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2009 Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro
2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director 2004 Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention 2002 Barbara Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 54 2002 Galen Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 61 2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52 2000 Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93 1997 Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82 1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1997 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym 1997 PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith 1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am 1997 Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am 1997 Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am 1996 McGeorge Bundy, U.S. national security advisor (1961-66), dies at 77 1996 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper 1996 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture 1995 68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis 1995 Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, British national park warden, dies at 87 1995 President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City 1995 Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91 1995 Congress party loses India national election 1995 PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander 1994 National Museum of American Indian opens (New York City) 1994 67th National Spelling Bee: Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian 1994 George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55 1994 Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History 1994 PBA National Championship won by David Traber 1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball President (National League), dies at 72 1993 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze 1993 Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1993 PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr 1992 Paul E Garber, 1st curator (National Air and Space Museum), dies at 93 1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention 1992 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum 1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1992 PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel 1991 San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles 1991 91st U.S. Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline National Golf Club Minnesota 1991 The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication 1991 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic 1991 PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller 1991 Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll 1990 Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years 1990 Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego) 1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game 1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at San Diego Padre game 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington 1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M 1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne 1990 Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1990 John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal 1990 PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak 1990 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress 1989 Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki 1989 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator 1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam 1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1988 Generoso Pope, Jr., National Enquirer owner, dies at 61 1988 New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark 1988 Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65 1988 61st National Spell Bee: Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik 1987 Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett 1987 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins 1987 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA National Palm Beach 1987 Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1987 Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women 1987 60th National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci 1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show 1987 National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C. 1987 National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League 1986 Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower 1986 Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1986 Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves 1986 P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency 1986 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia 1986 U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) 1985 Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1985 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu 1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 1984 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1984 Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup 1983 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National Golf Club Florida 1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim 1983 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed 1983 1st National Coin Week begins 1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1982 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1982 National railroad strike in Belgium 1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager 1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis 1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society, dies at 80 1982 Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 National 1982 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 1981 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1981 U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion 1981 Vernon Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Association 1981 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus 1980 National Black Independent Party forms 1980 Timothy Goebel, born in Evanston, Illinois, figure skater, 1996 National, Jr. champ 1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate 1980 Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League president 1980 Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament 1980 Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18 1979 James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1979 St. Vincent and Grenadines becomes independent of U.K. (National Day) 1979 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record) 1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated 1979 Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab 1979 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature 1979 National Volksraad installed in Namibia 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1978 Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th 1978 Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size 1978 President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio 1978 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua 1978 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification 1978 Mike Bryan, born in Oxnard, California, tennis star, USTA National 18 doubles 1978 Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires 1977 Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at World Series 1977 Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1977 Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1977 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist 1977 Coup in Seychelles, National Day 1977 Jere Michael, Aspen, Colorado, figure skater, 1994 National, Jr. champ 1977 Diane Halber, Torrance, California, fig skater, 1996 National Collegiate champ 1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1976 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1976 Gerald Smith, antisemite / catholic, National Christian Crusade, dies at 78 1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions 1975 Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) 1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1975 Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1975 Sao Tome e Principe gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor 1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day) 1974 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing 1974 Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000 1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1974 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte 1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1973 Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship 1973 PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1973 WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris 1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1973 46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe 1973 John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence 1973 Michael Joyce, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA National Boys' 18 1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1972 Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title 1971 Todd Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1997 National Sr champ 1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s 1971 Vernon E Jordan, Jr., appointed executive director of National Urban League 1971 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon 1971 Max Trapp, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement, dies at 83 1971 National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1971 All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations 1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day) 1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site 1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion 1971 Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1971 Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1971 National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC 1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1970 Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1970 70th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine National Minn 1970 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant 1970 National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U 1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio 1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day) 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1969 Marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63 1969 Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day) 1969 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins 1969 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections 1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1969 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1968 PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn 1968 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning 1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem National Conven 1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks 1967 United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL 1967 A's drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley 1967 Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 National Amat France 1967 Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes 1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1966 Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 National Organization of Women founded 1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting 1966 National Welfare Rights Organization organizes 1966 Gilbert H Grosvenor, president National Geographic Society, dies at 90 1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE 1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia, National Day 1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1965 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower 1964 Jon Hough, Royal Oak, Michigan, Nike golfer, 1986 NAIA Individual National Champ 1964 Zambia (N Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1964 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark 1964 Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem 1964 Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract 1963 John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for John F. Kennedy) 1963 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art 1962 U.S. National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope 1962 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) 1962 Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64 1962 Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) 1962 Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) 1962 U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000 1961 Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team 1961 Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms 1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League 1961 Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii 1961 Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) 1960 Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) 1960 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1960 Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1960 Gabon gains independence from France, National Day 1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate 1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated 1960 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points 1959 Keith Allen Clearwater, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1987 Colonial National 1959 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park 1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) 1958 Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X 1958 Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) 1958 Central African Republic made autonomous member of French Community (National Day) 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 National Defense Education Act was signed 1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock 1958 National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points 1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for National Service 1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1957 Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team 1957 1st National Curling Championship held 1956 Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia 1956 Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) 1956 East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1955 Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990 1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1955 Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1954 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1954 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open 1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy 1953 Albert W. Dent, elected president of National Health Council 1953 Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 6-time NASCAR national champion 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater New York City after 5 performances 1953 "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances 1953 Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1953 NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf 1953 NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7 1952 John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day) 1952 Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic 1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card 1952 Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League 1952 NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 1951 Snowdonia becomes a National Park in Wales 1951 Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater New York City after 37 performances 1951 "Courtin' Time" opens at National Theater New York City for 37 performances 1951 Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91 1951 Bonnie Lauer, born in America, professional golfer, won National Collegiate Championship playing for Michigan State University, won 2 LPGA Tours, served as 1988 LPGA President 1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast 1950 National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms 1950 Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 1st annual National Book Awards 1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa 1950 Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City after 460 performances 1950 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C. 1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) 1949 People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) 1949 National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense 1949 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association 1949 Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1949 Jean Potvin, born in Ottawa, Ontario, hockey player, National Hockey League, played defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers 1949 Joe Lavender, born in Rayville, Louisiana, football cornerback, played for National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins 1948 "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater New York City for 460 performances 1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1948 "Hold It!" opens at National Theater New York City for 46 performances 1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins 1948 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey 1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time 1948 "Hold It!" closes at National Theater New York City after 46 performances 1948 Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer 1948 "Call Me Mister" closes at National Theater New York City after 734 performances 1947 National Security Act, passes 1947 National Security Act establishes CIA 1946 Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1946 Neil MacGregor, director, British National Gallery 1946 Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy, National Day 1946 KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands 1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1946 "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater New York City for 734 performances 1946 "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater New York City after 167 performances 1946 Timothy Clifford, director, National Galleries of Scotland 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic 1945 "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances 1945 Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women 1945 John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women 1945 Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets 1945 Day of Unity in West Germany, National Day 1945 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1945 Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1945 Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1944 Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day) 1944 Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day) 1944 Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1944 Peter Ryan, British national director, Police Training 1944 Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster 1944 R. J. B. Knight, deputy director, National Maritime Museum 1943 WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters 1943 "International" is no longer U.S.S.R. National Anthem 1943 National Committee Freies Deutschland forms 1943 WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters 1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1943 Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1943 Ian Robertson, British museum director, National Army Museum 1943 Richard Eyre, British director, National Theatre 1942 Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms 1942 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms 1942 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services 1942 Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map 1942 Neil Chalmers, director, National History Museum, London 1942 Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 1942 National War Labor Board created 1941 German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union 1941 Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 George Will, born in Champaign, Illinois, journalist, author, wrote, editor, National Review magazine 1972 - 1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary 1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens 1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C. 1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 1940 Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1940 Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated 1940 U.S. National Guard assembles 1940 David Hart, General-Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers 1940 Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, National Symph 1973-77 1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government" 1940 Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) 1939 Eleanor Smeal, leader, National Organization for Women 1939 Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement 1939 Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970 1939 Federal Hall National Monument established 1938 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball 1938 Olympic National Park forms 1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 1938 National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY) 1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a U.S. national bank 1937 U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act 1937 Varbara Ann Teer, U.S. actress/director, National Black Theatre Company 1937 National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1936 National Wildlife Federation forms 1935 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis) 1935 Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr., civil rights activist, National Urban League 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act 1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1935 Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established 1934 Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery 1934 Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1934 Simon Gournlay, president, British National Farmer's Union 1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated 1934 Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard 1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard 1934 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball 1933 Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1933 Tony Mullett, dir-general, National Criminal Intelligence Service 1933 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated 1933 Darijan Bozic, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, composer, conductor, manager, artistic director of The Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 1933 Craig L. Thomas, born in Wyoming, United States Senator from Wyoming, protected America's national parks 1933 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1932 Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories 1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1932 Elizabeth Southey, British CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem 1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia) 1931 Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists) 1931 Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem 1931 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet 1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem 1931 National League adopts a deader baseball 1931 Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1930 Clayton K. Yeutter, Nebraska, U.S. trade rep/Republican National chairman 1930 Frank Carlucci, National Security Adviser and Secretary of Defense, 1987 - 1989 1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1930 George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established 1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park 1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established 1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Republican National Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover 1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw, national security advisor, Carter 1927 Don Revie, English soccer coach, Leeds, National team 1927 Michael Levey, director, British National Gallery 1927 Trevor Holdsworth, CEO, National Power 1927 Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman, National Westminster Bank 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank 1927 Left wins national election in Thuringen 1927 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago) 1926 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy 1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms 1926 National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America 1926 Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 1926 National Bar Association incorporates 1926 National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1926 Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist, National Welfare Rights Association 1926 Prunella Briance, founder, National Childbirth Trust 1925 William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Justin Kaplan, born in New York, New York, writer, editor, Pulitzer-prize winner and National Book Award-winner for biography on Mark Twain, edited Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition 1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. 1925 Anne Harris, CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1925 Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, National Security Council 1925 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska 1925 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkampferbund in Berlin 1924 President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1924 "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago 1924 Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1923 Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president 1923 Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Organization, 1955-79 1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established 1922 Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief 1922 President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem 1922 Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine 1922 Campbell Adamson, CEO, Abbey National Pictures 1922 Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish 1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference 1922 Andre Asriel, born in Germany, composer, winner of 1951 National Prize for East Germany 1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established 1921 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' 1921 National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1921 Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist, National Review 1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system 1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed 1921 Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas 1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1920 Bert Leysen, TV director, Belgian National TV 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1919 Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM) 1919 1st observance of National Book Week 1919 American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis) 1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members 1919 National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series 1919 Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine 1919 Lady Ricketts, CEO, National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux 1919 McGeorge Bundy, born in Boston, national security adviser, John F. Kennedy 1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine 1919 Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria 1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party 1918 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 1918 National Urban League forms 1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) 1917 Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) 1917 NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands 1917 Oliver Tambo, co-founder, African National Congress 1916 Department of Interior forms National Park Service 1916 Hawaii National Park forms 1916 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java 1916 National Defense Act establishes ROTC 1916 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held 1915 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa) 1915 Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established 1915 David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales 1915 National Baptist Convention chartered 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1915 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established 1913 John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League 1913 John Elliott Terry, managing director, National Film Finance Corp 1913 Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1913 National Institute of Arts and Letters founded 1913 National Woman's Party forms 1912 National Council of Young Israel convenes 1912 Albanian National Flag adopted 1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 1912 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria) 1911 National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria 1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day) 1911 Melvin M Payne, president, National Geographic Society 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) 1910 John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships 1910 Baroness Phillips, president and general secretary, National Association of Women 1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms 1910 National Institute of Arts and Letters incorporated by Congress 1909 Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1909 Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1909 John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women 1909 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms 1908 National Association of Colored Nurses, forms 1908 Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund 1908 Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1908 Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden 1908 Pinnacles National Monument, California established 1908 Muir Woods National Monument, California established 1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral 1907 Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art 1907 Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, National Association for Social Sciences-1963 1907 Ralph Marston, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Ralph Fulsom Marston, professional football player, played with National Football League's Boston Bulldogs, 1929 1907 Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Inst of Arts and Letters 1906 Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 1906 Marion Lloyd Vince, born in Brooklyn, New York, fencer, National champ 1928, 31 1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state 1905 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front 1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall 1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates 1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1904 J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan 1903 Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1903 Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1903 Wind Cave National Park, SD established 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) 1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms 1901 Jewish National Fund starts 1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce 1899 Paul E Garber, U.S. founder/1st curator of National Air and Space Museum 1899 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms 1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.) 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902 1898 National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY 1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic 1897 National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) 1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st U.S. national amateur handball championship 1896 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag 1896 Yosemite becomes a National Park 1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's 1896 Thomas W. McKnew, president, National Geographic Society 1896 Warren Giles, baseball's National League president 1896 AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City 1895 Freida Geiken, autobiographer, National Historic Taping 1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati 1894 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) 1893 Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded 1891 National Forest Service organized 1891 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs 1891 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention, dies at 68 1890 Yosemite National Park forms 1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park 1890 Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, National Symphony 1890 National Afro-American League forms in Chicago 1889 Ralph W. Sockman, born in New York, New York, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S. 1889 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration 1888 National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time 1888 National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C. 1888 National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C. 1887 Max Trapp, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1886 1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City) 1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized 1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam 1885 Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder, National Woman's Party 1884 Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention 1884 John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party national convention chair 1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta 1883 National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1880 National Croquet League organizes in Philadelphia 1879 National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter 1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) 1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established 1879 National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville Ind) 1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention 1877 Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1877 Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park 1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1875 National Bowling Association organized in New York City 1874 National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland 1872 Republican National Convention meets, Philadelphia 1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans 1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park 1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) 1871 National Rifle Association organized in New York City 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant 1871 Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1871 National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized 1870 New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game" 1870 1st U.S. National Wildlife Preserve, Lake Meritt in Oakland California 1870 U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service 1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms 1869 Ales Hrdlicka, U.S., anthropologist and curator, US National Museum 1869 Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention 1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. 1868 Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant 1867 Stephen Mather, organized U.S. National Park Service 1867 Ruben Dario, national poet, Nicaragua 1866 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1866 Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention 1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes 1865 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day) 1864 Antonio Gonalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea 1864 Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday 1864 National black convention meets (Syracuse New York) 1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act 1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 1862 Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 1859 Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh 1857 Gallaudet College (National Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.) 1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York 1856 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia 1856 1st national meeting of Republican Party in Pittsburgh 1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland 1853 National Black convention meets, Rochester New York 1852 1st interment in U.S. National Cemetery at Presidio 1850 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass 1849 Elizabeth Harrison, U.S., educator, National Congress of Parents and Teachers 1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy 1848 National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) 1845 Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman President, National Educational Association 1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) 1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo New York) 1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) 1838 National Galley opens in London 1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1835 6th national black convention in Philadelphia 1834 5th national black convention meet, New York City 1833 4th national black convention meets in Philadelphia 1832 3rd national black convention meets, Philadelphia 1832 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) 1831 2nd national black convention, Philadelphia 1831 National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium 1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) 1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) 1822 Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention 1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) 1821 Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day) 1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet, painter and professor of Kiev 1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter, 3/9 NS, 1811 Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) 1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day) 1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1801 Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies 1799 Frantisek L. Celakovsky, Czechoslovakian poet, national anthem, folk song 1798 Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet, Pan Tadeusz 1797 2nd National Meeting in Hague 1796 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 1796 1st National Meeting in the Hague 1796 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French National Convention chairman, dies at 46 1795 "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem 1795 James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 U.S. national debt 1794 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly 1789 1st national Thanksgiving 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day 1789 French National Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen" 1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system 1789 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly 1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung 1779 Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager, Denmark, poet, National Poet 1849 1777 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender 1757 Herman H Vitringa, politician, National Meetings 1754 Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO, National Convention 1749 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman, National Convention 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1580 Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies 1563 John Bull, composer of British national anthem (God Save The King), dies 1524 Emperor Karel I bans German national synode 1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) |
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