2015 Event The human trafficking crisis continues in the Mediterranean, as approximately 7,000 migrants are rescued from 34 vessels intercepted over the last few days 2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event Palestine will be officially recognized as a sovereign state by the new government of Sweden; though the U.N. General Assembly supported such recognition two years ago, few nations have officially extended this recognition 2014 Event Coca Cola Company announces that it plans to reduce its costs by $1 billion over the next few years in an effort to counteract slowing demand 2013 Event A new study reports that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years; researchers believe it's likely that everyone in the world is related over the past few thousand years 2009 Event Panic ensues when an earthquake strikes off the Bali coast in Indonesia, causing few injuries and little material damage 2004 Death Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114 1991 Event "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1989 Event "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Event Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor, Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men 1940 Event British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1927 Birthday Richard Johnson, actor, Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door 1925 Birthday Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor, For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York 1492 Event Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
