2014 Event U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urges Congress to increase the debt ceiling because the U.S government debt is expected to hit $17.2 trillion soon 2013 Event A small pyrotechnics show ignited foram sound insulating material in the ceiling of Kiss, a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil's city of Santa Maria, killing 237 partygoers and injuring 169 others 2011 Event President Obama signs legislation to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, narrowly averting the debt ceiling crisis 2011 Event The U.S. Senate fails to pass legislation lifting the debt ceiling; compromise talks continue 2011 Event The U.S. House of Representatives votes to increase the debt ceiling; the Senate rejects the measure 1994 Event All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced 1984 Event Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) 1974 Death Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at 72 1965 Event At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1909 Birthday Isabel Jewell, born in Shoshone, Wyoming, actress, Ceiling Zero, Arousers 1512 Event Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, 1st exhibited
