as the babies mature; taking acetaminophen in the first trimester has the lowest risk at 9%, but there is a 63% likelihood of the condition in babies if the drug is taken in the last two trimesters 2013 Event The Skagit River bridge over Interstate 5 collapses in the U.S. town of Mount Vernon, Washington; several vehicles plunge into the river, but there are no fatalities 2012 Event A refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo experiences an outbreak of cholera; thousands have fled there due to fighting between government troops and M23 rebels 2012 Event The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announces it will end talks with Iran; chief inspector Herman Nackaerts says there has been no progress 2012 Event During the second day of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdock reveals there was a 'cover-up' at 'News of the World' but that he had no knowledge of it 2010 Event In Washington, D.C, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a lobby group that 'Jerusalem is not a settlement' and Israel has a 'right' to build there 2003 Event United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction 2003 Event The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq 2002 Death Peggy Lee, singer, Is That All There Is?, dies at 81 1994 Event Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841) 1994 Event Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O. J. Simpson 1994 Event It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark 1991 Death Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57 1987 Death Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies 1983 Event "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances 1981 Event Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 1980 Event At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon 1976 Event President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1973 Event Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1970 Event New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there) 1967 Birthday Debee Ashby, born in Coventry, England, topless model, There's Girl in My Soup 1966 Event Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks 1964 Event Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., announces a baseball team is moving there 1963 Event Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" 1963 Birthday Norman Cook, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There 1962 Birthday Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There 1962 Birthday Stan Cullimore, bassist, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There 1961 Event Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1956 Event At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1953 Event Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 Event "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television 1950 Event President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government 1947 Birthday Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There 1946 Birthday John Prine, Maywood, Illinois, country singer, Hello in There 1946 Birthday Eddie Holman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, recording artist, rhythm and blues, gospel, pop, soul genres, known for hit 'Hey There Lonely Girl' 1945 Birthday Rod Argent, born in England, keyboardist, Zombies-She's Not There 1945 Birthday Hugh Grundy, born in Winchester England, drummer, Zombies-She's Not There 1943 Birthday Julie Bennett, Beverly Hills California, actress, Hey There It's Yogi Bear 1941 Event Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 Event Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there 1941 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night) 1940 Event Auschwitz concentration camp opens, 3 million killed there 1940 Event Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in New York City 1938 Event Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 1933 Birthday Jerzy Kosinski, novelist, Painted Bird, Being There 1932 Birthday Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter, There's a Girl in My Soup 1932 Event John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in New York City 1931 Event "There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1 1930 Birthday Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me 1925 Event Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) 1922 Event Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) 1920 Birthday Peggy Lee, Norma Egstrom, Jamestown ND, singer, Thats All There Is? 1920 Birthday Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles 1919 Birthday Sylvia Syms, U.S. singer, Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes 1912 Event English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1904 Birthday Karen Aabye, Danish author, Less bedstemor there jomfru 1897 Event New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial 1886 Birthday George Mallory, England, mountain climber, "because it is there" 1790 Death Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1773 Event Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1714 Birthday Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer, Il there pastore
