| 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 |
