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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 03/27/10 at 5:30 am
1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 03/27/10 at 5:30 am
1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: danootaandme on 03/27/10 at 5:31 am
1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania
1944 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo
1944 Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Henk on 03/27/10 at 8:25 am
March 27th 1977 – Tenerife disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight.
Still the worst plane disaster ever.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:51 am
Still the worst plane disaster ever.
Is 9/11 now the worse plane disaster ever?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:52 am
March 28th 37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:52 am
March 28th 193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:52 am
March 28th 364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:53 am
March 28th 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:53 am
March 28th 1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:53 am
March 28th 1794 – Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:53 am
March 28th 1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:53 am
March 28th 1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:54 am
March 28th 1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:54 am
March 28th 1834 – The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:54 am
March 28th 1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:54 am
March 28th 1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:55 am
March 28th 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:55 am
March 28th 1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:55 am
March 28th 1889 – The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:55 am
March 28th 1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:55 am
March 28th 1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:56 am
March 28th 1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:56 am
March 28th 1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:56 am
March 28th 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:56 am
March 28th 1940 – Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:56 am
March 28th 1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:56 am
March 28th 1942 – World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:58 am
March 28th 1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:58 am
March 28th 1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death was one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:58 am
March 28th 1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:58 am
March 28th 1969 – The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:58 am
March 28th 1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:59 am
March 28th 1979 – In Pennsylvania, operators fail to recognize that a relief valve is stuck open in the primary coolant system of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor following an unexpected shutdown. As a result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially melt down.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:59 am
March 28th 1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:59 am
March 28th 1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 2:59 am
March 28th 1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 3:00 am
March 28th 1994 – 12-year-old schoolgirl Nikki Conroy is stabbed to death at Hall Garth School in Middlesbrough after an armed man walked into her maths classroom and attacked pupils with a knife. Stephen James Wilkinson is later convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 3:01 am
March 28th 2000 – A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 3:01 am
March 28th 2003 – In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 3:01 am
March 28th 2005 – The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1965.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 3:01 am
March 28th 2006 – At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/10 at 3:03 am
March 28th 1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Henk on 03/28/10 at 3:16 pm
Is 9/11 now the worse plane disaster ever?
I'm not sure those are considered plane disasters. :-\\
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:44 am
April 2nd 1513 – Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León set foot on Florida, becoming the first European known to do so, purportedly while searching for the Fountain of Youth in the New World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:44 am
April 2nd 1792 – By the Coinage Act, the United States Mint was founded and U.S. currency was decimalized.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:44 am
April 2nd 1801 – War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen off the coast of Copenhagen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:44 am
April 2nd 1956 – As the World Turns premiered on American television as the first half-hour soap opera .
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:45 am
April 2nd 1962 – The first official Panda crossing opened outside Waterloo station in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:45 am
April 2nd 1962 – The first official Panda crossing opened outside Waterloo station in London.
The panda crossing was a type of signal-controlled pedestrian crossing used in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1967.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:46 am
April 2nd 1982 – Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:46 am
April 2nd 2002 – Operation Defensive Shield: Approximately 200 Palestinians fled advancing Israeli forces into the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, starting a month-long standoff.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/10 at 12:46 am
April 2nd 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes broke out in the Central United States, killing 27 people and causing about US$1.1 billion in damages.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:17 am
April 3rd 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:17 am
April 3rd 1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:17 am
April 3rd 1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:18 am
April 3rd 1834 – The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:18 am
April 3rd 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:18 am
April 3rd 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:18 am
April 3rd 1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:18 am
April 3rd 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:19 am
April 3rd 1895 – Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:19 am
April 3rd 1917 – Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:19 am
April 3rd 1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:19 am
April 3rd 1929 – RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:19 am
April 3rd 1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh II, the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:19 am
April 3rd 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:20 am
April 3rd 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:20 am
April 3rd 1948 – President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:20 am
April 3rd 1948 – In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:20 am
April 3rd 1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:20 am
April 3rd 1956 – Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:21 am
April 3rd 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:21 am
April 3rd 1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:21 am
April 3rd 1973 – The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:21 am
April 3rd 1974 – The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:21 am
April 3rd 1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:22 am
April 3rd 1982 – The United Kingdom sends a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:22 am
April 3rd 1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:22 am
April 3rd 1996 – A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:22 am
April 3rd 1997 – The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:23 am
April 3rd 2000 – United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:23 am
April 3rd 2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:23 am
April 3rd 2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:23 am
April 3rd 2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 1:23 am
April 3rd 2009 – Australia formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 04/03/10 at 10:57 am
April 3rd 1973 – The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
And I still don't have one nor need one.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/10 at 10:58 am
And I still don't have one nor need one.
I do have one now.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 11:59 am
April 4th 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, beginning the Komnenian dynasty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 11:59 am
April 4th 1581 – Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:00 pm
April 4th 1655 – The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:00 pm
April 4th 1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:00 pm
April 4th 1721 – Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:00 pm
April 4th 1812 – U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:00 pm
April 4th 1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:01 pm
April 4th 1818 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:01 pm
April 4th 1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:01 pm
April 4th 1850 – The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:01 pm
April 4th 1850 – Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:01 pm
April 4th 1859 – Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:01 pm
April 4th 1865 – American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:02 pm
April 4th 1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:02 pm
April 4th 1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:03 pm
April 4th 1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:03 pm
April 4th 1905 – In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:03 pm
April 4th 1913 – The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:03 pm
April 4th 1918 – World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:03 pm
April 4th 1930 – The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:03 pm
April 4th 1939 – Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:04 pm
April 4th 1944 – World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:04 pm
April 4th 1945 – World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:04 pm
April 4th 1945 – World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:04 pm
April 4th 1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:04 pm
April 4th 1958 – The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:04 pm
April 4th 1960 – Senegal independence day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:05 pm
April 4th 1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:05 pm
April 4th 1965 – The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:05 pm
April 4th 1967 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:05 pm
April 4th 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:06 pm
April 4th 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
:\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:06 pm
April 4th 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:06 pm
April 4th 1968 – AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:06 pm
April 4th 1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:06 pm
April 4th 1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:06 pm
April 4th 1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:07 pm
April 4th 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift – A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans – 172 die.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:07 pm
April 4th 1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:07 pm
April 4th 1979 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:07 pm
April 4th 1979 – The 2nd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:07 pm
April 4th 1983 – Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:07 pm
April 4th 1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:08 pm
April 4th 1986 – Eighteen men found Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc. at The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, a Latino-based fraternity established on cultural understanding and wisdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:08 pm
April 4th 1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:08 pm
April 4th 1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:09 pm
April 4th 1994 – Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:09 pm
April 4th 1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:09 pm
April 4th 2002 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:09 pm
April 4th 2007 – 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 12:09 pm
April 4th 2008 – The raid on the FLDS owned ranch called the YFZ Ranch in Texas, 401 children are taken into custody. 133 women are taken into state custody also, the total number of women and children is 534.
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Written By: Howard on 04/04/10 at 1:51 pm
April 4th 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
I wonder if my Mother remembers that day. ???
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 2:00 pm
I wonder if my Mother remembers that day. ???
I do not remember it, but do recall the assassination of Robert Kennedy in the same year
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Written By: Howard on 04/04/10 at 2:01 pm
I do not remember it, but do recall the assassination of Robert Kennedy in the same year
My Mother just turned 23.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/10 at 2:03 pm
My Mother just turned 23.
I was around 10 then, too young to really take interest in polictical matters.
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Written By: Howard on 04/04/10 at 2:04 pm
I was around 10 then, too young to really take interest in polictical matters.
I was 6 years away from being born.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:20 am
I was 6 years away from being born.
A glint in your mother's eye.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:21 am
April 5th 456 – St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:21 am
April 5th 1242 – During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:21 am
April 5th 1254 – Willen van Rubroeck, a Flemish Franciscan, meets the Mongolian Khan Möngke
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:21 am
April 5th 1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:22 am
April 5th 1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.
"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:22 am
April 5th 1609 – Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:22 am
April 5th 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:22 am
April 5th 1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1722 – The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1792 – U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1804 – High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1818 – In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1874 – Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:23 am
April 5th 1879 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:24 am
April 5th 1897 – The Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:24 am
April 5th 1904 – The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:26 am
April 5th 1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:26 am
April 5th 1930 – In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:26 am
April 5th 1932 – Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:26 am
April 5th 1932 – Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:26 am
April 5th 1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:27 am
April 5th 1936 – Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:27 am
April 5th 1942 – World War II: The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:27 am
April 5th 1944 – World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:27 am
April 5th 1945 – Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:28 am
April 5th 1946 – Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:28 am
April 5th 1949 – Fireside Theater debuts on television.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:28 am
April 5th 1949 – A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:28 am
April 5th 1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:28 am
April 5th 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:29 am
April 5th 1956 – Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:29 am
April 5th 1956 – In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:29 am
April 5th 1957 – In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:29 am
April 5th 1958 – Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:29 am
April 5th 1969 – Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:29 am
April 5th 1971 – In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:30 am
April 5th 1976 – In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:30 am
April 5th 1986 – Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:30 am
April 5th 1991 – An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:30 am
April 5th 1992 – Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:30 am
April 5th 1992 – Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:31 am
April 5th 1992 – The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:31 am
April 5th 1998 – In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:31 am
April 5th 1999 – Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:31 am
April 5th 2009 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:32 am
April 5th 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/10 at 1:33 am
April 5th 1969 Pope Paul VI abolished the galero (red hat) and red shoes and buckles customarily worn by Roman Catholic cardinals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/10 at 11:32 am
April 10th 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeated Austria at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Prussian King Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/10 at 11:32 am
April 10th 1815 – Mount Tambora in Indonesia began one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/10 at 11:32 am
April 10th 1925 – The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/10 at 11:32 am
April 10th 1941 – World War II: The Independent State of Croatia was established, with Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić as head of the puppet government of the Axis powers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/10 at 11:32 am
April 10th 1971 – In an attempt to thaw Sino-American relations, members of the American Table Tennis Team entered the People's Republic of China for a weeklong visit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 2:19 am
April 11th 1713 – The main agreements of the Treaty of Utrecht were signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht, helping to end the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 2:19 am
April 11th 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition, and forcing Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and sending him into exile on Elba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 2:20 am
April 11th 1888 – The Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam was inaugurated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 2:20 am
April 11th 1945 – World War II: American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 2:20 am
April 11th 1965 – Almost 50 confirmed tornadoes struck six states in the Midwestern United States during the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, killing over 270 people and injuring 1,500 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/10 at 2:20 am
April 11th 1979 – Ugandan–Tanzanian War: The Uganda National Liberation Army and Tanzanian forces captured Kampala, forcing Ugandan President Idi Amin to flee.
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Written By: nally on 04/14/10 at 10:57 pm
I believe tonight marks the 98th anniversary of the Titanic's sinkage. :\'( :\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:55 am
I believe tonight marks the 98th anniversary of the Titanic's sinkage. :\'( :\'(
That is correct, and two years time will be the 100th anniversary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:57 am
April 18th 1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:58 am
April 18th 1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:58 am
April 18th 1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:58 am
April 18th 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:58 am
April 18th 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:58 am
April 18th 1783 – Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:58 am
April 18th 1797 – The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:59 am
April 18th 1831 – The University of Alabama is founded.
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Written By: nally on 04/18/10 at 12:59 am
That is correct, and two years time will be the 100th anniversary.
April 14th of this year also marked 145 years since the first time a U.S. President was assassinated, namely Abe Lincoln. :\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 12:59 am
April 18th 1848 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:00 am
April 18th 1857 – Released "The Spirits Book", which marked the birth of Spiritualism in France, by Allan Kardec.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:00 am
April 18th 1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:00 am
April 18th 1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:01 am
April 18th 1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:01 am
April 18th 1902 – Quetzaltenango, second largest city of Guatemala, destroyed by Earthquake.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:01 am
April 18th 1906 – The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroys much of San Francisco, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:01 am
April 18th 1906 – The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:01 am
April 18th 1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:01 am
April 18th 1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:02 am
April 18th 1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:02 am
April 18th 1923 – Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built," opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:02 am
April 18th 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first Crossword puzzle book.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:02 am
April 18th 1930 – BBC Radio infamously announce that there is no news on that day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:02 am
April 18th 1930 – BBC Radio infamously announce that there is no news on that day.
?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:02 am
April 18th 1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya bombed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:03 am
April 18th 1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:03 am
April 18th 1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:03 am
April 18th 1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:03 am
April 18th 1949 – The aircraft carrier USS United States (CVA-58) is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, the United States is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:03 am
April 18th 1954 – Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:04 am
April 18th 1955 – Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:04 am
April 18th 1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:04 am
April 18th 1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:04 am
April 18th 1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore Dry port.
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Written By: nally on 04/18/10 at 1:04 am
April 18th 1930 – BBC Radio infamously announce that there is no news on that day.
?
That does seem rather puzzling.. after all, every day has got to have some news...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:05 am
April 18th 1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:05 am
That does seem rather puzzling.. after all, every day has got to have some news...
This day needs some investigation...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:05 am
April 18th 1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:05 am
April 18th 1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:06 am
April 18th 1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:06 am
April 18th 1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:06 am
April 18th 2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:06 am
April 18th 2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/10 at 1:09 am
That does seem rather puzzling.. after all, every day has got to have some news...
Wiki has for 18th April:
The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India.
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Written By: nally on 04/18/10 at 1:13 am
April 18th 1906 – The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroys much of San Francisco, California.
It was one of the most powerful earthquakes in North America. I even wrote a term paper about it when I took a California History class at CSUN.