2014 Event The mall-building company owned by Filipino billionaire Henry Sy is set to accelerate mall development in China 2014 Event African Story wins the Dubai World Cup with 12-1 odds, overtaking favored Mukhadram with 14-1 odds; both horses are owned by members of Dubai's Al Maktoum family 2014 Event The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, now the world's largest solar energy plant, opens in the Mojave Desert; the $2.2 billion plant, owned by Google, NRG Energy, and BrightSource energy, spans five square miles and can provide power to 140,000 homes 2011 Event Archeologists working off the coast of Panama recover six cannons from ships owned by Welsh privateer Henry Morgan 1995 Event New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM) 1993 Event New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks 1984 Death Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies 1984 Event AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies 1980 Event A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18 1962 Birthday Steve Irwin, born in Essedon, Australia, wildlife expert, television personality, 'The Crocodile Hunter', wildlife documentary series, owned and operated Australia Zoo 1960 Event Cuba nationalizes all U.S. owned sugar factories 1941 Event 1st U.S. federally owned airport opened Washington D.C. 1941 Event Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 1938 Event Crystal Night - Germans break windows owned by Jews 1938 Event 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland) 1932 Event Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in New York City 1919 Event 1st municipally owned airport in U.S. opens (Tucson Az) 1910 Birthday Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby 1887 Event Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood) 1860 Event Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) 1832 Death Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies 1828 Event Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized 1811 Birthday Albertus C. van Raalte, Dutch / U.S. vicar, owned land in Michigan 1794 Event New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British
