2015 Event Water pollution in Rio de Janeiro may pose health hazards to participants in the Summer 2016 Olympics; the World Health Organization has asked the International Olympic Committee to expand its list of tested substances to protect the athletes 2015 Event Pope Francis issues an encyclical, 'Laudato Si' (Praise Be), urging action to protect Earth from pollution and climate change; the document was issued with the intention of influencing the U.N. Climate Summit later this year 2015 Event Over 6 million people attend a Mass in Manila, Philippines given by Pope Francis, who encouraged followers to protect the young and promote peace 2014 Event Brazilian police distribute pamphlets to World Cup visitors with instructions on how to behave in the event of a robbery; the advice is meant to protect victims from injury or death during crime 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin bans cursing in creative works and media outlets, with fines on individuals and companies for using bad language; the stated purpose of the law is to protect Russian language and culture 2013 Event As part of an effort to protect human rights, China's CPC Central Committee announces a plan to abolish its 'reeducation through labor system' which began in the 1950s 2013 Event As part of its effort to protect America from an attack by North Korea, the U.S. invests $1 billion in ground-based missile interceptors on the West Coast 2011 Event Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, reveals it is impossible to protect Bangkok from flooding; calls the floods a 'national crisis' 2011 Event Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, calls for 1.2 million sandbags in an effort to protect Thai's capital from encroaching floods 2011 Event China asks Myanmar to protect Chinese corporate interests after Burma's President Thein Sein shut down the Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians 2011 Event Amid criticism from rebel fighters, NATO pledges to protect the besieged town of Misrata, Libya 2011 Event Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh orders the country's security forces to protect protesters 2011 Event China announces it may station troops in North Korea to protect its citizens and investment projects 1990 Event 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia 1941 Event U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1927 Event 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property 1896 Event Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens 1874 Event U.S. troops land in Honolulu to protect the king 1867 Event Grange organized to protect farm interests 1804 Event England mobilizes to protect against French invasion 1794 Event New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British 1676 Event Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians 1523 Death Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 1240 Death Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedariers (protect pregnant women), dies
