2015 Event Two animal rights activists are placed under house arrest, awaiting trial for acts of terrorism against the fur industry; in 2013, Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane released minks from mink farms and vandalized fur businesses across the U.S. 2015 Event California officials believe that an outbreak of measles among Disneyland visitors was caused by someone with overseas exposure; Disneyland visitors account for 67 cases, with 94 total infections across the U.S. to date 2015 Event Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2014 Event Negotiations have stalled at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru due to disagreement over how to distribute responsibilities for battling climate change across developed and developing nations 2014 Event The NASA Mars rover Curiosity has returned images from the red planet's Gale Crater showing evidence of sediment deposits, suggesting that lakes and rivers potentially existed across the planet millions of years ago 2014 Event A grand jury in St. Louis County reaches the decision that police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown; the decision sparked protests, looting and businesses being burned to the ground in St. Louis, as well as protests across the U.S. 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 Crowds line up at retailers across the U.S. as the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are offered for sale; buyers are seeking to be some of the first to own the devices, which may be shipped as late as November for those who pre-ordered online 2014 Event A large number of children across ten U.S. states are being hospitalized due to Enterovirus, EV-D68; children with asthma are particularly at risk for complications 2014 Event Movie studio Warner Brothers announces plans to lay off employees and reduce costs in order to improve efficiency; parent company Time Warner Inc. is seeking improvements across its divisions after rejecting a buyout offer by Rupert Murdoch earlier this year 2014 Event Legislators in California pass a ban on disposable plastic grocery bags; if approved by Governor Jerry Brown, the ban will be the first implemented across a state, though many cities across the U.S. already have such bans in place 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2014 Event Polio is on the rise as unvaccinated refugees travel across borders; though most prevalent in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, infections are now appearing in other parts of Asia and Africa; young children are the most vulnerable 2014 Event A flaw in OpenSSL, the encryption method for many websites, has been identified, potentially compromising user security data across the Internet; web users are urged to change login names and passwords immediately 2014 Event A second dwarf planet is discovered between the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt, an area previously considered a no-man's land; the planet, 2012 VP-113, measures about 280 miles across; the first, Sedna, about 600 miles across, was discovered in 2003 2013 Event Africa, Europe and the United States experience a rare solar eclipse, with the west African nation of Gabon enjoying peak viewing when the total eclipse sweeps across a path nearly 60 kilometers wide 2013 Event The Organization on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reports it has completed the inspection of 21 out of 23 chemical weapons sites across Syria, resulting in the destruction of over 1,000 metric tons of toxic agents and munitions 2013 Event Nik Wallenda completes a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon 2013 Event The 1998 QE2, an asteroid measuring nearly 1.7 miles across, and its moon, pass within 3.6 million miles of the earth 2013 Event The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, reveals that the EU is planning regulatory action to facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders 2012 Event Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes 2012 Event Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2012 Event After a century of silence, Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupts, spreading volcanic ash across the country's central North Island and affecting airports 2012 Event A temporary fix to the Internet Doomsday virus created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation expires, causing thousands of computer users across the globe to lose Internet access 2012 Event In India, a nationwide strike against rising gas prices closes shops and interrupts public transport across the country 2012 Event A serious cold snap across Europe causes 110 deaths 2011 Event The U.S. heat wave has led to 24 deaths across the country 2011 Event The U.S. state of Arizona has an enormous wildfire covering almost 500 square miles; it is not contained and is sending smoke across several other states 2011 Event The North American winter storm continues across the Southeastern United States and the Tennessee Valley 2010 Event Muslims across the world begin the holy month of Ramadan where they must fast between sunrise and sunset 2010 Event German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 2010 Event A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria 2010 Event Buildings across Bangkok are set on fire by red shirt protesters after the military stormed a protest camp in the center of the city 2010 Event Planes across the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are grounded as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 2010 Event Extreme cold temperatures across Europe lead to 122 deaths in Poland, 7 die in Switzerland as the result of an avalanche 2009 Event Dozens are killed and injured when wildfires spread across France, Spain, Sardinia and Greece 2006 Event Al-Askari Mosque is bombed, setting off protests and violence across Iraq 2000 Death Martin Mailman, composer, teacher, guest conductor-composer at over 90 colleges across the U.S. and Europe dies in Denton, Texas 1998 Event Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain 1996 Death Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1996 Death Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across U.S., crashed at 7 1993 Event Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500 1992 Death John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59 1990 Death Joan Bennett, U.S. actress (House Across the Bay), dies at 80 1989 Event Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus 1988 Event Ronald J. Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes 1988 Event Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes) 1987 Event Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait 1986 Event Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1984 Event 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer) 1983 Event George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere 1979 Event Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon 1973 Event 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash 1969 Event Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs) 1959 Event Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1958 Event 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line 1956 Event Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft 1955 Event 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent 1953 Event Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami 1950 Event China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River 1948 Event 1st jets to fly across Atlantic, 6 RAF de Havilland Vampires 1945 Event After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1937 Event 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am 1932 Birthday Martin Mailman, born in New York City, New York, composer, teacher, guest conductor-composer at over 90 colleges across the U.S. and Europe 1932 Event Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic 1931 Event 1st walk across American backwards begins 1928 Event Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane 1926 Event 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic 1924 Event 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC) 1924 Event 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S. - England 1918 Event Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line 1918 Event German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) 1910 Event Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) 1909 Event France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across English Channel 1908 Event Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m 1906 Birthday Kam Tong, actor, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song 1904 Birthday Keye Luke, born in Canton, China, actor, Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident 1903 Birthday Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960 1903 Event 1st automobile trip across U.S. from San Francisco to New York, ended April 1 1903 Event George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US 1902 Birthday Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan, pilot, 1st fly solo across Atlantic 1896 Event George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic 1892 Birthday John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean 1872 Birthday Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 1866 Event 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1862 Event Westminster Bridge across Thames opens 1835 Event After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R 1785 Event 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries)
