2015 Event 'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy Award drama nominations with 24, giving network HBO the lead with 124 nominations overall; ABC ranks second with 42 total nominations for this year's awards, to be held in September 2014 Event Nigeria rebases its GDP calculations, making its economy the largest in Africa on a total GDP basis; however, South Africa leads on a GDP per capita basis 2013 Event Founder Michael Dell leads a consortium that announced plans to take Dell private with a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal - the largest buyout seen since the recession 2012 Event Typhoon Bopha, striking New Bataan and parts of the southern Philippines, leads to the deaths of 283 people with 339 injured, over 300 missing, and over 87,000 evacuated from the area 2012 Event A drought spreading through the United States leads to over 1,000 counties declared natural disaster areas 2012 Event In Lahore, Pakistan, a fake medicine crisis at a cardiology hospital leads to 112 fatalities, and rising 2011 Event In London, a rise in university tuition fees leads thousands of students to march in protest 2010 Event China leads an investigation into its commercial pilots upon learning over 200 of them falsified their resumes 2010 Event The 2010 Canterbury earthquake leads the town of Christchurch, New Zealand, to declare a curfew and state of emergency 1995 Event Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 1991 Event NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike 1989 Event Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa 1989 Event Reverend Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst 1977 Event Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1966 Event Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland 1963 Birthday Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward, Phoenix, Rockets, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1959 Event Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep 1957 Event Yankees involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade 1950 Event Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases 1945 Event Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1943 Birthday Lech Walesa, born in Popowo, Poland, leads Polish Solidarity, Nobel 1983 1933 Event Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game 1920 Event Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th home run leads Yankees to 8-2 win 1916 Event Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12 1909 Event Ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment 1902 Event 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 1863 Event Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves 1859 Event John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va 1831 Event Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia 1831 Event Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery 1822 Event Denmark Vesey, leads slave rebellion in South Carolina 1817 Event San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes 1789 Event Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh 1730 Event Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy 1638 Event Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues 1601 Event John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London 1601 Event Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 1569 Event Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce 1545 Event English earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland 1536 Event Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions 1429 Event Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans 1429 Event Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English 1253 Event Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen 1180 Event Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira
