2015 Event Amazon.com joins eBay and others in removing Confederate flag items from its site after last week's shooting of nine African American church members; though part of U.S. Civil War history, the flag is also seen by many as a symbol of racism 2012 Event An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces 2012 Event Jamaica's new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announces the country will become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state 2011 Event A German naval mine from World War II is discovered and dismantled by BP; removing the bomb avoided potential closure of 16 oil fields 1968 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money 1961 Event Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square 1901 Event H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner
