2015 Event G.M. will pay $900 million and will undergo compliance monitoring to settle charges that it knew about faulty ignition switches in certain autos for years but neither reported nor fixed the problem; over 120 people died in crashes as a result 2015 Event Nike and distributor Apple settle a consumer lawsuit over false advertising for the Nike FuelBand; Nike claimed that the band could accurately track a user's health, but the device was not capable of performing the advertised functions 2014 Event Flight schedules will return to normal at Air France by September 30th after the pilots' union agreed to end a strike that began on September 15th; negotiations to settle contested issues are still ongoing 2014 Event Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree to an election vote recount to settle allegations of fraud after Ghani was declared the winner; the process could take weeks, requiring the inauguration ceremony to be postponed 2013 Event Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces a plan to help settle Papua New Guinea asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat 2013 Event Google agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit, paying a $7 million fine over its handling of wireless data from early 2008 until the spring of 2010 2012 Event Toyota Motor Corporation agrees to pay $1 billion to settle over a dozen lawsuits related to sudden acceleration 2012 Event Yahoo and Facebook agree to settle a patent dispute, dropping lawsuits against each other and now forming an advertising and content-sharing alliance that expands an existing partnership between the two companies 2011 Event Australia's Qantas airlines and its unions are ordered to settle their industrial dispute within 21 days 2010 Event President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 1997 Event Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them 1997 Event Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit 1997 Event Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement 1997 Event Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits 1992 Event Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit 1992 Event IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M) 1980 Event Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute 1912 Event Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 1877 Event Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas 1847 Event Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore 1822 Event Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa 1821 Event Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas 1794 Event Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev 1749 Event George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley 1628 Event Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle 1504 Event Settle engagement of Karel of Luxembourg and Claudia the Beaujeu
