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 In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen]
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 PM 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 mgr 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 HR (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 HR
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
1951 Tony Banks, rocker
1950 Tony Banks, rock keyboardist, Genesis-Against All Odds
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, Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1894
1789 1st loan to U.S. Government (from New York City banks)
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