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Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 12:52 am

May 19th 1536 – Anne Boleyn the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded at the Tower of London for adultery, incest, and high treason.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 12:53 am

May 19th 1802 – Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, established the Légion d'honneur order as a reward to commend civilians and soldiers.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 12:53 am

May 19th 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk traveled to Samsun to establish the Turkish National Movement to resist the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, marking the start of the Turkish War of Independence.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 12:54 am

May 19th 1568 – Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/19/09 at 9:04 am


1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day its cause is still unexplained




Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 9:08 am


1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day its cause is still unexplained





Volcanic activity?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/19/09 at 9:19 am


Volcanic activity?


The nearest they have come is a possible huge forest fire, coupled with low cloud cover, that came downwind from Canada.  It was pitch dark from early afternoon until the next night, from Maine to Connecticut.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 9:21 am


The nearest they have come is a possible huge forest fire, coupled with low cloud cover, that came downwind from Canada.  It was pitch dark from early afternoon until the next night, from Maine to Connecticut.
The mystery as did the cluds thicken?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/19/09 at 9:23 am



The mystery as did the clouds thicken?



Unanswerable questions are sometimes the most compelling

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/09 at 9:26 am


Unanswerable questions are sometimes the most compelling
Just found this on wiki New England's Dark Day

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 1:39 am

May 20th 1570 – The first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by cartographer Abraham Ortelius, was issued.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 1:39 am

May 20th 1873 – Clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis were granted a patent for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of denim overalls, paving the way for their business Levi Strauss & Co. to start manufacturing their first line of blue jeans.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/20/09 at 6:06 am



1980 710 families in Love Canal area of Niagara Falls NY are evacuated.  Homes found to be built on 21,000 tons of caustic waste.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/09 at 8:47 am

May 20th 1293 – Sancho IV, King of Castile and León, established what is now the Complutense University of Madrid, today one of the top public universities in Spain.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: nally on 05/20/09 at 5:54 pm

A year ago, I had my graduation ceremony from CSUN...little did I realize I'd have to return there for another semester, just to make up a class...but it was only online.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 8:51 am

May 21st 1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal linking Greater Manchester in North West England to the Irish Sea, officially opened, becoming the largest navigation canal in the world at the time.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 8:52 am

May 21st 1927 – Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Le Bourget Airport near Paris.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/09 at 8:58 am

May 21st 1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the international sport governing body of association football, was founded in Paris.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/21/09 at 9:02 am



1944 Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/21/09 at 9:02 am



1982 British troops lands on Falkland Islands

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 1:29 am



1982 British troops lands on Falkland Islands
I remember that, for the BBC interrupted a classical music concert on tv to inform the British public.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 1:29 am

May 22nd 1980 – Pac-Man, an arcade game that became virtually synonymous with video games and an icon of 1980s popular culture, made its debut in Japan.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 1:30 am

May 22nd 1964 – During a speech at the University of Michigan, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the goals of his Great Society domestic social reforms to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/09 at 1:32 am

May 22nd 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was officially opened

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/22/09 at 8:59 am


May 22nd 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was officially opened


There was a tunnel before the chunnel?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/22/09 at 9:02 am


1803 1st public library opens (Connecticut)

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/22/09 at 9:02 am

1807 Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond VA (acquitted)

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/22/09 at 9:02 am

1957 South Africa Government approves race separation in universities

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 1:44 am

May 23rd 1934 – American criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by police on a desolate road near their hideout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 1:44 am

May 23rd 1430 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc was captured at the Siege of Compiègne.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/09 at 1:46 am

May 23rd 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/23/09 at 5:59 am



1916 Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/23/09 at 6:01 am



1990 Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion( happened during the reign of bushI and involved his son Neil Bush)

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 2:14 am

May 24th 1956 – The first ever competition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 2:16 am

May 24th 1883 – New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world, was opened.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 2:17 am

May 24th 1738 – At a Moravian Church meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, John Wesley experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist movement.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 2:17 am

May 24th 1595 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 3:27 am

May 24th 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 3:28 am


May 24th 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
How much for and how much is it worth today?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/24/09 at 4:31 am



How much for and how much is it worth today?



It cost 60 Guilders and trade goods.  The trade, though, was understood differently.  The native americans didn't understand the concept of ownership of land in the way it was practiced by the Europeans.  Specific ownership that gave the owner rights in perpetuity that did not allow access to others in times of travel, or need, was not understood.

Today?  Don't think you could put a price on it.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/24/09 at 4:42 am


1844 Samual FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph message)




Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/24/09 at 4:42 am

1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 5:12 am


1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
One of his many inventions.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/09 at 5:13 am

May 24th 1830 – The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 12:17 am

May 25th 1977 – Star Wars, a science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas, was released, becoming one of the most successful films of all time.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 12:18 am

May 25th 1961 – During a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo space program, with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/09 at 12:18 am

May 25th 1521 – The Diet of Worms declared Protestant Reformer Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic, banning his literature, and requiring his arrest.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/25/09 at 4:49 am



1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 05/25/09 at 4:50 am

1915 2nd Battle of Ypres ends

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 05/25/09 at 10:21 am

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1019/94306334.th.jpg






May 25th 1977 – Star Wars, a science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas, was released, becoming one of the most successful films of all time.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/09 at 8:49 am

May 26th 1972 – U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow, concluding the first round of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/09 at 8:49 am

May 26th 1896 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average, representing twelve stocks from various American industries, was first published by journalist Charles Dow as a stock market index.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 05/26/09 at 6:32 pm

1975 - American stuntman Evel Knievel suffered severe spinal injuries in Britain when he crashed while attempting to jump 13 buses in his car.

1977 - George H. Willig was arrested after he scaled the South Tower of New York's World Trade Center. It took him 3 1/2 hours.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 05/26/09 at 9:29 pm

May 26,1948 - Stevie Nicks was born

May 26,1949 - Pam Grier was born

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 1:35 am

May 27th 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge span, connecting the City of San Francisco to Marin County, California, opened.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 1:35 am

May 27th 1923 – French racing drivers André Lagache and René Léonard won the first running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans near Le Mans, Sarthe, France.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/09 at 1:39 am

May 27th 1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 2:12 am

May 28th 1961 – The British newspaper The Observer published English lawyer Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners, starting a letter-writing campaign that grew and became the human rights organization Amnesty International.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 2:13 am

May 28th 1936 – English mathematician Alan Turing submitted his paper "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" for publication, introducing the Turing machine, a basic abstract symbol-manipulating device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 2:14 am

May 28th 1503 – James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 2:15 am

May 28th 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/09 at 2:15 am

May 28th 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 05/28/09 at 7:16 pm

1998 - Phil Hartman was shot to death at his home by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 12:42 am

May 29th 1913 – The Rite of Spring, a ballet with music by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 12:44 am

May 29th 1953 – New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/09 at 12:45 am

May 29th 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 12:47 am

May 30th 1536 – Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, became Queen of England by marrying King Henry VIII.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/09 at 12:50 am

May 30th 1431 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France after being convicted of heresy in a politically motivated trial.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 05/31/09 at 1:16 am

1879 - New York's Madison Square Garden opened.

1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal."

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/09 at 1:31 am

May 31st 1669 – Citing poor eyesight, English naval administrator and Member of Parliament Samuel Pepys recorded his last entry in his diary, one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/09 at 7:05 am

The clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The nickname (Big Ben) is often also used to refer to the clock and the clock tower. This is the world's largest four-faced, chiming clock and the third largest free-standing clock tower in the world. It celebrates its 150th birthday as the clock itself first ticking on 31st May 1859.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 1:08 am

June 1st 1813 – War of 1812: Mortally wounded during a battle against the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon, American naval commander James Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake ordered his crew "Don't give up the ship!", today a popular battle cry.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 1:08 am

June 1st 1831 – British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led the first expedition to reach the North Magnetic Pole.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 1:08 am

June 1st 2005 – In their first national referendum in over two hundred years, Dutch voters rejected the ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 1:09 am

June 1st 1869 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/09 at 1:11 am

June 1st 1943 – British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/09 at 1:30 am

June 2nd 1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/09 at 1:31 am

June 2nd 2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/09 at 1:31 am

June 2nd 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the first to be televised.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 06/02/09 at 5:37 am


1857 James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine


Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 06/02/09 at 5:37 am

1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 06/02/09 at 4:52 pm

1935 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth announced that he was retiring from baseball.



1941 - Lou Gehrig died.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 12:41 am

June 3rd 1992 – The High Court of Australia delivered its decision in the landmark case Mabo v Queensland, recognising the land rights of the Aborigines.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 12:42 am

June 3rd 1937 – Months after he abdicated the British throne, Edward, Duke of Windsor married American socialite Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony near Tours, France.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/09 at 12:42 am

June 3rd 1539 – DeSoto claims Florida for Spain.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 1:51 am

June 4th 1792 – Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/09 at 1:51 am

June 4th 1989 – The People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving at least 241 dead and 7,000 wounded, and causing widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 06/04/09 at 9:02 pm

1919 - The U.S. Senate passed the Women's Suffrage bill.

1942 - The Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 1:33 am

June 5th 1967 – The Six-Day War began with an Israeli Air Force preemptive strike that destroyed about 450 total aircraft of the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian Air Forces on the ground.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 1:34 am

1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 1:35 am

June 5th 1963 – British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/09 at 2:20 am

June 5th 1977 – The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 06/05/09 at 10:52 pm

June 5 ,1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity.

June 5,1968 - U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was mortally shot in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy died early the next morning. {I saw this happen live on television. I was watching Kennedy's speech,then the shooting, with My Mother}

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 2:32 am

June 6th 1844 – The YMCA, today a world-wide movement of more than 45 million members from 124 national federations, was founded in London.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 2:34 am

June 6th 1984 – Tetris was released.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/09 at 2:35 am

June 6th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 06/06/09 at 11:24 pm

In 1993 - Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol (The Artist).

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/09 at 2:32 am


In 1993 - Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol (The Artist).
http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:F7mjJIvGhUe7HM::happyvalleynews.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/prince_symbol2.jpg

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/09 at 2:33 am

June 7th 1982 – Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, opened to the public.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/09 at 2:50 am

June 7th 1776 – Virginia statesman Richard Henry Lee presented a resolution to the Second Continental Congress, which called for the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/09 at 1:56 am

June 8th 1995 – Danish-Greenlandic programmer Rasmus Lerdorf released the first public version of the scripting language PHP for producing dynamic web pages.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/09 at 1:57 am

June 8th 1949 – Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by English writer George Orwell about life in the fictional totalitarian government of Oceania, was first published.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 06/08/09 at 5:28 am




1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 1:51 am

June 10th 1719 – Jacobite risings: British forces defeated an alliance of Jacobites and Spaniards at the Battle of Glen Shiel in the Scottish Highlands.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 1:55 am

June 10th 1854 – The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/09 at 1:58 am

June 10th 1770 – Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 06/10/09 at 6:01 pm

June 10,1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 1:05 am

June 11th 1770 – The Great Barrier Reef first became known to Europeans when the HM Bark Endeavour, captained by English explorer James Cook, ran aground there, sustaining considerable damage.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 1:05 am

June 11th 1509 – The marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon takes place.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/09 at 1:06 am

June 11th 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 1:22 am

June 12th 1964 – Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress were found guilty for sabotaging the apartheid system in South Africa.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 1:22 am

June 12th 1942 – On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank began keeping her diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/09 at 1:23 am

June 12th 1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Frank on 06/12/09 at 1:27 am

1994 ~ Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered by O.J. ( allegedly)  outside her home in L.A

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 4:17 am

June 13th 1971 – The New York Times began to publish the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page top-secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 4:17 am

June 13th 1898 – The Yukon Territory was formed in Canada, splitting from the Northwest Territories after the area's population substantially increased due to the Klondike Gold Rush.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 4:18 am

June 13th 1886 – King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in Lake Starnberg near Munich under mysterious circumstances.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 4:19 am

June 13th 1525 – Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 06/13/09 at 5:11 am



1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Howard on 06/13/09 at 7:13 am



1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington




that must've been some good ice cream.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 7:17 am



1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington


What flavour was it?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Howard on 06/13/09 at 7:18 am


What flavour was it?


A 300 year old flavor?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 7:19 am


A 300 year old flavor?
Vanilla?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Howard on 06/13/09 at 7:20 am


Vanilla?


Vanilla could spoil after 300 years.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 7:21 am


Vanilla could spoil after 300 years.
If well preserved?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Howard on 06/13/09 at 7:22 am


If well preserved?


and has a nice smell of freshness.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 6:08 pm

June 14th 1976 – The trial begins at Oxford Crown Court of Donald Neilson, the killer known as the Black Panther.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 6:08 pm

June 14th 1938 – Action Comics issue one was released, introducing Superman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/09 at 6:09 pm

June 14th 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/09 at 4:10 am

June 14th 1822 – In a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society, English mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/09 at 1:38 am

June 15th 1219 – Northern Crusades: According to a popular Danish legend, the Dannebrog (Flag of Denmark), today one of the oldest state flags in the world still in use, fell from the sky and gave the Danish forces renewed hope to defeat the Estonians at the Battle of Lyndanisse.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/09 at 1:39 am

June 15th 1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/09 at 5:41 am

June 16th 1963 – Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 1:27 am

June 17th 1982 – The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, known as "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Vatican, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 1:27 am

June 17th 1994 – Following a police chase along Los Angeles freeways and a failed suicide attempt, actor and former American football player O.J. Simpson was arrested for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 1:28 am

June 17th 1579 – English explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

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Written By: Frank on 06/17/09 at 12:06 pm


June 17th 1579 – English explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.


Was he the first surfer as well?

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Written By: nally on 06/17/09 at 12:54 pm


Was he the first surfer as well?

That would be interesting, to research when surfing first started.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/09 at 2:01 pm


That would be interesting, to research when surfing first started.
From wiki:

The art of surfing was first observed by Europeans in 1767, by the crewmembers of the Dolphin at Tahiti. Later, Lieutenant James King, wrote about the art when completing the journals of Captain James Cook upon Cook's death in 1779. When the Hawaiian natives invented surfing they did it naked. When Mark Twain visited Hawaii in 1866 he wrote “In one place we came upon a large company of naked natives, of both sexes and all ages, amusing themselves with the national pastime of surf- bathing.”

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 12:57 am

June 18th 1979 – The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II treaty, placing specific limits on each side's stock of nuclear weapons.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 12:58 am

June 18th 1858 – Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on evolution, which prompted Darwin to publish his theory.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/09 at 12:59 am

June 18th 1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/09 at 1:02 am

June 19th 1939 – Former American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/09 at 1:03 am

June 19th 2005 – Only six race cars competed in the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 4:01 am

June 20th 1789 – French Revolution: Meeting on a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles, members of France's Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, pledging not to separate until a new constitution was established.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/20/09 at 12:31 pm

June 20,1893 - A jury in New Bedford, MA, found Lizzie Borden innocent of the axe murders of her father and stepmother.

June 20,1967 - Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The U.S. Supreme Court later overturned the conviction.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 12:35 pm


June 20,1893 - A jury in New Bedford, MA, found Lizzie Borden innocent of the axe murders of her father and stepmother.
"Lizzie Borden took an axe: And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done: She gave her father forty-one"

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/20/09 at 12:39 pm

;)
"Lizzie Borden took an axe: And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done: She gave her father forty-one"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 1:04 am

June 21st 1948 – The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 1:05 am

June 21st 1973 – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in the landmark case Miller v. California, establishing the "Miller test" for determining what is obscene material.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 1:06 am

June 21st 1734 – A slave known as Marie-Joseph Angélique, after having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of Montreal, was tortured and then hanged in New France.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/21/09 at 1:20 am

On this day in 1732 - Composer Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach was born.

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Written By: danootaandme on 06/21/09 at 7:44 am


1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 2:20 am

June 22nd 1986 – Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 2:22 am

June 22nd 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/09 at 1:45 am

June 23rd 1887 – The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park (pictured) as Canada's first national park.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/09 at 1:45 am

June 23rd 1894 – Led by French historian Pierre de Coubertin, an international congress at the Sorbonne in Paris founded the International Olympic Committee to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/23/09 at 4:34 pm

June 23,1975 - Alice Cooper fell off the set of his "Welcome To My Nightmare" tour in Vancouver and broke six ribs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/09 at 3:25 pm

June 24th 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.

500 years ago today.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/24/09 at 9:36 pm

June 24,1997 - 18-year-old Melissa Drexler was charged with murder in the death of her baby. Drexler had given birth during her prom.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/09 at 1:57 am

June 25th 1876 – Black Hills War: United States Army Colonel George Armstrong Custer was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in present-day Big Horn County, Montana.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/25/09 at 4:43 pm

June 25,1966 - "Dark Shadows" began running on ABC-TV.
It would run until 1971 and spawn two Theatrical Films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 1:35 am

June 26th 1945 – At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 1:36 am

June 26th 1541 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro was assassinated in Lima by supporters of his rival Diego de Almagro's son.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 1:42 am

June 26th 1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island

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Written By: danootaandme on 06/26/09 at 4:28 am


1917 1st American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/09 at 9:23 am

June 26th 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/26/09 at 3:49 pm

1925 - Charlie Chaplin's comedy, "The Gold Rush," premiered in Hollywood.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/26/09 at 3:51 pm

June 26,1977 - Elvis Presley's final concert took place at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 2:26 am

June 27th 1898 – Canadian-American seaman and adventurer Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe sailing on his refitted sloop-rigged fishing boat Spray, a distance of more than 46,000 miles (74,000 km).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 2:27 am

June 27th 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

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Written By: Henk on 06/27/09 at 2:55 am

I missed it yesterday, but June 26, 1909 was the birthday of Andreas Cornelis (Dries) van Kuijk , better known as Colonel Tom Parker.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 3:03 am


I missed it yesterday, but June 26, 1909 was the birthday of Andreas Cornelis (Dries) van Kuijk , better known as Colonel Tom Parker.
...but is dead now and is not a 100 years old.

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Written By: Henk on 06/27/09 at 3:04 am


...but is dead now and is not a 100 years old.


I know that. ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 3:06 am


I know that. ::)
When did he die?

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Written By: Henk on 06/27/09 at 3:07 am


When did he die?


January 21, 1997.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 3:08 am


January 21, 1997.
Thanks.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/09 at 3:08 am

June 27th 1905 – (June 14th according to the Julian calendar): Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 3:26 am

June 28th 1880 – Police captured Australian bank robber and bushranger Ned Kelly after a gun battle in Glenrowan, Victoria.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 3:26 am

June 28th 1635 – Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 3:27 am

June 28th 1838 – The coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 06/28/09 at 5:27 am



1914 Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian        Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 6:36 am

June 28th 1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/28/09 at 9:42 am

June 28,1976 - The first women entered the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/28/09 at 9:44 am

June 28,1996 - Charles M. Schulz got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

June 28,1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, NV.

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/28/09 at 10:05 am

June 28,1975 - David Bowie's {with backing vocals by John Lennon}"Fame" was released as a single from Bowie's Young Americans album[Released in March '75}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfeaNKcffMk&feature=related

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/09 at 2:33 am

June 29th 1613 – The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII and ignited the theatre's roof.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/09 at 2:33 am

June 29th 1995 – Shuttle-Mir Program: During the STS-71 mission, Space Shuttle Atlantis became the first space shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 06/29/09 at 7:40 am


1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN

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Written By: danootaandme on 06/29/09 at 7:41 am

1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate

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Written By: Michael C. on 06/29/09 at 4:21 pm

June 29,1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 1:46 am

June 30th 1905 – The scientific journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", the third of his Annus Mirabilis Papers, introducing the theory of special relativity.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 1:46 am

June 30th 1894 – London's Tower Bridge a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames, opened.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 1:47 am

June 30th 1559 – King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 2:00 am

June 30th 1969 – Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 2:01 am

June 30th 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.

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Written By: danootaandme on 06/30/09 at 5:23 am


1936 40 hour work week law approved (federal)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 6:19 am


1936 40 hour work week law approved (federal)

Hours done over 40 = overtime?

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/09 at 6:19 am

June 30th 1860 – Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, several prominent British scientists and philosophers participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/09 at 1:49 am

July 1st 1569 – The Union of Lublin was signed, merging the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/09 at 1:50 am

July 1st 1916 – World War I: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties of which 19,240 were killed or died of wounds.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/09 at 1:51 am

July 1st 1997 – The United Kingdom transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, ending over 150 years of British colonial rule.

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Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 1:53 am


July 1st 1997 – The United Kingdom transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, ending over 150 years of British colonial rule.


We watched the transfer over ( My wife has a vested interest, being from Hong Kong)

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/09 at 1:55 am


We watched the transfer over ( My wife has a vested interest, being from Hong Kong)
We watched it live too.

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Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 2:10 am


We watched it live too.

From speaking with some of her relatives, Hong Kong hasn't changed much politically since the changeover, which came as a surprise to many.
Just a lot less Brits there, that is noticeable.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/01/09 at 4:14 pm

In 1963 - The U.S. postmaster introduced the five-digit ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan) code.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 1:40 am

July 2nd 1937 – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 1:44 am

July 2nd 1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, outlawing segregation in schools, public places, and employment by circumventing limitations imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Civil Rights Cases.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/09 at 1:44 am

July 2nd 1644 – The combined forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, near York.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 12:36 am

July 3rd 1608 – French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City, considered to be the first European-built city in non-Spanish North America.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 12:37 am

July 3rd 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed or tortured over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 12:37 am

July 3rd 1844 – The last known pair of Great Auks, the only species in the genus Pinguinus, were killed in Eldey off the coast of Iceland.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 12:38 am

July 3rd 1863 – Pickett's Charge, a disastrous Confederate infantry assault against Union Army positions, occurred during the final and bloodiest day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg, marking a turning point in the American Civil War.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 12:40 am

July 3rd 1819 – The first savings bank in the United States (The Bank of Savings in New York City) opens.

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/03/09 at 10:11 pm

July 3,1901 - The Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy, committed its last American robbery near Wagner, MT. They took $65,000 from a Great Northern train.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/03/09 at 10:13 pm

JUly 3,1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/03/09 at 10:15 pm

July 3,1971 - Jim Morrison (Doors) died in Paris at age 27.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 2:17 am

July 4th 1862 – In a rowing boat travelling on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell and her sisters a story that would eventually form the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 2:18 am

July 4th 1754 – French and Indian War: In the aftermath of losing the Battle of Fort Necessity near present-day Farmington, Pennsylvania, George Washington accepted the terms of what would become his only military surrender and peacefully withdrew his forces.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 2:18 am

July 4th 1776 – American Revolution: the United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/09 at 2:20 am

July 4th 1827 – Slavery is abolished in New York State.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 07/04/09 at 8:14 am

1825-on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both past U.S. Presidents and both drafters and signers of the Declaration died on the same day within hours of each other.  Adam's last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives", he was wrong, Jefferson had passed a few hours earlier.

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Written By: danootaandme on 07/04/09 at 5:23 pm

1863 - The Fall of Vicksburg, coming the same day as Lees' retreat from Gettysburg

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/04/09 at 8:57 pm

July 4,1976 - The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 3:09 am

July 5th 1687 – The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton was first published, describing his laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 3:09 am

July 5th 1946 – Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introduced at a fashion show in Paris.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 3:10 am

July 5th 1996 – A cloned sheep named Dolly, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell, was born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland near Edinburgh.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 3:18 am

July 5th 1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 07/05/09 at 5:11 am



1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/05/09 at 4:04 pm

July 5,2002 - Former Nazi SS officer Friedrich Engel was convicted of 59 counts of murder stemming from massacre of Italian resistance fighters on May 19, 1944.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/05/09 at 4:09 pm

July 5,1969 - The Rolling Stones gave a free concert for 250,000 fans in London's Hyde Park to introduce Mick Taylor as their new guitarist.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/09 at 4:09 pm


July 5,1969 - The Rolling Stones gave a free concert for 250,000 fans in London's Hyde Park to introduce Mick Taylor as their new guitarist.
My sister was there!

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/05/09 at 4:10 pm

July 5,1968 - Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/05/09 at 4:11 pm

EXCELLENT !!!!!
My sister was there!

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 2:10 am

July 6th 2006 – Nathu La, a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after more than 40 years.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 07/06/09 at 5:16 am



1885 1st inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur


Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 6:10 am

July 6th 1942 – Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 6:11 am

July 6th 1957 – At a concert by The Quarrymen at the St. Peter's Church Woolton Garden fête, band member John Lennon met Paul McCartney, triggering a series of events that led to the forming of The Beatles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/09 at 6:11 am

July 6th 1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/06/09 at 10:01 am

July 6,1983 - Fred Lynn of the California Angels hit the first grand slam in an All-Star game. The American League defeated the National League 13-3.

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Written By: Michael C. on 07/06/09 at 10:03 am

1964 - The Beatles' first film, "A Hard Day's Night," premiered in London.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Michael C. on 07/06/09 at 10:04 am

25 years ago,today in 1984 - The Jacksons began their Victory Tour in Kansas City, MO.

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Written By: Howard on 07/06/09 at 5:12 pm


25 years ago,today in 1984 - The Jacksons began their Victory Tour in Kansas City, MO.


and the album was great.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hbqf2LImoxc/RtGdHukr6AI/AAAAAAAAB5U/vuK7HyIROWE/s400/The+Jacksons+-+Victory+(1984).jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 1:14 am

July 7th 1928 – The Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe, Missouri, USA, first produced sliced bread, advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped", which then led to the popular phrase "the greatest thing since sliced bread".

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 1:17 am

July 7th 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/09 at 1:18 am

July 7th 1585 – The Treaty of Nemours was first signed, forcing Henry III of France to give in to the demands of the Catholic League and revoking all edicts granting concessions to the Huguenots.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: danootaandme on 07/07/09 at 4:07 am


1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators hanged

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/09 at 2:47 pm

July 8th 1947 – After various news agencies reported the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Air Force personnel from the Roswell Army Air Field in Roswell, New Mexico, the U.S. Military issued another press release maintaining that what was actually recovered was debris from an experimental high-altitude surveillance weather balloon.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/09 at 1:25 am

July 9th 1868 – The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, including the Citizenship Clause, the Equal Protection Clause and the Privileges or Immunities Clause among others, was ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight U.S. states.

Subject: Re: Today in History....

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/09 at 1:26 am

July 9th 1789 – French Revolution: The National Constituent Assembly was formed from the National Assembly, and began to function as a governing body and a drafter for a new constitution.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/09 at 1:28 am

July 9th 1789 – French Revolution: The National Constituent Assembly was formed from the National Assembly, and began to function as a governing body and a drafter for a new constitution.

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