2015 Event Pope Francis becomes the first pope in history to speak to the U.S. Congress; the pontiff exhorted the lawmakers to work together to address climate change, immigration reform and other issues that have stalled due to strong political division 2015 Event Survivors of the Ebola virus in West Africa are now experiencing medical problems, such as joint pain and eye inflammation, which are sometimes so severe that the survivors are unable to work 2015 Event Officials find that Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of downed Germanwings Flight 4U 9525, had mental and physical health problems that he hid from the airline; a doctor's note was found excusing him from work on the day that he crashed the plane 2015 Event Shiite militia forces in Iraq boycott the fight against ISIS in Tikrit to protest U.S. airstrikes; the U.S. was responding to a request from the Iraqi government, but militias are concerned that the U.S. will receive credit for their work to date 2015 Event Tiger Woods announces that he will be taking a hiatus from golf in order to recover from a recent injury and work on improving his game back to peak levels; Woods did not specify an expected return date to the game 2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2014 Event A Van Gogh painting, 'Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies', sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million; the artist painted the work at his doctor's home shortly before his death 2014 Event Microsoft Corp today begins selling a fitness tracking armband called Microsoft Band that links to a free web-based tracking app; the software will work across iOS and Android platforms in addition to Windows 2014 Event The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their work in advocating children's rights; 17-year-old Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban in retaliation for her activism, is the youngest recipient in history 2014 Event Iran is strengthening gender segregation policies, forbidding women to work in public areas of restaurants and seeking separation from men in office settings; the move will increase the 18.9% female jobless rate 2014 Event Community Health Systems Inc., a private hospital company, reveals that Social Security numbers and other personal data were stolen for 4.5 million patients in April and June; the company believes the attack is the work of Chinese hackers 2013 Event The 350,000 workers furloughed since the recent government shutdown return to work at the Department of Defense 2013 Event The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, completed his last shift as a search and rescue helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force; he will now focus on Royal and community work 2013 Event In England, a man is arrested for charges related to the attack on 'The Hay Wain' painting, completed by artist John Constable in 1821; the work is considered one of England's greatest and most popular paintings 2013 Event The People's Republic of China and the U.S. agree to work towards eliminating nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula 2012 Event An early work by noted childhood fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, titled, 'The Tallow Candle", is found at the bottom of a filing box at the National Archives of Funen 2012 Event The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Serge Haroche and David Wineland for their work on quantum optics 2012 Event Former U.S. Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty resigns from Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign, planning instead to work for the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. 2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2012 Event Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary-General, urges countries to work together to reach an agreement to control international arms sales; no agreement is reached 2012 Event Fears over bioterrorism cause top international virologists agree to halt work on a more virulent strain of H5N1 influenza virus 2011 Event The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess, for their work on the accelerating expansion of the universe 2011 Event In efforts to avoid food shortages and political oppression, South Korea begins work on a new facility to house North Korean refugees 2010 Event An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 2008 Event Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work 2005 Event Mohamed ElBaradei received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IAEA 1998 Event Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week 1997 Death Kathy Acker, writer, Bodies of Work: Essays, dies at 54 1997 Death Phillipo Seed, social work academic, dies at 67 1996 Death Walter Hyatt, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash 1996 Death Ike Isaacs, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, dies at 76 1995 Event NBA referees return to work after striking 1988 Event Amateur referees work New Jersey Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils 1986 Death Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1983 Event 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins 1983 Event "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart 1978 Event Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp 1978 Event Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work 1977 Event RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer 1977 Death Tibor Dery, writer, wrote satire on Hungarian communist regime, primary work, 'The Unfinished Sentence', dies at 82 1975 Event Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department 1974 Event England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 1970 Death Giuseppe Ungaretti, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy', dies in Milan, Italy, at age 82, of bronchopneumonia 1968 Event Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" 1967 Death John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 1967 Event 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work 1966 Event Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Birthday Bryan Singer, born in New York, New York, film director, producer, known for work on the 'X-Men', 'Superman Returns', 'The Usual Suspects' films 1964 Event New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day 1963 Event John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1962 Event Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 1962 Event House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex 1962 Event U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week 1961 Birthday Michael Torke, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, composer, style includes jazz, minimalism, most popular work, 'Javelin', composed for 1996 Summer Olympics 1959 Event West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1955 Event Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) 1955 Event Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week 1955 Event West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages 1953 Birthday Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist, Men At Work 1953 Event Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Birthday Colin Hay, born in Scotland, rock vocalist, Men At Work 1952 Birthday Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1949 Death G. I. Gurdjieff, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way, dies at age 83, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1949 Birthday Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1948 Event U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1947 Event Benelux agress to work related issues 1946 Event German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.S.R. 1946 Death Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 1945 Event German rocket engineers begin work in U.S. 1945 Event Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work 1944 Event Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer/poet, Impossible Work 1943 Event German occupiers impose 72-hour work week 1943 Event Dutch work week extended to 54 hour 1943 Event Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1942 Event Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work 1942 Event Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia 1942 Event 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1942 Death Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61 1941 Event Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox 1940 Event 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 Event Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes 1939 Event Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service 1937 Event Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work 1937 Event Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week 1936 Event 40 hour work week law approved 1935 Event SDAP and NVV launchs "Plan for Work" in Utrect Netherlands 1935 Event Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany 1933 Event Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge 1933 Event German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work 1933 Event Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side 1932 Birthday Tod Dockstader, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, composer, musique concrete, electronic music, principle work, Quartermass 1932 Event President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week 1932 Birthday Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1931 Event Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo 1930 Birthday Julian Slade, born in London, England, writer, best-known work 'Salad Days', UK's longest running musical 1930 Birthday Phillipo Seed, social work academic 1930 Birthday Nathaniel Branden, born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, psychotherapist, known for work in psychology of self-esteem, writer, associate of novelist Ayn Rand, promoted her philosophy, idea of Objectivism, profiled in movie, 'The Passion of Ayn Rand' 1930 Birthday Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1926 Event Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index 1926 Event Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) 1926 Event Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week 1926 Birthday Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist, Apartheid and work in South Africa 1925 Death John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 52 1924 Event General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hour work day in Belgium 1924 Event Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union 1923 Event U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day 1922 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) 1922 Event Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball 1920 Birthday David Waller, actor, Shadowlands, Work is a 4 Letter Word 1919 Birthday Ike Isaacs, born in Rangoon, Burma, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, played with Denny Wright in group Velvet in 1970's, taught at the Sydney Guitar School 1919 Event Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1919 Event Serbian, Croatian and Slavic parliment accord for 8 hour work day 1919 Event Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work 1919 Event French assembly decides on 8 hour work day 1919 Event British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1918 Birthday Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1917 Event U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees 1914 Event Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco 1912 Birthday Louis Boon, born in Aalst, Belgium, born Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, writer, journalist, novelist, wrote historical novels, modernist work Vergeten straat 1911 Event Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day 1907 Birthday Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 1905 Event French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work 1905 Event U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional 1905 Event 9 hour work day for diamond miners 1901 Birthday John Wesley Work, composer 1900 Event After 4 years of work, 1st section of New York subway opens 1894 Birthday Tibor Dery, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, wrote satire on Hungarian communist regime, primary work, 'The Unfinished Sentence' 1891 Event Work on trans-Siberian railway begins 1891 Event Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day 1890 Event 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations 1888 Birthday Giuseppe Ungaretti, born in Alexandria, Egypt, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy' 1884 Death Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 1881 Event De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal 1880 Birthday Damon Runyon, U.S. journalist and writer, Guys and Dolls-based on his work 1880 Birthday Frederick Jerome Work, composer 1879 Birthday Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst, Life and Work of Sigmund Freud 1878 Event 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) 1874 Event Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1873 Birthday John Wesley Work, composer 1868 Event President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1866 Event Work begins on 1st U.S. underwater highway tunnel, Chicago 1866 Birthday G. I. Gurdjieff, born in Alexandropol, Armenia, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way 1864 Birthday Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, Work Law of 1911 1864 Birthday Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work 1852 Event Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day 1850 Event Work starts on 1st brick building in San Francisco 1842 Event Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus 1842 Event Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles 1839 Event Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1834 Birthday Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win 1832 Birthday Henry Clay Work, composer 1795 Event Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
