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2005
London is declared the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics
1994
Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham
1988
New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
1982
Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead
1981
Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles and Dodgers declared 1st champs
1972
Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified
1971
British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1970
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank
1969
John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ
1967
25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified
1966
Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
1964
San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark
1963
Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1954
Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared
1950
Independent republic of South Molukkas declared
1949
Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners
1949
Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
1945
All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid
1943
Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
1941
Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
1941
German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
1939
In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany
1939
New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead
1938
Nazi forces occupy western Czech and declared them German citizens
1936
Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1933
Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks
1930
Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
1921
Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire
1918
Hungarian People's Republic declared
1918
Russia declared a republic of Soviets
1917
Ukrainian Republic declared
1913
17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified
1912
Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA
1909
Joan of Arc declared a saint
1895
French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
1889
Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
1877
Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
1867
Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession
1862
Confederate Constitution and presidency are declared permanent
1861
Abraham Lincoln declared president
1859
South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth"
1849
Roman Republic declared
1848
King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared
1824
Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president
1815
Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic
1802
Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"
1789
3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
1766
Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1676
Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians
1622
Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint
1614
French king Louis XIII (13) declared an adult
1563
King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1556
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic
1536
Pope's authority declared void in England
1533
King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null and void
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