2015 Event UNESCO has added new sites to its World Heritage list, including the regions of Champagne and Burgundy in France, both Susa and the cultural setting of Maymand in Iran, and the Singapore Botanical Gardens, among others 2011 Event Over half a million people participate in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back gardens 1995 Event Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics) 1995 Event Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 1977 Death William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1948 Birthday Michael Houlihan, director, Horniman Museum and Gardens 1941 Birthday Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens 1940 Event Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat and Skyline in SF 1931 Event Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1 1928 Event Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 1926 Birthday Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens 1915 Birthday William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1881 Birthday Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spain, poet, Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956 1873 Event Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens 1867 Event City Gardens on Folsom opens 1866 Event Woodward's Gardens opens to public 1864 Event Battle of Fair Gardens, TN 1828 Event Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens 1800 Event Mount Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in U.S. 1793 Death William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 1785 Birthday William J Hooker, English botanist/director, Kew Gardens 1779 Death John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 1707 Birthday John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
