2015 Event Australia's Liberal Party votes in Malcolm Turnbull to replace Tony Abbott as prime minister; Abbott had received majority backing from his party in a no-confidence vote just seven months ago 2014 Event Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, is nominated U.S. Attorney General to replace Eric Holder; Lynch must be confirmed before taking the position 2014 Event The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for developing the blue light-emitting diode (LED), which emits low-energy white light that can replace incandescents and mercury-containing fluorescents 2014 Event Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell is nominated to replace Kathleen Sebelius as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 2014 Event Doctors announce that a 3D-printed plastic skull was successfully used to replace part of a woman's real skull in an operation three months ago in the Dutch city of Utrecht 2013 Event U.S. President announces the nomination of Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary, to replace Timothy Geithner, who is stepping down from his post 2012 Event Hackers replace the homepage of the Euromillions lottery website with a passage from the Quran condemning gambling 2012 Event New Corporation announces its launch of 'The Sun on Sunday' to replace 'News of the World' which shut down due to a phone hacking controversy 2011 Event NASA reveals its Space Launch System plan, intended to replace the Space Shuttle program with its first flight scheduled for 2017 2011 Event The European Central BAnk appoints Italy's Mario Draghi as its new President, set to replace Jean-Claude Trichet on November 1 2010 Event Three Airbus A380 planes are grounded by Singapore Airlines in order to replace their Rolls Royce engines 1998 Event New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman 1997 Event RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads 1993 Event NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman 1991 Event NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992 1990 Event Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with General Manager Bobby Cox 1990 Event Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson 1990 Event Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers 1989 Event Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston 1988 Event New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 Event Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan 1986 Event Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly 1980 Event Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills 1980 Event Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes 1977 Event Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg 1975 Event Astros hire Bill Virdon to replace Preston Gomez as manager 1973 Event Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President 1968 Event Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins 1964 Event Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia 1964 Event Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Event USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights 1958 Event Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM 1957 Event NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants 1937 Event Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat 1908 Event Yankees replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost percentage of any Yankee manager 27-71 (.276)
