2011 Event New Zealand honors victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with two minutes of silence; 154 persons died, and the death toll is expected to reach 240 2008 Death Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act, dies 1983 Event Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead 1967 Death Ethel Percy Andrus, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons , dies 1966 Event 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights 1956 Birthday Warren Cuccurullo, rock guitarist, Missing Persons 1954 Birthday Patrick O'Hearn, rock bassist, Missing Persons 1948 Event Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to U.S.) 1943 Event 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) 1926 Birthday Martin Peake, born in England, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act 1884 Birthday Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons 1868 Event Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)
