2015 Event A memorial to the 40 people aboard Flight 93 opens in Shawshank, Pennsylvania, U.S.; terrorists hijacked the flight on September 11, 2001, but passengers rushed the cockpit, crashing the flight and averting the intended attack on the U.S. Capitol 2015 Event The Confederate flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol grounds after the state government enacted a law to permanently remove it; the flag, part of U.S. Civil War history, is viewed by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event A rally calling for removal of the Confederate flag forms at the capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina in response to a shooting earlier this week of nine African-Americans by white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2011 Event In Santiago, the Chilean capitol, tens of thousands of students protest for increased education expenditure 2011 Event In Libya's capitol of Tripoli, Muammar Gaddafi calls on NATO to stop its bombing campaign or else European homes offices and families will be targeted 2011 Event Wisconsin AFL-CIO assemble hundreds of union supporters claiming they will risk arrest to prevent police from clearing the Wisconsin State Capitol building 1997 Death Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66 1987 Event Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1983 Event Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1982 Event Soap opera "Capitol" premieres 1980 Event Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks 1971 Event Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C. 1965 Event Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales) 1965 Event Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama 1960 Birthday Leslie Graves, Silver City, New Mexico, actress, Capitol 1959 Birthday Todd Curtis, actor, Capitol, Skip-Young and Restless 1955 Birthday Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital 1954 Event "Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol 1954 Birthday Catherine Hickland, Ft. Lauderdale, actress, Capitol, Star Trek IV 1952 Event "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York City 1942 Event Capitol Record Co. opens for business 1940 Birthday Julie Parrish, Middlesboro, Kentucky, actress, Good Morning World, Capitol 1939 Event "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY 1935 Death Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building 1935 Event 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol 1933 Birthday Constance Towers, actress, Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss 1922 Birthday Rory Calhoun, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, 'Capitol', 'Motel Hell', 'The Texan' 1922 Event 1st airplane lands at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. 1894 Event Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol 1864 Event Statuary Hall in U.S. Capitol forms 1823 Birthday Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol 1802 Event Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1800 Event Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building 1793 Event President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building 1764 Birthday Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol 1759 Birthday William Thornton, architect, Capitol building, Washington D.C.
