2014 Event Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack 2014 Event Hospitals are beginning to use genetic profiling of tumors in order to identify the most effective treatments for various cancers; tumor genetics is thought to be of greater significance than the place of origin in the body 2014 Event Scientists using the BICEP2 telescope identify evidence for cosmic inflation; if confirmed, this evidence will provide support for the Big Bang Theory of the origin of the universe 1961 Birthday Richard Allen Garriott, born in Cambridge, England, computer game designer, Origin 1947 Birthday Peter Weller, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, actor, Robocop, Of Unknown Origin 1930 Birthday Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1923 Event Origin of Brown lunation numbers 1894 Event 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault 1882 Death Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist, Origin of Species', dies at 73 1873 Event Origin of Japanese Era 1859 Event Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" 1858 Event Origin of Modified Julian Period 1853 Event Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun 1844 Event Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) 1809 Birthday Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution, 'Origin of Species' 1792 Event Origin of French Republican Era 1780 Birthday Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, Esprit, origin et progres 1556 Event Origin of Fasli Era (India) 1178 Event Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno 632 Event Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era 622 Event Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH) 552 Event Origin of Armenian calendar 295 Event Origin of Era of Ascension 284 Event Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) 78 Event Origin of Saka Era (India) 1 Event Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
