2015 Event The four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta have been put on display at the British Library in London; access is limited to scholars and to 1,215 viewers from all over the world who were selected by lottery 2014 Event India has put the INS Kolkata into service; the battleship, built locally, is the second to be commissioned this year and signals the nation's intent to update its military in response to concern regarding China's growth 2014 Event The U.S. is pressing Iraq to put a new government into place as soon as possible in order to keep the nation from being torn apart by sectarian violence; the U.S. plans to send military advisors but not direct military assistance at this time 2014 Event Unidentified remains of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack are put to rest in a private depository next to the museum at the World Trade Center Memorial site; the remains will not be accessible or viewable to the public 2014 Event The government of the U.K. has announced that it will put 11 million pounds into the funding of the Square Kilometer Array project, a radio telescope that will collect massive amounts of data from space, requiring immense computing resources 2014 Event Switzerland votes to put a quota on the number of immigrants to the country from the European Union; 50.4% of voters approved of the measure 2013 Event The landscape painting, 'Sunset at Montmajour,' becomes the first full-sized Van Gogh painting to be confirmed since 1928; it is put on display at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum 2012 Event The U.N. condemns North Korea for launching a long-range Unha rocket; North Korea claims its purpose is to put its first satellite into space, but critics say the launch is a disguised ballistic missile test 2012 Event Progress is made on the U.K. and European Union's tallest building when the spire of the Shard London Bridge is put in place 2010 Event Hossein Marashi, former Vice-President of Iran, is put in jail after being accused of spreading propaganda 2003 Death Nina Simone, singer, I Put a Spell on You, dies at 70 2000 Death Screamin' Jay Hawkins, R and B singer, I Put a Spell on You, dies at 70 1996 Event John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days 1994 Event Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao 1990 Event Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion 1983 Event Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park 1983 Event Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 1982 Event U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 1981 Birthday Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars 1978 Event Velcro was 1st put on the market 1975 Event Brian Oldfield of U.S. put shot 75', an unofficial record 1971 Event Eisenhower dollar put into circulation 1970 Event New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 1970 Event Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit 1969 Event Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart" 1966 Death Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation 1965 Event 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7") 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Event 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va 1957 Birthday Pam Tillis, born in Plant City, Florida, singer, country music genre, daughter of Mel Tillis, album, 'Put Yourself in My Place' certified gold by the RIAA 1956 Event "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication 1956 Event Hungarian revolt put down 1954 Event President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system 1954 Event TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons 1949 Birthday Geoff Capes, born in Holbeach, England, shot putter, two-time winner, World's Strongest Man title, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion 1945 Event 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany 1943 Event Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1942 Birthday Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer, Put a candle in your window 1942 Event German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier 1941 Event Jews caught outside Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death 1941 Birthday Paul Anka, born in Ottawa, Ontario, singer, Put Your Head on My Shoulder 1939 Birthday Barry Mann, R&B singer, Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp 1939 Birthday Barry Mann, vocalist, Who Put the Bump 1937 Event Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs 1932 Event Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1931 Birthday Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer, Put Another Nickel In 1929 Birthday "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, born in Cleveland, rocker, I Put a Spell on You 1925 Event 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind 1908 Event 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1903 Event In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game 1900 Event U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion 1883 Event "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show 1871 Event Paris communards revolt put down 1866 Birthday Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, Dutch MP/comic, Put a Lid on it 1865 Event Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1861 Event Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1730 Event States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
