2012 Event In a gesture to honor North Korean founder Kim II-Sung's birthday in April, North Korea plans to launch a new satellite that reportedly will be used to study crops and natural resources 2010 Event More than 5,000 people lose their homes and crops when the Niger River bursts its banks 1931 Event Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops 1639 Event Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
