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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:48 pm
1969 – Strategy of tension: Piazza Fontana bombing – The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:48 pm
1979 – Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:48 pm
1979 – President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:48 pm
1979 – The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:48 pm
1979 – A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:49 pm
1982 – Women's peace protest at Greenham Common – 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) perimeter fence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:49 pm
1984 – Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:49 pm
1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:49 pm
1988 – The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains – one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:49 pm
1991 – Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/11 at 2:49 pm
2005 – Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician, is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:21 am
1643 – First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces serving under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack on a winter garrison of Royalist infantry and cavalry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:21 am
1809 – American physician Ephraim McDowell performed the world's first removal of an ovarian tumor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:21 am
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces captured Nanjing in China and then began to commit numerous atrocities over the next several weeks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:21 am
1960 – With Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt and installed Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen as the new Emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:21 am
1981 – Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law, suspended Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:22 am
1981 – Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law, suspended Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Wojciech_Jaruzelski.jpg/70px-Wojciech_Jaruzelski.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:40 pm
1545 – Council of Trent begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:40 pm
1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1590_or_later_Marcus_Gheeraerts%2C_Sir_Francis_Drake_Buckland_Abbey%2C_Devon.jpg/220px-1590_or_later_Marcus_Gheeraerts%2C_Sir_Francis_Drake_Buckland_Abbey%2C_Devon.jpg
A 16th century oil on canvas portrait of Sir Francis Drake in Buckland Abbey, painting by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1642 – Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:42 pm
1867 – Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:42 pm
1937 – Nanjing Massacre. Japanese troops begin carrying out several weeks of raping and killing of civilians and suspected Chinese resistance after the fall of Nanjing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:42 pm
1938 – The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:43 pm
1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate – Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:43 pm
1941 – World War II: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1943 – World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1959 – Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1959 – Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Makarios_III_and_Robert_F._Wagner_NYWTS_cropped.jpg/220px-Makarios_III_and_Robert_F._Wagner_NYWTS_cropped.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:46 pm
1962 – NASA Relay 1 launch, first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:46 pm
1967 – Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:47 pm
1968 – Brazilian president Artur da Costa e Silva decrees the AI-5 (or the fifth Institutional Act), which lasts until 1978 and marks the beginning of the hard times of Brazilian military dictatorship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:47 pm
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:47 pm
1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:47 pm
1977 – A DC-3 aircraft chartered from the Indianapolis-based National Jet crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff and boosters of the team.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:47 pm
1979 – The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:48 pm
1988 – Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in the Swiss city of Geneva after the United States authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:48 pm
1989 – Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launch an attack on a British Army nonpermanent vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and one badly wounded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:48 pm
2000 – The "Texas 7" escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas and go on a robbery spree, during which police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot and killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:48 pm
2000 – Al Gore concedes the U.S. presidential election to George W. Bush.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:48 pm
2001 – the Indian Parliament Sansad is attacked by terrorists. 15 people are killed, including all the terrorists.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:49 pm
2002 – Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:49 pm
2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:50 pm
2004 – Former Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet is put under house arrest, after being sued under accusations over 9 kidnapping actions and manslaughter. The house arrest is lifted the same day on appeal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:50 pm
2006 – The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, is announced as extinct.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/11 at 2:50 pm
2006 – The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, is announced as extinct.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lipotes_vexillifer.png/220px-Lipotes_vexillifer.png
An illustration of the Baiji
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 12/13/11 at 4:00 pm
2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit
best time of their life.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 2:30 am
557 – A large earthquake severely damaged the city of Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 2:30 am
1782 – In Avignon, France, the Montgolfier brothers conducted their first test of their hot air balloon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 2:30 am
1994 – Construction on the Three Gorges Dam (pictured) began on the Yangtze River in China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 2:30 am
1994 – Construction on the Three Gorges Dam (pictured) began on the Yangtze River in China.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/ThreeGorgesDam-China2009.jpg/100px-ThreeGorgesDam-China2009.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 2:30 am
1999 – Torrential rains caused flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 2:31 am
2009 – The Tino Rangatiratanga flag representing the Māori people was officially recognized by the government of New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:29 pm
1782 – In Avignon, France, the Montgolfier brothers conducted their first test of their hot air balloon.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Early_flight_02562u_%282%29.jpg/150px-Early_flight_02562u_%282%29.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:33 pm
1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:33 pm
1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:33 pm
1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:34 pm
1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Mary_Stuart_Queen.jpg/220px-Mary_Stuart_Queen.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:37 pm
1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:37 pm
1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:37 pm
1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:37 pm
1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:38 pm
1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:38 pm
1900 – Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:39 pm
1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:39 pm
1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:40 pm
1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/First_flight2.jpg/220px-First_flight2.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:40 pm
1907 – The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:40 pm
1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:41 pm
1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:43 pm
1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Kongō-class, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:45 pm
1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:45 pm
1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:45 pm
1918 – President of Portugal Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:45 pm
1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:46 pm
1941 – World War II: Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:53 pm
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:53 pm
1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:53 pm
1958 – The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first expedition to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Antarctic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:53 pm
1961 – The United Republic of Tanzania joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:54 pm
1962 – NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:55 pm
1963 – Baldwin Hills Reservoir wall bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:56 pm
1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 3:56 pm
1971 – Over 200 of East Pakistan's (now Bangladesh) intellectuals are massacred by the Pakistani Army and their local allies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:03 pm
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. To date this is the last manned mission to the moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:03 pm
1981 – Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:03 pm
1983 – The 3rd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:06 pm
1988 – The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:06 pm
1992 – War in Abkhazia: During the Siege of Tkvarcheli, a helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia, is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, 25 of which are children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:07 pm
1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:07 pm
1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:08 pm
2003 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:08 pm
2004 – The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:09 pm
2004 – The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Millau_Viaduct_overall_view.jpg/250px-Millau_Viaduct_overall_view.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:09 pm
2004 – Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:09 pm
2006 – American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:09 pm
2006 – American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.
So who is watching you now?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/11 at 4:10 pm
2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 2:23 am
1467 – Troops under Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the forces of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in present-day Baia, Romania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 2:24 am
1864 – American Civil War: Union troops defeated the Army of Tennessee, one of the largest Confederate forces, at the Battle of Nashville.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 2:24 am
1942 – World War II: The Americans engaged Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 2:25 am
1946 – US-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched upon the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 2:25 am
2005 – The F-22 Raptor (pictured), a stealth fighter aircraft that the United States Air Force claimed is unmatched by any known or projected fighter, entered into service despite a protracted and costly development period.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 2:25 am
2005 – The F-22 Raptor (pictured), a stealth fighter aircraft that the United States Air Force claimed is unmatched by any known or projected fighter, entered into service despite a protracted and costly development period.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg/100px-Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:46 pm
533 – Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:46 pm
1167 – Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:47 pm
1467 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:47 pm
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:47 pm
1791 – The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:48 pm
1868 – Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:48 pm
1905 – The Pushkin House is established in St. Petersburg to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:48 pm
1906 – The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:49 pm
1913 – Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:52 pm
1914 – World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:52 pm
1914 – A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, kills 687.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:52 pm
1917 – World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:53 pm
1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:57 pm
1939 – Gone with the Wind receives its première at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:57 pm
1941 – Holocaust: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobitsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:58 pm
1945 – Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:58 pm
1954 – The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
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1960 – Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:58 pm
1960 – King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:59 pm
1961 – In Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 12:59 pm
1965 – Gemini program: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:00 pm
1967 – The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:01 pm
1967 – The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Silver_Bridge_collapsed%2C_Ohio_side.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:01 pm
1970 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:01 pm
1970 – South Korean ferry Namyong Ho capsizes off Korean Strait killing 308.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:01 pm
1973 – John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:02 pm
1973 – The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:02 pm
1976 – Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:02 pm
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:03 pm
1993 – History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:03 pm
1994 – Palau becomes a member of the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:03 pm
1997 – A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:03 pm
1997 – The Treaty of Bangkok is signed allowing the transformation of Southeast Asia into a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:03 pm
2000 – The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:04 pm
2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:04 pm
2005 – Latvia amends its constitution to eliminate possibility of same-sex couples being entitled to marry.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:05 pm
2006 – First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:05 pm
2009 – Boeing's new Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:05 pm
2010 – A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing at least 30 passengers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 1:05 pm
2011 – American forces withdraw from Iraq after a 9-year long campaign.
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Written By: Howard on 12/15/11 at 2:59 pm
2011 – American forces withdraw from Iraq after a 9-year long campaign.
I say it's about time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/11 at 3:02 pm
I say it's about time.
Lots of money has been spent.
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Written By: Howard on 12/15/11 at 3:02 pm
Lots of money has been spent.
hopefully there won't be anymore wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 2:27 am
1707 – The last recorded eruption of Japan's Mount Fuji (pictured) released some 800 million m³ of volcanic ash.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 2:27 am
1707 – The last recorded eruption of Japan's Mount Fuji (pictured) released some 800 million m³ of volcanic ash.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Mount_Fuji_from_Hotel_Mt_Fuji_1995-2-7.jpg/100px-Mount_Fuji_from_Hotel_Mt_Fuji_1995-2-7.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 2:28 am
1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes struck the Midwestern United States and made the Mississippi River appear to run backward.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 2:29 am
1893 – Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 2:29 am
1944 – World War II: The Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany launched its final offensive in the western front, the Battle of the Bulge.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 2:29 am
1986 – Dinmukhamed Konayev was dismissed from the post of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, sparking riots throughout the country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:45 pm
755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:46 pm
1431 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:46 pm
1497 – Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:46 pm
1575 – The 1575 Valdivia earthquake takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:46 pm
1598 – Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point – The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the China and the Korean Allied Forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Allied Forces victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:47 pm
1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:47 pm
1689 – Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:47 pm
1761 – Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:47 pm
1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:47 pm
1826 – Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:47 pm
1838 – Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:48 pm
1850 – History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:48 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:49 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Franklin-Nashville Campaign – Battle of Nashville – Major General George H. Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:49 pm
1907 – The Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:49 pm
1914 – World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:49 pm
1918 – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:49 pm
1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:50 pm
1922 – President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:50 pm
1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a posse of 200, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:51 pm
1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:51 pm
1938 – Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honor of the German Mother
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:51 pm
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1942 – Holocaust: Porajmos – Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1946 – Thailand joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1947 – William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1950 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1957 – Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1960 – 1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York's Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1965 – Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1971 – "National Day" of the Kingdom of Bahrain is celebrated. Not to be confused with Bahrain Independence Day which took place on August 15, 1971.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1972 – Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1972 – Vijay Diwas: (Victory Day) is commemorated every 16 December in India as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1979 – Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, having an immediate dramatic effect on the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1985 – Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1989 – Protests break out in Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1989 – Walter LeRoy Moody begins his terrorist bombing streak when he sends Judge Robert Smith Vance a bomb in the mail, instantly killing him near his house in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1991 – Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1997 – An episode of Pokémon, "Dennō Senshi Porygon", aired in Japan induces seizures in 685 Japanese children.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox – The United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/11 at 1:57 pm
2003 – President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 into law. The law establishes the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:23 am
920 – Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:23 am
942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:24 am
1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:25 am
1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:25 am
1577 – Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:25 am
1583 – Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeats the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:26 am
1586 – Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:26 am
1600 – Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:27 am
1718 – Great Britain declares war on Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:27 am
1777 – France formally recognizes the United States of America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:27 am
1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:27 am
1807 – France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:28 am
1812 – War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:28 am
1819 – Simón Bolívar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:28 am
1837 – Fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg occurred.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:29 am
1862 – American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant (pictured) issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:29 am
1862 – American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant (pictured) issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ulysses_Grant_1870-1880.jpg/75px-Ulysses_Grant_1870-1880.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:29 am
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:30 am
1865 – First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:30 am
1903 – The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:31 am
1907 – Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:32 am
1918 – About 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burnt an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:33 am
1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:33 am
1926 – Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:34 am
1927 – Indian revolutionary Rajendranath Lahiri was hanged to death in Gonda jail of U.P. in India 2 days before the scheduled date.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:34 am
1928 – Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:34 am
1935 – The Douglas DC-3, one of the most significant transport aircraft ever built, made its maiden voyage to coincide with the anniversary of the Wright Flyer's first flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:35 am
1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate – The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:36 am
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:36 am
1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge – Malmedy massacre – American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:37 am
1947 – First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:37 am
1950 – The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:37 am
1957 – The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:37 am
1960 – Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:38 am
1960 – 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash: 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:38 am
1967 – Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is presumed drowned.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:38 am
1969 – The SALT I talks begin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:39 am
1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs, stating that sightings are generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:39 am
1970 – Soldiers fired at workers emerging from trains in Gdynia, Poland, beginning the government's brutal crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:40 am
1973 – Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:40 am
1981 – Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigade in Verona, Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:49 am
1983 – The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:50 am
1989 – The first episode of television series The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", airs in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:50 am
1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timişoara with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:51 am
1989 – Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:51 am
1997 – The United Kingdom commences its Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, which extends the state's gun ban to include all handguns—with the exception of antique and show weapons.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:51 am
2002 – Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:51 am
2003 – The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:52 am
2003 – SpaceShipOne flight 11P, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first supersonic flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/11 at 12:52 am
2005 – Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong