2015 Event Los Angeles County, U.S., votes to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour from $9/hour; the new pay rate will be valid for county workers and employees working in unincorporated areas of the county 2014 Event South Korea bans poultry from the U.S. due to potential bird flu concerns; South Korea is working to contain the spread of the virus among its own avian population 2014 Event U.S. officials return four Afghan prisoners to Afghanistan after more than ten years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the Obama administration is working to clear and release remaining prisoners in order to close the facility 2014 Event Martin Salia, a U.S. doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, dies today in a Nebraska hospital; Salia was already in critical condition upon his arrival after medical transport from West Africa 2014 Event Martin Salia, a U.S. doctor working in Sierra Leone, is being stabilized for transport to a Nebraska hospital after contracting the Ebola virus; Salia was not working in a hospital treating the virus, and the source of his infection is not clear 2014 Event American freelance videographer Ashoka Mukpo tests positive for Ebola while working in Liberia; the cameraman has been working in the country for the past three years but became symptomatic the day after beginning an assignment for NBC News 2014 Event Spain will increase spending in an $8.2 billion program aimed to stimulate economic growth; the country has been working to overcome an unemployment rate of 25%, but recent reports have shown an encouraging decline in jobless claims 2014 Event Google reveals its self-driving car today; the prototype can drive 25 miles per hour and safely respond to a variety of situations; it should be road-ready sometime after 2016; Ford, Tesla and other firms are also working on self-driving technology 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extends to private employees working for public companies under contract 2013 Event Officials crackdown on foreigners working illegally in the Saudi kingdom; over 16,000 are arrested in the search 2013 Event Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2012 Event After a strike over working conditions, the world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum Limited, fires 12,000 people in South Africa 2012 Event The Pakistani government accuses the Save the Children NGO as being linked to a fake vaccination program used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden; Pakistan orders foreign nationals working for the organization to leave the country within four weeks 2012 Event Scientists at Stanford University invent a working bionic eye the is powered only by focused light; the eye could eventually restore the sight of millions of people suffering from macular degeneration and retinal pigmentosa 2011 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on Iran to respond to the IAEA report stating Iran is working on nuclear bomb technology 2011 Event Famed 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling leaves her agent, Christopher Little, ending their 15-year working relationship 2011 Event Archeologists working off the coast of Panama recover six cannons from ships owned by Welsh privateer Henry Morgan 2010 Event Scientists working near Kokoda, Papua New Guinea uncover world's oldest known high altitude human settlement, estimated to be 49,000 years old 1989 Event 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl 1981 Event Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again 1978 Event "Working" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 25 performances 1978 Event "Working" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 25 performances 1957 Birthday Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then 1954 Birthday Keven Wade, born in Chappaqua, New York, screen writer, Working Girls 1953 Death Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1952 Birthday Nora Dunn, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl 1950 Birthday Lizzie Borden, director and writer, Love Crimes, Working Girls 1949 Birthday Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, Louisiana, actress, Alien, Working Girl 1943 Event New York Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1942 Birthday Gunter Wallraff, born in Burscheid, Germany, writer, undercover journalist, wrote on tabloid journalism, lower working class conditions 1940 Event Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis 1933 Event Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1926 Birthday Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1924 Birthday [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines 1923 Event Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1920 Event Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day 1913 Event Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished 1910 Event British miners strike for 8 hour working day 1906 Death Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 1891 Birthday Josef Hora, Czechoslovakian writer/poet, Working Day 1889 Birthday Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter 1867 Event Bricklayers start working 8-hour days 1842 Event 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) 1836 Event London Working Men's Association forms 1791 Event John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat 1743 Birthday John Fitch, inventor, had a working steamboat years before Fulton 1741 Event George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days
