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1988 Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65
1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief 1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock" 1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 1935 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers 1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1925 Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1923 Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Organization, 1955-79 1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party 1912 Hendrik Koekoek, Dutch MP, Farmers Party 1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt 1899 Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade 1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1899 Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten 1871 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party 1798 Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt 1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! 1787 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails 1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1625 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria 1525 Battle at Boblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers 1328 Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers 1328 Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle |
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