2014 Event NASA Mars probe MAVEN is on track to enter the planet's orbit after a 10-month journey; the probe will collect data for a year on the upper Martian atmosphere to potentially answer questions about climate change on the planet 2014 Event Japanese banks are promoting women to upper management levels for the first time in history; four women in the nation's top three banks have been promoted in the last year 2013 Event The upper house of the U.K. approves of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill; starting in 2014, gay marriage will be allowed in England and Wales 2011 Event Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska, discover remains of a 3-year old child from the Ice Age and named it Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin, 'Upper Sun River Mouth Child' 1989 Death Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 1988 Death Gert Froebe, actor (Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies at 75 1984 Event Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 1976 Event Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1973 Event West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta) 1970 Birthday Tina Fey, born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, actress, writer, producer, Emmy Award winner, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', '30 Rock' television shows 1965 Birthday Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1960 Event Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 Event Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence 1958 Event Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France 1957 Birthday Brian Fitzpatrick, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, actor, Rick Alden-Loving 1950 Event Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1948 Birthday Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, singer/guitarist, Hello it's Me 1902 Event Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 1881 Birthday P. G. Wodehouse, British-American writer, Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves 1867 Birthday Charles Fabry, discoverer, ozone layer in upper atmosphere 1842 Event Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky 1840 Event Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada 1826 Event Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) 1640 Event English Upper house accept Act of Attainder 1229 Birthday Louis II, the Stern, ruler, upper Baveria 1033 Death Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine 70 Event Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
