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2013 Event - The sixth straight quarter of recession is announced by the Eurozone; Germany reports weak growth and negative growth is recorded in Spain, Italy and France

2013 Event - Founder Michael Dell leads a consortium that announced plans to take Dell private with a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal - the largest buyout seen since the recession

2013 Event - At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England

2013 Event - Plans for Euro 2020 are announced by the UEFA; the football championship is to be held in 13 cities in 13 different European countries

2012 Event - In Haiti, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced plans to pay for a new education fund with a new 'sin' tax on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling

2012 Event - King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army

2012 Event - The discovery of the fifth moon of Pluto, S/2012 P 1, is announced by astronomers

2012 Event - BMP7 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7), a potential therapeutic utility for recurrent metastatic disease, is announced as the Molecule of the Year 2011

2012 Event - After Simon Bolivar's U.K. concert, featuring Venezuela's premier youth orchestra sells out eight months in advance, it is announced that the concert will be live-streamed on June 23rd and 26th, 2012

2011 Event - North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, dies; Kim Jong-un is announced as his father's successor

2011 Event - Release dates and titles for two films based on 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkein are announced

2011 Event - Tornadoes hit Joplin, Missouri, and a state of emergency is declared; more tornadoes hit Minneapolis, Minnesota and warnings are announced in states from Texas to Michigan

2011 Event - After no-fly zone was imposed on Libya, its government announced a ceasefire, which it immediately violated, killing 25 civilians in Misrata

2010 Event - The engagement of Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips to Mike Tindall, a Rugby Union player, is announced

2010 Event - The first ever HIV infection is announced in the Cook Islands

2010 Event - Results from the Afghan parliamentary election are announced since September balloting

2010 Event - Plans to build 625 more homes in close to the West Bank, adjacent to Arab East Jerusalem, were announced

2010 Event - A free trade accord between India and Malaysia is announced; it would become effective July 2011

2010 Event - Mario Vargas Llosa is announced the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature

2010 Event - The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year

1997 Event - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"

1996 Event - Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins

1994 Event - 1st roster of Silver Bullets, all-female pro baseball team, announced

1994 Event - It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark

1993 Event - Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire

1992 Event - Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0

1991 Event - A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest

1990 Event - East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3

1988 Event - Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan

1986 Event - Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland

1986 Event - Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal)

1985 Event - Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced

1985 Event - Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula

1984 Event - Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down

1983 Event - U.S. announced withdrawal from UNESCO

1982 Event - Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut

1982 Event - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut

1981 Event - Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced

1980 Event - World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated

1978 Event - French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%)

1978 Event - At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees

1978 Event - James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced

1978 Event - Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced

1975 Event - Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Republican nomination for president

1975 Event - Disney EPCOT Center, Florida, plans announced

1975 Event - President Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for president

1971 Event - Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced

1970 Event - 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945

1969 Event - Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard

1968 Event - 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)

1968 Event - Discovery of 1st pulsar announced

1967 Event - Formation of American Basketball Association is announced

1964 Event - Plans for World Trade Center announced (New York City)

1959 Event - AFL announced with 8 teams

1959 Event - 10 nation soccer league to play all games on New York Randalls Is, announced

1957 Event - Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced

1957 Event - Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced

1955 Event - 1st virus crystallized (announced)

1955 Event - Element 101, Mendelevium, announced

1955 Event - 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced

1954 Event - Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced

1951 Event - 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced

1950 Event - Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey

1950 Event - Element 98 (Californium) announced

1948 Event - U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite

1948 Event - Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs

1947 Event - BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire in Akron, Ohio

1945 Event - Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada

1944 Event - 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store

1940 Event - Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced

1939 Event - Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

1937 Event - Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)

1935 Event - 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York

1933 Event - 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair

1932 Event - Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced

1931 Event - Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey

1922 Birthday - Ursula Howells, London, actress, Girly, Murder is Announced

1912 Event - Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick

1903 Event - New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced

1894 Event - Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris

1839 Event - Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science

1820 Event - U.S. population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))

1776 Event - Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette"

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