2015 Event Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, may be freed after the nation's high court overturned the sole remaining verdict against him for embezzling public funds; Mubarak has been serving his three-year prison term in a hospital due to poor health 2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revise food labels by providing realistic serving sizes, emphasizing calories and sugar amounts, and breaking down fat listings into 'good' and 'bad' fats 2011 Event Jacques Chirac, former President of France, is declared guilty of embezzlement and violating trust for filling non-existent jobs with party members while serving as Mayor of Paris 2010 Event The United Kingdom gives prisoners serving less than four years the right to vote 2010 Death Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92 2010 Event After serving twenty-one terms, U.S. Representative, Democrat, and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey, announces he will not run for re-election 1995 Event Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years 1994 Death Tushar Kanti Ghosh, longest serving newspaper editor, dies at 93 1991 Event Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 1990 Event James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months 1987 Event Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1970 Event RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin 1942 Event National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services 1898 Birthday Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world's oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor 1879 Event James Shields (D) elected U.S. senator from Missouri after previously serving as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota 1863 Event Orders barring Jews from serving under U.S. Grant are revoked 1862 Event U.S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him 1794 Event Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 1794 Event Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers
