2014 Event Bruce Levenson will sell his stake in the Atlanta Hawks after stating earlier this week that he sent a racially biased email two years ago; Levenson is freely following the path of Don Sterling, who was forced to sell the Clippers for similar reasons 2014 Event Sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer has gone through, despite attempts by former owner Donald Sterling to stop the transaction; Sterling was forced to sell after being banned from the NBA for his racist remarks 2014 Event Donald Sterling, the L.A. Clippers owner banned from the NBA after making racist remarks, has dropped a lawsuit fighting the forced sale of the team; the pending sale to former Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer must now be approved by the NBA 2014 Event The NBA names business executive Dick Parsons as acting CEO of the L.A. Clippers; owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from contact with the Clippers or the NBA after he made racist remarks; the NBA plans to attempt a forced sale of the team 2013 Event German authorities are forced to evacuate 10 villages as heavy rains swell the Elbe River, breaching its banks 2013 Event Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally apologizes to people affected by forced adoptions during the 1950s through 1970s 2013 Event Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes 2012 Event A dense fog near Beaumont, Texas, causes a a 100-vehicle pileup , leaving 120 people injured and 2 killed; the incident forced the Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to close in both directions 2010 Event Northern Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army is accused of abduction and forced recruitment of 697 people in the past year and a half 1991 Event Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush 1990 Event George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of New York Yankees 1984 Event Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members 1975 Birthday Aron Ralston, born in America, mountain climber, motivational speaker, forced to amputate his right arm to free and save himself, when trapped by a boulder in Utah 1971 Event Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army 1962 Event U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1950 Event South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions 1947 Event King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne 1945 Event LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close 1944 Event 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor 1943 Event Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1942 Event Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France 1942 Event Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars 1939 Event Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service 1939 Event Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany 1938 Event Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David 1934 Birthday Josef Sommer, born in Germany, actor, Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March 1931 Event Chilean president Carlos Ibanez forced out 1929 Event Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign 1918 Event Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line 1879 Event Afghan's emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign 1835 Event After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R 1805 Event Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute 1793 Event France ends forced worship of God 1743 Death Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian/France composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 1633 Event Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) 1633 Event Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 1567 Event Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland 1526 Event Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 1478 Death Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel 1328 Event William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
