2015 Event UNESCO has added new sites to its World Heritage list, including the regions of Champagne and Burgundy in France, both Susa and the cultural setting of Maymand in Iran, and the Singapore Botanical Gardens, among others 1941 Birthday Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens 1937 Event World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily 1926 Event Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square 1799 Death William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 1779 Death John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 1746 Birthday William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine 1707 Birthday John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
