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2011 Event - A lockout causes the Australia's Qantas airlines to ground its entire fleet while it handles the ongoing industrial dispute

2011 Event - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly votes against funding for ground troops in Libya

2011 Event - After airstrikes destroy 30 - 40 per cent of Libya's ground forces, U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen states the war is moving toward a stalemate

2010 Event - Pastor Terry Jones threatens to organize an international Burn a Koran Day in retaliation for plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero

2010 Event - Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground

2010 Event - Entire villages are burned to the ground and 40,000 people flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2009 Event - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi is knocked to the ground and hit in the face after a political rally in Milan, Italy

1997 Death - J. Anthony Lukas, writer, Pulitizer, Common Ground, suicide at 64

1993 Event - Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1992 Event - Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium

1991 Event - Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball

1991 Event - U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops

1990 Event - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium

1989 Event - Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on world's largest mall

1986 Event - Disney-MGM Studio Tour ground breaking

1985 Event - 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground

1975 Event - Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth

1972 Event - Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam

1971 Event - A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

1965 Event - 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson

1965 Event - 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam

1965 Event - 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite

1965 Event - Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue

1964 Event - Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels

1964 Event - Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis

1962 Event - U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing

1962 Event - Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome

1961 Event - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for New York Mets

1955 Birthday - Mark Mitchell, actor, Larger than Life, Lift Off, Ground Zero

1954 Event - Ground breaking begins on Disneyland

1948 Event - Ground breaking ceremony for United Nations world headquarters

1943 Death - Richard T Ely, U.S. economist (Ground under our feet), dies

1941 Event - Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita, Kansas

1941 Event - Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco

1941 Event - Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center

1939 Event - Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa

1936 Event - 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground

1936 Birthday - Jean Boht, actress, Arthur's Hallowed Ground

1931 Birthday - Charles Huxtable, General commander, English ground armies

1931 Event - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32

1930 Event - Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium

1929 Birthday - Elaine Stewart, Montclair, New Jersey, actress, Take the High Ground

1925 Birthday - Phillip Pine, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Set-Up, Under the Ground

1923 Event - Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City

1911 Event - Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park

1901 Event - Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)

1898 Event - Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)

1894 Event - William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal

1893 Event - 1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

1882 Event - 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground

1878 Event - 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground

1870 Event - Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn

1859 Event - Ground broken for Suez Canal

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