2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2014 Event Legislators in California pass a ban on disposable plastic grocery bags; if approved by Governor Jerry Brown, the ban will be the first implemented across a state, though many cities across the U.S. already have such bans in place 2013 Event The 1998 QE2, an asteroid measuring nearly 1.7 miles across, and its moon, pass within 3.6 million miles of the earth 2011 Event The U.S. Senate fails to pass legislation lifting the debt ceiling; compromise talks continue 2011 Event Leaders from the G8 pass the issue of military intervention in Libya onto the United Nations Security Council 2011 Event Lawmakers successfully pass the vote to remove nearly all collective bargaining from Wisconsin state employees 2010 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is granted temporary powers to pass laws by decree, negating any required review or support from the National Assembly 2010 Event Despite concern from the opposition, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declares he will pass laws by decree for the next six to eighteen months 2010 Event Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week 2009 Event Slovenia agrees to allow Russia's South Stream gas pipeline to Europe pass through their country 1997 Event For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion 1995 Event Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass 1994 Death Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass), dies at 83 1994 Event SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass 1994 Event Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader 1994 Death Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65 1992 Event New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games 1990 Event U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass 1989 Event Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions 1989 Event Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass 1988 Event CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception 1987 Event Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass 1985 Event Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker 1984 Event Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1982 Event Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions 1981 Event Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts 1980 Event Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24 1979 Event Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow 1975 Event "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass 1975 Event House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill 1971 Event 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6 1970 Event George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Event George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1969 Event NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each 1968 Event 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8 1968 Event 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins 1966 Event New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 1966 Death Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37 1965 Event Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954 - 1965) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team 1963 Event Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By" 1962 Event New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) 1962 Death Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70 1960 Event Cowboy quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2") 1959 Event Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 1956 Event South African women demonstrate against pass laws 1954 Event -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record) 1951 Event NFL rules tackles, guards and centers ineligible for forward pass 1948 Event New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions 1947 Event -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) 1947 Event 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1943 Event Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass" 1943 Event Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia 1943 Event German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia 1941 Birthday Diane McBain, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass 1940 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps 1931 Event A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4 1931 Event Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass 1930 Birthday Big Bopper, JP Richardson, Sabine Pass, Texas, vocalist, Chantiily Lace 1929 Event 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton 1929 Birthday Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist 1923 Birthday Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973 1916 Birthday John Slater, born in London, England, actor, Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass 1913 Event Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively 1910 Birthday Dennis Morgan, actor, Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront 1910 Event Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch 1910 Event Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass 1910 Event 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1906 Event 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) 1906 Event Football rules committee legalizes forward pass 1892 Birthday Roscoe Ates, Grange Mississippi, actor, Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass 1881 Event California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation 1863 Event Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces 1863 Event Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass 1862 Event Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) 1854 Birthday Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist, Pass the Bile 1846 Event Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 1835 Event Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass 1835 Event Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass 1774 Event Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence
