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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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