2015 Event Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to speak out against the pending deal with Iran in which sanctions will be lifted in exchange for cuts in Iranian nuclear capacity; Netanyahu warns the pact may lead to nuclear arms acceleration 2015 Event Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2012 Event Russia lifts a ban imposed in 1996 on the import of British beef and lamb; the ban, imposed when Britain suffered from mad cow disease (BSE) had been lifted worldwide in 2006 2012 Event The novel coronavirus alert is lifted by the World Health Organization after they determine the virus, which originated in Saudi Arabia, is not highly contagious 1985 Event Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift 1974 Event 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted 1970 Event Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1969 Event After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets 1961 Event Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin 1957 Event Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted 1953 Event U.S. controls on wages and some consumer goods were lifted 1952 Birthday Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat 1943 Event Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area 1933 Event Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in U.S., lifted 1924 Event Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted
