2014 Event Private car scheduling service Uber has been meeting with opposition as it rapidly expands into cities around the world; complaints range from insufficient driver background checks to violation of rules protecting existing transportation services 2014 Event NASA awakens its New Horizons craft from hibernation for the last time; the vessel was launched 9 years ago to travel over 3 billion miles to Pluto and will be within range to begin data collection on the planet in January 2015 2013 Event In retaliation for recently approved U.N. sanctions, generals in North Korea claim they are aiming their long range missiles at the U.S. mainland 2012 Event The launch of a space satellite into space by North Korea is disputed by South Korean defense ministry, who claim it was a disguised test of a 10,000 km range missile 2011 Event Due to a range of safety concerns, all Tiger Airways flights in Australia are grounded until July 9th by the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority 1991 Event Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact 1989 Death Jock Mahoney, actor (Dallas, Cow Town, Range Rider), dies at 70 1987 Event President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles 1987 Event U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles 1973 Death Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 1966 Death Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 1956 Event A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') 1955 Birthday Diamanda Galas, born America, composer, musician, politically charged performance artist, keyboardist, singer, has a voice range of three and a half octaves 1949 Event Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral 1945 Event U.S. B-17's bombs range at Luneburg 1944 Event British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy 1942 Birthday Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer, Home on the Range 1910 Event 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1891 Birthday Max Terhune, actor, Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice 1874 Birthday Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor, Phantom ofthe Range 1859 Event George Simpson patents electric range 1492 Event Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas 1492 Event Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
