2014 Event U.S. Southern states of Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina experience a mix of snow and ice, declaring emergencies as over 3,400 flights are cancelled; temperatures dip 10 to 20 degrees below normal 2009 Event Kosovo holds its first local election since declaring independence from Serbia 1976 Event U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979 - Year of Child 1973 Event Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers 1960 Event Senegal breaks from Mali federation, declaring independence 1889 Event Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL 1861 Event Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy 1652 Event Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
