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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/11 at 8:38 am
1921 - The first U.S. commercial radio license assigned to a religious broadcaster was awarded to the National Presbyterian Church of Washington, D.C. Within five years, there were over 60 other licensed religious broadcasters, including KJS_Biola (L.A.), KFUO_Concordia Seminary (St. Louis), and WMBI_Moody Bible Institute (Chicago).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:45 am
962 – Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:45 am
1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:45 am
1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris after being deposed in favour of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:45 am
1783 – George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:46 am
1793 – French Revolution: The Royalist counterrevolutionary army was decisively defeated in the Battle of Savenay, although fighting continued in the War in the Vendée for years to come.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:47 am
1823 – A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:47 am
1893 – The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:47 am
1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:47 am
1914 – World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:47 am
1916 – First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory in the Battle of Magdhaba, located in the Sinai Peninsula.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:48 am
1919 – Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:48 am
1921 – Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:48 am
1936 – Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:48 am
1937 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:49 am
1938 – A South African fisher discovered the first living specimen of a coelacanth (pictured), long believed to be extinct.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:49 am
1938 – A South African fisher discovered the first living specimen of a coelacanth (pictured), long believed to be extinct.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Latimeria_chalumnae%2C_London.jpg/100px-Latimeria_chalumnae%2C_London.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:50 am
1940 – World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:50 am
1941 – World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:51 am
1947 – The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:51 am
1948 – Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:52 am
1958 – Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:52 am
1958 – Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Tokyo_Tower_M4854.jpg/225px-Tokyo_Tower_M4854.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:52 am
1968 – The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:53 am
1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:53 am
1972 – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:53 am
1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:53 am
1979 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:53 am
1982 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:54 am
1986 – Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the Rutan Voyager became the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, landing in California's Edwards Air Force Base after a nine-day trip.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:55 am
1990 – History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88% of Slovenia's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:55 am
2002 – A MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25, making it the first time in history that an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:55 am
2003 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 2:55 am
2008 – The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, and announced that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 3:41 am
1648 - Birth of Robert Barclay, Scottish Quaker theologian. He published his most famous work, "An Apology for the True Christian Divinity," in 1676, making him the most prominent theologian in the early Quaker Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 3:41 am
1790 - Birth of Jean Francois Champollion, French Egyptologist. In 1822 he successfully decoded the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone (uncovered in 1799), and is recognized today as the founder of modern Egyptology.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 3:41 am
1841 - Birth of Handley C.G. Moule, Anglican theologian. He succeeded B.F. Westcott in 1901 as Bishop of Durham. A profound scholar, he could nevertheless speak and write for ordinary people, and published commentaries on nearly all of Paul's letters in the New Testament.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 3:41 am
1862 - Birth of Amos R. Wells, American Christian educator. He was first editorial secretary of the newly organized Christian Endeavor Society (forerunner of modern church "youth fellowships") from 1891 until his death in 1933.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/11 at 3:41 am
1950 - Pope Pius XII declared that the tomb of St. Peter had been discovered beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:16 pm
1294 – Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing St. Celestine V, who had declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and then promptly did so.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:16 pm
1777 – An expedition led by English explorer James Cook reached Christmas Island (pictured), the largest coral atoll in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:16 pm
1777 – An expedition led by English explorer James Cook reached Christmas Island (pictured), the largest coral atoll in the world.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kiritimati-EO.jpg/100px-Kiritimati-EO.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:16 pm
1826 – More than one third of the cadets enrolled in the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, rioted over the smuggling of whiskey to make eggnog for a Christmas Day party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:17 pm
1955 – The NORAD Tracks Santa program began when children began calling the Continental Air Defense Command Center to inquire about Santa Claus' whereabouts due to a misprinted phone number.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:17 pm
1974 – Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin, Australia, eventually destroying more than 70 percent of the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 12:17 pm
1968 – Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:24 pm
563 – The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:24 pm
1814 – The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:25 pm
1851 – Library of Congress burns.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:25 pm
1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:25 pm
1871 – Aida opens in Cairo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:26 pm
1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:27 pm
1911 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1913 – The Italian Hall Disaster ("1913 Massacre") in Calumet, Michigan results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1924 – Albania becomes a republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1929 – Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:29 pm
1939 – World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:29 pm
1941 – World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1942 – World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1951 – Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1953 – Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge is destroyed by a lahar at Tangiwai, in the Central North Island of New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River, and killing 153 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:31 pm
1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:31 pm
1968 – Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:31 pm
1973 – District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:31 pm
1979 – The first European Ariane rocket is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:31 pm
1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:31 pm
1997 – The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:32 pm
2000 – The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:32 pm
2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:32 pm
2005 – Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:32 pm
2008 – Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:34 pm
1784 - Methodism was officially organized in the newly independent United States of America, in Baltimore. Francis Asbury was consecrated the first Methodist bishop, a few days later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:34 pm
1818 - In St. Nicholas Church at Oberndorf, Austria, church organist Franz Gruber, 31, composed a melody on guitar for the poem, "Stille Nacht," written earlier by pastor Joseph Mohr, 26. This evening the world heard "Silent Night" sung for the very first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:35 pm
1871 - The Northside Tabernacle in Chicago was dedicated by evangelist Dwight L. Moody. It became the original structure of what is today the Moody Memorial Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:35 pm
1943 - German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/24/11 at 2:35 pm
1951 - "Amahl and the Night Visitors," a Christmas musical, had its TV debut. Written by composer Gian Carlo Menotti, it was the first musical to be broadcast over television.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:51 am
1135 – Coronation of King Stephen of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:51 am
1481 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:52 am
1613 – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:52 am
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:52 am
1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:53 am
1792 – The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:53 am
1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: French defeat Austrians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:53 am
1793 – The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:53 am
1799 – Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:54 am
1805 – Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:54 am
1806 – Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:54 am
1811 – A theater in Richmond, Virginia, US, was destroyed by fire in what was the worst urban disaster in American history at the time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:54 am
1825 – Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:55 am
1846 – Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:55 am
1860 – The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:55 am
1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:55 am
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:56 am
1862 – Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:56 am
1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:56 am
1870 – The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:56 am
1871 – Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:57 am
1883 – The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:57 am
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:57 am
1900 – A relief crew arrived at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland and discovered that the previous crew had disappeared without a trace.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:58 am
1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:58 am
1925 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:59 am
1933 – FM radio is patented.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:59 am
1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:59 am
1943 – World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 3:59 am
1944 – World War II: Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:00 am
1945 – CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:00 am
1948 – Cardinal Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:00 am
1966 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:00 am
1972 – Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:00 am
1975 – The Tupolev Tu-144 goes into service in Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:01 am
1976 – The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:01 am
1980 – Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:01 am
1982 – Time Magazine's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:01 am
1986 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after 35 years on the air.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:02 am
1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the USSR.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:02 am
1994 – Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the perpetrators.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:03 am
1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:03 am
1996 – Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
1997 – The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
1998 – Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
1999 – The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
2003 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people including over 1700 on a moving train.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
2004 – Orange Revolution: The final run-off election is held under heavy international scrutiny.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:04 am
2005 – A gang-related shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto kills one and injures six.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:05 am
2006 – The Hengchun earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan, on the anniversaries of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia (tsunami pictured), and of the 2003 Bam earthquake that destroyed areas of southeastern Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:05 am
2006 – The Hengchun earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan, on the anniversaries of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia (tsunami pictured), and of the 2003 Bam earthquake that destroyed areas of southeastern Iran.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:05 am
2006 – An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/11 at 4:58 am
1906 -The world's first feature film was made in Australia
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1990 - Desert Orchid won the'King George VI Chase'at Kempton Park for a record fourth time
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1932 - Dick Whittington became the first pantomime seen on television
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1831 – Aboard HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin left Plymouth, England, on what became a historic expedition to South America that made his name as a naturalist.
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1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
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1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first truly American musical, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
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1997 – Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in the Maze prison by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/11 at 9:45 am
2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth, the most magnetic object ever perceived by mankind, with a magnetic field of over 1015 gauss in intensity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/11 at 9:46 am
2007 – Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/11 at 9:46 am
2007 – Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:04 am
893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
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1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
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1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
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1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
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1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
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1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:05 am
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:06 am
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:06 am
1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:07 am
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
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1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
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1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:09 am
1879 – The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:10 am
1879 – The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:10 am
1885 – Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:10 am
1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:15 am
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
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1907 – The last confirmed sighting of the extinct Huia took place in the Tararua Ranges, North Island, New Zealand.
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1908 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
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1912 – The San Francisco Municipal Railway, operator of the city's famed cable car system (streetcar pictured), opened its first line.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:16 am
1912 – The San Francisco Municipal Railway, operator of the city's famed cable car system (streetcar pictured), opened its first line.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:16 am
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:16 am
1918 – Irishwoman Constance Markievicz became the first female Member of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons, although she never served.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:17 am
1935 – Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:17 am
1943 – World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:17 am
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:17 am
1945 – The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
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1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:18 am
1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:18 am
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:18 am
1972 – Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, became the first President of North Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:18 am
1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:19 am
1974 – Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:19 am
1978 – With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:19 am
1989 – In one of Australia's most serious natural disasters, a 5.6 ML earthquake struck Newcastle, New South Wales, killing 13 people and injuring more than 160 others, and causing an estimated AU$4 billion in damages.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:19 am
2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
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2008 – War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/11 at 7:20 am
2009 – 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
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2010 – Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government.
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1992 -The UN continued to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military
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1980 - TV-am won the breakfast TV franchise
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1963 - The last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was' was made
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 10:45 am
1835 – The United States signed the Treaty of New Echota with leaders of a minority Cherokee faction, which became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 10:45 am
1860 – To counter the French Navy's La Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the British Royal Navy launched the world's first iron-hulled armoured battleship, HMS Warrior.
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1911 – Sun Yat-sen (pictured) was elected in Nanjing as the Provisional President of the Republic of China.
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1911 – Sun Yat-sen (pictured) was elected in Nanjing as the Provisional President of the Republic of China.
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1930 – Muhammad Iqbal introduced the Two-Nation Theory outlining a vision for the creation of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in northwestern British India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 10:46 am
1937 – The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 10:46 am
1959 – Physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", which is considered the birth of nanotechnology.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 11:05 am
1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 11:55 am
1778 – American Revolutionary War: 3,500 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
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1786 – French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
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1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
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1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 11:56 am
1845 – In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, U.S.A annexes the Mexican state of Texas, following the Manifest Destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
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1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
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1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 11:58 am
1876 – The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
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1890 – United States soldiers kill more than 200 Oglala Lakota people with four Hotchkiss guns in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 12:03 pm
1914 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, is serialised in The Egoist.
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1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
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1939 – First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
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1940 – World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
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1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
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1959 – The Lisbon Metro begins operation.
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1972 – An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed Tristar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 12:05 pm
1975 – A bomb explodes at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 12:06 pm
1989 – Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
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1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 12:06 pm
1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 12:07 pm
1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/11 at 12:07 pm
1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives.
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2001 – A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.
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2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:09 am
1066 – A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, crucified vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacred most of the Berber Jewish population of the city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:09 am
1702 – Carolina colonial governor James Moore abandoned the siege against the Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, Spanish Florida, and retreated to Charles Town in disgrace.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:10 am
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda (pictured), previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:10 am
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda (pictured), previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:10 am
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos, who went on to rule the Philippines for 21 years, took office, beginning his first term as President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:11 am
2006 – Basque nationalist group ETA detonated a van bomb at Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain, ending a nine-month ceasefire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 9:20 am
2011 – Due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:16 am
1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:16 am
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:16 am
1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:16 am
1853 – A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England, United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:18 am
1853 – A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England, United Kingdom.
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The famous (crowded) banquet in Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' standing Crystal Palace Iguanodon
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:18 am
1862 – The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
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1896 – José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:19 am
1896 – José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rizal_execution.jpg/350px-Rizal_execution.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:19 am
1897 – Natal annexes Zululand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:22 am
1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:22 am
1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:22 am
1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:23 am
1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:23 am
1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:23 am
1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:23 am
1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:23 am
1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:23 am
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:24 am
1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:24 am
1947 – King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:24 am
1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:25 am
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:25 am
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:25 am
1981 – In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:26 am
1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:26 am
1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/11 at 10:26 am
1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.