2013 Event Central Vietnam is hit by Tropical Storm Wutip; over 1,000 houses are damaged, trees are uprooted and power lines are cut 2012 Event Evidence of citrus greening, a disease that has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazil and Florida, is found in a residential area of Los Angeles County, California 1991 Event Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees 1967 Birthday Barret Martin, rocker, Screaming Trees 1967 Birthday Van Conner, rocker, Screaming Trees 1960 Death Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1944 Event Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees 1940 Birthday Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director, Apple Trees, Manoever 1940 Birthday Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1932 Event "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon 1912 Event 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington D.C. 1910 Event Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1886 Birthday Joyce Kilmer, U.S., male, poet, Trees 1859 Birthday Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist, Handbook of Trees of California
