2015 Event The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2015 Event The smaller of twin cubs born to giant panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has died; though both cubs appeared to be healthy at birth, the smaller cub failed to gain weight and may have caught a respiratory infection 2015 Event Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to twin cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; the cubs appear healthy but will alternate between an incubator and nursing time with their mother 2015 Event France�s far-right National Front party has expelled one of its founders, Jean-Marie Le Pen, after continued conflict over his anti-Semitic remarks; current party leader Marine Le Pen, his daughter, seeks to move the party away from its past 2015 Event Golfer Zach Johnson wins the British Open, becoming one of only six golfers in history to win at both the St. Andrews Old Course and the Augusta National course 2015 Event Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis steps down despite the outcome of a national referendum favoring his position against the bailout terms proposed by the E.U. and other creditors; economist Euclid Tsakalotos will take his place 2015 Event Juan Felipe Herrera, age 66, has been named by U.S. Congress as this year's national poet laureate; Herrera, who is the first Latino to be given the title, has served for the past three years as California poet laureate 2015 Event Parts of the U.S. Patriot Act, including authorization of bulk phone data collection by the National Security Administration, expire due to lack of agreement in the Senate regarding extension 2015 Event In response to terrorist dangers such as the January shootings at French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', the French National Assembly passes a law to expand the government's surveillance powers; critics warn that the act will violate civil liberties 2015 Event Scientists discover a huge magma reservoir under Yellowstone National Park that feeds the magma chamber heating the park's geothermal features; though no volcanic eruption is likely for thousands of years, such an event would dwarf all others to date 2015 Event New anti-austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras halts the public asset privatizations required under Greece's bailout agreement with its foreign creditors; Standard & Poor's has lowered its rating on Greek national debt from stable to negative 2015 Event The Swiss National Bank has uncapped the Swiss franc against the euro, resulting in a rise in its currency value from 1.20 to 1.04 francs/euro; the bank also reduced interest rates from -.25% to -.75%, increasing costs to investors who store deposits 2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2015 Event The National Baseball Hall of Fame elects four players: Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio; the induction ceremony will take place in July 2014 Event In light of recent separatist elections, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko seeks to nullify a law that gave greater autonomy to rebel regions; Ukraine does not recognize the election results and will hold national elections as planned in December 2014 Event Scottish citizens reject independence of Scotland from the U.K.; 45 percent voted for and 55 percent voted against independence in a national referendum 2014 Event In an effort to address the flood of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas border, Governor Rick Perry sends 1,000 National Guard troops to provide border security 2014 Event Tiger Woods has announced that he will begin golfing again after a three-month hiatus he took to recover from back surgery; he will play in the Quicken Loans National in Maryland next week 2014 Event The Bharatiya Janata Party wins India's general election, defeating the Indian National Congress; the results appear to signal a desire for greater economic progress 2014 Event Football players at Northwestern University cast votes on whether to form a union; the players were ruled last month to be university employees by the National Labor Relations Board, giving the students the right to organize 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 Washington Post' and 'The Guardian' win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting of surveillance programs by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); the investigations relied on thousands of documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor 2014 Event The U.S. National Security Agency confirms that it has been using a legal loophole to search phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant 2014 Event Scientists from Australian National University observe the oldest star in the universe for the first time. The star, located 6,000 light years from Earth, serves as a fingerprint of the first stars in the universe; it is believed to be 13.7 billion years old 2014 Event Google and Microsoft report that the National Security Agency ordered them to provide information on 10,000 accounts over a six-month period in 2012 and 2013, and Yahoo reported they complied with government request for information on more than 40,000 accounts 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2014 Event National 9/11 Memorial officials announce that the 9/11 Museum will open mid-May; the long-delayed Museum, dedicated to the victims of the terror attack, plans to charge $24 for most adult tickets 2014 Event It is revealed that the National Security Agency, NSA, is using software to spy on nearly 100,000 computers around the world; most of the software is implanted by accessing the Internet, but some technology enables data to be entered or altered through radio wave transmission 2014 Event A day before the U.S. Senate will vote on extending emergency unemployment benefits, Gene Sperling, Director of the White House National Economic Council publicly promoted the case for extending benefits 2013 Event The LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 that went off the radar Friday is discovered in Namibia's Bwabwata National Park; all 33 passengers died in the crash 2013 Event The 150th anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, a national hero and revolutionary leader in the Philippines, is commemorated 2013 Event For reasons of 'strategic national interest', Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announces the nation will cut its diplomatic ties with Taiwan but would remain a friend of Taiwan's people 2013 Event Following an elaborate two-day state funeral, national independence hero of Vietnam, General Vo Nguyen Giap, is buried 2013 Event The Rim Fire at Yosemite National Park, which burned over 371 square miles and is now 80% contained, is being blamed on a hunter's illegal campfire 2013 Event Yosemite National Park continues to be engulfed by flames as the Rim wildfire has grown to 281 square miles 2013 Event The Rim wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park has consumed 225 square miles of forest, and is only 7 percent contained 2013 Event Columbia's Chiribiquete National Park expands to 3 million hectares from 1.2 million hectares, becoming one of the Amazon's largest protected zones 2013 Event A wildfire near Yosemite National Park burns over 25 square miles, forcing residents of the Pine Lake community to evacuate 2013 Event The 2013 National Poetry Competition is won by Patricia McCarthy 2013 Event In China, Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the National People's Congress announcing the country's 2013 goal of a 7.5% growth rate in GDP 2013 Event Estonia becomes the first country in the world to establish a national electric car charging network , with cars charging in less than 30 minutes 2013 Event Parliamentary elections are held in Monaco, with the the Horizon Monaco alliance winning 50.3% of the vote, securing 20 of 24 seats in the country's National Council 2013 Event Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 2013 Event The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, reveals that the EU is planning regulatory action to facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders 2013 Event For the first time since 1996, no candidates were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2013 Event The President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, declares that official documents must use the words 'State of Palestine' 2013 Event Ray Lewis, U.S. football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, announces plans for retirement at the end of the season 2012 Event Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) 2012 Event An early work by noted childhood fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, titled, 'The Tallow Candle", is found at the bottom of a filing box at the National Archives of Funen 2012 Event Philippine President Benigno Aquino, announces a state of national calamity after Typhoon Bopha claims over 450 lives 2012 Event Burmese President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet U.S. President Barack Obama, the country's first visit from a sitting U.S. President 2012 Event Sisters Eva Hoffe and Ruth Wiesler, who inherited valuable documents belonging to Franz Kafka and his colleague Max Brod are ordered to turn the documents over to the National Library in Tel Aviv 2012 Event Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, Chairman of Libya's legislative authority, the General National Congress, says al-Qaeda elements who fought with rebels in Libya's civil war number "up to 200" in Libya 2012 Event Japan appoints its new finance minister, Koriki Jojima, and Seiji Maehara as its new minister of national strategy and economic policy 2012 Event Japanese automakers announce plans to cut output in China; they announce plans to suspend operations in the country until after National Day 2012 Event The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announces a successful artificial insemination as Mei Xiang gives birth to her second giant panda cub 2012 Event The expiration of a collective bargaining agreement causes the National Hockey League player lock out 2012 Event The U.S. Surgeon General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Army Secretary, release a new U.S. national strategy to prevent suicides; the strategy uses Facebook as a tactic 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 2012 Event U.S. National Park officials notify 3,100 recent visitors of an outbreak of Hantavirus sourced to tent cabins in Yosemite National Park 2012 Event At the National Convention in Tampa, Florida, the U.S. Republican Party nominates Mitt Romney as its candidate in the 2012 presidential election 2012 Event In China, thousands protest plans to introduce national patriotism lessons in Hong Kong school, labeling it Chines propaganda 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul announces he will end his campaign, but that he will still try to obtain delegates before the Republican National Convention in August 2012 Event New Delhi hosts the 59th National Film Awards; 'Deool' and 'Byari' win the Award for Best Feature Film 2012 Event Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2012 Event After 70 years, two papers on Alan Turing's theory of code-breaking are released to the U.K.'s National Archives 2012 Event Owner of the New Orleans Saints, Tom Benson, agrees to purchase the New Orleans Hornets from the National Basketball Association for an estimated $338 million 2012 Event Libya's National Transitional Council admits it faces a national crisis amidst and escalation of violence and militia rule 2012 Event After two decades of being closed due to civil war, the Somali National Theater reopens in Mogadishu 2011 Event Financial disputes lead New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to report that the National September 11 Museum will not open on time 2011 Event The U.S. Library of Congress intends to preserve the thriller 'Silence of the Lambs' as part of its National Film Registry 2011 Event Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, sets a new National Football League record for yards passing in a season 2011 Event A report claiming nearly all research on chimpanzees is scientifically unjustified causes the U.S. National Institute of Health to place a moratorium on new studies using chimpanzees 2011 Event Protesters storm the national Parliament in Kuwait; Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and his cabinet, resign 2011 Event Parliament gives the new Greek Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos a vote of confidence, opening the doors for national unity to help restore financial stability in Greece 2011 Event Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, reveals it is impossible to protect Bangkok from flooding; calls the floods a 'national crisis' 2011 Event The Libyan National Transitional Council will move to Tripoli from Benghazi next week 2011 Event The National Diet of Japan, Japan's bicameral legislature, approves Yoshihiko Noda as its new Prime Minister 2011 Event Libya's National Transitional Council raises concerns about the mass killing of political prisoners by Muammar Gaddafi's government 2011 Event Japan's National Police Agency discloses that 90% of cyberattacks on its web site came from IP addresses in the People's Republic of China 2011 Event The Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil announces Muammar Gaddafi's regime has collapsed 2011 Event The U.S. National Football League ratifies a new collective bargaining agreement which includes provisions for human growth hormone tests 2011 Event The U.K. government recognizes the National Transitional Council and expels Libyan diplomats loyal to Muammar Gaddafi 2011 Event In Iran, the Central Bank of Iran launches a website which it will use to poll Iranians on planned economic reforms and changing the national currency 2011 Event In Egypt, the court orders the former ruling National Democratic Part of Hosni Mubarak be dissolved 2011 Event The U.S. Democratic National Committee appoints Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chairwoman 2011 Event The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports 32,788 traffic deaths; the lowest number of deaths since 1949 2011 Event National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after a scandal involving NPR executives 2010 Event A male Algerian is fined by a court in Nice for insulting the French national flag; this was the first such penalty ever to be administered 2010 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is granted temporary powers to pass laws by decree, negating any required review or support from the National Assembly 2010 Event Wikileaks releases 250,000 classified documents and sensitive national security information sent by U.S. embassies; the U.S. condemns the unauthorized disclosure 2010 Event Union of Myanmar changes its name to Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and changes the design of the national flag 2010 Event A Southampton University research fellow discovers a lost Antonio Vivaldi flute concerto at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh 2010 Event Uganda's Wildlife Authority announces that some animals in the country's national parks and game reserves have doubled in population since 1999 2010 Event A crowd of 500,000 people attend a 'Restoring Honor' rally hosted by Glenn Beck at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 2010 Event Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added to the World Heritage List 2010 Event President Obama meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and promises Palestinians $400 million in U.S. assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 2010 Event Bolivian president Evo Morales Ayma and United National Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discuss climate change 2010 Event Nepal declares a national day of mourning in honor of Girija Prasad Koirala, the 'elder statesman of South Asia' who dies in Kathmandu at age 86 2009 Event Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro 2004 Event President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director 2004 Event Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention 2002 Death Barbara Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 54 2002 Death Galen Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 61 2000 Death Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52 2000 Death Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93 1997 Death Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82 1997 Event Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1997 Event 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym 1997 Event PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith 1997 Event Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am 1997 Event Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am 1997 Event Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am 1996 Death McGeorge Bundy, U.S. national security advisor (1961-66), dies at 77 1996 Event PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper 1996 Event 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture 1995 Event 68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis 1995 Death Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, British national park warden, dies at 87 1995 Event President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City 1995 Death Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91 1995 Event Congress party loses India national election 1995 Event PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander 1994 Event National Museum of American Indian opens (New York City) 1994 Event 67th National Spelling Bee: Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian 1994 Death George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55 1994 Event Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History 1994 Event PBA National Championship won by David Traber 1994 Death Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball President (National League), dies at 72 1993 Event 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze 1993 Death Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1993 Event PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr 1992 Death Paul E Garber, 1st curator (National Air and Space Museum), dies at 93 1992 Event Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention 1992 Event 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum 1992 Event William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1992 Event PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel 1991 Event San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles 1991 Event 91st U.S. Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline National Golf Club Minnesota 1991 Event The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication 1991 Event 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic 1991 Event PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller 1991 Event Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll 1990 Death Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 1990 Event Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years 1990 Event Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego) 1990 Event Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game 1990 Event Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at San Diego Padre game 1990 Event "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington 1990 Event Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M 1990 Event Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 Event 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne 1990 Event Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 Event South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1990 Event National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1990 Event John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal 1990 Event PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak 1990 Event 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1990 Event South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress 1989 Event Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki 1989 Event 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator 1989 Event African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam 1989 Event FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1988 Death Generoso Pope, Jr., National Enquirer owner, dies at 61 1988 Event New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark 1988 Death Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65 1988 Event 61st National Spell Bee: Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal 1987 Event "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik 1987 Event Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett 1987 Event 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins 1987 Event 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA National Palm Beach 1987 Event Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1987 Event Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women 1987 Event 60th National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci 1987 Event Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show 1987 Event National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C. 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 Event Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1986 Event A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League 1986 Event Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower 1986 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1986 Event Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves 1986 Event P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency 1986 Event 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia 1986 Event U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000 1986 Event "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) 1985 Event Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1985 Event 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu 1985 Event French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 Event National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1984 Event Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 1984 Event 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge 1984 Event National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1984 Event Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1983 Event Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup 1983 Event 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National Golf Club Florida 1983 Event 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim 1983 Event 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed 1983 Event 1st National Coin Week begins 1982 Event 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1982 Event 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1982 Event National railroad strike in Belgium 1982 Event Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager 1982 Event ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 Event 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis 1982 Death Melville Bell Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society, dies at 80 1982 Birthday Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 National 1982 Event National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 1981 Event Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1981 Event U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion 1981 Event Vernon Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League 1981 Event National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 Event Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Association 1981 Event 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus 1980 Event National Black Independent Party forms 1980 Birthday Timothy Goebel, born in Evanston, Illinois, figure skater, 1996 National, Jr. champ 1980 Event U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 1980 Event 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate 1980 Event Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League president 1980 Event Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament 1980 Birthday Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18 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 St. Vincent and Grenadines becomes independent of U.K. (National Day) 1979 Event Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record) 1979 Event National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated 1979 Event Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab 1979 Event 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature 1979 Birthday Jonny Wilkinson, born in Frimley, England, professional rugby union player, member of the England national team, considered one of the world's best rugby players 1979 Event National Volksraad installed in Namibia 1979 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1979 Event President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1978 Birthday Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th 1978 Event Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size 1978 Event President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio 1978 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1978 Event USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1978 Event Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua 1978 Event 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification 1978 Birthday Mike Bryan, born in Oxnard, California, tennis star, USTA National 18 doubles 1978 Event Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1978 Event Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires 1977 Event Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at World Series 1977 Event Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship 1977 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1977 Birthday Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1977 Event 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist 1977 Event Coup in Seychelles, National Day 1977 Birthday Jere Michael, Aspen, Colorado, figure skater, 1994 National, Jr. champ 1977 Birthday Diane Halber, Torrance, California, fig skater, 1996 National Collegiate champ 1977 Birthday Vince Carter, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, professional basketball player, shooting guard and small forward for Orlando Magic National Basketball Team 1976 Event Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national 1976 Event Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1976 Event 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy 1976 Event Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1976 Death Gerald Smith, antisemite / catholic, National Christian Crusade, dies at 78 1976 Event 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students 1976 Event Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions 1975 Event Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1975 Event Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) 1975 Event Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 Event 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss 1975 Event Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1975 Event Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1975 Event Sao Tome e Principe gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 Event Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 Event 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor 1975 Event Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day) 1974 Event National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing 1974 Event Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000 1974 Event Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) 1974 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1974 Event 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte 1974 Event Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1974 Birthday Juan Roque, born in San Diego, California, professional football player, offensive tackle, played for the National Football League's Detroit Lions 1973 Event Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship 1973 Event PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony 1973 Event Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1973 Birthday Sergey Brin, born in Moscow, Soviet Union, computer scientist, Google co-founder, speaker, National Academy of Engineering inductee 1973 Event WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris 1973 Event National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1973 Event 46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe 1973 Event John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence 1973 Birthday Michael Joyce, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA National Boys' 18 1972 Birthday Luis Figo, born in Almada, Portugal, professional soccer player, midfielder, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, won 127 caps for the Portuguese national soccer team 1972 Event Golden Gate National Recreation Area created 1972 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1972 Event Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 Event White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1972 Event UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title 1971 Birthday Todd Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1997 National Sr champ 1971 Birthday Ernest Faber, born in Geldrop, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for the Netherlands national football team, PSV Eindhoven, FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam 1971 Birthday Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s 1971 Birthday Kenny Cunningham, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, defender, won 70 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team 1971 Event Vernon E Jordan, Jr., appointed executive director of National Urban League 1971 Event 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon 1971 Death Max Trapp, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement, dies at 83 1971 Event National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1971 Event All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations 1971 Event Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day) 1971 Event Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site 1971 Event South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion 1971 Death Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1971 Event 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1971 Event National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1971 Death Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1971 Event National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC 1971 Event Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established 1970 Event Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1970 Death Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1970 Event 70th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine National Minn 1970 Event 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant 1970 Event National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U 1970 Event National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio 1970 Death 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 Event Guyana becomes a republic (National Day) 1970 Birthday Adam Keefe, born in Irvine, California, professional basketball player, power forward, played in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz for nine years 1970 Event Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1969 Birthday Ben Iroha, born in Aba, Nigeria, professional soccer player, played for the Nigerian national team, head coach, Nigeria's Dolphins FC 1969 Death Marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63 1969 Event Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day) 1969 Event Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins 1969 Event Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections 1969 Event National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1969 Event 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1969 Event The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1968 Event PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn 1968 Event "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning 1968 Event Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 Event Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem National Conven 1968 Event Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 Event National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks 1967 Event United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL 1967 Event A's drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley 1967 Birthday Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 National Amat France 1967 Event Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes 1967 Birthday Paul Gascoigne, born in Dunston, England, professional soccer player, nicknamed Gazza, midfielder, capped 57 times for the England national soccer team 1967 Event PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1966 Event Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Event National Organization of Women founded 1966 Event Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Event Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Birthday Salma Hayek, born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, actress, Mexican national, most prominent Mexican figure in Hollywood, fights discrimination against immigrants 1966 Event National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting 1966 Event National Welfare Rights Organization organizes 1966 Death Gilbert H Grosvenor, president National Geographic Society, dies at 90 1966 Event Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE 1965 Event Singapore gains independence from Malaysia, National Day 1965 Event Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Event Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1965 Event Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Event Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower 1964 Birthday Jon Hough, Royal Oak, Michigan, Nike golfer, 1986 NAIA Individual National Champ 1964 Event Zambia (N Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1964 Event San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark 1964 Event Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem 1964 Birthday Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1964 Event Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract 1963 Event John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for John F. Kennedy) 1963 Event "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art 1962 Event U.S. National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope 1962 Event Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) 1962 Death Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64 1962 Event Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) 1962 Event Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) 1962 Event U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000 1961 Birthday Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team 1961 Birthday Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Event Amsterdam National Ballet forms 1961 Event Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League 1961 Event Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii 1961 Birthday Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series 1961 Event Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) 1960 Event Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) 1960 Event French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1960 Event Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1960 Event Gabon gains independence from France, National Day 1960 Event Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate 1960 Event National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated 1960 Event Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points 1959 Birthday Keith Allen Clearwater, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1987 Colonial National 1959 Event 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park 1959 Event Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) 1958 Event Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X 1958 Birthday Carlos Carson, born in Lake Worth, Florida, football player, wide receiver, played in ten National Football League seasons, from 1980 to 1989, all time Pro Bowl NFL player 1958 Event Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) 1958 Event Central African Republic made autonomous member of French Community (National Day) 1958 Event Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 Event National Defense Education Act was signed 1958 Event President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock 1958 Event National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 1958 Event Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points 1957 Event Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for National Service 1957 Birthday Glenn Hoddle, born in Hayes, London, soccer team manager for Swindon Town, formerly played for Swindon Town, National Football Museum Hall of Fame inductee 1957 Event Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1957 Birthday Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team 1957 Event 1st National Curling Championship held 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1956 Event Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia 1956 Birthday Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1956 Event Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 Event Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) 1956 Event East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1955 Birthday Ann Bancroft, born in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, author, teacher, adventurer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee 1955 Birthday Alan Hansen, born in Sauchie, Scotland, professional football player, television pundit, played for Liverpool, Scottish national team, and Patrick Thistle 1955 Birthday Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990 1955 Event U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1955 Birthday Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1954 Event 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1954 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open 1953 Event French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy 1953 Event Albert W. Dent, elected president of National Health Council 1953 Birthday Linda Lingle, born in St. Louis, Missouri, politician, Republican, 6th Governor of Hawaii, chairman, 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City 1953 Event Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 Event "Maggie" closes at National Theater New York City after 5 performances 1953 Event "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances 1953 Birthday Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1953 Event NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf 1953 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7 1952 Birthday John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1952 Event General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day) 1952 Birthday Gary Bettman, born in Queens, New York City, commissioner, National Hockey League, formerly, general counsel and president, National Basketball Association 1952 Birthday Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic 1952 Event Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card 1952 Birthday Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League 1952 Birthday John Cornyn, born in Houston, Texas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Texas, Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress 1952 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 1951 Event Snowdonia becomes a National Park in Wales 1951 Event Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 Event "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater New York City after 37 performances 1951 Event "Courtin' Time" opens at National Theater New York City for 37 performances 1951 Birthday Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 7-time NASCAR national champion 1951 Birthday Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91 1951 Birthday Bonnie Lauer, born in America, professional golfer, won National Collegiate Championship playing for Michigan State University, won 2 LPGA Tours, served as 1988 LPGA President 1950 Event Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast 1950 Event National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms 1950 Birthday Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1950 Event Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition 1950 Event 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 Event 1st annual National Book Awards 1950 Event Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa 1950 Birthday Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 Event "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City after 460 performances 1950 Event 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C. 1949 Event German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) 1949 Event People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) 1949 Event National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense 1949 Event NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association 1949 Event Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1949 Birthday Jean Potvin, born in Ottawa, Ontario, hockey player, National Hockey League, played defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers 1949 Birthday Joe Lavender, born in Rayville, Louisiana, football cornerback, played for National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins 1948 Event "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater New York City for 460 performances 1948 Event Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1948 Event "Hold It!" opens at National Theater New York City for 46 performances 1948 Event Britain's National Health Service Act begins 1948 Event Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey 1948 Event National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time 1948 Event "Hold It!" closes at National Theater New York City after 46 performances 1948 Birthday Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer 1948 Event "Call Me Mister" closes at National Theater New York City after 734 performances 1947 Event National Security Act, passes 1947 Event National Security Act establishes CIA 1946 Event Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1946 Birthday Neil MacGregor, director, British National Gallery 1946 Event Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy, National Day 1946 Event KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands 1946 Event Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1946 Event "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater New York City for 734 performances 1946 Event "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater New York City after 167 performances 1946 Birthday Timothy Clifford, director, National Galleries of Scotland 1946 Event National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic 1945 Event "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances 1945 Birthday Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women 1945 Death John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies 1945 Event Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Birthday Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women 1945 Event Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets 1945 Event Day of Unity in West Germany, National Day 1945 Event Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1945 Birthday Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage 1945 Event Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1945 Birthday Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1944 Event Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day) 1944 Event Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day) 1944 Event Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1944 Event Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1944 Birthday Peter Ryan, British national director, Police Training 1944 Birthday Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster 1944 Birthday R. J. B. Knight, deputy director, National Maritime Museum 1943 Event WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters 1943 Event "International" is no longer U.S.S.R. National Anthem 1943 Event National Committee Freies Deutschland forms 1943 Event WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters 1943 Event National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 Event Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1943 Death Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1943 Birthday Ian Robertson, British museum director, National Army Museum 1943 Birthday Richard Eyre, British director, National Theatre 1942 Event Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms 1942 Event National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms 1942 Event National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services 1942 Event Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map 1942 Birthday Neil Chalmers, director, National History Museum, London 1942 Death Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 1942 Event National War Labor Board created 1941 Event German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union 1941 Birthday Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 Birthday George Will, born in Champaign, Illinois, journalist, author, wrote, editor, National Review magazine 1972 - 1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary 1941 Event National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens 1941 Event National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C. 1940 Event 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 1940 Birthday Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1940 Event Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated 1940 Event U.S. National Guard assembles 1940 Birthday David Hart, General-Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers 1940 Birthday Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, National Symph 1973-77 1940 Event Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government" 1940 Birthday Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 Event 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) 1939 Birthday Eleanor Smeal, leader, National Organization for Women 1939 Birthday Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement 1939 Birthday Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970 1939 Event Federal Hall National Monument established 1938 Event National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball 1938 Event Olympic National Park forms 1938 Death Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 1938 Event 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 1938 Event National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY) 1938 Event Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a U.S. national bank 1937 Event U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act 1937 Birthday Varbara Ann Teer, U.S. actress/director, National Black Theatre Company 1937 Event National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1936 Event National Wildlife Federation forms 1935 Event 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis) 1935 Birthday Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr., civil rights activist, National Urban League 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act 1935 Event Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1935 Event Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1935 Event Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established 1934 Event Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 Birthday J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery 1934 Birthday Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1934 Birthday Simon Gournlay, president, British National Farmer's Union 1934 Event Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Death Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard 1934 Event Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard 1934 Event National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball 1933 Event Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant 1933 Event National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1933 Birthday Tony Mullett, dir-general, National Criminal Intelligence Service 1933 Event World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated 1933 Birthday Darijan Bozic, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, composer, conductor, manager, artistic director of The Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 1933 Birthday Craig L. Thomas, born in Wyoming, United States Senator from Wyoming, protected America's national parks 1933 Event White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1932 Birthday Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories 1932 Event 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1932 Birthday Elizabeth Southey, British CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1932 Event Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem 1932 Event German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia) 1931 Event Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists) 1931 Event Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem 1931 Birthday Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet 1931 Event "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem 1931 Event National League adopts a deader baseball 1931 Birthday Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1930 Birthday Clayton K. Yeutter, Nebraska, U.S. trade rep/Republican National chairman 1930 Birthday Frank Carlucci, National Security Adviser and Secretary of Defense, 1987 - 1989 1930 Event USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1930 Event George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established 1929 Event 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 Event President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park 1929 Event Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1929 Event Acadia National Park, Maine established 1928 Birthday Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Event Republican National Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover 1928 Birthday Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw, national security advisor, Carter 1927 Birthday Don Revie, English soccer coach, Leeds, National team 1927 Birthday Michael Levey, director, British National Gallery 1927 Birthday Trevor Holdsworth, CEO, National Power 1927 Birthday Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman, National Westminster Bank 1927 Event Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank 1927 Event Left wins national election in Thuringen 1927 Event 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago) 1926 Event Facist national symbol elevated in Italy 1926 Event NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms 1926 Event National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America 1926 Birthday Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 1926 Event National Bar Association incorporates 1926 Event National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1926 Birthday Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist, National Welfare Rights Association 1926 Birthday Prunella Briance, founder, National Childbirth Trust 1925 Birthday William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Birthday Justin Kaplan, born in New York, New York, writer, editor, Pulitzer-prize winner and National Book Award-winner for biography on Mark Twain, edited Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition 1925 Event 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. 1925 Birthday Anne Harris, CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1925 Birthday Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Birthday Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, National Security Council 1925 Event Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska 1925 Event 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkampferbund in Berlin 1924 Event President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1924 Event Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1924 Event "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago 1924 Birthday Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1923 Event Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president 1923 Birthday Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Organization, 1955-79 1923 Event Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established 1922 Event Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief 1922 Event President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem 1922 Event Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine 1922 Birthday Campbell Adamson, CEO, Abbey National Pictures 1922 Event Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish 1922 Event Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference 1922 Birthday Andre Asriel, born in Germany, composer, winner of 1951 National Prize for East Germany 1922 Event American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1922 Event Lehman Caves National Monument established 1921 Birthday Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1921 Event National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1921 Birthday Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist, National Review 1921 Event Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 1921 Event Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system 1921 Event National Hospital Day 1st observed 1921 Birthday Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1921 Event Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas 1920 Event National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1920 Birthday Bert Leysen, TV director, Belgian National TV 1920 Event Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1919 Event Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM) 1919 Event 1st observance of National Book Week 1919 Event American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis) 1919 Event Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members 1919 Event National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series 1919 Event Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine 1919 Birthday Lady Ricketts, CEO, National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux 1919 Birthday McGeorge Bundy, born in Boston, national security adviser, John F. Kennedy 1919 Event Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1919 Event Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine 1919 Event Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 1919 Event German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria 1919 Event National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party 1918 Event John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1918 Event Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 1918 Event National Urban League forms 1918 Event Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) 1917 Event Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) 1917 Event NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands 1917 Birthday Oliver Tambo, co-founder, African National Congress 1916 Event Department of Interior forms National Park Service 1916 Event Hawaii National Park forms 1916 Event 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java 1916 Event National Defense Act establishes ROTC 1916 Event 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held 1915 Event 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa) 1915 Event Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established 1915 Birthday David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales 1915 Event National Baptist Convention chartered 1915 Event ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1915 Event National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created 1915 Event Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established 1913 Event John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League 1913 Birthday John Elliott Terry, managing director, National Film Finance Corp 1913 Birthday Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1913 Event National Institute of Arts and Letters founded 1913 Event National Woman's Party forms 1912 Event National Council of Young Israel convenes 1912 Event Albanian National Flag adopted 1912 Event British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 1912 Event 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria) 1911 Event National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria 1911 Event Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day) 1911 Birthday Melvin M Payne, president, National Geographic Society 1911 Event National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) 1910 Birthday John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships 1910 Birthday Baroness Phillips, president and general secretary, National Association of Women 1910 Event Montana's Glacier National Park forms 1910 Event National Institute of Arts and Letters incorporated by Congress 1909 Event Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Birthday Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1909 Birthday Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1909 Event John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 1909 Event Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women 1909 Event Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands 1909 Event National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms 1908 Event National Association of Colored Nurses, forms 1908 Birthday Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund 1908 Event Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1908 Birthday Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden 1908 Event Pinnacles National Monument, California established 1908 Event Muir Woods National Monument, California established 1907 Event Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral 1907 Birthday Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art 1907 Birthday Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, National Association for Social Sciences-1963 1907 Birthday Ralph F. Marston, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Ralph Fulsom Marston, professional football player, played with National Football League's Boston Bulldogs, 1929 1907 Event Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Inst of Arts and Letters 1906 Event Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 1906 Birthday Marion Lloyd Vince, born in Brooklyn, New York, fencer, National champ 1928, 31 1905 Event French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state 1905 Birthday Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front 1905 Event Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall 1905 Event National Association of Audubon Society incorporates 1904 Event National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1904 Event J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 Event National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan 1903 Birthday Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35 1903 Event 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1903 Event Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1903 Event Wind Cave National Park, SD established 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 Event 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) 1901 Event National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms 1901 Event Jewish National Fund starts 1901 Event Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce 1899 Birthday Paul E Garber, U.S. founder/1st curator of National Air and Space Museum 1899 Event National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms 1899 Event President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.) 1899 Event Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902 1898 Event National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY 1898 Event Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic 1897 Event National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) 1897 Event Michael Eagan wins 1st U.S. national amateur handball championship 1896 Event 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag 1896 Event Yosemite becomes a National Park 1896 Event National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's 1896 Birthday Thomas W. McKnew, president, National Geographic Society 1896 Birthday Warren Giles, baseball's National League president 1896 Event AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City 1895 Birthday Freida Geiken, autobiographer, National Historic Taping 1895 Event National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati 1894 Event Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1894 Event Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) 1893 Birthday Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano 1893 Event The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 1892 Event Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1892 Event National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded 1891 Event National Forest Service organized 1891 Event 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs 1891 Death Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention, dies at 68 1890 Event Yosemite National Park forms 1890 Event Congress establishes Yosemite National Park 1890 Birthday Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, National Symphony 1890 Event National Afro-American League forms in Chicago 1889 Birthday Ralph W. Sockman, born in New York, New York, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S. 1889 Event 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration 1888 Event National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time 1888 Event National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C. 1888 Event National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C. 1887 Birthday Max Trapp, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement 1887 Event To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1886 Event 1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City) 1886 Event Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized 1885 Birthday John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam 1885 Birthday Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder, National Woman's Party 1884 Event Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention 1884 Event John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party national convention chair 1884 Event National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta 1883 Event National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1880 Event National Croquet League organizes in Philadelphia 1879 Event National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter 1879 Event 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) 1879 Event Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established 1879 Event National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville Ind) 1877 Event Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention 1877 Event Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1877 Event Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park 1876 Event Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 1876 Event Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1875 Event National Bowling Association organized in New York City 1874 Event National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland 1872 Event Republican National Convention meets, Philadelphia 1872 Event 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans 1872 Event Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park 1872 Event 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) 1871 Event National Rifle Association organized in New York City 1871 Event Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant 1871 Event Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour 1871 Event 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1871 Event National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized 1870 Event New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game" 1870 Event 1st U.S. National Wildlife Preserve, Lake Meritt in Oakland California 1870 Event U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service 1869 Event National Woman Suffrage Association forms 1869 Birthday Ales Hrdlicka, U.S., anthropologist and curator, US National Museum 1869 Event Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention 1869 Event National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. 1868 Event Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant 1867 Birthday Stephen Mather, organized U.S. National Park Service 1867 Birthday Ruben Dario, national poet, Nicaragua 1866 Event 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1866 Event Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention 1866 Event Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes 1865 Event 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day) 1864 Death Antonio Gonalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea 1864 Event Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday 1864 Event National black convention meets (Syracuse New York) 1863 Event Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1863 Event 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1863 Event Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1863 Event Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Event Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Event Lincoln signs National Currency Act 1863 Event Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 1862 Death Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 1859 Event Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh 1857 Event Gallaudet College (National Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.) 1857 Event National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York 1856 Event Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia 1856 Event 1st national meeting of Republican Party in Pittsburgh 1854 Event National emigration convention meets in Cleveland 1853 Event National Black convention meets, Rochester New York 1852 Event 1st interment in U.S. National Cemetery at Presidio 1850 Event 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass 1849 Birthday Elizabeth Harrison, U.S., educator, National Congress of Parents and Teachers 1849 Event Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy 1848 Event National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) 1845 Birthday Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman President, National Educational Association 1844 Event Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) 1843 Event 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1843 Event National black convention meets (Buffalo New York) 1839 Event Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) 1838 Event National Galley opens in London 1836 Event Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1836 Event Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1835 Event 6th national black convention in Philadelphia 1834 Event 5th national black convention meet, New York City 1833 Event 4th national black convention meets in Philadelphia 1832 Event 3rd national black convention meets, Philadelphia 1832 Event 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) 1831 Event 2nd national black convention, Philadelphia 1831 Event National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium 1825 Event Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) 1825 Event Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) 1822 Birthday Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention 1822 Event Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) 1821 Event Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1821 Event Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1814 Event Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day) 1814 Birthday Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet, painter and professor of Kiev 1814 Birthday Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter, 3/9 NS, 1811 Event Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) 1810 Event Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1810 Event Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day) 1809 Event Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1804 Event Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1801 Death Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies 1799 Birthday Frantisek L. Celakovsky, Czechoslovakian poet, national anthem, folk song 1798 Birthday Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet, Pan Tadeusz 1797 Event 2nd National Meeting in Hague 1796 Death Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 1796 Event 1st National Meeting in the Hague 1796 Death Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French National Convention chairman, dies at 46 1795 Event "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem 1795 Event James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 U.S. national debt 1794 Event French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1792 Event 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1791 Event French Constitution passed by French National Assembly 1789 Event 1st national Thanksgiving 1789 Event French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 Event Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day 1789 Event French National Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen" 1789 Event French National Meeting ending feudal system 1789 Event 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly 1780 Event Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung 1779 Birthday Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager, Denmark, poet, National Poet 1849 1777 Event 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender 1757 Birthday Herman H Vitringa, politician, National Meetings 1754 Birthday Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO, National Convention 1749 Birthday Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman, National Convention 1638 Event Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1580 Death Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies 1563 Death John Bull, composer of British national anthem (God Save The King), dies 1524 Event Emperor Karel I bans German national synode 1523 Event Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
