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2013 Event - President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, dies in office in the nation's capital, Caracas; he was 58 2013 Event - In Bolivar, Venezuela, the country's government opens a granite processing plant, estimating it will provide 25% of the nation's granite requirements 2012 Event - Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him 2012 Event - Thousands of union employees protest outside of the capital building in Lansing, Michigan, as Michigan's government passes legislation, becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state, and most highly unionized state in the U.S. to have such laws 2012 Event - Egyptian President Morsi plans to address the nation about the decree he enacted which greatly increases his powers 2012 Event - With over 42% of the vote, the island nation of Kiribati re-elects President Anote Tong to a third and final term 2011 Event - The Arab League agrees to impose sanctions on Syria due to the nation's continued violent uprising; Syria says the move is 'unprecedented' 2010 Event - The last death row inmate in Cuba has his death sentence commuted; the nation is against capital punishment and has commuted many death sentences since 2008 2010 Event - The U.S. experiences a salmonella scare, with hundreds of people ill from bad eggs; eggs are recalled from stores throughout the nation 1997 Death - Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66 1996 Death - Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72 1993 Death - Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1993 Death - Lillian Gish, U.S. actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 96 1990 Event - A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty 1979 Event - Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe 1979 Event - Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1975 Death - Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78 1973 Event - Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1971 Event - England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit 1970 Event - Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation 1970 Event - Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit 1968 Death - Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72 1967 Birthday - Elizabeth Wurtzel, New York City, actress, Prozac Nation 1965 Event - 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1964 Event - Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam 1960 Event - Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 1960 Event - France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara 1959 Event - 10 nation soccer league to play all games on New York Randalls Is, announced 1959 Death - Madame Sul-To-Wan, Conley, actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85 1957 Event - Britain becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb 1952 Birthday - Mandy Patinkin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/singer, Yentl, Alien Nation 1952 Birthday - John Lynch, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, politician, Democrat, 90th Governor of New Hampshire, second most popular Governor in the nation 1951 Event - United Nation publishes its 1st postage stamps 1950 Death - Carl Clinton Van Doren, U.S. literary (The Nation), dies at 64 1948 Birthday - Lucius Ross, U.S. pop guitarist, Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove 1946 Event - President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike 1945 Event - Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter 1942 Birthday - Calvin Simon, U.S. rock vocalist, Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove 1938 Event - Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 1933 Birthday - Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1930 Event - Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit 1930 Birthday - Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7 1928 Death - George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46 1926 Event - Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining 1925 Event - League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied 1925 Event - Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor 1923 Event - Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation 1923 Birthday - Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1923 Death - Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 1921 Birthday - Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1920 Birthday - Cornelius Ryan, U.S. historian and writer, Italians: Face of a Nation 1915 Event - "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA 1911 Death - Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies 1903 Event - Carrie Nation attempts to address Senate 1900 Event - Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) 1897 Birthday - Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1896 Birthday - Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation 1896 Birthday - Elijah Muhammad, U.S., leader of Nation of Islam 1895 Birthday - Mae Marsh, Madrid, New Mexico, silent film actress, Birth of a Nation 1893 Birthday - Robert Harron, born in New York City, actor, Birth of a Nation, Intolerance 1882 Birthday - George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist 1881 Event - U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name 1881 Event - U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms 1878 Birthday - Henry B. Walthall, born in Shelby City, Alabama, actor, Birth of a Nation, Klondike 1875 Birthday - D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation 1860 Event - Nation's 1st successful silver mill, Virginia City, Nevada 1846 Birthday - Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers and drinkers 1846 Event - Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution 1839 Event - Cherokee Nation forms 1822 Event - Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US |
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