2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 1995 Event Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote) 1983 Event Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1967 Death Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1965 Event Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1963 Birthday Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1962 Birthday Taslima Nasrin, born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, doctor turned author, fled Bangladesh to live in exile since 1994, radical feminist and critic of Islam, works for New York University 1954 Birthday Jeremy Coney, cricketer, New Zealand captain turned them into world-beaters 1952 Birthday Giuliano Ferrara, born in Rome, Italy, activist, atheist, communist turned Centre-Right and pro-life, admired Pope Benedict XVI 1935 Birthday Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican 1916 Event Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun 1899 Event San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
