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1988 Death - Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65

1985 Event - Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief

1971 Event - European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers

1970 Event - Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"

1953 Event - Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years

1935 Event - Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election

1933 Event - Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers

1932 Event - El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers

1925 Birthday - Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union

1923 Birthday - Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Organization, 1955-79

1919 Event - National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party

1912 Birthday - Hendrik Koekoek, Dutch MP, Farmers Party

1907 Event - Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt

1899 Event - Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade

1899 Event - Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers

1899 Event - Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers

1880 Event - Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten

1871 Birthday - Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party

1798 Event - Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt

1797 Event - Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!

1787 Event - Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails

1787 Event - Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass

1625 Event - 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria

1525 Event - Battle at Boblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers

1328 Event - Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers

1328 Death - Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle













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