2014 Event Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, is re-elected as head of the Union for a Popular Movement; Sarkozy intends to pursue the presidency again in 2017 2014 Event Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement have been denied permission to travel to the mainland; the men sought to fly to Beijing to present their grievances to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 2013 Event Part of the ongoing Samaikyandhra Movement, protests and strikes erupt after the Cabinet of India approves the bifurcation of the state of Andrha Pradesh 2012 Event The 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, Iran, closes with a 60-page final document focusing on Iran's nuclear energy program and the Palestinian issue, with no mention of the civil war in Syria 2012 Event The Non-Aligned Movement begins their 16th Summit in Tehran, Iran 2012 Event Egypt's state news organization states that their President, Mohammed Morsi is going to Iran at the end of August to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meeting 2012 Event The U.S. State Department states the U.N. Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit is 'strange' and 'not a good signal' 2011 Event Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event The 14th Dalai Lama, head of the Tibetan exile movement, plans to retire within days 2010 Event Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur 2010 Event Hungary's parliamentary election results in 28 regional seats for the left-wing Hungarian Socialist Party, and 26 regional seats for the far-right Movement for a Better Hungary 2009 Event Phillipine police arrest a new terror suspect one week after the head of the militant Rajah Solaiman Movement is captured 2009 Event Two previously unknown works by Mozart - a concerto movement and a prelude, are performed in Salzburg, Austria 1997 Death Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87 1996 Death Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, dies of heart attack at 53 1994 Death Rollo May, founder (Humanistic Psychology Movement), dies at 85 1980 Event BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms 1979 Birthday Matt Nagle, born in Massachusetts, quadriplegic, first to use brain-computer interface to control movement 1979 Event Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement 1978 Event Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James 1973 Event American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Event Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee 1972 Death Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement, dies at 87 1971 Death Max Trapp, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement, dies at 83 1968 Event Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1966 Death Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1966 Event Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement 1964 Event Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1964 Event Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement 1961 Event "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC 1960 Death Ernest Holmes, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine, dies 1960 Death F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 1958 Event Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China 1957 Birthday Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1955 Event Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement" 1955 Birthday Benny Alexander, secretary general, South Africa Pan-Africanist Movement 1954 Birthday Hugo Chavez, born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, politician, United Socialist Party, Fifth Republic Movement, President of Venezuela 1953 Event Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime 1952 Event Arab Liberation Movement becomes only party of Syria 1952 Event Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement) 1951 Birthday Queen Noor of Jordan, born in Washington, D.C., Lisa Najeeb Halaby, president of United World Colleges movement, fourth wife and widow to King Hussein of Jordan 1950 Birthday Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys 1948 Death Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies 1947 Event A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon 1944 Death Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1943 Birthday Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 1942 Birthday Mario Savio, born in New York, New York, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Sproul Plaza steps named Mario Savio Steps, taught mathematics, philosophy, logic at Sonoma State University 1941 Death Marcus Garvey, U.S. black leader (Back to Africa Movement), dies at 52 1941 Death Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 1939 Birthday Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement 1939 Birthday Peter Phillips, born in Birmingham, England, artist, painter, sculpture, screenprint, lithography, pioneer, Pop Art Movement 1937 Death Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies 1935 Birthday Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!' 1934 Event Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt 1932 Birthday Marek Kopelent, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, contemporary music, New Music movement pioneer 1932 Event Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland 1927 Birthday Al Hansen, born in New York City, New York, Norwegian American artist, member of the 1960's Flexus art movement that blended different artistic media and disciplines 1925 Birthday Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist, movement objects 1924 Birthday Jose Donoso, born in Chile, writer, born Jose Donoso Yanez, part of Latin American literary boom, Magical Realism literary movement, wrote Coronacion, El lugar sin limites (The Place Without Limits) 1923 Death Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 1919 Event Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy 1913 Birthday Claude Simon, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, writer, prize-winning author, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, identified with the nouveau roman movement 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1910 Event German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms 1909 Birthday Litz Pisk, movement teacher 1905 Event Black intellectuals and activists organize Niagara movement 1905 Event Niagara Movement founded by W. E. B. Dubois 1899 Death Dwight L Moody, U.S. evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies 1896 Birthday Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary and leader, Young Frisian Movement 1896 Death Jane Wilde, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights, dies 1896 Birthday Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights 1893 Birthday Irene Castle, dancer, leader in anti-vivisection movement 1887 Birthday Max Trapp, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement 1887 Birthday Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among U.S. blacks 1887 Birthday Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine 1886 Birthday Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich 1886 Birthday Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement 1885 Birthday F S Flint, born in London, England, translator/poet, imagist movement 1885 Birthday Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement 1869 Birthday Geert A D Wumkes, Frisian theologist/writer, Frision Movement 1865 Birthday Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1860 Birthday Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement 1860 Birthday Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder, Zionist movement 1854 Birthday Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' 1847 Birthday Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader, English women's movement 1840 Birthday Hugo Verriest, Flemish author and poet, Flemish Movement 1838 Birthday Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement 1837 Birthday Dwight L. Moody, U.S., evangelist, Student Volunteer Movement 1804 Event Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 1804 Event Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1792 Birthday John Keble, Anglican priest/founder, Oxford Movement 1788 Death Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies 1778 Birthday Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein, gymnastics, movement 1774 Event Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY 1736 Birthday Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder, Shaker movement in America 1730 Birthday Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement 1707 Birthday Charles Wesley, co-founder, Methodist movement
