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2013 Event - In China, more than 9,000 pigs were found rotting in the Huangpu river, threatening to contaminate Shanghai's drinking supply; the government said the water quality in the city tested as normal

2013 Event - More than 100 Catholic cardinals meet in Rome, Italy, to begin the process of selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI

2013 Event - After more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush is released from The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas

2012 Event - Severe weather hits the U.S. on Christmas Day; more than 30 tornadoes are reported in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana

2012 Event - Winds in southwestern Western Australia of up to 140km/h batter the area and leave more than 170,000 homes without power

2012 Event - Madonna begins her MDNA Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel, the first of more than 65 cities she will perform at worldwide

2012 Event - Scientists successfully sequence the tomato genome, and announce that tastier, more pesticide-resistant tomato varieties can be engineered for use in the next five years

2012 Event - More than 700 writers, academics and others send a letter to protest the planned spending of $300 million on the Fifth Avenue Branch of the New York Public Library

2012 Event - More than 1,000 birds, mostly pelicans and hundreds of dolphins die off the coast in the north of Paru, under unexplained circumstances

2012 Event - Following political reforms in Myanmar, Australia relaxes sanctions on the country, including by-elections earlier this month where opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won more than a dozen seats

2012 Event - U.S. company Google, Inc., announces its 2012 first quarter earnings rose by more than 24%, and net profits increased to $8.14 billion

2012 Event - Responding to Iran's nuclear program, more sanctions are imposed upon Iran's banking and oil industries by the European Union

2012 Event - Fears over bioterrorism cause top international virologists agree to halt work on a more virulent strain of H5N1 influenza virus

2011 Event - If Western nations impose more sanctions, Iran threatens to close down the key oil route of the Strait of Hormuz

2011 Event - In the Philippines, flash floods from Tropical Storm Washi killed at least 400 people, with more missing

2011 Event - More sanctions are imposed against Iran's nuclear program by the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom

2011 Event - In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks

2011 Event - Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile

2011 Event - More than 100,000 homes in Michigan lose power after powerful storms hit the state

2011 Event - Tornadoes hit Joplin, Missouri, and a state of emergency is declared; more tornadoes hit Minneapolis, Minnesota and warnings are announced in states from Texas to Michigan

2011 Event - A bill banning the abortion of a fetus more than 20 weeks old passes in the Idaho House of Representatives

2011 Event - In Tripoli, the compound of leader Muammar Gaddafi is targeted with more bombing raids during the third night of international intervention in Libya

2011 Event - In Morocco, thousands rally to demand and end to corruption and more civil rights for the Moroccan people

2011 Event - The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake

2011 Event - More than 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed during the unrest in Libya

2011 Event - As more people are detained, the online call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' continues

2011 Event - In Malaysia, Islamic morality police arrest more than 80 muslims to prevent them from celebrating Valentine's Day

2011 Event - According to the Catholic Church on the island, Cuba plans free to two more dissidents

2010 Event - Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011

2010 Event - Plans to build 625 more homes in close to the West Bank, adjacent to Arab East Jerusalem, were announced

2010 Event - More than 5,000 people lose their homes and crops when the Niger River bursts its banks

2010 Event - Ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan's city of Osh and Jalal-Abad left more than 100 people dead and over 1,400 injured after three days of four days of fighting

2010 Event - Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda sign an agreement seeking more water from the Nile; Kenya issues support while Egypt and Sudan remain opposed

2010 Event - Tear gas is fired on more than 200 Palestinians and their allies protesting outside the gates of Ofer Prison over the recent detainment of colleagues

2010 Event - Residents of Mogadishu are instructed to leave the war zone after more than 50 are killed in three days of violence

2010 Event - The second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu results in more than 20 civilian deaths

2010 Event - At least 33 people are killed, more than 50 wounded, by multiple suicide bombers in Baquoba, Iraq

2009 Event - More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary

2008 Event - 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000

2007 Death - Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer

2006 Death - Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland

2006 Event - Java, Indonesia suffers a 6.3 magnitue earthquake, killing more than 6,000

2004 Event - Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti

2003 Event - Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran

1998 Event - India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap

1998 Event - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record

1997 Event - More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809

1996 Death - Ivan V. Lalic, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages, dies at 65

1995 Event - New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more

1995 Event - Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years

1994 Death - Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87

1994 Event - "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 30 performances

1994 Event - "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances

1993 Event - Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits

1990 Birthday - Emma Watson, born in Paris, France, British actress, model, known for role as Hermione in 'Harry Potter' film series, earning her more than $10 million pounds

1990 Event - FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs

1989 Event - NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24

1989 Event - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)

1988 Event - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades

1988 Event - NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years

1988 Event - Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL

1988 Event - Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US

1988 Event - Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record

1987 Event - New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game

1987 Event - Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)

1987 Event - Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"

1986 Event - Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made

1986 Death - Paul Tournier, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings, dies from carcinoma, Troinex, Switzerland

1986 Event - New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons

1985 Event - Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000

1984 Event - Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"

1982 Event - U.S. budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982

1982 Event - Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats

1982 Death - Kenneth More, British actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 67

1982 Event - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

1982 Event - Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million

1981 Birthday - Britney Spears, born in McComb, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Baby One More Time'

1981 Event - Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen

1981 Event - Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey

1981 Birthday - Kelly Rowland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actress, founding member of group, Destiny's Child, sold more than 50 million albums, collaborated with Nelly on 'Dilemma' single

1979 Birthday - Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide

1978 Event - Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size

1978 Event - RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service

1978 Event - Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more

1977 Event - Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more

1977 Event - "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12

1976 Death - Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88

1976 Death - Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78

1973 Event - Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents

1967 Birthday - Erik van der More, soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1967 Birthday - Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia

1966 Birthday - Ronna Reeves, born in Big Spring, Texas, female country music singer, albums titled, 'Only the Heart', 'The More I Learn', 'What Comes Naturally'

1966 Birthday - Nan Woods, actress, 1 More Saturday Night

1966 Event - John Lennon, says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

1965 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam

1964 Event - "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 15 performances

1964 Event - "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances

1964 Event - Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years

1963 Birthday - Billy Gould, born in Los Angeles, California, rock bassist, Faith No More

1962 Birthday - Mike "Puffy" Bordin, SF, rock drummer, Faith No More

1962 Birthday - Chuck Finley, born in Monroe, Louisiana, pitcher, Major League Baseball, played for California Angels, won more than 15 games six times between 1986 and 1999

1962 Event - Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more

1962 Event - U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million

1962 Event - 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games

1962 Event - West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1961 Event - Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion

1961 Event - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season

1961 Event - Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba

1961 Event - British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive

1958 Birthday - Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer, Trockener Kecks-More! More! More!

1958 Birthday - Carmel, McCourt, England, rocker, Storm, More More More

1958 Event - Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times

1955 Birthday - Jane Siberry, born in Toronto, Canada, singer, songwriter, also known as 'Issa', hits include, 'I Muse Aloud', 'One More Color', 'Calling All Angels'

1955 Event - West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages

1953 Event - French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy

1947 Birthday - Koos Alberts, Krommenhoek, Dutch vocalist, Many More Years to Come

1945 Event - Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More," premieres in London

1944 Event - Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food

1944 Event - Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans

1944 Event - In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians

1943 Event - Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)

1941 Birthday - Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More

1939 Birthday - Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books

1937 Death - Paul Elmer More, American Critic

1935 Event - H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more

1931 Birthday - Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books

1931 Death - Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages

1930 Event - Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"

1929 Event - 1st time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exch

1927 Birthday - Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice

1927 Birthday - Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century

1925 Event - U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult

1925 Birthday - Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor, For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York

1923 Event - Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin

1922 Birthday - Stan Lee, writer, editor and co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and many more comic characters

1922 Birthday - Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records

1918 Event - 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more

1918 Birthday - Joe Carveth, NHL forward, scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons

1917 Birthday - Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries

1916 Birthday - Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles

1914 Birthday - Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House

1912 Birthday - Edgar Evans, born in Cardiganshire, Wales, tenor, singer, founder of Covent Garden Opera Company, performed more than 45 roles

1904 Event - 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes

1904 Birthday - Leslie French, actor/singer, More than a Miracle

1900 Birthday - Bruno Apitz, born in Leipzip, Germany, writer, published poems in Communist newspapers, novel 'Nackt unter Wolfen', Naked Among the Wolves, translated into more than thirty languages

1898 Birthday - Paul Tournier, born in Geneva, Switzerland, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings

1896 Birthday - Gary Davis, born in Laurens, South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist, A Little More Faith

1888 Event - Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes

1888 Event - "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes

1888 Birthday - Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose

1880 Birthday - Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many

1864 Birthday - Paul Elmer More, American Critic

1863 Event - U.S. General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive

1862 Event - Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo

1852 Event - Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day

1845 Event - More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa

1833 Death - Hannah More, English Writer

1828 Event - More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar

1815 Birthday - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown, New York, suffragist, 80 Years and More

1791 Event - Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent

1755 Event - Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000

1745 Birthday - Hannah More, English Writer

1570 Event - Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots

1535 Death - Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57

1535 Event - Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

1532 Event - Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor

1529 Event - Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor

1478 Birthday - Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia

1242 Event - Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia













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