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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 2:54 pm
February 4th 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 02/04/10 at 2:56 pm
February 4th 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
...and somewhere to the south (namely in Australia), pop singer Natalie Imbruglia was born.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 2:59 pm
...and somewhere to the south (namely in Australia), pop singer Natalie Imbruglia was born.
..born in Sydney, Australia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:00 pm
February 4th 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:01 pm
February 4th 1980 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:01 pm
February 4th 1992 – A Coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez Frías, against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 02/04/10 at 3:02 pm
..born in Sydney, Australia
That's what I thought. I knew it was somewhere in Australia, but wasn't exactly sure which city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:07 pm
February 4th 1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:08 pm
February 4th 1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
Any members here remember thsi?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:08 pm
February 4th 1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:08 pm
February 4th 1997 – After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:11 pm
February 4th 1998 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:11 pm
February 4th 1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:12 pm
February 4th 1999 – The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:13 pm
February 4th 2000 – German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:13 pm
February 4th 2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:20 pm
February 4th 2006 – A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:20 pm
February 4th 2008 – The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:21 pm
February 4th 1873 Birth of George Bennard, American Methodist evangelist. He penned over 300 Gospel songs during his lifetime, but is primarily remembered today for one: "The Old Rugged Cross."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:21 pm
February 4th 1998 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:21 pm
February 4th 1991 US postage raises from 25¢ to 29¢
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/10 at 3:22 pm
February 4th 1991 US postage raises from 25¢ to 29¢
How much is the cost today?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:34 am
February 5th 1782 – Running out of medical supplies to combat the disease scurvy, British troops surrendered to an allied Franco-Spanish force, ending the latter's invasion of the Island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:34 am
February 5th 1783 – The first of five strong earthquakes hit the region of Calabria in present-day southern Italy, killing over 32,000 total people over a period of nearly two months.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:35 am
February 5th 1862 – Domnitor Alexander John Cuza merged his two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia, to form the Danubian Principalities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:35 am
February 5th 1885 – Leopold II of Belgium established the Congo Free State as his personal possession in Africa through his organization International African Association and his private army, the Force Publique.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:35 am
February 5th 1917 – The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 with an overwhelming majority, overriding U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's veto, banning, among others, immigration from nearly all of South and Southeast Asia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:35 am
February 5th 1958 – A Mark 15 nuclear bomb now known as the Tybee Bomb disappeared off the shores of Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S. after it was jettisoned during a practice exercise when the bomber carrying it collided in midair with a fighter plane.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:38 am
February 5th 62 AD – Earthquake in Pompeii Italy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:38 am
February 5th 1576 – Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:39 am
February 5th 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:39 am
February 5th 1631 – English theologian Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:59 am
February 5th 1649 – The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Scotland, by Parliament. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England or the Parliament of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 1:59 am
February 5th 1778 – South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:00 am
February 5th 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:00 am
February 5th 1859 – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:05 am
February 5th 1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:06 am
February 5th 1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:06 am
February 5th 1918 – Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:07 am
February 5th 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:07 am
February 5th 1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:18 am
February 5th 1937 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:18 am
February 5th 1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:18 am
February 5th 1946 – The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:18 am
February 5th 1958 – Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:19 am
February 5th 1962 – French President Charles De Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:29 am
February 5th 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:30 am
February 5th 1972 – Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:30 am
February 5th 1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:30 am
February 5th 1994 – Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:31 am
February 5th 1994 – During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:41 am
February 5th 1997 – The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:41 am
February 5th 2004 – Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:41 am
February 5th 2004 – Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:42 am
February 5th 2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:42 am
February 5th 2009 – The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 2:43 am
February 5th 1964 Following an unprecedented pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI met with Greek Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem. It was the first such meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches in over 500 years (since 1439).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 3:00 pm
February 5th 1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 3:12 pm
February 5th 1998 Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 3:14 pm
February 5th 1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Québec & Ontario
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:01 pm
February 6th 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:01 pm
February 6th 1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:02 pm
February 6th 1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:03 pm
February 6th 1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:03 pm
February 6th 1817 – The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:05 pm
February 6th 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:06 pm
February 6th 1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:06 pm
February 6th 1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:06 pm
February 6th 1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:07 pm
February 6th 1862 – American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:07 pm
February 6th 1899 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:09 pm
February 6th 1900 – The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:10 pm
February 6th 1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:10 pm
February 6th 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:10 pm
February 6th 1934 – Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:11 pm
February 6th 1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:11 pm
February 6th 1952 – Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:11 pm
February 6th 1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:12 pm
February 6th 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:12 pm
February 6th 1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:13 pm
February 6th 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:13 pm
February 6th 1987 – Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:13 pm
February 6th 1989 – The Roundtable talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:14 pm
February 6th 1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/10 at 7:14 pm
February 6th 1998 – In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: seamermar on 02/05/10 at 7:23 pm
1956 EEUU: protestas por la entrada de la primera estudiante negra en la Universidad de Alabama.
There were protests against the first black student girl who went into Alabama University.
Bad times indeed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/10 at 1:39 am
1956 EEUU: protestas por la entrada de la primera estudiante negra en la Universidad de Alabama.
There were protests against the first black student girl who went into Alabama University.
Bad times indeed.
Was that the same university about ten years on as featured in Forest Gump?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 02/06/10 at 2:16 am
February 6th 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
I remember that.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/10 at 3:04 am
I remember that.
You must have been frozen?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 02/06/10 at 3:07 am
You must have been frozen?
Montreal usually is colder and has more snow than New England. Every year I was frozen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/10 at 3:08 am
Montreal usually is colder and has more snow than New England. Every year I was frozen.
I remember witnessing the bad winter the UK had back in around 1962.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 02/06/10 at 3:10 am
I remember witnessing the bad winter the UK had back in around 1962.
In 1962 I wasn't born yet :D
We had a bad winter in 1970 or 1971. Highways were closed to cars, only skiers and snowmobiles were on it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/10 at 3:44 am
In 1962 I wasn't born yet :D
We had a bad winter in 1970 or 1971. Highways were closed to cars, only skiers and snowmobiles were on it.
It was this time last year when the British Isles had a prolonged period of snowfall that began on 1 February 2009.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/10 at 7:51 am
February 6th 1990 Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes & 58.44 seconds backwards!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:04 am
February 7th 1301 – The title of Prince of Wales (badge pictured) was granted for the first time to an heir apparent to the English throne, Edward of Carnarvon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:04 am
February 7th 1301 – The title of Prince of Wales (badge pictured) was granted for the first time to an heir apparent to the English throne, Edward of Carnarvon.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Badge_of_the_Prince_of_Wales.svg/100px-Badge_of_the_Prince_of_Wales.svg.png
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:07 am
February 7th 457 – Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:07 am
February 7th 1074 – Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:07 am
February 7th 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:08 am
February 7th 1497 – The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:08 am
February 7th 1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:09 am
February 7th 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:09 am
February 7th 1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:09 am
February 7th 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:09 am
February 7th 1842 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:10 am
February 7th 1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company after a peaceful abdication of Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:11 am
February 7th 1856 – The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:11 am
February 7th 1863 – HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:11 am
February 7th 1882 – The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:12 am
February 7th 1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:12 am
February 7th 1898 – Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:12 am
February 7th 1904 – A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:12 am
February 7th 1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:13 am
February 7th 1943 – Imperial Japanese naval forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:13 am
February 7th 1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:13 am
February 7th 1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:14 am
February 7th 1967 – Serious bushfires in southern Tasmania claim 62 lives and destroy 2,642.7 square kilometres (653,025.4 acres) of land.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:14 am
February 7th 1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:14 am
February 7th 1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:14 am
February 7th 1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:14 am
February 7th 1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:15 am
February 7th 1990 – Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:15 am
February 7th 1991 – Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:15 am
February 7th 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:15 am
February 7th 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:15 am
February 7th 1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:16 am
February 7th 2009 – Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:35 am
February 7th 1869 Connecticut Congregational clergyman Samuel Wolcott, 56, upon returning home from a YMCA evangelistic service, penned the words to the missionary hymn, "Christ for the World We Sing."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 4:35 am
February 7th 1546 Eleven days before his death, German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter to his wife Kate: 'I have a better Caretaker than you and all the angels. He it is who lies in a manger ...but at the same time sits at the right hand of God, the almighty Father. Therefore be at rest.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/10 at 7:18 am
February 7th 1991 – The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:39 am
February 8th 1587 – Mary I, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:40 am
February 8th 1879 – At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposed the adoption of worldwide standard time zones based on a single universal world time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:40 am
February 8th 1904 – The Russo-Japanese War began with a surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese on Russian ships near present-day Lüshunkou, China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:40 am
February 8th 1910 – Newspaper man and magazine publisher William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:40 am
February 8th 1915 – Film director D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation was released, becoming one of the most influential and controversial films in the history of American cinema.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:41 am
February 8th 1969 – The Allende meteorite, the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth, fell near Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 1:43 am
February 8th 1855 – The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:19 am
February 8th 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:20 am
February 8th 1575 – Universiteit Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:20 am
February 8th 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England – revolt is quickly crushed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:20 am
February 8th 1622 – King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:20 am
February 8th 1692 – A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:22 am
February 8th 1693 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:22 am
February 8th 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:22 am
February 8th 1807 – Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:22 am
February 8th 1817 – Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:25 am
February 8th 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:25 am
February 8th 1856 – Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:25 am
February 8th 1865 – In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:26 am
February 8th 1867 – The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:26 am
February 8th 1887 – The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:26 am
February 8th 1900 – British troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:27 am
February 8th 1918 – The Stars and Stripes newspaper publishes for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:27 am
February 8th 1922 – President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:27 am
February 8th 1924 – Capital punishment: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:27 am
February 8th 1949 – Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:27 am
February 8th 1952 – Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:28 am
February 8th 1955 – The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:28 am
February 8th 1960 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:28 am
February 8th 1962 – Charonne massacre. 9 trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:28 am
February 8th 1963 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:28 am
February 8th 1966 – The National Hockey League awarded Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a second NHL franchise, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:29 am
February 8th 1968 – American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre, a mass killing in Orangeburg, South Carolina of black students from South Carolina State University who were protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:30 am
February 8th 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index debuts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:30 am
February 8th 1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew of the first American space station Skylab return to Earth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:30 am
February 8th 1974 – Military coup in Upper Volta.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:30 am
February 8th 1978 – Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:30 am
February 8th 1979 – Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:30 am
February 8th 1983 – The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, the 320m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:31 am
February 8th 1989 – An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:31 am
February 8th 1993 – General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:31 am
February 8th 1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:31 am
February 8th 1996 – The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/10 at 2:31 am
February 8th 1998 – First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.
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Written By: nally on 02/08/10 at 1:42 pm
February 8th 1989 – An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144.
On that very day in Los Angeles, snow had fallen on the mainland; it was my very first time experiencing actual snow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:50 am
On that very day in Los Angeles, snow had fallen on the mainland; it was my very first time experiencing actual snow.
Which came as a surprise for you?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:51 am
February 9th 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:51 am
February 9th 1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:51 am
February 9th 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:51 am
February 9th 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
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Written By: nally on 02/09/10 at 1:51 am
Which came as a surprise for you?
Kind of. The weather had been quite cold the previous few days, with temperatures near freezing.
My dad also took some pictures that day, but I can't upload them because we didn't have digital cameras in 1989. I'd need to have 'em scanned. :-\\
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:51 am
February 9th 1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:52 am
February 9th 1822 – Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:52 am
Kind of. The weather had been quite cold the previous few days, with temperatures near freezing.
My dad also took some pictures that day, but I can't upload them because we didn't have digital cameras in 1989. I'd need to have 'em scanned. :-\\
Snow in LA is a rare thing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:53 am
February 9th 1825 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:53 am
February 9th 1849 – New Roman Republic established
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:53 am
February 9th 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
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Written By: nally on 02/09/10 at 1:53 am
Snow in LA is a rare thing.
It sure is. In the L.A. area it normally happens in the mountains.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:53 am
February 9th 1870 – The U.S. Weather Bureau is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:54 am
February 9th 1885 – The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:54 am
February 9th 1889 – The United States Department of Agriculture is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:54 am
February 9th 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:55 am
February 9th 1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:55 am
February 9th 1904 – Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:55 am
February 9th 1920 – Under the terms of the Spitsbergen Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:55 am
February 9th 1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:55 am
February 9th 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:57 am
February 9th 1942 – World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:57 am
February 9th 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:57 am
February 9th 1943 – World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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Written By: nally on 02/09/10 at 1:57 am
February 9th 1825 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
He would take office about 3 1/2 weeks later, on Inauguration Day (March 4 at the time). He didn't have very much time to be called "President-Elect"!
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Written By: nally on 02/09/10 at 1:58 am
February 9th 1943 – World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
And film actor Joe Pesci was born in New Jersey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:58 am
February 9th 1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic – HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:58 am
February 9th 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:58 am
February 9th 1960 – Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:59 am
February 9th 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:59 am
February 9th 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 1:59 am
February 9th 1965 – Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:00 am
February 9th 1969 – First test flight of the Boeing 747.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:00 am
February 9th 1971 – The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:00 am
February 9th 1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:00 am
February 9th 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:00 am
February 9th 1973 – Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:01 am
February 9th 1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:01 am
February 9th 1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:02 am
February 9th 1994 – Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
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Written By: nally on 02/09/10 at 2:02 am
February 9th 1971 – The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
My parents remember that one quite well. It was not nearly as bad as the one from 1994 that also hit the San Fernando Valley, from what I've heard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:02 am
February 9th 1995 – Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:03 am
February 9th 1996 – The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by the explosion of a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/10 at 2:03 am
February 9th 2001 – The American submarine USS Greeneville (SSN-772) accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
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Written By: Frank on 02/09/10 at 2:03 am
February 9th 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
This was my 1-year-old birthday present from them to me. :D
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:36 am
February 10th 1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:36 am
February 10th 1306 – Before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murdered John Comyn, his leading political rival sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:36 am
February 10th 1355 – The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:37 am
February 10th 1567 – An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. The second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley is found strangled, in what many believe to be an assassination.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:37 am
February 10th 1763 – French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:37 am
February 10th 1798 – Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on February 15 and then on February 20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:38 am
February 10th 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:38 am
February 10th 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:38 am
February 10th 1846 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:38 am
February 10th 1870 – The YWCA is founded (New York City).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:38 am
February 10th 1904 – The Russo-Japanese War over Korea and Manchuria begins after the Battle of Port Arthur.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:38 am
February 10th 1906 – HMS Dreadnought (1906) is launched.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:39 am
February 10th 1920 – Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:39 am
February 10th 1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:39 am
February 10th 1931 – New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:39 am
February 10th 1933 – The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:39 am
February 10th 1933 – In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:40 am
February 10th 1947 – Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:40 am
February 10th 1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:40 am
February 10th 1962 – Captured American spy pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:41 am
February 10th 1964 – Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager (D04) off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:41 am
February 10th 1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:41 am
February 10th 1970 – Sylvester Stallone's first film Italian Stallion is released.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:41 am
February 10th 1981 – A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:42 am
February 10th 1989 – Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:42 am
February 10th 1996 – The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:42 am
February 10th 1998 – Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:42 am
February 10th 2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/10 at 1:42 am
February 10th 2008 – The 2008 Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/10 at 1:46 am
February 11th 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.