2015 Event The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2015 Event Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2015 Event Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, steps down after the company reports poor first quarter results; cofounder Jack Dorsey will step in as temporary CEO, but Costolo will keep his position on the board 2014 Event Football players at Northwestern University cast votes on whether to form a union; the players were ruled last month to be university employees by the National Labor Relations Board, giving the students the right to organize 2011 Event U.S. company Hewlett-Packard adds Ralph Whitworth from Relational Investors to it's corporate-government activists on its board of directors 2010 Event Danish special forces storm a ship captured by Somali pirates, freeing 25 crewmembers on board 2009 Event Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Qazvin, Iran, all 168 on board are killed 2009 Event En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 1998 Event Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board 1994 Event U.S. Air Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board 1994 Death Ian Board, barkeeper, dies at 64 1991 Event Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resign 1991 Event Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians 1991 Event Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose 1989 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1988 Event U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board 1988 Event Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board 1987 Event Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama 1981 Event Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1978 Event 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago) 1973 Event All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels 1967 Event Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali 1966 Event 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer) 1966 Event Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board 1962 Event Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1961 Event Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate 1955 Event "Scrabble" debuts on board game market 1954 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1954 Event School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1953 Event Georgia approves U.S. 1st literature censorship board 1952 Event U.S. Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary 1951 Birthday Ken Knox, rock vocalist, Chairmen of the Board 1949 Event Cargo airlines 1st licensed by U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board 1948 Birthday Lillian Board, England, 400m, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1948 Event U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) 1945 Event Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1944 Birthday Danny Woods, U.S. musician, CEO of the Board 1942 Event Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia 1942 Event National War Labor Board created 1941 Event Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York 1941 Birthday Malcolm Longair, born in Dundee Scotland, astronomer, physicist, chairman of the Gemini Board, President, Royal Astronomical Society 1940 Event British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway 1935 Event Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time 1933 Event 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 1933 Birthday Alan Hardcastle, chairman, Lloyds Regulatory Board 1933 Birthday John Sparrow, CEO, British Horseracing Betting Levy Board 1933 Birthday Alan Devereux, CEO, Scottish Tourist Board 1933 Birthday Myrlie Evers-Williams, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works 1932 Birthday Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain 1932 Birthday Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board 1930 Birthday James Alan Ferman, secretary, British Board of Film Classification 1929 Birthday Ian Board, barkeeper 1929 Event Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City 1925 Event Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution 1925 Birthday Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board 1924 Death Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (England in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies 1922 Birthday Frank Price, CEO, British Waterways Board 1917 Event Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting 1915 Birthday Stephen Roberts, CEO, British Milk Marketing Board 1914 Birthday Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board 1914 Event Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 1905 Birthday Alexander Johnston, CEO, Board of Inland Revenue 1904 Birthday Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board 1896 Birthday Ewan Calague, economist/statistician, Social Security Board 1893 Event 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms 1882 Event Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) 1879 Event Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1872 Event California Stock Exchange Board organized 1868 Event 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California 1866 Event New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health 1865 Event Hawaiian Board of Education formed 1856 Event Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War 1855 Event Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 1854 Event Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board 1847 Event New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration 1831 Event Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle 1807 Event British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 1774 Event England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1503 Event Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
