2015 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects liquid water on Mars in the form of hydrated salts; the minerals are found along flow lines on steep slopes and tend to appear during 'warm' weather (above 10 degrees F , -23 degrees C) 2015 Event Clues in the crash of a Germanwings flight during clear weather Tuesday suggest that the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cabin before deliberately downing the jet in the French Alps; investigations of the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, are ongoing 2015 Event A powerful blizzard covers Boston and nearby New England areas with over two feet of snow under winds that reach over 70 miles per hour; New York City had expected the same weather effects but was spared 2014 Event Chocolate manufacturers state that a cocoa-pod fungus and dry weather in cocoa-growing regions has created a shortage of cocoa that may increase in the future; world chocolate demand already exceeds production capacity 2014 Event U.S. payrolls show growth, with 129,000 jobs added in January and 175,000 jobs added in February in spite of difficult winter weather 2014 Event GE is focusing on development of wind power in Japan, seeing an opportunity for the nation to expand its renewable energy portfolio after Fukushima; GE has designed a wind turbine capable of weathering the country's distinct weather challenges 2013 Event Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, have roads cut off and flights cancelled due to adverse weather conditions 2013 Event U.S. scientists claim 2012 weather as the hottest year ever recorded 2012 Event Severe weather hits the U.S. on Christmas Day; more than 30 tornadoes are reported in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana 2011 Event The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2011 Event Over half of the country of Peru enters a state of emergency as a result of unusually cold weather 2011 Event The NOAA declares 2011 one of the most extreme weather years on record 2010 Event The Deepwater Horizon oil spill reaches the Louisiana Coast; weather is projected to impede cleanup efforts 1995 Death Yank Lawson, U.S. jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84 1986 Event Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 1986 Event STS-61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy 1986 Event STS-61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems 1985 Event STS-51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather 1981 Event 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery 1980 Event Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show 1978 Event Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched 1977 Event European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1977 Death Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76 1970 Event U.S. launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 1969 Event Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1966 Event Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched 1966 Event 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S. 1965 Event U.S. launches TIROS 9 weather satellite 1964 Event U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched 1960 Event Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched 1960 Event 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1960 Event RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 1959 Event 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg 1959 Birthday Omar Hakim, drummer, Dire Straits, Weather Report 1956 Event Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1954 Birthday Peter Erskine, jazz drummer, Weather Report 1951 Birthday Alphonso Johnson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bassist, jazz, jazz fusion genres, considered one of the world's best bassists, played on Weather Report album Mysterious Traveller 1946 Death Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1934 Birthday Willard Scott, weather forecaster, Today Show 1933 Birthday Wayne Shorter, rocker, Weather Report 1932 Birthday Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report 1926 Event Weather map televised for 1st time 1924 Birthday Harold Nicholas, U.S. actor, Tap, 5 Heartbeats, Stormy Weather 1917 Birthday Lena Horne, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress and singer, Stormy Weather, Wiz 1909 Birthday Katherine Dunham, dancer and choreographer, Casbah, Stormy Weather 1904 Event 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) 1896 Birthday Ethel Waters, Chester, Pennsylvania, actress, Beulah, singer, Stormy Weather 1890 Event Congress creates Weather Bureau 1878 Birthday Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor, Stormy Weather, Little Colonel 1878 Event 1st weekly Weather report published in UK 1870 Event U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) 1870 Event U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service 1838 Birthday Cleveland Abbe, U.S., meteorologist, Father of Weather Bureau 1831 Event Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
