2014 Event 'The Washington Post' and 'The Guardian' win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting of surveillance programs by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); the investigations relied on thousands of documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor 2012 Event The Guardian proclaims 'The Guard' has won its first annual film award 2011 Event WikiLeaks cables claiming Saudi Arabia has exaggerated its crude oil reserves by 40% is published by The Guardian 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1995 Death John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67 1993 Event Guardian Angel Lisa Evers Sliwa files for divorce from Curtis Sliwa 1992 Event Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in New York City 1981 Event Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa and Lisa Evers marry 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1961 Birthday Carey Lowell, New York City, actress, Me and Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close 1954 Birthday Curtis Sliwa, founder, Guardian Angels, radio personality, WABC 1945 Birthday Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends 1944 Event Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne 1938 Birthday Peter Preston, editor, Guardian 1933 Event Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror 1927 Birthday John Eric Tieman, production manager, The Guardian 1926 Event Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) 1724 Event Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1716 Event Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 1692 Event King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1685 Event Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1675 Death Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68) 1675 Event Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands 1666 Death Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 1663 Birthday Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Netherlands 1641 Event Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1641 Death Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle 1631 Event Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1622 Birthday Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian 1600 Death Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42 1597 Event Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1595 Event King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1592 Death Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46 1579 Event Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian 1578 Death Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 1578 Death Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered 1577 Event Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" 1573 Event Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1572 Event Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock 1567 Event Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands 1566 Event Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights 1558 Death Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Netherlands, dies at 52 1558 Death Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53 1547 Birthday Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1474 Death Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded 1474 Event Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1258 Death Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies 1253 Event Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre 1067 Death Boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies