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2008 Event - Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis
1999 Event - The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames 1997 Event - 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund 1991 Event - ABN and AMRO Dutch banks merge 1991 Event - Banks reopen in liberated Kuwait 1985 Event - Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers 1982 Event - Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) 1982 Event - Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks 1981 Event - Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1977 Event - Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Birthday - Tyra Banks, model/actress, Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1973 Event - Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager 1973 Birthday - Tony Banks, quarterback for the St. Louis Rams 1973 Birthday - Antonio Banks, cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings 1972 Birthday - Shawn Banks, WLAF LB for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1971 Event - Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach 1971 Event - Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines 1970 Event - Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run 1969 Birthday - Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1965 Event - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run off Curt Simmons 1964 Event - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago 1962 Birthday - Carl Banks, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants 1961 Event - Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1961 Event - Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1960 Event - Cuba nationalizes U.S. banks 1959 Event - Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1955 Event - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season 1954 Birthday - Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory 1954 Birthday - Iain Banks, Scottish Writer 1953 Event - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league home run 1953 Event - Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player 1952 Death - Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 1951 Birthday - Ron Banks, U.S. R&B singer, Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get 1950 Birthday - Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis 1947 Birthday - Peter Banks, born in Barnet, London, bassist, rocker, played with the progressive rock band Yes 1946 Birthday - Peter Sutherland, CEO, Allied Irish Banks 1946 Birthday - Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel 1945 Event - British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 1943 Birthday - Tony Banks, English politician, Lab 1941 Birthday - Homer Banks, U.S. singer and songwriter, Be What You Are 1940 Birthday - Russell Banks, American Author 1937 Birthday - Gordon Banks, English Athlete 1933 Event - Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks 1932 Birthday - Dennis Banks, American Educator 1931 Birthday - Ernie Banks, Mr Cub - Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer, 1st baseman 1926 Death - Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies 1926 Event - Run on Belgian banks 1915 Death - Harry Banks, English Soldier 1896 Birthday - Harry Banks, English Soldier 1895 Birthday - Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist, Extra-Sensory Perception 1890 Birthday - Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours 1881 Death - George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1873 Event - Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1861 Event - US, banks stops payments in gold 1861 Event - British Post Office Savings Banks opens 1821 Birthday - George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1820 Death - Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 1816 Birthday - Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Major General Union volunteers 1789 Event - 1st loan to U.S. Government (from New York City banks) |
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