2015 Event Stock markets around the world fall drastically due to concerns about an economic slowdown in China; the Dow Jones falls 1,000 points, closing down 588 points, while the Shanghai composite closes down 8.5% 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 Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, steps down after the company reports poor first quarter results; cofounder Jack Dorsey will step in as temporary CEO, but Costolo will keep his position on the board 2015 Event Negotiations break down between Greece's leftist Syriza government and the European Union regarding issuance of additional bailout funding; Greece has a deadline of tomorrow to repay USD $336 million of its existing debt 2014 Event Google Inc. announces that it will be closing down its Google News site in Spain next week, ahead of rules taking effect in January that will force news aggregators to pay each publisher for using its content 2014 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he will step down when he has reached constitutional term limits; Putin has served as either president or prime minister continually since the year 2000 and may run for a final presidential term in 2018 2014 Event A series of hidden online markets are taken down after raids by U.S. and European authorities and the arrest of 17 people; the markets were used to secretly trade illegal goods 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its second largest dip since September 2011, dropping 458 points before regaining much of the loss to close down 173 points at just above 16,141 2014 Event Pakistani protesters seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif briefly take over the state television station and shut it down; soldiers and paramilitary forces later regained control and restored operation 2014 Event Eric Cantor, majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will step down from his leadership position at the end of July following a surprising primary election defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat 2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revise food labels by providing realistic serving sizes, emphasizing calories and sugar amounts, and breaking down fat listings into 'good' and 'bad' fats 2014 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again, with pyroclastic flows streaming down the volcanic slope; the activity has caused the evacuation of 22,000 people from the danger zone around Sinabung 2013 Event A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties 2013 Event The NASDAQ index was shut down for 44 minutes due to a human error that occurred while performing an operational function; the error resulted in the flawed delivery of date to the NASDAQ distribution system 2013 Event In Bangladesh, workers seeking higher pay go on strike, and hundreds of garment factories shut down 2013 Event In the U.S., a computer problem shuts down the NASDAQ electronic stock exchange for three hours 2013 Event A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 2013 Event In preparation for plans to step down in 2015, the President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir gives an order to release all political prisoners 2013 Event Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan for over 25 years, announces he will step down in 2015 2013 Event U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton steps down from her post; she is succeeded by Senator John Kerry 2013 Event U.S. President announces the nomination of Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary, to replace Timothy Geithner, who is stepping down from his post 2012 Event The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2012 Event In Dublin, an estimated crowd of 10,000 protesters demonstrated against austerity and called for a general strike to shut down the country 2012 Event In Oklahoma, airport workers discover a painted golden object with a hole in the bottom in the luggage of musician Wayne Coyne; they mistake the object for a live grenade and shut down the Will Rogers World Airport 2012 Event The BBC's George Entwistle steps down as Director-General, with Tim Davie replacing him Acting Director General 2012 Event After weeks of protests, the Hong Kong government backs down on its plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes in its schools 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.' 2012 Event After thousands protest Brett Murray's controversial painting 'The Spear', the gallery that exhibited his painting agrees to take the image of the artwork down from its website 2012 Event The last nuclear reactor in Japan is shut down, leaving the country without nuclear power since 1970 2012 Event A power blackout in Northern England causes as many as 50,000 homes to have a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables 2012 Event New Corporation announces its launch of 'The Sun on Sunday' to replace 'News of the World' which shut down due to a phone hacking controversy 2012 Event The English Wikipedia protests anti-piracy legislation proposed by the U.S. Congress by shutting down its website 2011 Event If Western nations impose more sanctions, Iran threatens to close down the key oil route of the Strait of Hormuz 2011 Event Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event Further sanctions are imposed on Belarus, Iran and Syria by the EU, who reiterates the call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down 2011 Event Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic 2011 Event China asks Myanmar to protect Chinese corporate interests after Burma's President Thein Sein shut down the Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event New York City braces for Hurricane Irene, announcing plans to shut down subways buses and commuter trains 2011 Event A 5.8 magnitude earthquake, the most powerful since 1897, strikes near Mineral, Virginia, causing a shut down of a nearby nuclear reactor 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2011 Event At least 20 Navy SEALs and 17 others die when a NATO Chinook helicopter crashes after being shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan 2011 Event UK Researchers report a study showing that the use of drugs during vitro fertilization may increase the risk of Down syndrome for their baby 2011 Event Germany determines it must shut down part of its airspace as volcanic ash from Iceland's Grisvotn eruption spreads through northern Europe 2011 Event The Tokyo Electric Power Company claims three Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors partially melted down during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, the call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' spreads online as authorities hunt down political activists 2011 Event Anti-government protesters in Yemen call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down from his regime; Ali has ruled the country since 1978 2011 Event Protesters continue their 12th day of nationwide protests in Cairo's Tahir Square, calling on President Hosni Mubarak to step down 2011 Event Tunisians take part in a demonstration urging the interim government to step down 2010 Event Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground 2010 Event Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology in Bangladesh is shut down after a student rampage injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever 2010 Event The 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots continue as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly flees the country, the government steps down and protesters control the parliament building 2009 Event A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing 2007 Death Paul Gillmor, dies in Arlington, Virginia, of head and neck trauma from falling down stairs, at 68 2005 Event New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days 2003 Event After an Ohio FirstEnergy power plants shut down unexpectedly, a power outtage occurs for over ten hours all over northeastern North America 1999 Event Last upside down date until January 1, 6000 1997 Event Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes 1997 Event Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Death Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men, dies at 68 1995 Event Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote) 1994 Event Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down 1994 Event American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed 1994 Event Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed 1994 Event Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed 1994 Event U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die 1994 Death Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1994 Death Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67 1994 Event Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down 1994 Event 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1992 Event Toronto down 6-1 in 7th beats A's 7-6 in 11th in AL playoff 1992 Death Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54 1992 Event Europe breaks down trade barriers 1991 Event Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him 1991 Event U.S. Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles 1991 Event Eastern Airlines shuts down operation 1991 Event Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1990 Event Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, 1990 Event George Steinbrenner steps down as New York Yankee owner 1990 Event Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate 1990 Event On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long 1990 Event Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses 1989 Event George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and "Poor Little Girl" 1989 Event Dow Jones down 190.58 points 1989 Event NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension 1989 Event Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die 1989 Event NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile and Guam 1989 Event U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean 1988 Event U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 1988 Event 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal) 1988 Event Dow Jones down 140.58 points 1987 Event On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 1987 Event Dow Jones down 156.83 points 1987 Event "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record 1987 Event In Midland, Texas 1 -year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well 1986 Event U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1986 Event Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed 1986 Event Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1985 Event Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1984 Event U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1984 Event Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10 1984 Event U.S. missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time 1984 Event Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) 1984 Event Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down 1983 Event Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of San Francisco Zen Center 1983 Event Federal government shut down 1983 Event U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner 1983 Event U.S.S.R. vetoes United Nations resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 1983 Event U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 1983 Event Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet 1983 Event Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1983 Event "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart 1982 Event SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month 1982 Event Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down 1982 Birthday Ryan Cabrera, born in Dallas, Texas, musician, pop rock, hit singles include, 'On the Way Down', '40 Kinds of Sadness', 'True', albums include, 'You Stand Watching' 1982 Birthday Lizzy Caplan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Mean Girls', 'Cloverfield' and television show 'True Blood' and 'Party Down' 1982 Event Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat 1981 Event 2 U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 1981 Event 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela 1981 Event New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 1980 Event Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) 1979 Event Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1979 Event Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 Birthday Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1978 Event Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan 1978 Event Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yankees Paul Blair hits a 3 run home run 1978 Event Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1977 Event North Korea shoots down U.S. helicopter, killing 3 1975 Event Apple records closes down 1973 Event Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s 1973 Event 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians 1973 Event Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108 1972 Event Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down 1971 Event Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East 1971 Death Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64 1970 Death Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27 1970 Event Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest 1970 Event Melanie releases "Lay Down" 1970 Event NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4) 1969 Event Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material 1968 Event Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days 1968 Birthday Kenny Chesney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country music artist, over 30 hits, 13 albums certified gold or higher by RIAA, albums include, 'When the Sun Goes Down' 1967 Birthday Salli Richardson, born in Chicago, Illinois, television, film, actress, 'Posse', 'A Low Down Dirty Shame', and 'Antwone Fisher', appeared in 2007 film, 'I Am Legend' 1967 Event Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein 1967 Birthday Serj Tankian, born in Beirut, Lebanon, singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist, political activist, Grammy-Award winning band, System of a Down 1967 Event Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down 1966 Event 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway 1965 Event Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission 1965 Death Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60 1965 Birthday Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome, Corky-Life Goes On 1965 Event Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1964 Event U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1963 Event C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down 1962 Death Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 1962 Event Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down 1961 Event Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days 1961 Event U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1960 Event Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) 1960 Event Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down 1960 Event U.S.S.R. shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea 1960 Event U.S.S.R. shoots down U.S. RB-47 reconnaissance plane 1960 Event Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane 1959 Birthday Richard Drummie, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1958 Event Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line 1956 Event Hungarian revolt put down 1956 Event Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 Birthday Chris Foreman, guitarist, Madness-Burning Down the House 1955 Birthday Peter Cox, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1955 Event Branch Rickey steps down as General Manager of the Pirates 1955 Event 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel 1955 Death Carmen Miranda, singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 1955 Event Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 Event Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 Event U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1955 Birthday Mark Herndon, Springfield, Massachusetts, country drummer, Alabama-Take Me Down 1954 Event U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan 1954 Event Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 1954 Event U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1954 Event Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning 1954 Birthday Lesley-Anne Down, born in London, actress, A Little Night Music, Moonraker 1953 Event U.S. bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok 1953 Event Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 1953 Event Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1952 Event Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down 1952 Event Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1952 Birthday David Byrne, guitarist and vocalist, Talking Heads-Burning Down the House 1951 Event Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1951 Event "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 1950 Event Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight 1950 Event Monasteries shut down in Hungary 1950 Event U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1949 Event AL votes down proposal to revive spitball 1949 Event British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff 1949 Birthday Francis Rossi, born in England, guitarist and vocalist, Status Quo-Down Down 1949 Birthday Alan Lancaster, bassist, Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level 1945 Birthday Bob Seger, Dearborn, Michigan, folk singer, Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down 1944 Event U.S. Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1944 Event Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoriums 1944 Event 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Event Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1944 Event Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1944 Event 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day 1944 Event 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day 1944 Birthday General George Norman Johnson, U.S. singer, Down at the Beach Club 1944 Event 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1944 Birthday John Stax, rocker, Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down 1944 Death Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 Event P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland 1943 Event Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia 1943 Event Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 1943 Event Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Event Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die 1943 Death Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 1943 Event U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje 1943 Birthday Fantastic Johnny Corley, U.S. singer, Boogaloo down Broadway 1943 Event RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1943 Event German under officers shot down in Haarlem, Netherlands 1943 Birthday Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas, bluesy rock singer, Down on Me 1942 Event Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes 1942 Event New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down 1942 Death Adolf Opalka, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, shot down 1942 Birthday Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks 1942 Event Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1941 Event 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England 1940 Event 12 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 17 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 47 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 55 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 19 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings 1940 Event 28 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 71 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 45 German aircrafts shot down over England 1940 Event 38 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 31 German aircraft shot down over England 1939 Birthday Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker, Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down 1939 Event Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland 1939 Event Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down 1937 Event Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down 1936 Birthday Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, singer, Devil Went Down to Georgia 1936 Event Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player 1935 Death Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Senator Huey Long, shot down 1934 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1933 Event National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1932 Event Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) 1932 Birthday Christy Brown, born in Dublin, novelist, My Left Foot, Down All the Days 1929 Event "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1929 Event WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down 1929 Event AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down 1928 Birthday Galt MacDermot, Montreal Canada, composer, Letting Down My Hair 1928 Event John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg 1928 Birthday Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men 1925 Event Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee 1925 Birthday John Barrington Wain, born in England, novelist and poet, Hurry on Down 1923 Event Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down 1923 Event Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1921 Birthday Harry Secombe, Swansea, Wales, actor, Down Among the "Z" Men 1919 Birthday Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1918 Death "Red Baron", Manfred von Richtofen, shot down in WW I at 25 1918 Event Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) 1918 Event S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 1918 Event 1st U.S. pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W. Thompson 1918 Event NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down 1917 Event Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1917 Event French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft 1916 Event U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker 1916 Event U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft 1916 Event NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20) 1916 Event NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats 1916 Event Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down 1915 Birthday Willy Dixon, blues artist, Mellow Down Easy 1914 Event German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice 1914 Birthday Alastair Down, CEO, Burmah Oil 1914 Birthday Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1914 Birthday Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues 1913 Birthday Carmen Miranda, singer and actress, 4 Jills in a Jeep, Down Argentine Way 1911 Birthday Will Rogers, Jr., New York, actor, Down to Earth 1910 Event U.S. supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua 1907 Event Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt 1904 Event Netherlands and Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor 1903 Event President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1900 Event U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion 1894 Event Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1892 Event Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin 1890 Birthday Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man 1882 Birthday Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East 1879 Birthday Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent 1876 Event Historic Elm at Boston blown down 1872 Birthday Ralph Vaughan Williams, born in Down Ampney, England, composer, Hugh the Drover 1871 Event Paris communards revolt put down 1869 Event 1st voyage down Colorado River 1867 Event Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1865 Event P. T. Barnum's museum burns down 1865 Event Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War 1861 Event Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg 1861 Event Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1861 Event Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm 1814 Event British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks 1808 Event Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam 1795 Event Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi 1703 Death Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies 1696 Event English / Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Assn 1648 Event Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 1643 Event Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1613 Event Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1600 Event Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 235 Event Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down 70 Event Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
