2014 Event Italian officials announce that many of the country's public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country's debt; plans to sell part of the nation's air traffic control and postal services have already been approved 2013 Event In the U.S., record snowfall leaves hundreds of thousands without power; Dallas-Fort Worth experiences an ice storm causing traffic accidents, power outages and airport delays 2011 Event Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic 2011 Event The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports 32,788 traffic deaths; the lowest number of deaths since 1949 2010 Event Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway 2009 Event Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson's death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief 2007 Death David Halberstam, dies in California, in a traffic crash, at 73 1995 Death Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American), dies at 75 1992 Death Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies 1992 Death Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch Minister of traffic and water, dies at 77 1991 Event New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced 1990 Death Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44 1988 Event Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years 1986 Death Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes 1984 Death Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident 1983 Death Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39 1981 Event Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified 1981 Event President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers 1981 Event 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1980 Event Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France 1963 Event At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck 1961 Event East Germany limits traffic to West Berlin 1959 Birthday Nancy Remy, reporter, New York City's Shadow Traffic 1957 Event Suez canal reopens for all traffic 1955 Event Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic 1950 Birthday Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic, VVD 1949 Event Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 1947 Event Maine Turnpike opens to traffic 1945 Birthday Rick Grech, Bordeaux France, rock bassist, Blind Faith, Traffic 1944 Birthday Chris Wood, rocker, Traffic 1944 Birthday Jim Capaldi, rocker, Traffic 1943 Birthday JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister, 19..-94 1941 Birthday Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician, VVD, minister of Traffic 1940 Event New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic 1937 Event Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic 1937 Event Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic 1936 Event 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin 1933 Event University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic 1930 Event 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City) 1929 Event SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system 1927 Event Gdanks and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor 1926 Event Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus 1925 Event 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic 1923 Event Garrett Morgan invents and patents traffic signal 1922 Birthday Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist 1920 Birthday Eiji Okada, actor, Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American 1915 Birthday Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water 1914 Event 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland 1912 Event Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer 1908 Birthday Jacques Tatischeff, born in La Pecq, France, director, Traffic, Playtime 1906 Event Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic 1894 Event Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic 1883 Event Chicago's "El" opens to traffic 1852 Event Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1842 Event 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn 1831 Event London Bridge opens to traffic 1791 Event New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1741 Event Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms
