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1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1982 Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1974 Any Lynn Ciccolella, born in Monument, Colorado, Miss America-Colorado 1996 1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' home run 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 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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