2014 Event Botswana doctor Matshidiso Moeti will serve as new director of the World Health Organization office in Africa; Moeti will be instrumental in prevention of additional Ebola outbreaks and in restoration of health care facilities in Ebola-hit nations 2013 Event Shinzo Abe the Prime Minister of Japan visits the Yasukuni Shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo; the shrine commemorates those who died while in the service of the Empire of Japan during the Meiji Restoration, which stored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 2012 Event The 'Lamb of God', the first panels of the Ghent Altarpiece are secretly moved from Saint Bavo Cathedral for a five-year restoration at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts; the panels are likely the most frequently stolen artwork in history 1973 Event U.S. and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links 1943 Birthday Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright, Restoration 1926 Event Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins 1868 Event Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors 1860 Death Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80 1804 Event Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII 1780 Birthday Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure
