2015 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station complete a tricky cable installation project to prepare for addition of docking ports; the ports will be able to receive manned commercial space capsules such as those launched by SpaceX and Boeing 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama vetoes the Keystone XL project, which would extend the existing Keystone pipeline and connect Canadian oil directly to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries; environmentalists claim the pipeline extension will add to climate change 2014 Event The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) project that Ebola cases could reach between 550,000 and 1.4 million by January if more isn't done to control spread of the disease; infections are doubling about every 3 weeks in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014 Event Lesotho has received funding from the World Bank to continue improving its water supply by enhancing the Metalong Dam and providing water to more areas; the project benefits around 30,000 residents 2014 Event The government of the U.K. has announced that it will put 11 million pounds into the funding of the Square Kilometer Array project, a radio telescope that will collect massive amounts of data from space, requiring immense computing resources 2014 Event Expansion plans for the Panama Canal are paused so Grupo Unidos por el Canal, the group behind the project, can seek more funding for the $3.2 billion project 2013 Event Researchers in Vietnam completed a two-year project to use nanotechnology to produce Nano Curcumin, a substance that can help treat cancer; the substance Curcumin has a low absorption rate and does not dissolve well in water 2013 Event The public learns about AT&T's The Hemisphere Project, which gives telephone call data to law enforcement agencies, including the DEA 2013 Event The release of 1.7 million U.S diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973-1976 when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State were released by Wikileaks; Julian Assange worked on the project inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London 2013 Event Lazarus Project scientists reveal that they successfully recovered frozen tissue from the 1970's and rejuvenated the cells of Rheobatrachus silus, a species of frog that has been extinct since 1983 2012 Event Mass protests take place in Tamil Nadu, India, as opposition to the Kudankulam nuclear power project grows 2011 Event In Peru, protests over a mining project persist in four provinces, causing the country to declare a state of emergency 2011 Event The IAEA releases a report stating Iran has performed activities relating to the development of a nuclear device, and that the project is likely still under way 2011 Event In Washington, D.C., thousands protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which would carry Alberta oil sands crude through six U.S. states to Gulf Coast refineries 2011 Event China asks Myanmar to protect Chinese corporate interests after Burma's President Thein Sein shut down the Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event After a rare public outcry, President Thein Sein of Burma decides to halt the controversial Myitsone Dam project 2010 Event Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and utilization project, announces its water levels have reached full capacity 2010 Event If trends in diet and exercise continue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project estimate 1 in 3 adult Americans will have diabetes by 2050 2003 Death Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 2000 Death Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82 1992 Event Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life) 1984 Event President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project 1973 Birthday Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway' 1970 Birthday Jennifer Rothschild, Rubin, actress, Judas Project 1969 Event USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings 1968 Birthday Christopher Collett, born in New York City, actor, Manhattan Project 1964 Event Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project 1964 Birthday Raphael Sbarge, actor, Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf 1963 Birthday Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor, My Science Project, Short Circuit 1963 Event Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1961 Event Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power 1960 Event Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center 1959 Event Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts 1959 Event NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1958 Event 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip 1958 Event U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury 1958 Event Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA 1957 Birthday Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author, Project Mankind 1957 Birthday Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008 1955 Event Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel 1954 Birthday Jeffrey Sachs, born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffrey David Sachs, economist, founder, co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance to end extreme poverty and hunger, Senior Advisor to the Global Poverty Project 1954 Event Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project 1953 Event Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 1953 Birthday Margaret L. Augustine, born in Buffalo, New York, project manager, Biosphere 2 1947 Birthday Jill Eikenberry, New Haven, Connecticut, Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project 1942 Birthday Paul Horowitz, New York City, physicist, META project, Sloan Award 1971-3 1942 Event Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen" 1935 Event W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City 1908 Birthday Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project 1907 Birthday Barbara Morrison, Weston-Super-Mare England, actress, Project Moonbase 1904 Birthday J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project 1902 Birthday Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project
