2014 Event The cabinet of Israel approves a bill stating that the nation is both a democratic state and the Jewish homeland; the bill is meant to address political pressure from groups that deny or ignore Israel�s Jewish identity 2013 Event Janet Napolitano, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, announces she will resign from her position to become the President of the University of California 1994 Event South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994 Event ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1992 Event Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators 1986 Event Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland 1978 Death Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85 1977 Event U.S. president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland 1945 Birthday Tom Ridge, born in Munhall, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1983 - 1995, Governor Pennsylvania 1995 - 2001, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security 1940 Event All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland 1938 Event Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homeland 1922 Event President Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine 1892 Birthday Lina Carstens, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, actress, Homeland, Broken Jug
