2014 Event President Barack Obama proposes a plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants up to 25% over 15 years in order to address climate change; the legislation would give states the freedom to determine how to implement the emission reductions 2011 Event Shortages caused by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami cause Toyota to close several plants in Europe 2011 Event Over 200,000 people are evacuated from Japan as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grows 2011 Event Analysts report a nuclear meltdown may be occurring at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant; a state of emergency is declared at five plants 2003 Event After an Ohio FirstEnergy power plants shut down unexpectedly, a power outtage occurs for over ten hours all over northeastern North America 1991 Event General Motors announces closing of 21 plants 1944 Event Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants 1936 Event EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants 1912 Event Mrs. William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C. 1895 Death Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67 1895 Event King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day 1869 Birthday David Grandison Fairchild, U.S., botanist and explorer, brought plants to U.S. 1865 Birthday Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator, Contact with Plants 1827 Birthday Ernest H Baillon, French botanist, History of Plants 1778 Birthday Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, naming plants and animals 1501 Birthday Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist, History of Plants
