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Taken
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 Gen 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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