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 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 2013 Event AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, merges with US Airways Group; American Airlines Group is formed and the public company begins trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol AAL 2013 Event U.S. wireless service provider T-Mobile has its opening day on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol TMUS 1993 Event Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol 1986 Birthday Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM 1972 Birthday Carmen Electra, born in Sharonville, Ohio, born Tara Leigh Patrick, model, actress, sex symbol, appeared in Playboy magazine, television show 'Baywatch' 1967 Birthday Anna Nicole Smith, born in Texas, model, actress, spokeswoman, sex symbol 1966 Birthday Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1935 Event Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany 1935 Event Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags 1926 Event Facist national symbol elevated in Italy 1874 Event 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast 1870 Event Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1784 Event Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol 1782 Event Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol 1778 Event Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
