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2015 History today- Walmart announces that in April it will raise wages of 500,000 Sam’s Club and Walmart workers to $9/hour, exceeding the current minimum wage by $1.75, with a further raise to $10/hour by next February
2014 Chinese automaker Dongfeng and the French government have each invested in PSA Peugeot Citroen, which ranked as the European car company with the lowest sales of new vehicles last year
2014 As part of its increasing move into mobile presence, Facebook announces that it will purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion; younger users seem to prefer communicating with mobile apps, which allow them to avoid cell phone texting charges
2013 NASA loses communication with the International Space Station’s for three hours as a result of updating the station’s command and control software
2013 During a U.N. conference on disarmament, North Korea threatens to destroy South Korea
2012 In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio’s carnival
2012 In a retaliatory move against E.U. sanctions, Iran stops all exports to France and the United Kingdom
2011 In the People’s Republic of China, the call for a ‘Jasmine Revolution’ spreads online as authorities hunt down political activists
2010 The Vatican approves of Australian Mary MacKillop as their first saint for canonization
2003 Iranian Revolutionary Guard military flight crashes into the Sirach Mountains, killing 275
1998 Soyuz TM-26 lands
1998 U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York, Pennsylvania on WQXA 105.7 FM
1995 1st broadcast of “Woman of Independent Means” on NBC-TV
1995 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman’s European record 200m (22.10 sec)
1995 Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize
1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
1995 Michael Tippett’s “Rose Lake,” premieres
1994 Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o’ Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1993 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
1992 “Crazy For You” opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 1622 performances
1992 Ken Ludwig’s musical “Crazy for You,” premieres in New York City
1992 Peter Collins discovers nova Cygni 1992
1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal
1990 Soyuz TM-9 lands

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