2015 Event Greek voters reject austerity terms of the bailout proposed by the E.U., the I.M.F. and the European Central Bank, leaving open the possibility of the expulsion of Greece from the eurozone 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 Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans held in North Korea for crimes against the state, has been released; Fowle was accused of leaving a Bible in a club for mariners 2014 Event Category 3-strength Hurricane Odile makes landfall near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, destroying property and leaving many residents without electricity or potable water; the storm is expected to weaken to a tropical storm overnight as it continues north 2014 Event By court order, student athletes can now profit from commercial use of their names and images; NCAA had previously retained all revenues from such deals, but students will now have profits placed in trust funds to be received upon leaving school 2014 Event Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2014 Event A partial solar eclipse takes place, only viewable from certain regions of Australia and Antarctica; the annular eclipse was formed as the moon blocked out the center of the sun, leaving a ring of solar rays 2013 Event As long-term federal unemployment benefits expire, leaving 1.3 million unemployed Americans without aid, lawmakers discuss bipartisan legislation to extend unemployment benefits 2013 Event Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is receiving care for a lung infection that has worsened, leaving him in critical condition 2013 Event Bush fires burn out of control in Tasmania, Australia, leaving thousands stranded 2012 Event A dense fog near Beaumont, Texas, causes a a 100-vehicle pileup , leaving 120 people injured and 2 killed; the incident forced the Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to close in both directions 2012 Event Typhoon Bolaven hits South Korea. leaving at least four Chinese fishermen dead and another twelve missing 2012 Event Twenty inches of rainfall in Escambia County, Florida damages roadways and bridges, and leaving parts of the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama under water 2012 Event The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors 2012 Event The last nuclear reactor in Japan is shut down, leaving the country without nuclear power since 1970 2011 Event Former Cuban President Fidel Castro makes his first appearance outside of Havana since leaving office in 2006, visiting a mausoleum in Artemisa 2011 Event A large dust storm strikes Phoenix, Arizona, leaving thousands without power and grounding flights at the Phoenix Airport 2011 Event Aftershocks from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand, leaving tens of thousands without power 2010 Event Bronislaw Komorowski becomes Acting President of Poland after a plane carrying President Lech Kaczynski and top Polish officials crashes, leaving no survivors 1992 Event Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game 1991 Event Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt 1991 Event U.S. insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST 1983 Event New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands 1971 Event New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975 1969 Event Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1 1969 Event Joe Pepitone quits Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench 1969 Event Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1968 Event Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co" 1966 Event Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again 1963 Death Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents 1962 Event Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa 1940 Event Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1939 Birthday Eddie Holland, U.S. singer and songwriter, Jamie, Leaving Here 1926 Event U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933 1919 Event President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed 1896 Event Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless 1862 Birthday Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory
