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2010 Event - Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added to the World Heritage List
2010 Event - The Stonehenge World Heritage Site announces the discovery of a possible new henge, the biggest discovery at a major monument in over 50 years 1992 Death - Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies 1982 Event - Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1974 Birthday - Any Lynn Ciccolella, born in Monument, Colorado, Miss America-Colorado 1996 1972 Event - Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet 1965 Event - Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1956 Event - Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 Death - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 1955 Death - Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79 1953 Event - Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam 1951 Event - George Washington Carver monument unveiled 1941 Event - New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield 1939 Event - Federal Hall National Monument established 1935 Event - Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established 1933 Event - Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters 1933 Event - White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1932 Death - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies 1932 Event - Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) 1930 Event - George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established 1925 Event - Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska 1924 Event - President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1923 Event - Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established 1922 Event - Lehman Caves National Monument established 1920 Event - Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders 1919 Event - Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala 1915 Event - Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established 1911 Birthday - Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect, Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument 1908 Event - Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1908 Event - Pinnacles National Monument, California established 1908 Event - Muir Woods National Monument, California established 1906 Birthday - Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin 1905 Event - Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1904 Event - 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) 1902 Event - Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce 1888 Event - Washington Monument opens for public admittance 1885 Birthday - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam 1885 Event - Washington Monument dedicated in Washington D.C. 1884 Event - Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC 1879 Event - Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established 1876 Birthday - Johan C Altorf, sculptor, October 3rd monument 1872 Birthday - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor, Columbus monument in Argentina 1849 Birthday - Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, Anspach Monument 1781 Birthday - Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument 1762 Event - Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey |
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