2014 Event The 2011 abortion rate reportedly is at its lowest in 30 years; the rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age was 19.4 per thousand in 2008, and 29.3 per thousand in 1981 2013 Event In Rome, one hundred thousand protestors rally against their new government's austerity measures, and demand a new policy focused on job creation 2013 Event A new study reports that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years; researchers believe it's likely that everyone in the world is related over the past few thousand years 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 Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, the four thousand year-old ridge-top monastery in Bhutan catches fire and is destroyed; no relics were lost in the fire because the monastery was under renovation 2003 Death Herb Gardner, writer, A Thousand Clowns, dies at 68 1996 Event "Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 32 performs 1996 Event "Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 32 performances 1995 Death Gary Bond, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days), dies at 55 1993 Death Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76 1986 Birthday Amanda Bynes, born in Thousand Oaks, California, singer, actor, former cast member on Nickelodeon's 'Figure It Out' and 'All That', films include, 'Big Fat Liar', 'Hairspray' 1976 Death Chris Kenner, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others, dies 1966 Event Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days) 1963 Event U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba 1962 Event Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Chris Cooper, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan 1945 Birthday Kathy Young, rocker, Thousand Stars in the Sky 1943 Birthday Bobby Vee, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes 1940 Birthday Gary Bond, England, actor, Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days 1938 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada 1929 Birthday Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others 1922 Birthday Jason Robards, Jr., Chicago, actor, A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday 1919 Birthday Louis Heren, journalist and writer, China's Three Thousand Years 1899 Birthday Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist, Thousand Cranes 1801 Birthday Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights
