2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2015 Event The German government approves the Greek bailout deal, which was also approved by the Greek parliament earlier this week; German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that chaos would result if the deal did not go through 2015 Event British Petroleum (BP) reaches a settlement with U.S. federal, state and local government entities regarding damages from its Deepwater Horizon rig explosion five years ago; BP will pay USD $18 billion through the year 2030 2014 Event Walt Disney Company will be marketing the next Star Wars movie through a series of YouTube videos produced by its subsidiary, Maker; the videos will connect younger audiences to the characters and stories from earlier movies in the franchise 2014 Event Sony Pictures releases its comedy 'The Interview' today in over 300 theaters and through online channels; the film depicts an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and was initially canceled due to threats and hacking attacks 2014 Event Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a balloon-release ceremony and celebrations throughout the country; the wall had been built through Berlin to separate communist East Germany from West Germany 2014 Event Sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer has gone through, despite attempts by former owner Donald Sterling to stop the transaction; Sterling was forced to sell after being banned from the NBA for his racist remarks 2014 Event Obamacare renders confusion as two appeals courts issue conflicting rulings regarding the legality of subsidies offered through federal versus state-run insurance exchanges; the ruling will likely to to the U.S. Supreme Court 2014 Event Toyota is seeking to sell fuel-cell vehicles in the U.S. but must receive an exemption from certain safety requirements to do so; Toyota states that its car meets safety requirements through a different mechanism than that specified in the rules 2014 Event A water-embedded rock layer is found deep inside the earth; the layer stores three times the water found in all the earth's oceans, suggesting that oceans developed through seepage of this water and not from striking comets as previously believed 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2014 Event Mobile photo sharing app Snapchat settles with the Federal Trade Commission after acknowledging that it falsely claimed that data sent through the app would disappear rather than form a permanent record, creating user privacy violations 2014 Event It is revealed that the National Security Agency, NSA, is using software to spy on nearly 100,000 computers around the world; most of the software is implanted by accessing the Internet, but some technology enables data to be entered or altered through radio wave transmission 2014 Event U.S. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that President Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024 2013 Event Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2013 Event As part of an effort to protect human rights, China's CPC Central Committee announces a plan to abolish its 'reeducation through labor system' which began in the 1950s 2013 Event Typhoon Usagi passes through southern China, killing at least 25 people in Hong Kong 2013 Event Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally apologizes to people affected by forced adoptions during the 1950s through 1970s 2012 Event The U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavor inches through the streets of Los Angeles on a trolley, making its way to a museum 2012 Event A drought spreading through the United States leads to over 1,000 counties declared natural disaster areas 2012 Event After a year of being held hostage by pirates, 15 Georgian soldiers are released through efforts of the Somalian government 2011 Event In Washington, D.C., thousands protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which would carry Alberta oil sands crude through six U.S. states to Gulf Coast refineries 2011 Event Severe damage to homes and infrastructure occurs as wildfires sweep through the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas 2011 Event The U.S. Federal Reserve declares it will keep interest rates at exceptionally low levels through mid-2013 2011 Event Germany determines it must shut down part of its airspace as volcanic ash from Iceland's Grisvotn eruption spreads through northern Europe 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2011 Event For the first time since 1979 Iranian Revolution, two ships from the Iran Navy are sent through the Suez Canal 2010 Event Denisova hominin - a previously unknown type of ancient human, is identified by scientists through DNA analysis from a finger discovered in a cave near Siberia, Russia 2009 Event Slovenia agrees to allow Russia's South Stream gas pipeline to Europe pass through their country 2009 Event A train travelling through heavy rain in Hua Hin in southern Thailand, is derailed, killing serval people and injuring dozens 2009 Event Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine 1997 Event Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004 1997 Event Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000 1996 Death Mohamed Amin, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin, wrote, 'Journey Through Pakistan', dies at 53 1994 Death Kristen Pfaff, U.S. bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24 1993 Event 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1989 Event Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 1989 Event Reverend Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst 1989 Event 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings 1989 Event Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through 1987 Event "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands 1986 Event Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1983 Event Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1982 Event Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians 1982 Event Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through 1979 Event 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan 1978 Event Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran 1977 Death George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78 1977 Event 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska 1976 Event Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1976 Event East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 1976 Event Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park 1974 Event John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" 1973 Event Israeli tanks under General Sharon move through Suez Canal 1971 Event Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117 1970 Death Frank Laubach, taught reading through phonetics, dies 1967 Event Gladys Knight and Pips releases "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" 1967 Birthday Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 1965 Death Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 1962 Event Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977 1962 Event French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel 1961 Event Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford 1961 Event Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies 1961 Event 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South 1960 Death Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65 1960 Event Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 1958 Event Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 in Newark, New Jersey 1956 Birthday Bruce Edgar, cricketer, New Zealand opener through the 80' 1953 Birthday Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1947 Event 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1947 Event Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States 1944 Event U.S. 1st Infantry division pushes through to Westwall 1944 Event U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall 1944 Event U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans 1943 Birthday Mohamed Amin, born in Kenya, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin, wrote, 'Journey Through Pakistan' 1943 Birthday Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 1943 Event German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia 1943 Event German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia 1943 Event 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia 1942 Event German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad 1942 Event Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1939 Event Grimmett and Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156) 1939 Event Goering begins plunder through Nazi's occupied areas 1939 Birthday Alan Connolly, cricketer, Australian pace bowler through 60s 1938 Birthday Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, actor, Coward of the County 1936 Event 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis 1935 Event Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal 1930 Birthday Murray Chapple, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman through the 1950's 1927 Event Gdanks and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor 1925 Birthday Tiny Tim, Herbert Khaury, singer, Tiptoe Through the Tulips 1924 Event Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, New York City-SF 1923 Event Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1922 Birthday Colin Fletcher, author, Walking Through Time 1919 Birthday Shirley Jackson, U.S., writer, Road Through the Wall 1919 Birthday Jan Elburg, Joannes G, Dutch poet, Through the Night 1919 Event Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1918 Event King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels 1917 Event 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1914 Event 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal 1914 Event World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through Churches forms 1914 Event 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal 1912 Death Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1910 Event Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic 1899 Event U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" 1898 Death Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire 1896 Event Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit 1891 Birthday John P Strijbos, Dutch writer, Wandering through South Africa 1889 Event 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady) 1889 Event Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF 1884 Birthday Frank Laubach, born in Benton, Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics 1883 Birthday Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist, Road Through Dark Night 1877 Event Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1871 Event Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa 1867 Event 1st ship passes through Suez Canal 1865 Event Sherman's march through Georgia begins 1865 Event General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins 1864 Event Sherman's march through Mississippi 1849 Event William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope 1834 Event Slavery abolished through out the British Empire 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe, Argentina 1832 Event Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro 1803 Event U.S. doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase 1698 Event Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe 1697 Event English king Willem III travels through northern Europe 1697 Event Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe 1683 Event Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna 1678 Event Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes 1620 Event Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America 1612 Event Simon Marius, is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope 1595 Event Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope 1535 Event 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets 1532 Event Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna 1071 Event Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe 28 Event Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome 13 Event Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
