2014 Event Hong Kong protesters continue to clash with police a day after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying offers to engage in discussion; Leung said that he will not concede to demands for greater independence from central control, a key reason for the protest 2013 Event In London, the world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference; one food expert said it was 'close to meat, but not that juicy' 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 2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2012 Event German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.' 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 2003 Event United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction 1996 Event "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 22 performances 1996 Event "God Said, Ha!," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 22 performances 1995 Death Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered 1994 Death Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57 1992 Event "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 1991 Event Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1989 Event Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45) 1987 Event Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39) 1987 Event Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome 1987 Event Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81) 1985 Event Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin 1982 Death Addie "Micki" Harris, U.S. singer (Shirelles-Mama Said), dies at 42 1980 Event Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests 1980 Event Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 1975 Event Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK 1974 Event President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House 1973 Event Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman 1973 Birthday Said Larossi, soccer player, Emmen/Vitesse 1969 Event Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1965 Death H V Kaltenborn, newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at 86 1962 Event Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria 1960 Birthday Said Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner 1984 Olympics gold 1960 Birthday Said Aquita, runner, Olympic-gold/bronze-1984 1958 Event Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq 1956 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt 1956 Event Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan 1956 Event Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms 1955 Event Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government 1952 Event Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC 1951 Death Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1947 - 1951, assassinated by Said Akbar 1944 Birthday Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1942 Birthday Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman, 1970- 1938 Event New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1926 Event Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped 1890 Birthday Bill Henry, born in San Francisco, California, newscaster, Who Said That? 1878 Birthday H V Kaltenborn, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, newscaster, Who Said That? 1835 Death Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Illinois at 22 1757 Event Prince Mas Said of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java 1656 Death Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76 1556 Death Pietro Aretino, Italian author, poet and playwright, said to have died from laughing 1264 Event Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen
