2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2015 Event Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi gains parliamentary approval for his proposed reforms to fight corruption and reduce government spending; the measures include eliminating certain government positions and reexamining closed corruption cases 2014 Event Hong Kong government offices remain closed as protesters continue to demand resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and an end to selection of Hong Kong candidates by the Chinese government 2014 Event Businessman Petro Poroshenko wins the Ukraine's presidential election; election turnout was strong despite the nation's internal conflicts with separatist groups, who kept many voting locations closed in the eastern part of the country 2013 Event Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2012 Event Lebanon passes a ban prohibiting smoking in closed public places 2012 Event After two decades of being closed due to civil war, the Somali National Theater reopens in Mogadishu 1993 Death Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78 1990 Event Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far 1982 Event Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm 1975 Event Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal, closed since 1967 1968 Event Resurrection City in Washington D.C. closed permanently 1963 Event Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed 1962 Event Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected 1962 Event Southern University closed due to demonstrations 1957 Event Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed 1954 Event Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed 1952 Event 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1949 Event Chinatown telephone exchange closed 1945 Birthday Mark J. Green, born in Brooklyn, New York, lawyer and author, Closed Enterprise System 1944 Event Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees 1943 Event Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed 1932 Birthday Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt, Arkansas, vocalist, Behind Closed Doors 1932 Event Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) 1896 Event Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 1884 Event London prison for debtors closed 1774 Event Boston Port Bill, British government orders Port of Boston closed 1732 Event Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual 1598 Event London's head office of Hanze closed
