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2009 After two years of trying to maintain order, Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia
2004 Jerry Orbach, actor, Law and Order, dies at 69 2001 Andre Prevost, composer, professor, Officer of the Order of Canada, dies 1997 Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning 1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order 1995 Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning 1994 Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning 1994 U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning 1993 Daniel Jones, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1992 Boris Arapov, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986 1991 Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning 1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq 1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning 1989 A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning 1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning 1988 Amateur referees work New Jersey Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils 1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1983 Royals defeat Yankees, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning 1982 Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered 1982 Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning 1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) 1981 Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg 1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne 1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence 1976 President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order 1975 Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) 1974 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing 1969 Jillian Hennessy, Edmonton, twin actress, Claire-Law and Order, Paper 1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" 1966 Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s 1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire 1963 Benjamin Bratt, California, actor, Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law and Order 1963 Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St. Benoat), dies at 75 1963 Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1963 Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 1962 Zulqarnain, cricketer, last person in alphabetical order to play Test 1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge 1952 S Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw, Michigan, actress, Lt Van Buren-Law and Order 1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea 1948 Bruce Vilanch, born in New York City, New York, comedy writer, appeared regularly with Whoopi Goldberg on Hollywood Squares, appeared in Bosom Buddies, Law & Order, wrote for show Billy Crystal, Academy Awards host 1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces 1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1947 Luc Journet, Belgian physician, Order of Zonnetempel 1947 Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc 1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty 1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States 1946 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order 9808 1946 U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain 1946 Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1946 Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1945 George Dzunda, born in Rosenheim, Germany, actor, Deer Hunter, Law and Order 1945 President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom 1944 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece 1944 Field Marshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin 1944 Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet, For the Good Order 1943 Stephen Wallace, director, For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride 1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes 1943 Julia Cumberlege, born in England, Julia Frances Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, politician, businesswoman, British Conservative Party, member of Dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 1942 Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad 1942 Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed 1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation 1940 Chay Blyth, English sailor, Alone in Order to the World 1938 Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001 1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license 1937 Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986- 1937 Politburo enables Operative Order 00447: execute 193,000 Russians 1936 Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's 1935 Jerry Ohrbach, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Law and Order, Dirty Dancing 1934 Andre Prevost, born in Canada, composer, professor, Officer of the Order of Canada 1933 Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1930 Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1929 Dick Shawn, Buffalo, New York, actor, Producers, Maid to Order, Angel 1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 1926 David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1922 Steven Hill, born in Seattle, Washington, actor, Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order 1920 William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to 1919 Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City 1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1917 Order of British Empire inaugurated 1915 Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross 1915 Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1912 Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1912 Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order 1910 Angus Campbell, U.S., psychologist, Elections and Political Order 1910 Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit 1905 Boris Arapov, born in Poltava, Ukraine, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986 1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII 1901 Eric Voegelin, Germany, U.S. philosopher, Order and History 1899 Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati 1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective 1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist, Brazilian Order of Merit 1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia 1888 Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star 1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award 1879 Wallace Stevens, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, poet, Ideas of Order 1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo 1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organizes 1871 Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, New York City 1870 Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse 1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order number 800 1869 Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia 1868 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms (New York) 1865 At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last 1865 General Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) 1863 President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 1862 General U.S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee 1862 General Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores 1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order 1859 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher, Moral order and progress 1850 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member 1841 King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon 1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian, Robert's Rules of Order 1829 John Everett Millais, England, painter, Order of Release 1815 King Willem I forms Order of Dutch Lion 1802 French Order of Legion d'Honneur forms 1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart 1775 Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army 1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne 1696 Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/religious order founder 1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I 1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed 1633 Carlo Caraffa, Italian jesuit/religious order founder, dies at about 72 1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI 1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope 1540 Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus/Order of the Jesuits 1496 Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I 1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus 1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX 1431 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies 1430 Order of the Guilder forms 1429 Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain 1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter) 1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1253 Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen 1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III 1221 Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) 1124 Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies 1121 Norbertus van Xanten finds order of the Norbertijnen |
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