2015 Event The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to reduce greenhouse gases from oil and gas operations, proposing a rule to cut methane emissions from these sources by 40 to 45 percent of 2012 baseline levels over the next 10 years 2015 Event CVS Health will pay $1.6 billion to take over the pharmacy and clinic business of Target; CVS will continue existing operations within the Target stores 2014 Event Samsung temporarily suspends operations with supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co after allegations of child labor; Samsung is conducting an investigation 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2013 Event A partial shutdown of government agencies occurs after the U.S. House and Senate files to agree on a spending bill to keep government operations running 2013 Event NASA reveals the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR), a lunar mining robot which could be used to produce fuel and water directly on the Moon 2012 Event Hostess Brands reveals its plan to file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets, claiming contract disputes from the bakery's union worker strike crippled its operations; about 18,500 workers will be laid off 2012 Event Japanese automakers announce plans to cut output in China; they announce plans to suspend operations in the country until after National Day 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2011 Event Libya's military operations are now under the NATO control 2010 Event The World Food Programme announces it will suspend operations in Somalia due to increased instability in the region 2003 Event President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 1996 Death Jeremy Boorda, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, dies of suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Washington, D.C. 1996 Death Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94 1991 Event Pan American World Airways ceased operations 1984 Event EAA moves operations to Oshkosh 1971 Event Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1970 Event John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations 1965 Event Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao 1964 Event 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) 1963 Event CIA Domestic Operations Division created 1956 Death Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77 1954 Event IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour 1952 Event Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1948 Event National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time 1947 Event Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1944 Event Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1943 Event Molotov-Eden-Cordell Hull accord over operations at UN 1943 Event Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1942 Event Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp 1939 Event NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight 1938 Birthday Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1905 Event Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1901 Birthday Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War 1891 Event Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland 1878 Birthday Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1877 Event 1st U.S. municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations 1870 Event U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) 1853 Event 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations 1826 Event Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in U.S.) begins operations
