2015 Event The four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta have been put on display at the British Library in London; access is limited to scholars and to 1,215 viewers from all over the world who were selected by lottery 2014 Event Over 300 books related to Anne Frank are donated to Tokyo libraries by the embassy of Israel after a mass vandalism incident earlier this month that destroyed hundreds of the library system's existing copies; police are still investigating 2013 Event The 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address' considered one of the greatest political speeches, is commemorated in the U.S. on the battlefield and by the Library of Congress 2012 Event Anglo-Irish poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis' archive, which inclues manuscripts and a letter from W. H. Auden are donated to Oxford University's Bodelian Library by Tamasin and Daniel Day-Lewis 2012 Event Sisters Eva Hoffe and Ruth Wiesler, who inherited valuable documents belonging to Franz Kafka and his colleague Max Brod are ordered to turn the documents over to the National Library in Tel Aviv 2012 Event More than 700 writers, academics and others send a letter to protest the planned spending of $300 million on the Fifth Avenue Branch of the New York Public Library 2011 Event The U.S. Library of Congress intends to preserve the thriller 'Silence of the Lambs' as part of its National Film Registry 2004 Event Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents 1994 Event President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California 1990 Event Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California 1988 Event Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library 1988 Death Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies 1986 Event President Carter's presidential library dedicated in Atlanta 1986 Event 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library 1984 Event 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library 1979 Event John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston 1977 Event Ground-breaking ceremonies for President Kennedy library 1975 Death Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94 1968 Event M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 1968 Event Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 1961 Death John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies 1957 Event Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri 1957 Event San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall 1955 Event RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV 1952 Birthday Rita Dove, born in Akron, Ohio, author, poet, won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Library of Congress 1993 1948 Birthday Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 Event American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights 1946 Event Canadian Library Association established 1940 Event Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam 1934 Death Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1930 Death Henry Clay Folger, Jr., CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72 1927 Birthday Gwen Watford, British actress, Body in the Library, Ghoul 1924 Birthday Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991 1922 Event Library Ave in Bronx named 1921 Event Belgium's public library law goes into force 1917 Event SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated 1915 Birthday David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales 1911 Event New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft 1880 Event SF Public Library starts lending books 1879 Event Library of Hawaii founded 1877 Event San Francisco Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes 1876 Event American Library Association organized in Philadelphia 1860 Birthday Thomas Hastings, born in New York City, architect, New York Public Library 1854 Event Astor Library opens in New York City 1851 Event Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes 1851 Event U.S. Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1848 Birthday Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress 1845 Birthday Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library 1834 Birthday John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie 1833 Event 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire 1821 Event Mercantile Library of City of New York opens 1815 Event Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols 1814 Event British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books 1814 Birthday Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1803 Event 1st public library opens (Connecticut) 1802 Event Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1800 Event Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation 1777 Event University library at Vienna opens 1731 Event In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st U.S. library 1612 Death Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies 1600 Birthday Gabriel Naude, France, librarian, Mazarin Library 642 Event Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed
