2015 Event Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, supports removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds; however, the state legislature must first overturn a law requiring the flag to be flown at the Confederate Soldier Monument 2013 Event In Kiev, Russia, anti-government protesters topple the last surviving monument of Vladimir Lenin; the monument fell in Bessarabska Square; it was was pounded with hammers and only some parts of the Soviet hero's legs remained 2011 Event Japan asks South Korea to refute a plan to build a Korean World War II 'comfort women' monument near Seoul's Japanese embassy 2010 Event Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added to the World Heritage List 2010 Event The Stonehenge World Heritage Site announces the discovery of a possible new henge, the biggest discovery at a major monument in over 50 years 1992 Death Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies 1982 Event Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1974 Birthday Any Lynn Ciccolella, born in Monument, Colorado, Miss America-Colorado 1996 1972 Event Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet 1965 Event Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1956 Event Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 Death John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 1955 Death Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79 1953 Event Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam 1951 Event George Washington Carver monument unveiled 1941 Event New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield 1939 Event Federal Hall National Monument established 1935 Event Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established 1933 Event Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters 1933 Event White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1932 Death Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies 1932 Event Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) 1930 Event George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established 1925 Event Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska 1924 Event President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1923 Event Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established 1922 Event Lehman Caves National Monument established 1920 Event Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders 1919 Event Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala 1915 Event Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established 1911 Birthday Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect, Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument 1908 Event Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1908 Event Pinnacles National Monument, California established 1908 Event Muir Woods National Monument, California established 1906 Birthday Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin 1905 Event Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1904 Event 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) 1902 Event Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce 1888 Event Washington Monument opens for public admittance 1885 Birthday John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam 1885 Event Washington Monument dedicated in Washington D.C. 1884 Event Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC 1879 Event Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established 1876 Birthday Johan C Altorf, sculptor, October 3rd monument 1872 Birthday Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor, Columbus monument in Argentina 1849 Birthday Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, Anspach Monument 1781 Birthday Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument 1762 Event Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey
