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2008 Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis
1999 The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames 1997 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund 1991 ABN and AMRO Dutch banks merge 1991 Banks reopen in liberated Kuwait 1985 Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers 1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) 1982 Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Tyra Banks, model/actress, Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager 1973 Tony Banks, quarterback for the St. Louis Rams 1973 Antonio Banks, cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings 1972 Shawn Banks, WLAF LB for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1971 Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach 1971 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines 1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run 1969 Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1965 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run off Curt Simmons 1964 Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago 1962 Carl Banks, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants 1961 Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1960 Cuba nationalizes U.S. banks 1959 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season 1954 Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory 1954 Iain Banks, Scottish Writer 1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player 1952 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 1951 Ron Banks, U.S. R&B singer, Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get 1950 Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis 1950 Peter Banks, rocker, Genesis 1946 Peter Sutherland, CEO, Allied Irish Banks 1946 Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel 1945 British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 1943 Tony Banks, English politician, Lab 1941 Homer Banks, U.S. singer and songwriter, Be What You Are 1940 Russell Banks, American Author 1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete 1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks 1932 Dennis Banks, American Educator 1931 Ernie Banks, Mr Cub - Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer, 1st baseman 1926 Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies 1926 Run on Belgian banks 1915 Harry Banks, English Soldier 1896 Harry Banks, English Soldier 1895 Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist, Extra-Sensory Perception 1890 Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours 1881 George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1873 Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1861 US, banks stops payments in gold 1861 British Post Office Savings Banks opens 1821 George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1820 Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 1816 Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Major General Union volunteers 1789 1st loan to U.S. Government (from New York City banks) |
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