Other sources of information include the National Concrete Masonry Association, 38 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill., the Portland Cement Association, 33 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Ill., and the Structural Clay Products Association, Washington, D.C..

* Alfred ( racehorse ), a leading competitor for the 1849 Grand National Steeplechase that finished fourth

* 1920 – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( TBMM ) is founded in Ankara.

Grand Teton National Park lies in the watershed, as well as parts of Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park.

Traveling to Chicago, Atkins auditioned for Red Foley, who was leaving his star position on WLS-AM's National Barn Dance to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Thermophile s, a type of extremophile, produce some of the bright colors of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park

After World War II increasing encroachment on wilderness land evoked the continued resistance of conservationists, who succeeded in blocking a number of projects in the 1950s and 1960s, including the proposed Bridge Canyon Dam that would have backed up the waters of the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon National Park.

* 1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U. S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park ( see Grand Canyon National Park ).

* 1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96, 000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

* More on Grand Jury reform, from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

President Atatürk and his colleagues leaving the building of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( today the Museum of the Republic ) after a meeting.

The second constitution was ratified by the Grand National Assembly on April 20, 1924.

* 1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect, designed the Osaka Maritime Museum and the National Grand Theater of China

* 1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska takes five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and $ 300 million in damages all told, according to National Weather Service and American Red Cross statistics on the deadly storm.

* Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

The next established union which made an impact on the trade movement was the Grand National Consolidated Trade Union.

Many educated Lithuanians came back from studies abroad and the Grand Duchy was boiling with active cultural life, sometimes referred to as Lithuanian Renaissance ( not to be confused with Lithuanian National Revival in the 19th century ).

* 1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded.

* 1965 – Frank Black, American singer-songwriter ( Pixies, Frank Black and the Catholics, and Grand Duchy )

* 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.

* 1919 – Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2007 )

* 1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk

* 1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia ( d. 1801 )

* 1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

* 1642 – Cosimo III de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( d. 1723 )

Albert of Prussia (; ) ( 17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568 ) was the 37th and last sovereign Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, the first duke of the Duchy of Prussia, which was the first state to adopt the Lutheran faith and Protestantism as the official state religion.

Alexander (; ) ( 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506 ) of the House of Jagiellon was the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland.

* Alexander Nevsky ( 1220 – 1263 ), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir

* Alexander Jagiellon ( 1461 – 1506 ), Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland

* 1810 – Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.

* 1979 – An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.

* 1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden ( d. 1860 )

* 1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia ( d. 1894 )

* 1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia ( d. 1849 )

* 1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia ( d. 1891 )

* 1917 – Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia ( d. 1992 )

* 1997 – The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

* 1574 – Cosimo I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( b. 1519 )

* Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India ( GCSI ) – 1885

* 2012: Honorary Doctorate Degree of Music and Performance – Grand Canyon University