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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:42 pm
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:42 pm
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The government of Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:42 pm
1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:43 pm
1963 – Instant replay is used for the first time in an Army-Navy game by its inventor, director, Tony Verna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:44 pm
1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:44 pm
1970 – The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:44 pm
1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:45 pm
1975 – Indonesia invades East Timor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:45 pm
1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:45 pm
1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid Barajas International Airport, killing 93 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:45 pm
1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:46 pm
1988 – Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:46 pm
1988 – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:46 pm
1989 – Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran complete their trilogy of boxing fights nine years after their first two fights, at the opening of the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; Leonard retains his WBC world Super Middleweight title by a 12 round unanimous decision.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:46 pm
1993 – The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:47 pm
1994 – Norfolk Southern ends its steam excursion program. This is the last time that Norfolk and Western 611 is under steam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:47 pm
1995 – The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:47 pm
1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:48 pm
2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:48 pm
2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:48 pm
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:49 pm
2006 – A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:49 pm
2006 – A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
A day I remember well.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/11 at 12:49 pm
2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/07/11 at 3:05 pm
1993 – The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
I read about him.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:22 am
1432 – The first battle of the Lithuanian Civil War between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis was fought near the modern town of Ashmyany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:22 am
1854 – In his apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:22 am
1912 – Leaders of the German Empire held an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:22 am
1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon (pictured) was assassinated in the entrance of the Dakota apartments in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:23 am
1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon (pictured) was assassinated in the entrance of the Dakota apartments in New York City.
:\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:23 am
1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon (pictured) was assassinated in the entrance of the Dakota apartments in New York City.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Lie_In_15_--_John_rehearses_Give_Peace_A_Chance.jpg/100px-Lie_In_15_--_John_rehearses_Give_Peace_A_Chance.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 2:23 am
1991 – Leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed the Belavezha Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/08/11 at 8:18 am
1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon (pictured) was assassinated in the entrance of the Dakota apartments in New York City.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcv8pt6ArY1qztcnqo1_500.jpg
This is them from early 1980.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:46 pm
1660 – A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:46 pm
1907 – King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:47 pm
1914 – A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:47 pm
1927 – The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:48 pm
1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:48 pm
1941 – Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. These happen concurrently with the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which was on December 7 in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:49 pm
1949 – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:53 pm
1953 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, and the U.S. launches its "Atoms for Peace" program that supplied equipment and information to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:53 pm
1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:54 pm
1963 – Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by positive lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing all 81 people on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:54 pm
1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:54 pm
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:55 pm
1972 – United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:55 pm
1974 – A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:55 pm
1982 – In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:55 pm
1987 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:55 pm
1987 – Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:56 pm
1987 – The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:56 pm
1987 – An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:56 pm
1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:56 pm
1991 – The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:57 pm
1993 – The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:57 pm
1998 – Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:57 pm
1998 – The Australian Cricket Board's cover-up of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh's involvement with bookmakers is revealed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:58 pm
2002 – The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day"—to celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:59 pm
2004 – The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:59 pm
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan is shot and killed at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio by paranoid schizophrenic Nathan Gale.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:59 pm
2007 – Benazir Bhutto, first and only female former Prime Minister of Pakistan, had her PPP Office stormed by unidentified gunmen. Three supporters are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:59 pm
2009 – Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 12:59 pm
2010 – With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 4:21 pm
1775 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 4:21 pm
1854 - Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in his apostolic letter, "Ineffabilis Deus." It asserted that by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, Mary was freed from original sin "in the first instant of conception."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 4:21 pm
1907 - Christmas seals were sold for the first time, to raise funds to fight tuberculosis. Today, Christmas seal income is used primarily in the fight against birth defects.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 4:22 pm
1962 - The Rev. John Melville Burgess was consecrated as suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts -- the first African American bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church to serve a predominantly white diocese.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/11 at 4:22 pm
1981 - In one of its major rulings regarding the issue of the separation of Church and State, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of student organizations holding religious services at public colleges and universities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 am
1917 – First World War: Hussein al-Husayni, the Ottoman mayor of Jerusalem, surrendered the city to the British (pictured).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 am
1917 – First World War: Hussein al-Husayni, the Ottoman mayor of Jerusalem, surrendered the city to the British (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ottoman_surrender_of_Jerusalem_restored.jpg/76px-Ottoman_surrender_of_Jerusalem_restored.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 am
1931 – The approval of the Spanish Constitution by the Constituent Cortes paved the way to the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 am
1968 – The NLS, a computer collaboration system that was the first to employ the practical use of hypertext, the computer mouse, and other modern computing concepts, was publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:23 am
1979 – A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, making it the only human infectious disease to date to have been completely eradicated from nature.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:23 am
1981 – Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, and he went on to become "perhaps the world's best known death-row inmate" before his sentence was commuted to life without parole in December 2011.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:20 pm
1968 – The NLS, a computer collaboration system that was the first to employ the practical use of hypertext, the computer mouse, and other modern computing concepts, was publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Firstmouseunderside.jpg/220px-Firstmouseunderside.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:20 pm
730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: the Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Djarrah ibn Abdullah
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:20 pm
1425 – The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:21 pm
1531 – The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:21 pm
1775 – American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:21 pm
1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 pm
1824 – Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 pm
1835 – The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:22 pm
1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:23 pm
1856 – The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:23 pm
1861 – American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1875 – The Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club", is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1888 – Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1897 – Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:25 pm
1905 – In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:25 pm
1911 – A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners in spite of rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:26 pm
1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:26 pm
1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:26 pm
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing – Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:26 pm
1940 – World War II: Operation Compass – British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:26 pm
1941 – World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:26 pm
1941 – World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:27 pm
1946 – The "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:27 pm
1946 – The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:27 pm
1950 – Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:28 pm
1953 – Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:29 pm
1956 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:29 pm
1958 – The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:29 pm
1960 – The first episode of the world's longest-running television soap opera Coronation Street is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:30 pm
1960 – The first episode of the world's longest-running television soap opera Coronation Street is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/Ken_Barlow_%281960%29_%28small%29.jpg/220px-Ken_Barlow_%281960%29_%28small%29.jpg
Ken Barlow in the first episode of Coronation Street.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:30 pm
1961 – The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with verdicts of guilty on 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:30 pm
1961 – Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:32 pm
1962 – The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:32 pm
1965 – The Kecksburg UFO incident: a fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:32 pm
1966 – Barbados joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:33 pm
1969 – United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:33 pm
1971 – The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:34 pm
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:48 pm
1973 – British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:49 pm
1987 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:49 pm
1988 – The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:49 pm
2000 – The Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:49 pm
2003 – A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/11 at 2:49 pm
2008 – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:39 am
1041 – The adopted son of Empress Zoe of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:39 am
1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:39 am
1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:39 am
1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:40 am
1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:40 am
1684 – Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:41 am
1799 – France became the first country to adopt the metric system as its system for weights and measures.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:41 am
1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:42 am
1861 – American Civil War: the Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
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1861 – Forces led by Nguyen Trung Truc, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
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1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
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1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
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1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
http://www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk/_wp_generated/wp528dd450_1b.jpg
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1869 – Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
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1884 – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American author Mark Twain was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada.
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1884 – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American author Mark Twain was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Huckleberry_Finn_book.JPG/200px-Huckleberry_Finn_book.JPG
1st edition book cover
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1898 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
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1899 – Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
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1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
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1902 – Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
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1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
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1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected.
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1911 – Calbraith Rodgers (pictured) completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States.
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1911 – Calbraith Rodgers (pictured) completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Rodgers-Cal_01.jpg/100px-Rodgers-Cal_01.jpg
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1927 – The phrase "Grand Ole Opry" is used for the first time on-air.
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1932 – Thailand adopts a Constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
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1935 – The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded to halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
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1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
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1941 – World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near Malaya.
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1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines – Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:53 am
1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, representing the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:53 am
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
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1955 – The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:54 am
1965 – The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:54 am
1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:54 am
1978 – Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:55 am
1979 – Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
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1983 – Democracy is restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Raúl Alfonsín.
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1989 – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia's democratic movement that changes the second oldest communist country into a democracy.
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1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 3:55 am
1994 – Rwandan Genocide: Military advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 6:16 am
1520 - German reformer Martin Luther publicly burned Pope Leo X's bull, "Exsurge Domine," which had demanded that Luther recant his "protestant" heresies, including that of justification by faith alone rather than through purchased indulgences or other papal favors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 6:16 am
1593 - Italian archaeologist Antonio Bosio first descended into the subterranean Christian burial chambers, located under the streets of Rome. Bosio was dubbed the "Columbus of the Catacombs," and his books long remained the standard work on the underground tombs of the early Roman Church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 6:16 am
1854 - The second construction of the structure known as St Paul's Outside the Walls was consecrated. The church is one of four major basilicas in Rome. The original edifice was erected by Roman emperor Constantine in 324, and rebuilt as a larger basilica in the late fourth century by the Emperor Honorius (395).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 6:16 am
1905 - "The Gift of the Magi," a short story by William Sydney Porter, 43, was first published. Known by his pen name, O. Henry, Porter's writings were characterized by trick endings, making him a master of short story telling.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/11 at 6:17 am
1956 - English Christian apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'In so far as the things unseen are manifested by the things seen, one might from one point of view call the whole material universe an allegory.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:22 am
361 – Julian the Apostate enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
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969 – Byzatine Emperor Nikephoros II is assassinated by his wife Theofano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
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1282 – Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.
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1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:22 am
1789 – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, received its charter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:23 am
1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:24 am
1815 – the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
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1816 – Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
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1868 – Brazilians defeat Paraguayans at the Battle of Avaí during the War of the Triple Alliance.
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1886 – The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:28 am
1905 – A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
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1907 – The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
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1917 – British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
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1925 – Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:29 am
1927 – Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:29 am
1931 – The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster 1931, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
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1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.
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1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:30 am
1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
As featured in The King's Speech.
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1937 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
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1941 – World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:31 am
1946 – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
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1948 – The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, which established and defined the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the British Mandate for Palestine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:31 am
1958 – French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:31 am
1960 – French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:32 am
1962 – Convicted murderers Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last two persons to be executed in Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:32 am
1964 – Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:33 am
1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:33 am
1980 – The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or Superfund, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:34 am
1981 – El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:35 am
1993 – Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:35 am
1994 – First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
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1994 – A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila to Tokyo, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:36 am
1997 – The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
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1998 – Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:36 am
2001 – The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
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2005 – A demonstration by Australians in Cronulla, New South Wales, against recent violence towards locals turned into a race riot.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:38 am
2005 – The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:38 am
2006 – The first action in the Mexican Drug War took place as President Felipe Calderón (pictured) ordered Mexican military and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:38 am
2006 – The first action in the Mexican Drug War took place as President Felipe Calderón (pictured) ordered Mexican military and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Felipe_Calderon_20090130.jpg/67px-Felipe_Calderon_20090130.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:39 am
2006 – The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in theran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:39 am
2007 – Two car bombs explode at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings.
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2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
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2010 – Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm, Sweden, killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:49 am
1518 - Swiss Reformer Ulrich Zwingli, 34, was elected People's Preacher at the Old Minster Church in Zurich, where he continued as pastor for the remaining 13 years of his life.
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1640 - English Puritans introduced the "Root and Branch" petition to the Long Parliament in London. It demanded the English episcopacy, "with all its dependencies, roots and branches, be abolished." (The imagery comes from Malachi 4:1.)
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1792 - Birth of Joseph Mohr, the Austrian Roman Catholic vicar who, along with the Oberndorf Church organist Franz Gruber, on Christmas Eve of 1818, authored the enduring Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:49 am
1962 - American missionary and apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/11 at 7:49 am
1975 - The Central American Mission changed its name to CAM Intentional, after expanding its missionary efforts into Latin America. (This evangelical mission group was founded in 1890 by C.I. Scofield, editor of the Scofield Bible.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 1:57 am
1531 – According to traditional Catholic accounts, the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary (pictured) miraculously appeared imprinted on Juan Diego's tilma.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 1:58 am
1531 – According to traditional Catholic accounts, the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary (pictured) miraculously appeared imprinted on Juan Diego's tilma.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/El_Rostro_de_la_Virgen.jpg/90px-El_Rostro_de_la_Virgen.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:05 am
1915 – President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy and declared himself Emperor.
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1918 – The Flag of Estonia was raised for the first time atop the Pikk Hermann in Tallinn.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:06 am
1941 – At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish race.
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2000 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the election recount of the ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election must stop, effectively making George W. Bush the winner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:39 pm
627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:39 pm
1098 – First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:39 pm
1408 – The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:40 pm
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:40 pm
1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:40 pm
1862 – USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:41 pm
1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first one being Hiram Revels.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:41 pm
1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:41 pm
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:41 pm
1911 – Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:41 pm
1911 – King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:42 pm
1917 – In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:42 pm
1925 – The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:42 pm
1935 – Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:43 pm
1936 – Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:43 pm
1937 – Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink US gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River in China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:43 pm
1939 – Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi – Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:43 pm
1939 – HMS Duchess (H64) sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:43 pm
1940 – World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield as a result of a German air raid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:44 pm
1941 – World War II: Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:44 pm
1941 – World War II: USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:45 pm
1941 – World War II: UK declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:45 pm
1942 – World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:45 pm
1942 – A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:45 pm
1946 – A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.
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1948 – Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre – 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:46 pm
1950 – Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:46 pm
1956 – Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's "Border Campaign".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:47 pm
1958 – Guinea joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:47 pm
1963 – Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:48 pm
1964 – Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.