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1998 State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1997 Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales 1997 Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic 1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1995 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 1994 Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1994 Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85 1993 Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1993 Cesar Chavez, U.S. farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66 1992 Erie Sailors (Florida Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13 1992 Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic 1992 Farm Aid V 1991 Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies 1991 Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy 1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic 1990 Farm Aid IV concert 1990 Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92 1988 Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96 1987 New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 1985 Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert 1983 New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team 1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1974 Wings release "Junior's Farm" 1972 Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney's farm 1972 Leta Lindley, born in Phoenix, Arizona, LPGA golfer, 1995 State Farm Rail-3rd 1971 Helen Dobson, Skegness England, golfer, 1993 State Farm Rail Classic 1970 Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer, 95 State Farm Rail Classic-11 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1966 Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85 1959 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens 1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus 1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base 1950 George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 1948 4 Duluth Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in crash 1946 George Orwell published "Animal Farm" 1945 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm 1945 Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm 1938 Henry Schultz, U.S. farm commune, dies 1934 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated 1933 Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized 1933 Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress, Cold Comfort Farm 1933 U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized 1929 Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen 1927 Cesar Chavez, born in Yuma, Arizona, farm labor leader, United Farm Workers 1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in U.S. (Los Angeles California) 1918 Dwayne Andreas, born in Worthington, Minnesota, called the 'Soybean King', CEO of Archer Daniels Midland - ADM, largest producer of farm commodities in the U.S. for over 30 years 1914 Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra 1913 Shirley Ross, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Cafe Society, Prison Farm 1909 Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1909 Stojan T. Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer, A Farm 1903 George Orwell, British writer, Animal Farm, 1984 1902 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author, Cold Comfort Farm 1893 Henry Schultz, U.S., farm commune leader 1880 Eugene O'Brien, Boulder, Ohio, actor, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1868 Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian, Frisian Clay Farm 1867 Grange organized to protect farm interests 1864 Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church) 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) 1863 Battle of Payne's Farm, VA 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm) 1862 Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583 1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia 1862 Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp Virginia (Frayser's Farm) 1862 Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1845 John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde 1801 Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm 1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga 1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking |
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