2014 Event Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally, will retire in July and be replaced by Mark Fields; Mulally restored profitability and distinguished the company as the only Big Three automaker to refuse government bailouts during the 2008-2009 recession 2014 Event Eleven illegal gold miners are rescued from a collapsed shaft; the remaining men refuse to surface upon learning that the rescued men have been immediately arrested; over 200 miners may still remain in the shaft 1977 Event Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1956 Event U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1953 Event Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts) 1945 Event Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1944 Event Sweden announces intention to stay neutral and refuse sanctuary in WW II 1940 Event Governor of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees 1920 Event Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies 1765 Event People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax 1285 Event 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
