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2007 Art Buchwald, dies at 74, posts his video obituary in which he declared, "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died."
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, Yankees, 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 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 Czechoslovakia 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 Captain 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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