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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/11/09 at 1:33 am
Aug 11, 1965 - Beatles movie "Help" opens in New York City
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/11/09 at 1:34 am
Aug 11, 1968 - Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/09 at 2:44 am
August 11th 1492 – The first Papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:05 am
August 12th 1099 – The First Crusade concluded with the Battle of Ascalon and Fatimid forces under Al-Afdal Shahanshah retreating to Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:10 am
August 12th 1877 – American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos, the smaller of the two moons of Mars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:10 am
August 12th 1883 – The last known Quagga, a subspecies of the Plains zebra, died at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/09 at 1:11 am
August 12th 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer, the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform was introduced.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 08/12/09 at 7:24 am
August 12th 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer, the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform was introduced.
and almost 30 years later,look where we are now.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: ninny on 08/12/09 at 8:15 am
1952-The Night of the Murdered Poets – thirteen most prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/12/09 at 6:09 pm
August 12, 1994 - Major league baseball players went on strike rather than allow team owners to limit their salaries. The strike lasted for 232 days. As a result, the World Series was wiped out for the first time in 90 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/12/09 at 6:14 pm
August 12, 1994 - Major league baseball players went on strike rather than allow team owners to limit their salaries. The strike lasted for 232 days. As a result, the World Series was wiped out for the first time in 90 years.
..and that put the final nail in the MTL Expos life (they had the best record in the NL at the time)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 08/13/09 at 5:19 am
August 13 1704 - English defeat French at Battle of Blenheim
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 08/13/09 at 5:20 am
1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 08/13/09 at 5:20 am
1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: ninny on 08/13/09 at 6:06 am
2008: Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 6:44 am
August 13th 1968 – Greek politician Alexandros Panagoulis attempted to assassinate Greek leader Georgios Papadopoulos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/09 at 6:45 am
August 13th 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 08/13/09 at 6:53 am
August 13th,1977 The Son of Sam reeks havoc in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/15/09 at 5:27 pm
1969, Aug 15th: Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock) began today, a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969, 500,000 people showed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/15/09 at 5:59 pm
AUG.15,1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/15/09 at 6:02 pm
Aug.15,1944 - The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France.
Aug.15,1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/16/09 at 9:13 am
Aug.16,1948 - Babe Ruth died at the age of 53.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/16/09 at 9:14 am
Aug. 16,1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/18/09 at 1:12 pm
On this date ( Aug 18th) in 1961, the construction on the Berlin Wall was completed
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/18/09 at 3:33 pm
August 18,1982 - The longest baseball game played at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL, went 21 innings before the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cubs 2-1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/09 at 4:29 am
August 19th 1960 – Russian space dogs Belka and Strelka began to orbit the Earth aboard the Korabl-Sputnik-2 spacecraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/23/09 at 7:11 am
Aug. 23,1982 - Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/23/09 at 7:13 am
Aug. 23,1959 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Sally debuted as an infant.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/24/09 at 5:02 am
Aug.24,1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/25/09 at 1:18 am
Aug.24,1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball.
He belongs in the hall of fame. Hope I see it in my lifetime.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/25/09 at 1:21 am
August 25, 1981 :
Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/26/09 at 1:09 am
August 26, 1939 :
The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 08/26/09 at 1:09 am
2009 - Ted Kennedy passes away
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 1:57 am
2009 - Ted Kennedy passes away
Has he, oh no, :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 2:31 am
August 26th 1346 – Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 2:31 am
August 26th 1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly at Versailles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 2:31 am
August 26th 1928 – At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, May Donoghue found the remains of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, causing her to launch one of the landmark civil action cases in British common law, Donoghue v Stevenson.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/09 at 2:32 am
August 26th 1968 – The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention began at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti–Vietnam War protesters and police.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 08/26/09 at 6:08 am
2009 - Ted Kennedy passes away
lost his battle with brain cancer. :(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 08/28/09 at 3:35 pm
August 28,1996 - A divorce decree was issued for Britain's Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 08/28/09 at 7:08 pm
August 28,1996 - A divorce decree was issued for Britain's Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage.
and a year and 3 days later Diana would be dead. :(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 08/29/09 at 1:14 am
August 29, 1966
The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/09 at 2:24 pm
On this day in History (August 30):
1900 : There was an outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow
1901 : Hubert Cecil Booth patented the first vacuum cleaner
1983 : Guy Bluford became the first black American in space
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/09 at 12:00 pm
On this day in History (September 1):
1933 : H.G Wells published his science fiction novel 'The Shape of the Things to Come'
1985 : After 73 years the wreck of the 'Titanic' is found by Dr Robert Ballard
1979 : Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to flyby the planet Saturn
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/09 at 5:01 am
On this day in History (September 2):
1914 : The Ottoman Empire began a general mobilisation
1992 : A tidal wave in Nicaragua killed 56 people and made thousands homeless
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/02/09 at 6:19 am
31 -BC- Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emperor Augustus
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/02/09 at 6:20 am
1666 Great Fire of London starts; destroys St Paul's Church
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/02/09 at 6:21 am
1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/02/09 at 6:21 am
1944 Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/02/09 at 6:25 am
1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/04/09 at 3:11 pm
September 4,1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/04/09 at 3:13 pm
Sept. 4,1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 09/04/09 at 3:15 pm
September 4,1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.
The good old days with Whitey, Mickey, Yogi, before Steinbrenner tried to buy everyone.
Sept. 4,1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
What does Mark do at the end of each race? Mark Spitz.
He was great...and no bong photos either.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/04/09 at 3:35 pm
TRUE !!
Mark Spitz.
He was great...and no bong photos either.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/04/09 at 4:41 pm
476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/04/09 at 4:42 pm
1609 Navigator Henry Hudson lands on the island of Manhattan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/05/09 at 6:30 pm
Sept.5th,1975 - A Secret Service agent foiled an assassination attempt against U.S. U.S. President Gerald R. Ford. Lynette A. "Squeaky" Fromme was a follower of Charles Manson, who was incarcerated at the time. 17 days later, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate Ford.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 09/06/09 at 5:51 pm
September 6, 1997: Princess Diana was mourned by nearly half the world's population; at her funeral, Elton John performed a newly written version of "Candle In The Wind" (entitled "Candle In The Wind '97"), with new lyrics about Diana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 8:38 pm
Sept. 6 , 1972 - Rick DeMont lost the gold medal he received in a 400-meter swimming event because a banned drug was found in his system during routine drug testing.
Sept. 6 , 1972 - The Summer Olympics resumed in Munich, West Germany, a day after the deadly hostage crisis that took the lives of 11 Israelis and five Arab abductors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/06/09 at 8:56 pm
September 6 , 1959 - The first Barbie Doll was sold by Mattel Toy Corporation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/08/09 at 6:57 am
Sept. 8th, 1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.
http://posterwire.com/wp-content/images/thumb-friday_the_13_teaser.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/08/09 at 6:59 am
Sept. 8 , 1973 - Hank Aaron hit his 709th home run.
Sept.8 . 1998 - Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hit his 62nd home run of the season. He had beaten a record that had stood for 37 years by Roger Maris. McGwire would eventually reach 70 home runs on September 27.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/08/09 at 7:02 am
Sept/ 8.1974 - U.S. President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former U.S. President Nixon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: ninny on 09/08/09 at 7:29 am
Sept. 8 1968 The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/08/09 at 9:06 am
Sept. 8,1952 - The Ernest Hemingway novel "The Old Man and the Sea" was published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 09/08/09 at 3:27 pm
Sept. 8 1968 The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
I think I have seen clips of that.
Sept. 8 , 1973 - Hank Aaron hit his 709th home run.
For those of us who remember 1973, we were hoping Hank would get to 715 before season's end, but he had to wait till the start of next year to hit 715 (Babe Ruth's record was 714 )
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/09/09 at 8:16 am
Sept.9,1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched the eighth perfect game in major league baseball history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/09/09 at 8:24 am
Sept.9,1971 - Inmates seized control of the Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, NY. Nine prisoners were held hostage and died along with their 32 captors when the prison was stormed four days later.
{Al Pacino's chanting of "Attica" ,in Dog Day Afternoon,became a symbolization of brutality by authority figures}
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/09/09 at 8:29 am
And...Today....will become a part of History with "The Beatles - Rockband" game being released and release of remastered Beatles CDs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/10/09 at 7:03 am
Sept. 10,1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a new major league baseball record when he stole his 105th base of the season.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/10/09 at 7:04 am
Sept. 10,1961 - Mickey Mantle tied a major league baseball record for home runs when he hit the 400th of his career.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/10/09 at 7:11 am
Sept. 10,1972 - Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears retired from the National Football League (NFL).
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/gayle-sayers-at-1.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/10/09 at 7:34 am
I think I have seen clips of that.For those of us who remember 1973, we were hoping Hank would get to 715 before season's end, but he had to wait till the start of next year to hit 715 (Babe Ruth's record was 714 )
I remember, and I had a couple of friends from England sit down and watch the game. The said they used it as an ice breaker with Americans when they returned home, went a long way for meeting new people ;)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/10/09 at 7:37 am
1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/10/09 at 7:37 am
1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: ninny on 09/10/09 at 7:52 am
Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 09/10/09 at 3:48 pm
I remember, and I had a couple of friends from England sit down and watch the game. The said they used it as an ice breaker with Americans when they returned home, went a long way for meeting new people ;)
A definite ice breaker. Hank Aaron became the Home run King. (Some still consider him the king since Barry needed "a little help" to get there)
It was tough for Hank at the time too, he got a lot of death threats during that period.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 8:11 pm
Sept. 12,1953 - U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 8:12 pm
Sept. 12,1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits and 400 career home runs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 8:13 pm
Sept. 12,1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets set a rookie strikeout record with his 251st strikeout of the season.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 8:14 pm
Sept. 12,1983 - Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen. He had emigrated from Austria 14 years earlier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 8:16 pm
Sept. 12,1861 - Confederate General Sterling Price converged on a Union garrison at Lexington, Missouri. The nine-day siege ended with the surrender of the Federals under Colonel James Mulligan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 8:18 pm
Saturday Morning on CBS, on Sept. 12,1970, - CBS aired "Josie and the Pussycats" for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/09 at 5:56 am
On this day in History (September 13):
1788 : New York became the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington)
1942 : German forces began their attack on the Russian city of Stalingrad
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/13/09 at 7:07 am
Saturday Morning on CBS, on Sept. 12,1970, - CBS aired "Josie and the Pussycats" for the first time.
But I don't think it lasted long on CBS. ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/13/09 at 9:25 am
Sept. 13,1948 - The School of Performing Arts opened in New York City. It was the first public school to specialize in performing arts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/13/09 at 9:26 am
Sept. 13, 1971 - In New York, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility and put an end to the four-day revolt. A total of 43 people were killed in the final assault.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/13/09 at 9:29 am
Sept. 13,1977 - The first diesel automobiles were introduced by General Motors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/13/09 at 9:38 am
In TV History today.....On Sept. 13,1974 - The first episode of "The Rockford Files" aired on NBC.
http://mortystv.com/showcards/rockford_files.jpg
http://www.thesandbox.net/arm/rockford/multimedia/gallery2_files/page33-1005-full.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/13/09 at 11:19 am
In addition to The Rockford Files...on this night in 1974......Police Woman made it's series debut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLax5kn8tF4
http://www.twolia.com/blogs/kitsch-slapped/files/2009/06/police-woman-angie-dickinson.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Police_Woman.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/13/09 at 11:21 am
Sept. 13,1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film, which is used to make movies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/14/09 at 6:43 pm
Sept.14,1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, at age 42, succeeded him.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/14/09 at 6:44 pm
Sept. 14,1927 - Isadora Duncan died when her scarf became entangled in the wheel of her car.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Michael C. on 09/14/09 at 6:45 pm
Sept. 14, 1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco died at the age of 52 because of injuries she suffered the day before in a car crash. She was formerly actress Grace Kelly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/09 at 1:30 pm
On this day in History (September 16):
1992 : 'Black Wednesday' when interest rates jumped 3% and Britain withdrew from the E.R.M
1968 : Second class post was introduced in the UK
1975 : Papua New Guinea became an independent country
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/09 at 3:58 am
On this day in History (September 19):
1989 : Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia
1876 : The first ever patent for a carpet sweeper was given
1929 : The 'rocket plane' made its first successful test flight
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/19/09 at 4:42 am
1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 09/19/09 at 4:42 am
1940 Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/09 at 9:43 am
On this day in History (September 19):
1960 : The first Traffic Wardens apperaed on British streets
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 4:58 am
On this day in History (September 20):
1946 : The first ever Cannes film festival was held
1854 : The first ever 'Victoria Crosses' were awarded during the Crimean War
1961 : An Argentinian became the first person to swim non-stop across the Channel and back
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/09 at 8:14 am
On this day in History (September 20):
1961 : An Argentinian became the first person to swim non-stop across the Channel and back
1519 : Ferdinand Magellan left Spain on his around the world voyage
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/09 at 2:59 pm
On this day in History (September 25):
1995 : New M.O.T emission tests were introduced in the UK
1977 : The Skytrain airliner service to New York started
1818 : The first human blood transfusion took place at Guy's Hospital in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/09 at 12:42 am
On this day in History (September 25):
1972 : Norway voted not to join the European Community
1954 : 'Papa' Doc Duvalier became the President of Haiti
1907 : New Zealand became a dominion within the British Empire
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/09 at 6:06 am
On this day in History (September 27):
1938 : The Queen Mother launched the liner 'Queen Elizabeth' in Scotland
1983 : GNU Project officially announced
1922 : King Constantine I of Greece abdicated
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 2:48 am
On this day in History (October 3):
1959 : Postcodes were introduced in Britain
1906 : The old distress signal CQD was replaced by the now familiar SOS
1993 : President Yeltsin declared a State of Emergency in Moscow
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/09 at 8:20 am
October 3rd 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales, the last native ruler of Wales to resist English domination, was executed by drawing and quartering.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 10/03/09 at 2:32 pm
...and in 1995, OJ Simpson was announced Not Guilty in his trial of murdering Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman. (Of course, that would spark lots of controversy.) ::)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 10/03/09 at 2:51 pm
...and in 1995, OJ Simpson was announced Not Guilty in his trial of murdering Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman. (Of course, that would spark lots of controversy.) ::)
I think he's in jail for something else. ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 10/03/09 at 2:52 pm
I think he's in jail for something else. ???
Well now he is, but in 1994-95 he was in jail for the crimes I mentioned above.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/09 at 9:56 am
On this day in History (October 4):
1853 : The 'Crimean War' began when Turkey declared war on Russia
1983 : A new world landspeed record was set by Richard Noble in his jet powered 'Thrust 2' in Nevada
1883 : The Boys Brigade was founded in Glasgow
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/09 at 7:56 am
On this day in History (October 10):
1972 : John Betjemen was confirmed as the new Poet Laureate
1957 : A major radiation leak occurred at the Windscale power station in Cumbria
1930 : The Tyne Bridge was opened in Newcastle
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/09 at 5:59 am
On this day in History (October 11):
1919 : The first ever 'inflight' meals were served on a flight from London to Paris
1966 : The General Post Office announced the introduction of a postcode for every home & business in Britain
1958 : The BBC TV sports programme 'Grandstand' was first transmitted
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/09 at 2:58 am
On this day in History (October 17):
1902 : In Detroit the first ever 'Cadillac' was produced
1989 : An earthquake measuring 7 points on the richter scale struck San Fransisco & Los Angeles
1982 : The outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement caused widespread strikes & demonstrations in Poland
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/09 at 2:56 am
On this day in History (October 18):
1922 : The British Broadcasting Corporation was officially formed
1826 : Britains last national state lottery was held
1987 : Nigel Mansell won the Mexican Grand Prix
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/09 at 12:58 pm
On this day in History (October 24):
1976 : British racing driver James Hunt won the Japanese Grand Prix and secured the world championship
1945 : The United Nations Organisation formally came into being
1961 : Malta was granted independence from Britain
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Written By: nally on 10/24/09 at 1:00 pm
On this day in History (October 24):
1976 : British racing driver James Hunt won the Japanese Grand Prix and secured the world championship
That was also my parents' wedding date! Happy anniversary to them. :)
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Written By: Frank on 10/24/09 at 1:03 pm
On this day in History (October 24):
1976 : British racing driver James Hunt won the Japanese Grand Prix and secured the world championship
1945 : The United Nations Organisation formally came into being
1961 : Malta was granted independence from Britain
James Hunt has also been a good commentator for F1 races.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/09 at 1:59 pm
On this day in History (October 27):
1879 : The 'Liverpool Echo' was published for the first time
1987 : Gilbert McNamee was sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker
1958 : The first 'Blue Peter' TV childrens programme was transmitted by the BBC
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Written By: karen on 10/27/09 at 3:05 pm
1880: Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Leigh
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/09 at 10:15 am
October 31st 1864 – Nevada was admitted as the 36th U.S. State, in part to help ensure Abraham Lincoln's re-election as President of the United States eight days later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 4:36 am
November 1st 1611 – The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest was held at the Palace of Whitheall in London, exactly seven years to the day after the first certainly known performance of his tragedy Othello was held in the same building.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 4:37 am
November 1st 1800 – John Adams became the first President of the United States to take residence in the Executive Mansion, later re-named the White House.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/09 at 4:37 am
November 1st 1928 – As part of the reforms implemented under the leadership of Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the current 29-letter Turkish alphabet was established to replace the Ottoman Turkish alphabet as the official writing system of the Turkish language.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/09 at 2:42 am
November 2nd 1947 – American industrialist and aviator Howard Hughes flew Spruce Goose, the largest flying boat ever built, on its maiden flight from the coast of Long Beach, California, USA.
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Written By: nally on 11/04/09 at 7:37 pm
November 4th:
In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the White House as he defeated President Jimmy Carter by a strong margin.
Exactly 11 years later, in 1991, Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California. The dedication was attended by Reagan and the other three then-living ex-presidents --- Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon --- as well as sitting President George H.W. Bush. It was the first-ever gathering of five past and present U.S. chief executives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/09 at 2:25 pm
1605, the Gunpowder Plot, need I say more.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/09 at 4:46 pm
November 6th 1869 – In the first official intercollegiate American football game, Rutgers College defeated the College of New Jersey, 6–4, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:16 am
November 7th 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving English language newspaper, was first published as the Oxford Gazette.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:16 am
November 7th 1811 – American forces led by Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing American Indian confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:17 am
November 7th 1885 – Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the first transcontinental railroad across Canada, concluded with financier and politician Sir Donald Smith driving in the "last spike" in Craigellachie, British Columbia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:17 am
November 7th 1917 – Vladimir Lenin led a Bolshevik insurrection against the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky, starting the Bolshevik Revolution, the second phase of the overall Russian Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:18 am
November 7th 1991 – Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his retirement from the game because of his infection with the HIV virus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:21 am
November 7th 1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/09 at 5:25 am
November 7th 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:36 am
November 8th 1520 – Following a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under Christian II of Denmark, scores of Swedish leaders were executed despite Christian's promise of general amnesty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:37 am
November 8th 1576 – The provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands signed the Pacification of Ghent, a peace treaty with the rebelling provinces Holland and Zeeland, and also an agreement to form an alliance to drive the occupying Spanish out of the country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:37 am
November 8th 1861 – American Civil War: The USS San Jacinto stopped the British mailship Trent and arrested two Confederate envoys enroute to Europe, sparking a major diplomatic crisis between Great Britain and the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:37 am
November 8th 1895 – German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range that is known today as X-rays
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:38 am
November 8th 1987 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing at least eleven people and injuring sixty-three others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:55 am
November 8th 1602 – The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:57 am
November 8th 1939 – Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:57 am
November 8th 1939 – In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/08/09 at 5:22 am
1793 Louvre in Paris, opens
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/08/09 at 5:23 am
1864 Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/08/09 at 5:24 am
1944 25,000 Hungarian Jews are "loaned" to the Nazis for forced labor
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 5:25 am
November 8th 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 6:16 am
November 8th 1971 - The album "Led Zeppelin IV," which included the song "Stairway to Heaven," was released.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 6:16 am
November 8th 1889 Montana became the 41st state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 2:59 pm
November 8th 1974 - After 300 years Covent Garden Market was moved to a new site at Nine Elms London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 3:00 pm
November 8th 1920 - The cartoon character 'Rupert Bear' made his first appearance in the Daily Express
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/09 at 3:00 pm
November 8th 1967 - The first BBC local radio station opened in Leicester
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:22 am
November 9th 1330 – The Battle of Posada between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I Robert of Hungary began near the present-day border of Oltenia and Severin, Romania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:23 am
November 9th 1861 – The first documented Canadian football match was played at University College, University of Toronto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:24 am
November 9th 1938 – Kristallnacht began in Nazi Germany as a part of Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic policy, leading to the murder of over 90 Jews, and the arrest and deportation of over 25,000 others to concentration camps.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:24 am
November 9th 1953 – Cambodia gained independence from France and became a constitutional monarchy under King Norodom Sihanouk.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:25 am
November 9th 1967 – Rolling Stone, the American-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics and popular culture, was first published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:26 am
November 9th 1993 – War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:26 am
November 9th 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:26 am
November 9th 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:27 am
November 9th 1913 – The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:27 am
November 9th 1985 – Garry Kasparov 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/09/09 at 9:49 am
1872 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston, Massachusetts
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/09/09 at 9:50 am
1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/09/09 at 9:51 am
1961 Professional Golfers Association (PGA) eliminates Caucasians only rule
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/09 at 2:07 pm
November 9th 694 – Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:08 am
November 10th 1775 – The United States Marine Corps was founded as the Continental Marines by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:08 am
November 10th 1871 – "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?": Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley located missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:08 am
November 10th 1945 – Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of the British officer Brigadier Mallaby a few weeks prior, British forces began their retaliation by attacking Surabaya, Indonesia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:09 am
November 10th 1969 – The first episode of Sesame Street was broadcast, pioneering contemporary standards of educational television, and eventually becoming the longest running children's television series in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:09 am
November 10th 2007 – At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain famously asked President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez "¿Por qué no te callas?" after Chávez was repeatedly interrupting a speech by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:10 am
November 10th 1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending on November 12.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:11 am
November 10th 1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:11 am
November 10th 1619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:12 am
November 10th 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, dies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:12 am
November 10th 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
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Written By: Frank on 11/10/09 at 2:14 am
November 10th 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
Gordon Lightfoot sang a song about this event.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:15 am
Gordon Lightfoot sang a song about this event.
A wonderland sad song.
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Written By: Howard on 11/10/09 at 6:48 am
November 10th 1969 – The first episode of Sesame Street was broadcast, pioneering contemporary standards of educational television, and eventually becoming the longest running children's television series in the United States.
Happy Birthday. :)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/09 at 2:47 pm
Happy Birthday. :)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/sesame_street_ensemble-hp.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:51 am
November 11th 1918 – World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France. The war officially stops at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) this is annually honoured with two-minutes of silence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:54 am
November 11th 1675 – German polymath Gottfried Leibniz employed integral calculus for the first time to find the area under a function y = ƒ(x).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:54 am
November 11th 1889 – Washington, named in honor of the first U.S. president, was admitted to the United States as the 42nd state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:54 am
November 11th 1960 – A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngo Dinh Diem was crushed after Diem falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:56 am
November 11th 1965 – Ian Smith, Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia, issued the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, a move that the British government and the United Nations condemned as illegal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:59 am
November 11th 2004 – Mahmoud Abbas was elected Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization after Yasser Arafat died from an unknown illness.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:59 am
November 11th 1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 1:59 am
November 11th 308 – The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 2:00 am
November 11th 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/09 at 2:01 am
November 11th 1926 – U.S. Route 66 is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:39 am
November 12th 1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe married Romanos III Argyros according to the wishes of the dying Constantine VIII.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:39 am
November 12th 1893 – Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, signed the Durand Line Agreement, establishing what is now the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:42 am
November 12th 1927 – Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:42 am
November 12th 1942 – World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:42 am
November 12th 1991 – In Dili, East Timor, Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, killing at least 250 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:43 am
November 12th 764 – Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:43 am
November 12th 1439 – Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:44 am
November 12th 1555 – The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:44 am
November 12th 1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:45 am
November 12th 1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:45 am
November 12th 1982 – Lech Wałęsa, a Solidarity leader, is released from a Polish prison after eleven months.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 2:45 am
November 12th 1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/12/09 at 12:38 pm
1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/12/09 at 12:38 pm
1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 1:25 pm
1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name
"The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze",
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/12/09 at 3:33 pm
"The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze",
http://www.apparelsearch.com/Definitions/DEFINITION IMAGES/Leotard.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:38 pm
http://www.apparelsearch.com/Definitions/DEFINITION IMAGES/Leotard.jpg
How styles have changed over the years?
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/12/09 at 3:43 pm
How styles have changed over the years?
I'm thinking that he must have something cinching his waist.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:46 pm
I'm thinking that he must have something cinching his waist.
He invented and made famous a skin-tight one-piece garment with long sleeves, which he called a maillot, and wore it for his performances. It was designed to allow unrestricted movement, and to display his musculature.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/09 at 3:52 pm
http://www.apparelsearch.com/Definitions/DEFINITION IMAGES/Leotard.jpg
Jules Léotard often performed with a heap of mattresses, in case of mishap.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:41 am
November 13th 1002 – St. Brice's Day massacre: King Ethelred II ordered the massacre of all Danes in England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:42 am
November 13th 1642 – First English Civil War: The Royalist army engaged the much larger Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Turnham Green near Turnham Green, Middlesex.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:42 am
November 13th 1970 – The Bhola tropical cyclone hit the densely populated Ganges Delta in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:42 am
November 13th 1982 – South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim suffered fatal brain injuries during a match with American Ray Mancini near Las Vegas' Caesars Palace, leading to significant rule changes in the sport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:43 am
November 13th 1985 – The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried Armero, Colombia and killed approximately 23,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:43 am
November 13th 1901 – The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:44 am
November 13th 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:44 am
November 13th 1971 – The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:45 am
November 13th 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:45 am
November 13th 1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 1:46 am
November 13th 1851 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:24 pm
November 14th 1817 – Bolívar's War: Colombian seamstress Policarpa Salavarrieta was executed in Bogotá for working as a spy for the revolutionary forces in New Granada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:24 pm
November 14th 1889 – New York World reporter Nellie Bly embarked on her successful attempt to travel Around the World in Eighty Days, eventually completing her journey in only 72 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:24 pm
November 14th 1940 – World War II: Coventry Cathedral and much of the city centre of Coventry, England were destroyed by the German Luftwaffe during the Coventry Blitz.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:25 pm
November 14th 1990 – Germany and Poland signed the German-Polish Border Treaty, confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line, which was originally defined by the Potsdam Agreement in 1945.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:25 pm
November 14th 2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian object 90377 Sedna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:26 pm
November 14th 1533 – Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:26 pm
November 14th 1922 – The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:26 pm
November 14th 1952 – The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:30 pm
November 14th 1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:30 pm
November 14th 1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:31 pm
November 14th 2002 – The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:49 pm
November 14th 1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/09 at 11:50 pm
November 14th 1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
On the same day as the birthday of her brother Charles, the Prince of Wales.
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/14/09 at 6:59 am
1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
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Written By: danootaandme on 11/14/09 at 7:00 am
1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12c rode on 4th Avenue between Prince & 14th Sts
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/09 at 7:00 am
November 14th 2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:02 am
November 15th 655 – Penda of Mercia was defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed in what is modern-day Yorkshire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:03 am
November 15th 1864 – American Civil War: Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman began his "March to the Sea", inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:03 am
November 15th 1889 – A military coup led by Field Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca overthrew Emperor Pedro II and declared Brazil a republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:03 am
November 15th 1935 – The United States formalizes the establishment of the self-governing Philippine Commonwealth, with Manuel L. Quezon as its president.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:04 am
November 15th 1971 – Intel released the 4004 4-bit central processing unit, the world's first commercially available microprocessor, capable of executing approximately 60,000 instructions per second.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:04 am
November 15th 1985 – Northern Ireland peace process: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement, giving the Irish Government an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:05 am
November 15th 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:05 am
November 15th 2005 – Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:06 am
November 15th 1939 – In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:06 am
November 15th 1791 – The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:06 am
November 15th 1515 – Thomas Cardinal Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:08 am
November 15th 1864 – American Civil War: Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman began his "March to the Sea", inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
Is this where the song "Marching Through Georgia" originated from?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/09 at 2:14 am
November 15th 1989 – Sachin Tendulkar debuting his career as International Cricketer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/15/09 at 7:11 am
Is this where the song "Marching Through Georgia" originated from?
Yes
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 11/15/09 at 7:13 am
1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews