1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1982 Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives
1974 Any Lynn Ciccolella, born in Monument, Colorado, Miss America-Colorado 1996
1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet
1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
1956 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70
1955 Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79
1953 1st National monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver
1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1951 George Washington Carver monument unveiled
1941 New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
1939 Federal Hall National Monument established
1935 Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established
1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters
1933 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established
1932 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
1932 Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas)
1930 George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established
1925 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska
1924 President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument
1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established
1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established
1920 Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders
1919 Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
1915 Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established
1911 Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect, Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah
1908 Pinnacles National Monument, California established
1908 Muir Woods National Monument, California established
1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin
1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam
1904 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio)
1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce
1888 Washington Monument opens for public admittance
1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam
1885 Washington Monument dedicated in Washington D.C.
1884 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC
1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established
1876 Johan C Altorf, sculptor, October 3rd monument
1872 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor, Columbus monument in Argentina
1849 Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, Anspach Monument
1781 Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument
1762 Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey
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