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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

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