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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:47 pm
July 5th 1958 – First ascent of Gasherbrum I, the 11th highest peak on the earth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 07/05/10 at 12:48 pm
July 5th 1946 – The bikini is re-introduced in Paris, France (it was a Roman invention).
Very interesting, I did not know that.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:48 pm
July 5th 1962 – Algeria becomes independent from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:49 pm
July 5th 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:49 pm
July 5th 1970 – Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:49 pm
July 5th 1971 – Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:49 pm
July 5th 1973 – Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:50 pm
July 5th 1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:50 pm
July 5th 1975 – Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:50 pm
July 5th 1977 – Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:51 pm
1987 – First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army. The Black Tigers are born and in the following years continue to use it to deadly effect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 12:51 pm
July 5th 1989 – Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:30 pm
July 5th 1995 – Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after their independence from the Soviet Union
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:30 pm
July 5th 1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:31 pm
July 5th 1998 – Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:31 pm
July 5th 1999 – Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms which include a tornado. The area is hit again with severe storms on August 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:31 pm
July 5th 1999 – U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:32 pm
July 5th 2003 – SARS is declared to be contained by the WHO.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:32 pm
July 5th 2004 – The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:32 pm
July 5th 2006 – North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:33 pm
July 5th 2009 – Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:33 pm
July 5th 2009 – The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/10 at 1:34 pm
July 5th 2009 – Ethnic rioting broke out in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 12:58 pm
July 6th 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 12:59 pm
July 6th 1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 12:59 pm
July 6th 1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" is crowned King of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 12:59 pm
July 6th 1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 12:59 pm
July 6th 1348 – Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:00 pm
July 6th 1415 – Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:00 pm
July 6th 1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:00 pm
July 6th 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:01 pm
July 6th 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:01 pm
July 6th 1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:01 pm
July 6th 1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:02 pm
July 6th 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:03 pm
July 6th 1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:03 pm
July 6th 1630 – Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:04 pm
July 6th 1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:04 pm
July 6th 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:05 pm
July 6th 1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:05 pm
July 6th 1801 – Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:05 pm
July 6th 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram sees a French victory over the Austrian army in the largest battle yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:06 pm
July 6th 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:06 pm
July 6th 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:06 pm
July 6th 1887 – David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of the Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:07 pm
July 6th 1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:07 pm
July 6th 1892 – 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:07 pm
July 6th 1893 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:08 pm
July 6th 1905 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:08 pm
July 6th 1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:08 pm
July 6th 1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:09 pm
July 6th 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:10 pm
July 6th 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet into the River Irwell.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:10 pm
July 6th 1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:11 pm
July 6th 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:11 pm
July 6th 1944 – 2LT Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:11 pm
July 6th 1944 – The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:12 pm
July 6th 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:13 pm
July 6th 1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:13 pm
July 6th 1957 – John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a fete in Woolton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:15 pm
July 6th 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:15 pm
July 6th 1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:16 pm
July 6th 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:16 pm
July 6th 1967 – Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:16 pm
July 6th 1975 – The Comoros declare independence from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:17 pm
July 6th 1978 – The Taunton sleeping car fire occurs in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:17 pm
July 6th 1986 – Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:18 pm
July 6th 1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:19 pm
July 6th 1989 – The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:19 pm
July 6th 1998 – Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:19 pm
July 6th 1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy combat medic Calpernia Addams.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:20 pm
July 6th 2003 – The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/10 at 1:20 pm
July 6th 2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:06 pm
July 7th 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:07 pm
July 7th 1534 – European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:07 pm
July 7th 1543 – French troops invade Luxembourg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:07 pm
July 7th 1575 – Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:08 pm
July 7th 1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:08 pm
July 7th 1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:08 pm
July 7th 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:08 pm
July 7th 1798 – Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the "war".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:09 pm
July 7th 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:09 pm
July 7th 1846 – Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. conquest of California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:09 pm
July 7th 1863 – United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:10 pm
July 7th 1865 – American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:10 pm
July 7th 1892 – Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:10 pm
July 7th 1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:13 pm
July 7th 1915 – World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:13 pm
July 7th 1915 – An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:13 pm
July 7th 1917 – Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms a provisional government in Russia after the deposing of Tsar Nicholas II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:15 pm
July 7th 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:15 pm
July 7th 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:15 pm
July 7th 1937 – Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:17 pm
July 7th 1941 – World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:18 pm
July 7th 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:18 pm
July 7th 1947 – Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:18 pm
July 7th 1953 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:19 pm
July 7th 1956 – Fritz Moravec reaches the peak of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:19 pm
July 7th 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statheood Act into law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:20 pm
July 7th 1959 – 14:28 UT Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:20 pm
July 7th 1967 – Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:21 pm
July 7th 1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:21 pm
July 7th 1978 – The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:21 pm
July 7th 1980 – Institution of sharia in Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:22 pm
July 7th 1980 – During the Lebanese civil war, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:22 pm
July 7th 1983 – Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:22 pm
July 7th 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:23 pm
July 7th 2002 – A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:23 pm
July 7th 2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:23 pm
July 7th 2005 – Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/10 at 12:24 pm
July 7th 2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
A day I recall very well, and remember the horror of it today.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:46 pm
July 8th 1099 – First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:46 pm
July 8th 1283 – War of the Sicilian Vespers: the naval Battle of Malta between the Aragonese and the Neapolitan fleets is fought.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:47 pm
July 8th 1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:47 pm
July 8th 1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:47 pm
July 8th 1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:47 pm
July 8th 1680 – The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:48 pm
July 8th 1709 – Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:48 pm
July 8th 1716 – Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:49 pm
July 8th 1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:49 pm
July 8th 1760 – French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:50 pm
July 8th 1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:50 pm
July 8th 1776 – The Declaration of Independence is read aloud in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Liberty Bell is rung.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:50 pm
July 8th 1822 – Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:50 pm
July 8th 1853 – Commodore Perry sails into Tokyo Bay.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:51 pm
July 8th 1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:51 pm
July 8th 1864 – Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:51 pm
July 8th 1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:51 pm
July 8th 1876 – White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:52 pm
July 8th 1889 – The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:52 pm
July 8th 1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:52 pm
July 8th 1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith (who is shot) releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:53 pm
July 8th 1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:53 pm
July 8th 1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:53 pm
July 8th 1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:53 pm
July 8th 1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:54 pm
July 8th 1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:54 pm
July 8th 1962 – Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:54 pm
July 8th 1965 – Train robber Ronald Biggs escapes from Wandsworth Prison, London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:54 pm
July 8th 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:55 pm
July 8th 1968 – The Municipality of General Santos was converted into a City status, named General Santos City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:55 pm
July 8th 1969 – IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:55 pm
July 8th 1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:56 pm
July 8th 1982 – Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:56 pm
July 8th 1982 – The Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:56 pm
July 8th 1992 – The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:57 pm
July 8th 1996 – A schizophrenic man armed with a machete wounds three children and four adults at a primary school in Wolverhampton, England. Teacher Lisa Potts received the George Medal for protecting her pupils, despite being severely injured.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:57 pm
July 8th 1997 – NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:57 pm
July 8th 1999 – Allen Lee Davis is executed by electric chair by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/10 at 1:58 pm
July 8th 1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Was this the start of conspiracy theories?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 12:58 pm
July 9th 455 – Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 12:59 pm
July 9th 1357 – Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 12:59 pm
July 9th 1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:00 pm
July 9th 1541 – Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who had invaded his Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:00 pm
July 9th 1755 – French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:01 pm
July 9th 1789 – In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:01 pm
July 9th 1790 – Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:02 pm
July 9th 1793 – The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:02 pm
July 9th 1807 – The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:02 pm
July 9th 1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:03 pm
July 9th 1815 – Talleyrand becomes Prime Minister of France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:03 pm
July 9th 1816 – Argentina declares independence from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:03 pm
July 9th 1846 – The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:03 pm
July 9th 1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:04 pm
July 9th 1850 – The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:04 pm
July 9th 1863 – American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:04 pm
July 9th 1867 – An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D. Young sets out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish missionary and explorer).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:05 pm
July 9th 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:05 pm
July 9th 1900 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:05 pm
July 9th 1918 – Great train wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:06 pm
July 9th 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:06 pm
July 9th 1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:08 pm
July 9th 1943 – World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:08 pm
July 9th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy – British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:08 pm
July 9th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:09 pm
July 9th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:09 pm
July 9th 1947 – The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten is announced.
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July 9th 1948 – Pakistan issues its first set of Postage stamps, bearing images of the Constituent Assembly, the Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport), and the Shahi Fort.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:10 pm
July 9th 1955 – The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:10 pm
July 9th 1958 – Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:10 pm
July 9th 1962 – The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:11 pm
July 9th 1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:11 pm
July 9th 1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:11 pm
July 9th 1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:12 pm
July 9th 1984 – York Minster is struck by a lightning bolt and the resulting fire ravages most of the building.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:12 pm
July 9th 1986 – The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:12 pm
July 9th 1989 – Two bombs explode in Mecca killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:12 pm
July 9th 1991 – South Africa is readmitted into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:13 pm
July 9th 1995 – The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lankan Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:13 pm
July 9th 1999 – Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of theran.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:13 pm
July 9th 2002 – The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/10 at 1:13 pm
July 9th 2006 – At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 12:57 am
July 10th 48 BC – Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 12:59 am
July 10th 988 – The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.
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July 10th 1212 – The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:02 am
July 10th 1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
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July 10th 1499 – Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon, after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:09 am
July 10th 1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:14 am
July 10th 1584 – William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:17 am
July 10th 1645 – English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:18 am
July 10th 1778 – American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:19 am
July 10th 1789 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:20 am
July 10th 1806 – The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:20 am
July 10th 1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:29 am
July 10th 1832 – U.S.President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:29 am
July 10th 1850 – Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:32 am
July 10th 1859 – Big Ben rings for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:34 am
July 10th 1877 – The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:34 am
July 10th 1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:36 am
July 10th 1913 – Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:36 am
July 10th 1921 – Belfast's Bloody Sunday: 16 people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:41 am
July 10th 1925 – Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:41 am
July 10th 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:44 am
July 10th 1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:44 am
July 10th 1940 – World War II: the Vichy government is established in France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:47 am
July 10th 1940 – World War II: Battle of Britain – The German Luftwaffe begins attacking British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:47 am
July 10th 1941 – Jedwabne Pogrom: the massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:48 am
July 10th 1942 – Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:48 am
July 10th 1943 – World War II: The launching of Operation Husky begins the Italian Campaign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:56 am
July 10th 1947 – Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:58 am
July 10th 1951 – Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:58 am
July 10th 1962 – Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 1:58 am
July 10th 1966 – The Chicago Freedom Movement, lead by Martin Luther King, holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people came to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:00 am
July 10th 1967 – Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:00 am
July 10th 1968 – Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:00 am
July 10th 1973 – The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:01 am
July 10th 1973 – National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:01 am
July 10th 1971 – King Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'etat, which lasts until June 11.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:01 am
July 10th 1976 – The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:01 am
July 10th 1976 – One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:01 am
July 10th 1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:02 am
July 10th 1978 – President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:02 am
July 10th 1980 – Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:02 am
July 10th 1985 – Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand harbor by French DGSE agents.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:03 am
July 10th 1991 – Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected President of Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:03 am
July 10th 1991 – The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:04 am
July 10th 1992 – In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:04 am
July 10th 1997 – In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:04 am
July 10th 1997 – Partido Popular (Spain) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:05 am
July 10th 1998 – Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:05 am
July 10th 2000 – A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:05 am
July 10th 2000 – EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:06 am
July 10th 2002 – At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:07 am
July 10th 2003 – A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:07 am
July 10th 2005 – Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:08 am
July 10th 2006 – Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan, shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:08 am
July 10th 2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 2:08 am
^ and all, it looks like July 10th has been a busy day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 5:55 am
July 10th 1509 - Birth of John Calvin, French religious reformer. His 'Institutes of the ChristianReligion' became the most popular doctrinal statement of the Protestant Reformation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 5:55 am
July 10th 1629 - The first non-separatist Congregational church in America was established atSalem, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/10 at 7:02 am
July 10th 1892 - First concrete-paved street built in Bellefountaine, Ohio