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1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa
1991 U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq 1985 Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift 1984 U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, NJ 1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) 1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees 1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R. 1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki 1973 Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon 1965 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 1955 Mark Mitchell, actor, Larger than Life, Lift Off, Ground Zero 1931 Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries 1925 Cornell Borchers, born in Germany, actress, Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul 1923 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor, Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift 1895 Josephine Blatt (U.S.) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) 1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago 1873 John Rosamond Johnson, Florida, co-composer, Lift Every Voice and Sing |
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