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2003 British consulate and bank bombed in Istanbul murdering 27
1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic 1997 Bank One Senior Golf Classic 1997 Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic 1996 Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic 1995 Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners 1995 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank 1995 Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic 1995 World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge 1995 Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist 1995 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC 1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism 1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48 1991 East-Europe Bank forms in London 1991 Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank 1990 5 Bank of Credit and Commerce members found guilty of money 1990 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering 1989 Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59 1988 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses 1988 Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO 1988 FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion 1988 Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank 1988 Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85 1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank 1987 Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank 1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1986 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes 1985 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain 1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen 1980 Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens 1980 Willie Sutton, U.S. bank robber, dies at 79 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1979 Patricia Hearst is released from a San Francisco prison for bank robbery 1978 Sun Bank Building opens 1978 Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter 1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million 1975 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF 1975 Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94 1973 M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44 1970 H G Hjalmar Schacht, President Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies 1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1969 Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed 1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated 1967 Robert McNamara elected president of World bank 1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank 1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London 1967 Nick Leeson, British banker, Baring bank 1963 Patti Berendt, born in San Diego, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Star Bank Classic-24th 1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank 1962 Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah Georgia, PGA golfer, 1986 Bank of Boston 1961 Timothy Geithner, born in Brooklyn, New York, United States Secretary of the Treasury, under President Barack Obama, served as President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, charged with directing financial crisis of December 2007 1961 Joan Delk, born in Tampa, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1995 First Bank Edina Realty-66th 1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) 1960 Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station 1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents 1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank 1957 Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67 1955 Lenore Rittenhouse, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, LPGA golfer, 1983 United Virginia Bank 1955 Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank) 1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized 1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1953 John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Martin Taylor, CEO, Barclays Bank 1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card 1950 Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 1950 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City 1949 Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79 1949 Dorus Vrede, Surinam poet, Otobanda; the Other Bank 1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, born in Massachusetts, bank robber, FBI most wanted 1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia 1946 W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67 1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years 1946 Bank of England nationalized 1946 Bank of England nationalized 1945 International Monetary Fund established - World Bank founded 1945 Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1944 Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank 1944 Belgium's Emissie bank closes 1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF and World Bank 1942 Wilbert Bank, actor and director, On Hope of Blessing 1942 Frank Bank, born in Hollywood California, actor, Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver 1941 300 Montgomery, San Francisco opens as new Bank of America HQ 1939 Terry Dill, Forth Worth, Texas, PGA golfer, 1992 Bank One Senior Classic 1939 Andrew Buxton, CEO, Barclays Bank 1938 Rives McBee, Denton, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 RJR Bank One Classic 1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a U.S. national bank 1937 Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 1937 1st blood bank forms (Chicago, Illinois) 1936 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America 1935 Willem Duisenberg, minister of Finance, PvdA, President, Nethche Bank 1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank 1935 Bank of Canada opens 1934 Maggis Lena Walker, 1st U.S. (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 1934 FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois 1934 Malcolm Gill, deputy head, Bank for International Settlements 1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporates 1934 Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, D.C. 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective 1933 Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday 1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks 1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe 1931 Peter Walters, CEO, Midland Bank 1930 Bank of the United States opens in New York City 1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America 1929 John Gutfreund, former CEO of investment bank, Salomon Brothers Inc., featured in book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 1927 Timothy Beven, CEO, Barclays Bank 1927 Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman, National Westminster Bank 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank 1926 Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank 1923 Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton, Illinois, banker, President of World Bank 1921 Donald Barron, CEO, Midland Bank 1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell 1920 Eric Yarrow, CEO, Clydesdale Bank 1920 John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1919 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) 1918 Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/president Netherlands Bank 1917 1st federal land bank chartered 1917 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), dies at 82 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank 1916 Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961 - 1968, head World Bank 1915 Seymour Egerton, CEO, Coutis Bank 1915 David Rockefeller, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1912 David Barran, CEO, Midland Bank, England 1911 U.S. postal savings bank inaugurated 1910 Laurance S Rockefeller, New York City, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1909 Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 1909 Clyde Barrow, bank robber, of Bonnie and Clyde fame 1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery 1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF 1907 Bank of San Francisco incorporated 1906 William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70 1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors 1904 [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles 1904 Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank 1904 Hugh Williams, actor and writer, Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday 1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank 1902 Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president, Netherlands Bank 1902 Arnold J d'Ailly, dir, Nederlandsche Bank, mayor, Amsterdam, 1946-56 1902 John Dillinger, U.S. bank robber, public enemy #1 1902 Kathryn Forbes, short story writer, mama's bank account 1901 Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies 1901 Hermann Abs, director, Deutsche Bank, Hitler's advisor 1898 Eugene R. Black, U.S., President of World Bank, 1953-62 1896 Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople 1893 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer and conductor (Bank Ban), dies at 82 1892 Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup 1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham 1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia 1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized 1880 Karel Paul van der Mandele, financier/director, Rotterdamsche Bank 1877 Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1876 Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested) 1874 Freedmen's Bank closes 1873 Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1872 Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) 1871 Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000) 1871 Jesse James and his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000 1870 Amedos Peter Giannine, born in San Jose, California, founded Bank of America 1868 Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin, Missouri, kills 1 1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000 1867 Maggie Mitchell Walker, 1st woman bank director/philanthropist 1867 Bank of California opens doors 1867 Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1867 Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead 1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) 1866 Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) 1865 Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java 1865 NV Suriname Bank established 1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens 1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia 1855 Andrew W. Mellon, founder, Mellon Bank, U.S. Secretary of Treasury 1850 John Munroe Longyear, U.S., capitalist/bank president 1848 1st commercial bank in San Francisco established 1847 Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman 1847 W R Pettiford, Founder, Alabama Penny Savings Bank 1839 Georg von Siemens, founder, Deutsche Bank 1834 Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank 1834 Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of U.S. 1832 President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US 1831 1st U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000) 1819 1st savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors 1817 2nd Bank of U.S. opens 1816 1st savings bank in U.S. opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) 1816 2nd Bank of U.S. chartered 1814 Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes 1814 Netherlands Bank established 1799 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 1793 Bank of England hands out 1st 5 pound note 1791 Bank of U.S. opens 1791 1st Bank of U.S. chartered 1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of U.S. 1st effective central bank 1782 1st U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia 1781 Bank of North America, 1st U.S. bank opens 1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 1781 Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia 1753 John Soane, English architect, Bank of England, Soane Museum 1732 Foundation laid for Bank of England 1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1694 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1661 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm 1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms |
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