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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:03 pm
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:03 pm
1590 – John White, The governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:03 pm
1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:03 pm
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:03 pm
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:04 pm
1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:05 pm
1861 – The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:05 pm
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:06 pm
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Annie_Taylor.jpg/220px-Annie_Taylor.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:06 pm
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:08 pm
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Wright-Glider-LC-DIG-ppprs-00571.jpg/220px-Wright-Glider-LC-DIG-ppprs-00571.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:09 pm
1917 – Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:09 pm
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:09 pm
1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:09 pm
1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:10 pm
1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:10 pm
1945 – Founding of the United Nations
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:10 pm
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:11 pm
1947 – Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:11 pm
1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:11 pm
1957 – The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:11 pm
1960 – Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:12 pm
1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:12 pm
1973 – Yom Kippur War ends
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:12 pm
1977 – Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:12 pm
1980 – Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:12 pm
1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:13 pm
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:13 pm
1998 – Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:13 pm
2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:13 pm
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:19 pm
2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:19 pm
2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/11 at 12:19 pm
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:13 am
1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange, the stock exchange with the most mining and petrochemical companies listed in the world, was established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:13 am
1875 – The first performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, one of his most popular compositions, was given in Boston with Hans von Bülow (pictured) as soloist.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:14 am
1875 – The first performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, one of his most popular compositions, was given in Boston with Hans von Bülow (pictured) as soloist.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Hans_von_B%C3%BClow.jpg/63px-Hans_von_B%C3%BClow.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:14 am
1920 – Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:14 am
1983 – The United States and Caribbean allies invaded Grenada, six days after Bernard Coard seized power in a violent coup d'état.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:15 am
1997 – Denis Sassou Nguesso seized the presidency of the Republic of the Congo after ousting Pascal Lissouba after the first phase of the Congolese civil war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1147 – The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1147 – Seljuk Turks completely annihilate German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1415 – The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:21 pm
1616 – Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:21 pm
1747 – British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:21 pm
1760 – George III becomes King of Great Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1828 – The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1854 – The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:24 pm
1900 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:24 pm
1917 – Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. The date refers to the Julian Calendar date, and corresponds with November 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:24 pm
1924 – The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party's hopes of re-election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:25 pm
1938 – The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:25 pm
1940 – Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:25 pm
1944 – Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1944 – The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1944 – The Romanian Army liberates Carei, the last Romanian city under Axis Powers occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1944 – Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1945 – The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1962 – Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1962 – Uganda joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:27 pm
1962 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:28 pm
1971 – The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:28 pm
1977 – Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:28 pm
1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:29 pm
1991 – History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:31 pm
1995 – A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:31 pm
2004 – Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/11 at 1:31 pm
2009 – The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:57 am
1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, one of the most famous gunfights in the history of the American Old West, took place in Tombstone, Arizona, between the faction of Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton's gang.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:57 am
1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy won a Pyrrhic victory in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:58 am
1947 – Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of Kashmir and Jammu, executed the Instrument of Accession to accede the princely state to the newly created India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:58 am
1985 – The Australian government returned ownership of Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, to the local Pitjantjatjara people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:58 am
2000 – Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the first President of Côte d'Ivoire since Robert Guéï was thrown out of power during the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:58 am
2000 – Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the first President of Côte d'Ivoire since Robert Guéï was thrown out of power during the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Gbagboci.jpg/84px-Gbagboci.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:25 pm
306 – Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:25 pm
1597 – Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:25 pm
1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:25 pm
1689 – General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:25 pm
1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1775 – King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1811 – The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1813 – War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1825 – The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:26 pm
1859 – The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:27 pm
1860 – Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:27 pm
1861 – The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:27 pm
1905 – Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:27 pm
1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:28 pm
1912 – First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:28 pm
1917 – World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:28 pm
1917 – World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:28 pm
1918 – Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:28 pm
1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:28 pm
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:29 pm
1940 – The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:29 pm
1943 – World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:29 pm
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:30 pm
1955 – After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:30 pm
1955 – Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:30 pm
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:30 pm
1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:31 pm
1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
What was the crime?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:31 pm
1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:31 pm
1968 – Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:31 pm
1977 – The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:31 pm
1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:32 pm
1984 – "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:32 pm
1992 – The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:32 pm
1992 – The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:32 pm
1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:32 pm
1995 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:33 pm
1999 – Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:33 pm
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:33 pm
2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:33 pm
2003 – The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:52 pm
1779 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The Lord is so rich that He easily can -- so good that He certainly will -- give His children more than He will ever take away.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:52 pm
1813 - Birth of Henry T. Smart, English sacred organist. Though largely self-taught, Smart published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: LANCASHIRE ("Lead On, O King Eternal") and REGENT SQUARE ("Angels From the Realms of Glory").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:52 pm
1889 - Birth of Millar Burrows, American archaeologist. Director of the American School of Oriental Research at Jerusalem 1931-32, 1947-48), Burrows' most popular published work was "What Mean These Stones?" (1941).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:52 pm
1948 - The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was organized at Des Moines, Iowa. The association is comprised of 24 Pentecostal groups and meets annually to promote unity among Pentecostal Christians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/11 at 12:53 pm
1963 - One month before his death at age 65, English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter addressed to a child: 'If you continue to love Jesus, nothing much can go wrong with you, and I hope you may always do so.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:47 am
1838 – Governor of Missouri Lilburn Boggs issued the Mormon Extermination Order, ordering all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:47 am
1916 – Supporters of deposed Ethiopian Emperor-designate Iyasu V were defeated at the Battle of Segale, ending their attempt to restore him to the throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:47 am
1944 – World War II: German forces captured Banská Bystrica, the center of anti-Nazi opposition in Slovakia, bringing the Slovak National Uprising to an end.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:47 am
1958 – General Ayub Khan (pictured) deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:47 am
1958 – General Ayub Khan (pictured) deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Muhammed_Ayub_Khan.JPG/73px-Muhammed_Ayub_Khan.JPG
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:48 am
1981 – Cold War: Soviet Whiskey-class submarine U 137 ran aground near Sweden's Karlskrona naval base, sparking an international incident termed "Whiskey on the rocks".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:02 pm
312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
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710 – Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
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939 – Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.
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1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:04 pm
1524 – Italian Wars: The French troops lay siege to Pavia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:04 pm
1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:04 pm
1644 – Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:04 pm
1644 – Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
What was the result of the First Battle of Newbury?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:07 pm
1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
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1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
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1806 – The French Army enters Berlin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:08 pm
1806 – The French Army enters Berlin.
...134 years later?
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1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
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1827 – Bellini's third opera Il pirata is premiered at Teatro alla Scala di Milano
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:09 pm
1870 – Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
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1904 – The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
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1914 – World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons), is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:10 pm
1924 – The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
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1930 – ratifications exchanged in London, for the first London Naval Treaty signed in April modifying the 1925 Washington Naval Treaty and the arms limitation treaty's modified provisions go into effect immediately; further limiting the expensive naval arms race between its five signatories.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:10 pm
1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:10 pm
1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
As featured in The King's Speech.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:10 pm
1948 – Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:11 pm
1953 – British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
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1954 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
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1961 – NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:13 pm
1961 – Mauritania and Mongolia join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:14 pm
1962 – Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:14 pm
1962 – A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:14 pm
1964 – Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
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1967 – Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the Baltimore Four protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
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1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
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1973 – The Cañon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite, strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:19 pm
1986 – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:20 pm
1988 – Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
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1991 – Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:20 pm
1992 – United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:20 pm
1994 – The U.S. prison population tops 1 million for the first time in American history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:21 pm
1994 – Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:21 pm
1995 – Latvia applies for membership in the European Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:21 pm
1995 – Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:21 pm
1997 – October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:21 pm
1999 – Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:21 pm
2004 – Major League Baseball: The Boston Red Sox complete a four-game sweep of the 2004 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, giving the team their first World Series championship since 1918.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:25 pm
2005 – Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 12:25 pm
2005 – The SSETI Express micro-satellite is successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 3:24 pm
1553 - In Switzerland, Spanish physician Michael Servetus, 42, convicted for promulgating anti-Trinitarianism, was condemned for heresy and blasphemy, and burned at the stake in Geneva.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 3:25 pm
1771 - Landing at Philadelphia, pioneer bishop Francis Asbury, 26, first arrived in America. He had been sent from England by John Wesley to oversee Methodism in the American colonies, and stayed all of his remaining 45 years, till his death in 1816.
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1889 - The first Lithuanian Church in America was organized in Plymouth (near Wilkes-Barre), PA. Rev. Alexander Burba was its first pastor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 3:25 pm
1963 - One month before his death at age 65, English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/11 at 3:25 pm
1977 - American missionary and apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'The unforgivable sin is not something done once and for all and which when done is without remedy. it is the constant, unremitting resistance of the gracious work of the Holy Spirit for salvation.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 12:59 am
312 – Constantine the Great (statue pictured) defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
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312 – Constantine the Great (statue pictured) defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rome-Capitole-StatueConstantin.jpg/75px-Rome-Capitole-StatueConstantin.jpg
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1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.
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1776 – American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the British Army captured the village of White Plains.
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1835 – Māori chiefs signed the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and established the United Tribes of New Zealand.
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1928 – Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.
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1995 – The world's deadliest subway disaster took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, when an electrical malfunction caused a fire that killed 289 passengers and injured 265 more.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:45 am
97 – Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard, to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
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306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
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1061 – Empress Agnes, acting as Regent for her son, brings about the election of Bishop Cadalus, the Antipope Honorius II.
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1516 – Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
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1531 – Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:46 am
1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
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1628 – The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
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1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:47 am
1707 – The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
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1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
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1834 – The Battle of Pinjarra is fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:48 am
1835 – The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
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1848 – The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened.
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1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.
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1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
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1891 – The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:49 am
1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:49 am
1915 – Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:50 am
1918 – World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:50 am
1918 – A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established.
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1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
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1922 – March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:51 am
1929 – Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:51 am
1940 – World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:51 am
1942 – The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
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1948 – Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:51 am
1958 – John XXIII, is elected Pope.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:52 am
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:52 am
1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
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1965 – Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760 year-old declaration.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:52 am
1965 – Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:53 am
1971 – Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:54 am
1982 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to the first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:54 am
1998 – An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:54 am
2005 – Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:54 am
2006 – The funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s – early 1940s are reburied.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:54 am
2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 11:54 am
2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
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2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 12:00 pm
312 - Roman emperor Constantine, 32, defeated the army of Maxentius, a contender to the throne, at Milvian Bridge, after trusting in a vision he had seen of the cross, inscribed with the words, "In this sign conquer." Constantine was converted soon after and became the first Roman emperor to embrace the Christian faith.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 12:00 pm
1646 - At Nonantum, Mass., colonial missionary John Eliot ("Apostle to the New England Indians"), 42, conducted the first Protestant worship service for the Indians of North America. He also delivered the first sermon preached to the Indians in their native tongue.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 12:00 pm
1777 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter; 'The Lord usually reserves dying strength for a dying hour.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 12:00 pm
1820 - Birth of John H. Hopkins, a leader in the development of Episcopal church hymnody during the mid-19th century. Today, he is better remembered as the author and composer of the Christmas hymn, "We Three Kings of Orient Are."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/11 at 12:00 pm
1949 - American missionary martyr Jim Elliot, 22, inscribed in his journal perhaps the most oft-quoted of all his sayings: 'He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:37 am
539 BC – Cyrus the Great entered the city of Babylon, detained Nabonidus and ended the Babylonian captivity. He gave the Jews permission to return to Yehud province and to rebuild the Temple; but most Jews chose to remain in Babylon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:38 am
312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Milvian Bridge, he stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out the Tiber and beheaded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:38 am
437 – Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:38 am
969 – Byzantine troops occupy Antioch Syria.
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1268 – Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:39 am
1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
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1422 – Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France.
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1467 – Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege.
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1618 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
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1658 – Action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle).
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1665 – Battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:40 am
1675 – Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:40 am
1787 – Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:41 am
1792 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:41 am
1863 – Eighteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross.
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1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie – Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:41 am
1886 – The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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1901 – In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:42 am
1901 – Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
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1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–1919.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/11 at 2:42 am
1921 – The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.