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2015 U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an ‘occupied force’
2014 Voters in Switzerland reject a proposal to raise the minimum wage to about $25 per hour; if passed, the rate would have been the highest minimum wage in Europe
2014 Italian officials announce that many of the country’s public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country’s debt; plans to sell part of the nation’s air traffic control and postal services have already been approved
2013 In Rome, one hundred thousand protestors rally against their new government’s austerity measures, and demand a new policy focused on job creation
2013 An agent in Zephyrhills, Florida confirms they located the winner of a record-high Powerball jackpot of $590 million
2012 German opera singer and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, dies age age 86
2012 Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012’s Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
2011 The U.S. intends to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, for alleged human rights breaches during the 2011 Syrian Uprising
2011 Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland’s Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence
2010 Christina Figueres of Costa Rica is appointed by U.N. Secretary – General Ban Ki Moon to lead efforts to combat global warming and climate change
2009 The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul
1997 “King David,” opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City
1997 43rd McDonald’s LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson
1997 Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic
1997 Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1996 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2
1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner
1995 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma
1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola
1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
1991 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
1990 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty
1990 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
1990 Return To Green Acres TV movie airs
1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen
1988 In just Oakland’s 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
1986 “Singin’ in the Rain” closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 367 performances
1986 Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1986 Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups
1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia
1986 Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 “atomic” hand-stand push-ups
1985 “One Night In Bangkok” by Murray Head hits #3
1985 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank’s Prospect wins in 1:53.4
1985 1st remote location for “Nightline” (South Africa)

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