2015 Event The Confederate flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol grounds after the state government enacted a law to permanently remove it; the flag, part of U.S. Civil War history, is viewed by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event Construction workers discover an unexploded bomb from World War II near Wembley Stadium in London; after evacuations near the site, explosives specialists safely defused and removed the threat 2014 Event The last protest camp has been removed in Hong Kong; activists staged several camps to demand the right to free elections rather than control of candidates and elections by the Chinese government 2014 Event Iran balks at the terms for peaceful nuclear development suggested by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States; the nations hope to reach a deal by July 20th; in exchange, sanctions against Iran will be removed 2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2014 Event Dong Nguyen, creator of the 'Flappy Bird' app, announces that he will reintroduce the app sometime in the future; he removed the app in February after fearing that it was too addictive 2013 Event An experimental privacy feature on Google's Android mobile software is removed, raising objections from the Electronic Frontier Foundation; the feature allowed users to block apps from collecting personal information such as a user's location and address book data 2012 Event The United Communist Party of Nepal is removed from the U.S. terror list citing they have made a 'credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation.' 2012 Event Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reported to be in a coma, is removed from life support 2012 Event Security chief Zhou Yongkang is asked to be removed by a group of Chinese Communist Party veterans 2012 Event President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez recovers after a tumor is removed from his pelvis 2011 Event A professor from New York University has an experimental life-blogging camera removed from his head after his immune system rejected the implant 2011 Event Inspired by the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, nearly 5,000 of Algerians protest their regime, calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be removed 1993 Event Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed 1992 Event Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed 1990 Event Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later 1986 Event Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1983 Event Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1980 Event Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22 1975 Event Australian Prime Minister removed by crown (1st elected Prime Minister removed in 200 yrs) 1965 Event George Harrison has his tonsils removed 1964 Event Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed 1962 Event Stalin-monument removed in Prague 1958 Event Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913) 1956 Event Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses 1948 Event Ft. Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed 1945 Event 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log 1871 Event William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment 1862 Event General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint 1842 Event Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma 1831 Event Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy 1798 Event U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies" 1635 Event Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office
