2012 Event Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him 2012 Event In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt 2012 Event A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee takes place at Buckingham Palace, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, among others 2011 Event In a speech outside of Potala Palace, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping declares he will crush attempts for an Independent Tibet 2011 Event Prince Albert II of Monaco weds Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock at the royal palace; Wittstock is now known as Her Serene Highness, Princess Charlene 2010 Event Tens of thousands of Poles line the streets to witness the procession of President Kaczynski, en route to the Presidential Palace, Warsaw, where he will lie in state 2010 Event United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake 1998 Event 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace 1994 Event "Beauty and the Beast" opens at Palace Theater New York City 1993 Event "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" closes at Palace New York City after 7 performances 1993 Event "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 7 performances 1993 Event "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 983 performances 1993 Event Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna 1992 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester 1992 Death Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at 83 1991 Event "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 983 performances 1990 Event United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace 1988 Event 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85 1988 Event Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit Opens 1987 Event "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 1761 performances 1986 Event English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead 1985 Event "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London 1985 Event Colombian troops end 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 1985 Event M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia 1984 Event Palace coup in Mauritania 1983 Event "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 1761 performances 1983 Event "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances 1981 Event "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 770 performances 1980 Event "Oklahoma!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 301 performances 1979 Event "Oklahoma!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 301 performances 1979 Event "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 61 performances 1979 Event "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances 1978 Event Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua 1978 Event Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France 1978 Event "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace New York City after 101 performances 1978 Event "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 101 performances 1977 Event "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 124 performances 1977 Event "Man of La Mancha" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 124 performances 1976 Event "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City 1975 Event "Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 104 performances 1975 Event "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 104 performances 1974 Event "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 320 performances 1974 Event "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 320 performances 1973 Event "Cyrano" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 49 performances 1973 Event "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 49 performances 1972 Event "Pacific Paradise" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 5 performances 1972 Event "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances 1972 Event "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances 1972 Event "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances 1972 Event "Applause" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 900 performances 1970 Event "Applause" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 900 performances 1970 Event "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV 1969 Death Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58 1969 Event "George M!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 435 performances 1968 Event "George M!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances 1968 Event Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain 1967 Event "Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 80 performances 1967 Event "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 80 performances 1967 Event Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition) 1967 Event "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 608 performances 1966 Event "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 608 performances 1965 Event Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace 1962 Event South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st U.S. killed 1960 Event "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater 1956 Event Republicans convene at Cow Palace 1945 Event American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace 1941 Event Cow Palace opens in San Francisco 1936 Event London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire 1931 Event Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire 1930 Birthday Bobby Van, Robert King, New York City, singer, Hollywood Palace 1929 Event Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1927 Event Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died 1926 Birthday Eric Morecambe, London, comedian, Morecambe and Wise, Picadilly Palace 1924 Event Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF) 1924 Birthday Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer, Piccadilly Palace 1923 Death Warren Harding, 29th President (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel San Francisco at 57 1920 Birthday Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace 1917 Event Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace 1913 Event Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF 1913 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague) 1913 Event Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn 1913 Event Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway New York City 1912 Birthday Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel 1910 Birthday Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Hollywood Palace 1904 Event Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace 1897 Birthday Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet and author, People's Palace 1894 Event Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok 1885 Birthday Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect, Peace Palace 1879 Event Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in U.S.) 1879 Event Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace 1875 Event Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens 1871 Event World's 1st cat show (Crystal Palace, London) 1870 Death John D Zocher, Jr., architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 1865 Death Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies 1864 Birthday Maurice de Plessys, French poet, Palace Occidental 1864 Event Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam 1864 Death Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 1862 Birthday Bernard Maybeck, U.S. architect, Palace of Fine Arts, SF 1853 Event 1st U.S. World's fair opens, Crystal Palace New York 1851 Event Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London 1839 Event Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed 1837 Event Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace 1808 Event Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1801 Birthday Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect, Crystal Palace 1792 Event Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI 1748 Death William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1709 Birthday Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect, Royal Palace, Hague 1698 Birthday Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect, Palace de la Concorde 1668 Event Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina 1630 Event Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France 1598 Event King Philip II moves to Escorial palace 1584 Event San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished 1560 Event Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1460 Event Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
