2015 Event The German government approves the Greek bailout deal, which was also approved by the Greek parliament earlier this week; German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that chaos would result if the deal did not go through 2015 Event Creditor nations agree to extend Greece's bailout program by four months as long as required economic reforms continue; new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had campaigned on reversing the reforms but now accepts the terms to avoid financial chaos 2001 Death Poul Anderson, writer, Operation Chaos, dies at 74 1998 Death Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1998 Death Jo Clayton, author, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1956 Birthday Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker, OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge 1913 Birthday Eliot Janeway, financial writer, Economics of Chaos