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1987 Event - Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1982 Death - Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies 1976 Event - Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes 1970 Event - Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause 1969 Event - New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause 1968 Event - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve 1966 Event - 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer) 1966 Event - Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board 1961 Birthday - Timothy Geithner, born in Brooklyn, New York, United States Secretary of the Treasury, under President Barack Obama, served as President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, charged with directing financial crisis of December 2007 1960 Birthday - Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer 1951 Event - Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players 1945 Death - Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed 1943 Event - 4th day of battle at Kursk: General Model uses last tank reserve 1932 Birthday - Ian Leslie, born in England, born Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, served as Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1927 Birthday - Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman 1926 Birthday - Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank 1922 Event - Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair 1916 Event - U.S. Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps 1916 Event - Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve 1914 Event - Federal Reserve System formally opens 1913 Event - President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law 1908 Event - Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System 1906 Birthday - William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70 1904 Birthday - Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board 1879 Event - Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause 1879 Event - NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players 1878 Event - Sabi Game Reserve, world's 1st official designated game reserve, opens |
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