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1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1985 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut 1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1953 British royal yacht Britannia taken out of service 1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland 1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government 1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker 1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany 1943 Argentina taken over by General Rawson and Col Juan Peron 1942 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis 1933 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster is taken 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island 1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken 1911 1st photo in U.S. taken from an airplane, San Diego 1883 English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage) 1874 Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken 1867 Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1861 Indianola Texas - "Star of West" taken by Confederacy 1861 Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops 1860 1st aerial photo taken in U.S. (from a balloon), Boston 1807 Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1781 Dutch West Indies island of St. Eustatia taken by British 1689 Montreal taken by Iroquois 1596 Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java 1129 Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II |
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