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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