2015 Event Pope Francis continues Catholic reforms by changing the marriage annulment process to make it faster and less expensive; earlier this month, the pope also declared that priests may forgive the sin of abortion during next year's Year of Mercy 2014 Event Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree to an election vote recount to settle allegations of fraud after Ghani was declared the winner; the process could take weeks, requiring the inauguration ceremony to be postponed 2013 Event Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2013 Event More than 100 Catholic cardinals meet in Rome, Italy, to begin the process of selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2012 Event Scientists reveal new research identifying a mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is pulled deep into the Southern Ocean, and locked away; scientists claim this process may be threatened by global warming 2012 Event The United Kingdom's government announces it will introduce a consultation process on internet measures which require online users to opt-in if they want to view adult content 2010 Event In the U.S., Senators from the Republican Party adopt a bill to ban earmarks, a process of setting aside money in bills for specific purposes specified by legislators 1994 Event U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees 1993 Death John Grossman, Czechoslovakian director (Process, Revisor), dies 1952 Event 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced 1951 Event 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated 1913 Event William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum 1897 Birthday Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher, Process of Civilization 1886 Event Aluminum manufacturing process developed 1884 Event Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz 1880 Event A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil 1868 Event Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process 1864 Birthday Carl Ethan Akeley, U.S., naturalist, devoleped animal mount process 1863 Event Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1860 Birthday Will Keith Kellogg, born in America, vegetarian, founder of Kellogg Company, pioneered process of making flaked cereal, promoted corn flakes as a healthy breakfast cereal 1855 Event Bessemer steelmaking process patented 1840 Event Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process 1839 Event Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris 1839 Event Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science 1803 Birthday John Gorrie, inventor, cold-air process of refrigeration 1800 Birthday Charles Goodyear, inventor, vulcanization process for rubber 1790 Event 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1776 Birthday Henri Dutrochet, discovered and named process of osmosis
