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