2015 Event UNESCO has added new sites to its World Heritage list, including the regions of Champagne and Burgundy in France, both Susa and the cultural setting of Maymand in Iran, and the Singapore Botanical Gardens, among others 2014 Event The Pyu Ancient Cities in Myanmar and the Shahr-i-Sokhta (Burnt City) in Iran have been named World Heritage sites; the Myanmar cities were active from 200 B.C. to 900 A.D.; the Iranian city was active primarily from 3200 B.C. to about 1800 B.C. 2014 Event The U.K. recognizes people of Cornish heritage as minorities in accordance with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; people of Scottish, Welsh and Irish heritage already have minority standing 2014 Event The Italian government sets aside 2 million euros for repairs to the ancient city of Pompeii after damage caused by heavy rains highlights the general decay of this World Heritage site 2013 Event Libya's ruins of Cyrene, a World Heritage Site near Shahhat, is damaged by real estate developers 2013 Event A training exercise emergency causes two U.S. marine harrier jets to drop several hundred unarmed bombs on the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site 2013 Event UNESCO officially names Mount Fuji a World Heritage Site 2010 Event Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added to the World Heritage List 2010 Event The Stonehenge World Heritage Site announces the discovery of a possible new henge, the biggest discovery at a major monument in over 50 years 1996 Death George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner, dies at 69 1973 Event Susie Berning wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open 1972 Event Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open 1971 Event Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open 1964 Birthday Davis Milton Love III, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1987 MCI Heritage 1958 Birthday Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1948 Birthday Virginia Bottomley, secretary, Heritage 1945 Birthday Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 1944 Birthday Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer, 1977 Heritage 1932 Birthday Jocelyn Stevens, CEO, English Heritage 1931 Birthday Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire, Heritage Projects 1927 Birthday George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner 1703 Event Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage
