2015 Event Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asserts Japan's continued pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons as the city of Nagasaki commemorates the 70th anniversary of its destruction by atomic bombing 2015 Event Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, calls upon world leaders to free the world of nuclear weapons during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 2015 Event Animal rights activists lose a case to free two chimpanzees being held for research purposes; the activists argued that the animals are highly intelligent and should be treated as humans with similar legal rights 2015 Event The World Health Organization declares Liberia free of the Ebola virus after a period of 42 days with no new cases, which is twice the normal quarantine duration; over 4,700 people perished in the nation during the epidemic 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data on up to 80 million customers of health insurance provider Anthem, Inc.; though free credit monitoring is being offered to victims, such monitoring won't detect or prevent medical identity theft 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2014 Event Office supply company Staples announces that up to 1.16 million cards may have been affected by a data breach in October; the company is offering free identity theft protection for shoppers at the affected stores and advises all customers to monitor their credit records 2014 Event The last protest camp has been removed in Hong Kong; activists staged several camps to demand the right to free elections rather than control of candidates and elections by the Chinese government 2014 Event Microsoft Corp today begins selling a fitness tracking armband called Microsoft Band that links to a free web-based tracking app; the software will work across iOS and Android platforms in addition to Windows 2014 Event Iraqi troops and Shiite militia members, aided by U.S. air strikes, free the town of Amerli from Islamic State control; the rebel group seized the town two months ago, blocking access to food and supplies; rations were air-dropped after the victory 2014 Event Protests erupt after China issues a decision to not allow free elections in Hong Kong, instead requiring government approval of any candidate running for office 2014 Event Mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is now one of the top three downloads in the free app category of the Apple App store in the U.S.; the game was released a little over two weeks ago 2014 Event Researchers announce a new orally-administered drug that may cure Hepatitis C; 90 percent of patients in trials were declared free of the virus after 12 weeks 2014 Event Major photo agency Getty Images is now allowing free embedding of millions of its images, many of famous figures 2012 Event The parliamentary election in Georgia is determined to be 'fair and free' by the OSCE 2012 Event Richard Dawkins, an atheist, ethologist and evolutionary biologist, approves of British education secretary Michael Gove's plan of sending free King James Bibles to every state school 2012 Event Lehman Brothers exits its bankruptcy protection, making it free to sell remaining assets and distribute its funds to creditors 2011 Event In Berlin, Social Democrats do well in a state election; the Pirate Party enters a state parliament for the first time, with the Free Democrats achieving 2% of the vote 2011 Event After losing a referendum on free school lunches, Seoul's mayor, Oh Se-hoon, resigns 2011 Event At a meeting in Nanjing, China, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the main problem in the world's monetary system is countries that inhibit the free flow of the value of their currency 2011 Event According to the Catholic Church on the island, Cuba plans free to two more dissidents 2010 Event Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011 2010 Event A free trade accord between India and Malaysia is announced; it would become effective July 2011 2010 Event In China, 23 elder members of the Communist Party of China call for ending the country's restrictions on free speech 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2010 Event The theory that Egypt's pyramids were built by free workers, not slaves, is reinforced by the discovery of new tombs near the great pyramids 2001 Death Eileen Heckart, actress, Butterflies Are Free, dies at 82 1997 Event Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference" 1997 Event Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO 1996 Event Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays 1996 Death Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, dies of heart attack at 53 1996 Event HotMail, a free internet E-mail service begins 1995 Event New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1994 Death James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75 1994 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) 1994 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) 1994 Death Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92 1994 Event Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) 1994 Death Bill Travers, actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born Free), dies at 72 1994 Death Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies 1994 Event Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) 1994 Event Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) 1994 Event North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect 1993 Event Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) 1993 Event Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33) 1993 Event 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone 1992 Death Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87 1992 Event New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key 1992 Death Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White and 21), dies at 86 1992 Death Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies 1992 Event Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) 1992 Death Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies 1992 Event New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul 1991 Event Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games 1991 Event Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game 1991 Event 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park 1991 Event Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 Event Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vroe Folk" (Free People) 1991 Event Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1991 Event Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 Event Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1990 Event Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages 1990 Event NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants 1990 Event Iraq announces it will free all German hostages 1990 Event Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1990 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1990 Event Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1990 Death George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya 1990 Event 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1990 Event Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1990 Event South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th 1990 Event South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs 1990 Event Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent 1989 Event Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1989 Event Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games 1989 Event Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games 1989 Event Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years 1989 Event Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) 1989 Event Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland 1989 Event 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 1989 Event Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 Event Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt 1989 Event Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 Event Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet 1988 Event Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US 1988 Event Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades 1988 Event Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract 1988 Event Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years 1988 Event U.S. - Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK 1988 Event Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Event Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents 1988 Event Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) 1988 Death Adela Rogers St. John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94 1988 Event Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-U.S. free trade agreement 1987 Event Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws 1987 Event Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1987 Event Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59 1987 Event Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City 1987 Event Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver 1987 Event Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1987 Event Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1986 Event Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Event Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 Event Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 Event European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade 1986 Event Palau signs Compact of Free Association with U.S. 1985 Event South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence 1984 Event Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees 1984 Event Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% 1984 Event "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair 1984 Event John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1984 Event John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1984 Event A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation 1984 Event Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws 1983 Event NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule 1983 Event Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Event Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1983 Event Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1983 Event Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws 1983 Event Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record 1983 Event Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record 1982 Death Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 1982 Event Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw 1982 Event Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw 1982 Event Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians 1981 Event NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws 1981 Death Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st U.S. woman free balloon pilot, dies 1981 Event Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws 1981 Event Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent 1981 Event Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner) 1980 Event Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78 1980 Event Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages 1980 Event U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1980 Event Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine 1980 Event Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1980 Birthday Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor, Free Willy 1980 Event Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1980 Death Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1979 Birthday James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1979 Event High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws 1978 Event Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 Event Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded 1977 Event 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise 1977 Event Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years) 1977 Event Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1976 Event Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees 1976 Event Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Event Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Birthday Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver 1976 Event A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell 1976 Death Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25 1976 Event Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1975 Event Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents 1975 Event President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped 1975 Event Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1975 Event Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1975 Birthday Aron Ralston, born in America, mountain climber, motivational speaker, forced to amputate his right arm to free and save himself, when trapped by a boulder in Utah 1975 Event Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack 1975 Event U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship 1975 Event Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 Event Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election 1974 Event Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract 1974 Event A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees) 1974 Event Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley 1974 Birthday Gary Hall, Jr., U.S., 50m/100m/400m free relay, Olympic-gold/2 silver-96 1974 Death Edgar Dearing, actor (Free and Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81 1974 Birthday Marcus Coleman, free safety for the New York Jets 1973 Birthday Shawn Wooden, free safety for the Miami Dolphins 1973 Birthday Duncan Free, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1973 Event 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s) 1973 Event Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game 1972 Event John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded 1971 Event President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free 1970 Death Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 1970 Birthday Neal Caloia, born in Torrance, California, free pistol 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Eric Castle, NFL free safety for the San Diego Chargers 1969 Birthday Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system 1969 Event Leonard Gersh' "Butterflies are Free," premieres in New York City 1969 Death Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies 1969 Event Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park 1969 Birthday Michael Dumas, NFL free safety, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars 1969 Event Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert 1969 Birthday Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m 1968 Birthday Darren Perry, NFL free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1968 Birthday Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit 1968 Birthday Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m 1968 Event Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free 1968 Event CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1967 Event Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1967 Event Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent 1967 Event Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!' 1967 Event Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1966 Event Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1965 Event Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 1964 Event Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1964 Event Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Birthday Bonnie Langford, English actress, Wombling Free 1963 Birthday Jazzie B, Beresford Romeo, English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free 1962 Event New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts 1961 Event St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws 1960 Birthday Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics 1960 Event European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm 1960 Event Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars 1958 Birthday Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham, England, rocker, I Want to Be Free 1956 Event Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1956 Event Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1954 Event Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws 1954 Birthday Ben Amonette, born in Radford, Virginia, free pistol, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1954 Birthday Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1953 Birthday World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors 1953 Birthday Richard Stallman, born in New York City, New York, computer programmer, software freedom activist, set up the Free Software Foundation 1952 Birthday Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1951 Birthday Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free 1950 Birthday Paul Kossoff, born in London, England, rock guitarist, Free 1948 Event State of Eire, formerly Irish Free State, declares its independence 1945 Event "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1945 Event Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo and Eibergen 1944 Event Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 Event Tito reaches free Belgrade 1944 Event Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1944 Event Canadians free Austria 1944 Event Polish forces free Terneuzen, Netherlands 1944 Event Eindhoven free (Lightly Day) 1944 Event Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria 1944 Event Tank division of British Guards free Brussels 1944 Birthday Frances de la Tour, actress, Bejeweled, Wombling Free 1944 Event French troops free Elba 1943 Event Corsica freed by Free French 1943 Event Free French lands on Corsica 1943 Birthday Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music 1943 Event Soviet troops free Karkov 1943 Event Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews) 1943 Event 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam 1943 Event NFL adopts free substitution rule 1943 Birthday Cheryl Miller, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Paula-Daktari, Born Free 1943 Birthday Blythe Danner, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actress, Butterflies are Free 1942 Birthday Mario Savio, born in New York, New York, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Sproul Plaza steps named Mario Savio Steps, taught mathematics, philosophy, logic at Sonoma State University 1942 Event Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David 1942 Event Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1942 Event New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games 1942 Death Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81 1941 Event Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1940 Event Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game 1940 Event Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary and Red Cross 1940 Event 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands 1940 Event Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1939 Birthday Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1938 Event Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game 1938 Birthday Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free 1938 Event Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) 1937 Event 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Event Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1937 Event Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2) 1936 Birthday Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book 1936 Event Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game 1936 Birthday Manfred Schoof, born in Madgeburg, Germany, composer, founder, European free jazz, professor in Cologne, interpreter of works by Bernd Alouis Zimmermann 1936 Event Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6) 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1935 Event H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more 1934 Event Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game 1933 Event Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk) 1933 Event German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion 1932 Birthday A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine 1932 Event "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang" 1931 Birthday Virginia McKenna, actress, Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba 1931 Birthday Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1931 Death Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40 1929 Event Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free 1927 Death Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated 1927 Event Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style 1926 Event VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms 1926 Birthday Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird 1923 Event Irish Free state joins League of Nations 1923 Event Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1922 Event 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1922 Event King George V proclaims Irish Free state 1922 Event Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 Event Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute 1922 Event Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier 1922 Birthday Bill Travers, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor, Born Free, Gorgo 1921 Birthday Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director, Free Academy 1920 Event Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection 1920 Birthday Liesbeth Tonckens, Wilhelmina, actress/lecturer, Free People 1919 Death Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies 1919 Event Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall 1919 Event Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1918 Event Brussels free Stofnar 1918 Event Ukraine proclaimed a free republic 1917 Event Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1916 Birthday A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa 1915 Birthday Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1914 Event Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 1914 Death Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84 1912 Birthday Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands 1912 Event South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1910 Birthday Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free 1908 Event Belgium annexes Congo Free State 1908 Event Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo 1905 Birthday Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College 1905 Death Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies 1901 Birthday Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands 1901 Event Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands 1900 Event Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) 1900 Event Britain annexes Orange Free State 1899 Event Orange Free state mobilizes 1894 Event Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday 1893 Birthday Edgar Dearing, bron in Ceres, California, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy 1885 Event Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium 1885 Death John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 1884 Event Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Event Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Event Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Event Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Event German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Event U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1880 Event Amsterdam Free University opens 1880 Birthday William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1878 Birthday Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare 1877 Birthday Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer 1876 Event 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass 1869 Event Free postal delivery formally inaugurated 1865 Event Union General Granger declares slaves are free in Texas 1865 Event Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks 1863 Event Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz 1863 Event Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired 1862 Event President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1861 Event New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S 1860 Event Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1859 Event Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1854 Event Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin 1854 Event Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1854 Event British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1850 Birthday Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker 1848 Event Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president 1848 Event Free last slaves in French colonies 1843 Event United Free Church of Scotland forms 1834 Birthday Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder, Free Parish 1833 Event Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves 1832 Event Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) 1822 Event Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa 1816 Event Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany 1815 Event Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic 1811 Birthday Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist, Free Will 1804 Event Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1800 Event Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar 1800 Event Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave 1795 Event Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi 1788 Event Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans 1787 Event 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens 1787 Event Philadelphia's Free African Society forms 1787 Event Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes 1785 Death Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 1784 Death Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies 1783 Event Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight 1780 Birthday Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator, Free Church of Scotland 1843-47 1776 Event Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" 1776 Event Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks 1775 Event Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army 1735 Event States of Holland forbid Free Masonry 1734 Event Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge 1719 Birthday Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik 1717 Event 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London 1674 Death Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72 1659 Event General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland 1654 Event Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1652 Event John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va 1651 Event Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va 1640 Event Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1602 Birthday Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza 1534 Event Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1422 Event Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple 1397 Event Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom
