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Closing


1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years

1993 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50

1992 Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62

1992 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores

1991 General Motors announces closing of 21 plants

1991 U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases

1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines

1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month

1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut

1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)

1896 Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)

1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton

1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement

1638 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues


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