2010 Event Trade unions in France launch a round of strikes in response to President Sarkozy's plan to lift the pension age to 62 1991 Event Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa 1991 Event U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq 1985 Event Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift 1984 Event U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, New Jersey 1982 Event Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) 1982 Event 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees 1982 Event Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R. 1977 Event Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki 1973 Event Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1967 Event Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon 1965 Event Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 1955 Birthday Mark Mitchell, actor, Larger than Life, Lift Off, Ground Zero 1931 Birthday Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries 1925 Birthday Cornell Borchers, born in Germany, actress, Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul 1923 Birthday Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor, Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift 1895 Event Josephine Blatt (U.S.) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) 1895 Event 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago 1873 Birthday John Rosamond Johnson, Florida, co-composer, Lift Every Voice and Sing
