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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:26 am
December 26th 1806 β War of the Fourth Coalition: French troops under Napoleon engaged Russian forces in both the Battles of Pultusk and Golymin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:27 am
December 26th 1898 β At the French Academy of Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:27 am
December 26th 2006 β The Hengchun earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan, coincidentally on the second anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia, and on the third anniversary of the 2003 Bam earthquake that destroyed areas of southeastern Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:27 am
December 26th 1481 β Battle of Westbrook β Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:27 am
December 26th 1620 β Pilgrim Fathers land at what becomes New Plymouth in Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:28 am
December 26th 1860 β The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:29 am
December 26th 1862 β Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:30 am
December 26th 1919 β Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/09 at 9:31 am
December 26th 1871 β Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/26/09 at 3:03 pm
December 26th 2006 β The Hengchun earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan, coincidentally on the second anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia, and on the third anniversary of the 2003 Bam earthquake that destroyed areas of southeastern Iran.
...and former U.S. President Gerald Ford died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 93. He had the longest lifespan of any U.S. President, beating out Ronald Reagan by a month and a half.
And yes, today marks the 5th anniversary of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 12/26/09 at 5:16 pm
...and former U.S. President Gerald Ford died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 93. He had the longest lifespan of any U.S. President, beating out Ronald Reagan by a month and a half.
And yes, today marks the 5th anniversary of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. :\'(
A very sad day that was.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/27/09 at 12:56 am
A very sad day that was.
Also on that day, my parents and I drove out to West Covina to see my mother's friend Lyn, who was dying of cancer which had spread throughout her body. She was gone a week later. (On the way over there, we had passed by our old neighborhood.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:30 am
December 27th 537 β The current Hagia Sophia building in Istanbul, originally built as a church before it later became a mosque in 1453 and then a museum in 1935, was inaugurated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:30 am
December 27th 1831 β Aboard HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin left Plymouth, England, on what became an historic expedition to South America that made his name as a naturalist.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:30 am
December 27th 1904 β Scottish author and dramatist J. M. Barrie's stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, about a mischievous little boy who can fly, premiered in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:31 am
December 27th 1918 β A public speech by famed Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in PoznaΕ sparked the Greater Poland Uprising against Germany and Prussia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:31 am
December 27th 2007 β Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while she was leaving a political rally of Pakistan Peoples Party supporters at Liaquat National Bagh in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:32 am
December 27th 1657 β The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:32 am
December 27th 1845 β Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:32 am
December 27th 1932 β Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:33 am
December 27th 1968 β Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:33 am
December 27th 2001 β The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/09 at 1:33 am
December 27th 1836 β The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:06 am
December 28th 1065 β Westminster Abbey in London, built by Edward the Confessor between 1045 and 1050, was consecrated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:07 am
December 28th 1768 β Taksin the Great was crowned king of the newly established Thonburi Kingdom in the new capital at Thonburi, present-day Thailand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:07 am
December 28th 1836 β At the Old Gum Tree near present-day Adelaide, Royal Navy Rear-Admiral John Hindmarsh read a proclamation establishing the British province of South Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:08 am
December 28th 1973 β U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law, a wide-ranging environmental law designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:08 am
December 28th 1989 β In one of Australia's most serious natural disasters, a 5.6 ML earthquake struck Newcastle, New South Wales, killing 13 people and injuring more than 160 others, and causing an estimated AUD$4 billion in damages.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:09 am
December 28th 1612 β Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:09 am
December 28th 1879 β The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:09 am
December 28th 1912 β The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:10 am
December 28th 1981 β The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:10 am
December 28th 1944 β Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 1:11 am
December 28th 1950 β The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 12/28/09 at 1:24 am
December 26th 1871 β Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
So after that Gilbert & Sullivan were alone again, naturally.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 7:04 am
So after that Gilbert & Sullivan were alone again, naturally.
Solo careers?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 7:45 am
December 28th 1973 - Comet Kohoutek at perihelion
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/09 at 7:47 am
December 28th 1949 - 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:36 am
December 29th 1170 β Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral by four knights of Henry II of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:36 am
December 29th 1845 β The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state admitted into the union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:36 am
December 29th 1860 β To counter the French Navy's La Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the British Royal Navy launched the world's first iron-hulled armoured battleship, HMS Warrior.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:37 am
December 29th 1911 β Sun Yat-sen was elected in Nanking as the provisional President of the Republic of China by provincial representatives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:37 am
December 29th 1930 – During an address in Allahabad, poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal introduced what became known as the Two-Nation Theory outlining a vision for the creation of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in northwestern India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:38 am
December 29th 2003 β The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:38 am
December 29th 1997 β Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:39 am
December 29th 1937 β The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:39 am
December 29th 1939 β First flight of the Consolidated B-24.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:40 am
December 29th 1860 β The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/09 at 1:40 am
December 29th 1851 β The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:19 am
December 30th 1896 β Philippine Revolution: Nationalist JosΓ© Rizal (pictured) was executed by a firing squad in Manila after Spanish authorities convicted him of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:20 am
December 30th 1896 β Philippine Revolution: Nationalist JosΓ© Rizal (pictured) was executed by a firing squad in Manila after Spanish authorities convicted him of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jose_rizal_01.jpg/78px-Jose_rizal_01.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:20 am
December 30th 1880 β Paul Kruger, who would eventually become the international face of the Boer resistance during the Second Boer War, was elected President of the Transvaal Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:21 am
December 30th 1903 β In the deadliest single-building fire in United States history, the Iroquois Theater Fire claimed 602 lives in Chicago.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:21 am
December 30th 1922 β The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, legalizing the creation of a union of several Soviet republics in the form of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was ratified.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:22 am
December 30th 1947 β Michael, King of Romania, was forced to abdicate as the Kingdom of Romania became Communist Romania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:23 am
December 30th 2006 β Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:23 am
December 30th 1853 β A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:24 am
December 30th 1916 β The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:24 am
December 30th 1922 β The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:24 am
1919 β Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/09 at 1:25 am
December 30th 1965 β Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:04 am
December 31st 1775 β American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:04 am
December 31st 1857 β Queen Victoria selected Ottawa as the capital of the British colony of Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:04 am
December 31st 1960 β The farthing, a British coin first minted in England in the 13th century, ceased to be legal tender.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:05 am
December 31st 1972 β American baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:05 am
December 31st 1999 β Boris Yeltsin, the first democratically elected President of Russia, resigned and named Vladimir Putin as Acting President.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:06 am
December 31st 2004 β Taipei 101 (2008 New Year firework pictured) in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers, opened to the public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:06 am
December 31st 2004 β Taipei 101 (2008 New Year firework pictured) in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers, opened to the public.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Taipei_101_2008_NewYear_Firework.jpg/87px-Taipei_101_2008_NewYear_Firework.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:07 am
December 31st 2007 β The massive Big Dig construction project in Boston, Massachusetts ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:08 am
December 31st 1879 β Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:09 am
December 31st 1891 β A new immigration depot is opened on Ellis Island, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:09 am
December 31st 1904 β The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 1:11 am
December 31st 1909 β Manhattan Bridge opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:54 pm
January 1st 1801 β The Kingdom of Ireland formally merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:55 pm
January 1st 1810 – Lachlan Macquarie became Governor of New South Wales, eventually playing a major role in the shaping of the social, economic and architectural development of the colony in Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:55 pm
January 1st 1890 β The first Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, was first held, eventually becoming an annual event that is currently watched on television by millions in more than 200 countries and territories.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:56 pm
January 1st 1959 β Cuban President Fulgencio Batista fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana, marking the end of the Cuban Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:56 pm
January 1st 1995 β The World Trade Organization, the international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade, came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:57 pm
January 1st 1739 β Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:58 pm
January 1st 1877 β Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:58 pm
January 1st 1894 β The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:59 pm
January 1st 1902 β The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 7:59 pm
January 1st 1910 β Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear Admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/09 at 8:00 pm
January 1st 1983 β The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/10 at 5:19 am
January 1st 1985 - US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/01/10 at 7:26 am
1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
1861 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
1863 Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/01/10 at 7:27 am
1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/01/10 at 7:28 am
1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/01/10 at 7:28 am
1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/10 at 7:34 am
January 1st 1785 - "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:53 am
January 2nd 366 β The Alamanni, an alliance of west Germanic tribes, crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers to invade the Roman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:54 am
January 2nd 533 β Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a regnal name upon elevation to the papacy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:54 am
January 2nd 1777 β American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:54 am
January 2nd 1833 β Two British naval vessels arrived at the Falkland Islands to re-assert British sovereignty there.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:55 am
January 2nd 1905 β Russo-Japanese War: The Siege of Port Arthur ended when the Russian fleet surrendered to Japanese forces at Port Arthur, a deep-water port and Russian naval base in present-day LΓΌshunkou, China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:55 am
January 2nd 1942 β In the largest espionage case in American history, over 30 members of a German spy ring led by former South African Boer soldier and adventurer Fritz Joubert Duquesne were convicted following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:57 am
January 2nd 1935 β Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:57 am
January 2nd 1959 β Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:58 am
January 2nd 2004 β Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that were returned to Earth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:58 am
January 2nd 1871 β Amadeus I becomes King of Spain
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:59 am
January 2nd 1900 β John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/02/10 at 2:59 am
January 2nd 1818 β The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:14 am
January 3rd 1521 β Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church after Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 theses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:14 am
January 3rd 1777 β American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeated British troops in Princeton, New Jersey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:15 am
January 3rd 1848 β Joseph Jenkins Roberts began his term as the first President of Liberia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:15 am
January 3rd 1888 β The 91-cm refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California, USA, at the time the largest telescope in the world, was used for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:16 am
January 3rd 1990 β United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrendered to American forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:19 am
January 3rd 1958 β Ten former British colonies in the Caribbean joined to form a new self-governing West Indies Federation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:19 am
January 3rd 1431 β Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:20 am
January 3rd 1899 β The first known use of the word automobile, is seen in an editorial in The New York Times.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:20 am
January 3rd 1924 β British explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:21 am
January 3rd 1925 β Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:22 am
January 3rd 1777 β American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 2:22 am
January 3rd 1977 β Apple Computer is incorporated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 01/03/10 at 5:42 am
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 6:52 am
January 3rd 1987 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/10 at 6:56 am
January 3rd 1918 - US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:43 am
January 4th 1698 β Most of London's Palace of Whitheall, the main residence of the English monarchs dating from 1530, was destroyed by fire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:44 am
January 4th 1854 β Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang discovered the McDonald Islands, uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:44 am
January 4th 1884 β The Fabian Society, an intellectual movement whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist methods rather than revolutionary means, was founded in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:44 am
January 4th 1989 β In the Second Gulf of Sidra incident over the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea, two American F-14A Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es that appeared to be attempting to engage them.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:45 am
January 4th 2004 β Spirit, the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission, landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:45 am
January 4th 46 BC β Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:45 am
January 4th 1493 β Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:46 am
January 4th 1885 β The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:47 am
January 4th 1896 β Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:47 am
January 4th 1903 β Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 1:47 am
January 4th 1974 β Serial killer Ted Bundy murders his first known victim when he entered the basement bedroom of 18-year-old Joni Lenz and suffocated her.
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Written By: danootaandme on 01/04/10 at 8:31 am
1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
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Written By: danootaandme on 01/04/10 at 8:31 am
1923 Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin
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Written By: danootaandme on 01/04/10 at 8:32 am
1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 3:04 pm
1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
How long did it take for the tapes to be handed over?
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Written By: danootaandme on 01/04/10 at 3:44 pm
How long did it take for the tapes to be handed over?
7 months-July of 1974. On August 9, 1974 he resigned rather than face impeachment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/10 at 3:44 pm
7 months-July of 1974. On August 9, 1974 he resigned rather than face impeachment.
Many thanks
January 4th 2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:30 am
January 5th 1477 β Burgundian Wars: Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, was killed at the Battle of Nancy, eventually leading to the partition of Burgundy between France and the House of Habsburg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:31 am
January 5th 1527 β Felix Manz, co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren Anabaptist congregation in ZΓΌrich, was executed by drowning, becoming one of the first martyrs of the Radical Reformation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:31 am
January 5th 1968 β Alexander DubΔek came to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a period of political liberalization known as the Prague Spring that still enabled the Communist Party to maintain real power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:32 am
January 5th 1975 β The Tasman Bridge, crossing the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, was struck by the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, killing seven of the ship's crewmen and five motorists on the bridge.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:32 am
January 5th 2005 β Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, was discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, U.S.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:33 am
January 5th 1889 β Preston North End is declared winner of the original football league.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:34 am
January 5th 1895 β Dreyfus Affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:34 am
January 5th 1896 β An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:34 am
January 5th 1900 β Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:35 am
January 5th 1909 β Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 1:35 am
January 5th 1914 β The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 4:15 pm
January 5th 1946 - "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City NY for 417 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/10 at 4:17 pm
January 5th 1998 - Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:33 am
January 6th 1066 β Harold Godwinson was crowned King of England, widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon king before the Norman conquest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:33 am
January 6th 1449 β Constantine XI Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine Emperor, the last one before the Fall of Constantinople.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:34 am
January 6th 1907 β Italian educator Maria Montessori opened her first school and day care center for working class children in Rome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:34 am
January 6th 1953 β The first Asian Socialist Conference, an organization of socialist political parties in Asia, opened in Rangoon, Burma, with 177 delegates, observers and fraternal guests.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:35 am
January 6th 1994 β Two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant hired by Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of her rival skater Tonya Harding.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:35 am
January 6th 1941 β President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:36 am
January 6th 1942 β Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:36 am
January 6th 1929 β Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest and diseased people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:36 am
January 6th 1930 β The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed (from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:38 am
January 6th 1838 β Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 1:38 am
January 6th 1540 β King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
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Written By: Frank on 01/06/10 at 1:46 am
January 6th 1994 β Two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant hired by Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of her rival skater Tonya Harding.
Tonya Harding = bad news
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Written By: danootaandme on 01/06/10 at 7:39 am
1663 Great earthquake in New England
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Written By: danootaandme on 01/06/10 at 7:43 am
1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 3:58 pm
January 6th 1994 - Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 4:01 pm
January 6th 1980 - Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/10 at 4:02 pm
January 6th 1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:32 am
January 7th 1598 β Boris Godunov became the first non-Rurikid Tsar of Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:32 am
January 7th 1610 β Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first observed three of Jupiter's moons through his telescope: Io, Europa, and Callisto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:42 am
January 7th 1785 β Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries became the first to cross the English Channel by balloon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:42 am
January 7th 1924 β The International Hockey Federation, the global governing body for field hockey, was founded in Paris in response to the sport's omission from the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:43 am
1797 β The first official Italian tricolour was adopted by the government of the Cispadane Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:43 am
January 7th 1975 β The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women was established to promote empowerment and gender equality for the women in the Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:43 am
January 7th 1782 β The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:44 am
January 7th 1999 β The impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:44 am
January 7th 1927 β The first transatlantic telephone call is made β from New York City to London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:45 am
January 7th 1953 β President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/10 at 1:45 am
January 7th 1954 β Georgetown-IBM experiment: the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:25 am
January 8th 1790 β George Washington delivered the first ever State of the Union address in New York City, then the provisional capital of the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:25 am
January 8th 1815 β American forces led by General Andrew Jackson defeated the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans near New Orleans, two weeks after the United States and United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Ghent to end the War of 1812.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:26 am
January 8th 1956 β Five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were killed by the Huaorani in the rainforest of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:26 am
January 8th 1979 β The oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal off Bantry Bay, Ireland, killing about 50 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:26 am
January 8th 2004 β RMS Queen Mary 2, at the time the longest, widest and tallest passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:27 am
January 8th 1963 β Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:28 am
January 8th 1964 β President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:28 am
January 8th 1973 β Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:29 am
January 8th 1973 β Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:29 am
January 8th 1994 β Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 1:30 am
January 8th 1877 β Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 3:10 pm
January 8th 1800 - In London, the first soup kitchens were opened for the relief of the poor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:56 pm
January 9th 1768 β Philip Astley staged the first modern circus in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:57 pm
January 9th 1839 β The French Academy of Sciences announced the Daguerreotype photographic process, named after its inventor, French artist and chemist Louis Daguerre.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:57 pm
January 9th 1861 β The civilian ship Star of the West was fired upon as it attempted to send supplies and reinforcements to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor before the American Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:58 pm
January 9th 1916 β World War I: The last British troops evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevailed over of a joint British and French operation to capture Istanbul at the Battle of Gallipoli.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:58 pm
January 9th 1923 β The autogyro, a type of rotorcraft invented by civil engineer and pilot Juan de la Cierva, made its first successful flight at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid, Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:58 pm
January 9th 2005 β Mahmoud Abbas was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority to replace Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:59 pm
January 9th 1799 β British Prime Minister William Pitt introduces income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/10 at 11:59 pm
January 9th 1806 β Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 12:00 am
January 9th 1816 β Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 12:01 am
January 9th 1894 β New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 12:01 am
January 9th 1903 β Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:01 pm
January 9th 1972 - Billionaire Howard Hughes said Clifford Irving's biography is a fake
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:01 pm
January 9th 1957 - British premier Anthony Eden resigns
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:03 pm
January 9th 1945 - US soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:04 pm
January 9th 1936 - Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:12 pm
January 9th 1854 - Astor Library opens in New York City NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/10 at 3:15 pm
January 9th 1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America (Philadelphia)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:26 am
January 10th 1475 β MoldavianβOttoman Wars: Moldavian forces under Stephen the Great defeated an Ottoman attack led by HadΓ’n Suleiman Pasha, the Beylerbeyi of Rumelia, near Vaslui in present-day Romania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:26 am
January 10th 1776 β Common Sense by Thomas Paine, a document denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:27 am
January 10th 1810 β Childless after 14 years of marriage, Napoleon divorced his first wife JosΓ©phine so he could remarry in the hope of having an heir.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:27 am
January 10th 1863 β Service began on the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:28 am
January 10th 1929 β The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist HergΓ© that has been sold in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies to date, first appeared in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le VingtiΓ¨me SiΓ¨cle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:28 am
January 10th 1946 β The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Westminster Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:29 am
January 10th 11806 β Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:29 am
January 10th 1901 β The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:30 am
January 10th 1984 β The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:30 am
January 10th 1990 β Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 2:31 am
January 10th 2001 β A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 11:11 am
January 10th 1514 - The first section of the Complutensian Polyglot (the world's first multi-language Bible) was printed at Alcala, Spain. (The complete translation was published in 6 volumes in 1517.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 11:12 am
January 10th 1990 - China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 11:52 am
January 10th 1929 β The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist HergΓ© that has been sold in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies to date, first appeared in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le VingtiΓ¨me SiΓ¨cle.
Isn't there to be a huge TinTin movie coming out soon?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 3:02 pm
January 10th 1972 β Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/10 at 3:03 pm
January 10th 49 BC β Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:26 am
January 11th 1787 β German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel discovered the Uranian moons Oberon and Titania. They were later named by his son John after the King and the Queen of the Faeries from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, respectively.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:27 am
January 11th 1922 β Insulin was first administered to a human patient with diabetes at the Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:27 am
January 11th 1923 β Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr Area to force the German Weimar Republic to pay its reparation payments in the aftermath of World War I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:28 am
January 11th 1964 β In a landmark report, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry issued the warning that smoking may be hazardous for one's health, concluding that it has a causative role in lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other illnesses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:28 am
January 11th 1986 β The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at the time the longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge in the world, opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:28 am
January 11th 1055 β Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:29 am
January 11th 1759 β In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:29 am
January 11th 1805 β The Michigan Territory is created.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:29 am
January 11th 1935 β Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:30 am
January 11th 1994 β The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn FΓ©in.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/10 at 1:30 am
January 11th 1957 β Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed in Colorado using the gas chamber.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:36 am
January 12th 1848 β The Palermo rising in Sicily commenced against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:37 am
January 12th 1872 β Yohannes IV was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:37 am
January 12th 1895 β The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:37 am
January 12th 1911 β The University of the Philippines College of Law was founded, eventually graduating many of the leading Filipino political figures since then.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:38 am
January 12th 1964 β Rebels led by John Okello overthrew Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:38 am
January 12th 1967 β Seventy-three-year-old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically frozen with intent of future resuscitation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:39 am
January 12th 475 β Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:39 am
January 12th 1915 β The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:39 am
January 12th 1915 β The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:41 am
January 12th 1906 β Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 1:41 am
January 12th 1908 β A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 4:45 pm
January 12th 1989 ~ Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 4:46 pm
January 12th 1981 - "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 4:47 pm
January 12th 1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/10 at 4:48 pm
January 12th 1960 - Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wicket vs England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/10 at 1:31 am
January 13th 532 β The Nika riots began in Constantinople, resulting in nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people being killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/10 at 1:32 am
January 13th 1842 β When he reached the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, became the sole European survivor of a party of over 4,500 military personnel and over 10,000 civilian camp followers retreating from Kabul, excluding a few prisoners released later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/10 at 1:32 am
January 13th 1898 β The Paris newspaper L'Aurore published "J'accuse...!", an open letter by French writer Γmile Zola to French President FΓ©lix Faure exposing the Dreyfus affair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/10 at 1:32 am
January 13th 1968 β American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at the Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/10 at 1:32 am
January 13th 1991 β The January Events: Soviet troops attacked Lithuanian independence supporters at the TV Tower in Vilnius, killing 14 people.