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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:24 pm
July 23rd 1972 – The United States launch Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:25 pm
July 23rd 1983 – Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:26 pm
July 23rd 1984 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:26 pm
July 23rd 1984 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:26 pm
July 23rd 1986 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:27 pm
July 23rd 1988 – General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:28 pm
July 23rd 1992 – A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that it is necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:29 pm
July 23rd 1992 – Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:30 pm
July 23rd 1995 – Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it will become visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:30 pm
July 23rd 1997 – Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:30 pm
July 23rd 1999 – Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:31 pm
July 23rd 1999 – ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:32 pm
July 23rd 2005 – Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:33 pm
July 23rd 1995 – Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it will become visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
http://home.debitel.net/user/heinsius/internetseiten/bilder/292-12_Komet_Hale_Bopp_ueber_Frankfurt.jpeg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/10 at 1:35 pm
July 23rd 1986 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:11 am
July 24th 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:12 am
July 24th 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:15 am
July 24th 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:16 am
July 24th 1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:16 am
July 24th 1534 – French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:16 am
July 24th 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:16 am
July 24th 1701 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:18 am
July 24th 1715 – A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:18 am
July 24th 1814 – War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:18 am
July 24th 1823 – Slavery is abolished in Chile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:18 am
July 24th 1832 – Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:18 am
July 24th 1847 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:21 am
July 24th 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:22 am
July 24th 1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:22 am
July 24th 1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:22 am
July 24th 1911 – Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:22 am
July 24th 1915 – The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes in central Chicago, with the loss of 845 lives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:23 am
July 24th 1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:23 am
July 24th 1927 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:24 am
July 24th 1927 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/menin-gate-med.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:25 am
July 24th 1929 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:25 am
July 24th 1931 – A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:25 am
July 24th 1935 – The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:25 am
July 24th 1935 – The dust bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:26 am
July 24th 1937 – Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:26 am
July 24th 1938 – First ascent of the Eiger north face.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:26 am
July 24th 1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:27 am
July 24th 1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:27 am
July 24th 1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:27 am
July 24th 1966 – Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:28 am
July 24th 1967 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:28 am
July 24th 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:29 am
July 24th 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.randomstew.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/splashdown.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:30 am
July 24th 1972 – Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:31 am
July 24th 1974 – Watergate scandal: the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:31 am
July 24th 1974 – After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus the Greek military junta collapses and democracy is restored.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:31 am
July 24th 1977 – End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:31 am
July 24th 1982 – Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:32 am
July 24th 1983 – George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:32 am
July 24th 1990 – Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:32 am
July 24th 1998 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:33 am
July 24th 2001 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:33 am
July 24th 2001 – Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircrafts (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:33 am
July 24th 2002 – Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:33 am
July 24th 2005 – Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/10 at 12:34 am
July 24th 2007 – Libya frees all six of the Medics in the HIV trial in Libya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 12:58 am
July 25th 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 12:58 am
July 25th 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 12:59 am
July 25th 864 – The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 12:59 am
July 25th 1139 – Battle of Ourique: The independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León declared after the Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques. He then becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal, after calling the first assembly of the estates-general of Portugal at Lamego, where he is given the Crown from the Bishop of Bragança, to confirm the independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 12:59 am
July 25th 1261 – The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 12:59 am
July 25th 1536 – Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:00 am
July 25th 1538 – The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:06 am
July 25th 1547 – Henry II of France is crowned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:06 am
July 25th 1567 – Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:06 am
July 25th 1593 – Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:06 am
July 25th 1603 – James VI of Scotland is crowned as king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:07 am
July 25th 1693 – Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:07 am
July 25th 1722 – Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:07 am
July 25th 1755 – British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England. Some later move to Louisiana, while others resettle in New Brunswick.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:07 am
July 25th 1758 – Seven Years' War: the island battery at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:08 am
July 25th 1759 – French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:09 am
July 25th 1788 – Wolfgang Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:10 am
July 25th 1792 – The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French Royal Family is harmed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:10 am
July 25th 1795 – The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:10 am
July 25th 1797 – Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:10 am
July 25th 1799 – At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:10 am
July 25th 1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane – reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls for General Riall's British and Canadian forces and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18.00; the Americans retreat to Fort Erie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:11 am
July 25th 1824 – Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:11 am
July 25th 1837 – The first commercial use of an electric telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:11 am
July 25th 1853 – Joaquin Murietta, the famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:12 am
July 25th 1861 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:13 am
July 25th 1866 – The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the five-star rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:13 am
July 25th 1868 – Wyoming becomes a United States territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:13 am
July 25th 1869 – The Japanese daimyō begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:13 am
July 25th 1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:13 am
July 25th 1898 – The United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with U.S. troops led by General Nelson Miles landing at harbor of Guánica, Puerto Rico (The land invasion, proper, began that day: Sea-based bombardment and shelling of the capital city of San Juan had been occurring since May 1898).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:14 am
July 25th 1907 – Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:14 am
July 25th 1908 – Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in Konbu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:15 am
July 25th 1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover) in 37 minutes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:16 am
July 25th 1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover) in 37 minutes.
http://rlv.zcache.com/french_aviator_louis_bleriot_1909_poster-p228843661614405833qzz0_400.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:17 am
July 25th1915 – RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British military aviator to earn the Victoria Cross, for defeating three German two-seat observation aircraft in one day, over the Western Front.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:18 am
July 25th 1917 – Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:18 am
July 25th 1920 – Telecommunications: the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:18 am
July 25th 1920 – France captures Damascus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:18 am
July 25th 1925 – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:18 am
July 25th 1934 – The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:18 am
July 25th 1940 – General Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:19 am
July 25th 1942 – Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the Nazis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:19 am
July 25th 1943 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by his own Italian Grand Council and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:19 am
July 25th 1944 – World War II: Operation Spring – one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war: 1,500 casualties, including 500 killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:21 am
July 25th 1946 – Operation Crossroads: an atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini atoll.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:22 am
July 25th 1946 – At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:23 am
July 25th 1948 – The Australian cricket team sets a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history in the Fourth Test against England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:23 am
July 25th 1952 – The U.S. non-incorporated colonial territory of Puerto Rico adopts a "constitution" of local-limited powers, approved by the United States Congress in contravention of then-current international law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:23 am
July 25th 1956 – 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:24 am
July 25th 1957 – The Republic of Tunisia is proclaimed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:24 am
July 25th 1958 – The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:24 am
July 25th 1959 – SR-N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over 2 hours.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:25 am
July 25th 1959 – SR-N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over 2 hours.
http://www.links999.net/hovercraft/images/thorny1.gif
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:26 am
July 25th 1961 – In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:26 am
July 25th 1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:26 am
July 25th 1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
Who was it that shouted "Judas"?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:27 am
July 25th 1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:28 am
July 25th 1973 – Soviet Mars 5 space probe launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:28 am
July 25th 1978 – The Cerro Maravilla incident occurs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:28 am
July 25th 1978 – Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" is born.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:28 am
July 25th 1979 – Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:29 am
July 25th 1983 – Black July: 37 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:29 am
July 25th 1984 – Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
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July 25th 1993 – Israel launches a massive attack against terrorist forces in Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.
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July 25th 1993 – The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
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July 25th 1994 – Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, which formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
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July 25th 1995 – A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:31 am
July 25th 1996 – In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:31 am
July 25th 2000 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/10 at 1:31 am
July 25th 2007 – Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first woman president.
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July 25th 1990 - Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at San Diego Padre game
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July 25th 1990 - Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at San Diego Padre game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1YVhcLD2c
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:17 pm
July 26th 657 – First Fitna: the Battle of Siffin see the troops led by Ali ibn Abi Talib and those led by Muawiyah I clashing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:18 pm
July 26th 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I is killed and his heir Stauracius is seriously wounded.
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July 26th 920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:18 pm
July 26th 1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:18 pm
July 26th 1469 – Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:18 pm
July 26th 1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:19 pm
July 26th 1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:20 pm
July 26th 1758 – French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:20 pm
July 26th 1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:21 pm
July 26th 1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
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July 26th 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
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July 26th 1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:22 pm
July 26th 1822 – First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:22 pm
July 26th 1847 – Liberia declares independence.
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July 26th 1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:23 pm
July 26th 1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends – At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:23 pm
July 26th 1878 – In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:23 pm
July 26th 1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:24 pm
July 26th 1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
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July 26th 1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
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July 26th 1890 – In Buenos Aires the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman's resignation.
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July 26th 1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
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July 26th 1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
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July 26th 1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
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July 26th 1936 – The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
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July 26th 1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:26 pm
July 26th 1937 – End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:27 pm
July 26th 1941 – World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:28 pm
July 26th 1944 – World War II: the Soviet army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, liberating it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:28 pm
July 26th 1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain.
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July 26th 1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:29 pm
July 26th 1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
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July 26th 1945 – The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:29 pm
July 26th 1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:30 pm
July 26th 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:30 pm
July 26th 1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
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July 26th 1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:31 pm
July 26th 1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:31 pm
July 26th 1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:31 pm
July 26th 1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:31 pm
July 26th 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:32 pm
July 26th 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
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July 26th 1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:33 pm
July 26th 1963 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:33 pm
July 26th 1963 – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
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July 26th 1965 – Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:33 pm
July 26th 1966 – Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:33 pm
July 26th 1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzũ is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:34 pm
July 26th 1971 – Apollo Program: launch of Apollo 15.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:35 pm
July 26th 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:35 pm
July 26th 1975 – Formation of a military triumvirate in Portugal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:36 pm
July 26th 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:36 pm
July 26th 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:36 pm
July 26th 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:36 pm
July 26th 1994 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders the removal of Russian troops from Estonia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:36 pm
July 26th 1999 – Cessation of combat activities after the Kargil War, celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas in India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:37 pm
July 26th 2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:37 pm
July 26th 2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/10 at 1:37 pm
July 26th 2005 – Samir Geagea, the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader, is released after spending 11 years in a solitary confinement. His release came after the end of the Syrian occupation to Lebanon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:39 pm
July 27th 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth is defeated at Dunsinane.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:39 pm
July 27th 1214 – Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:39 pm
July 27th 1302 – Battle of Bapheus: decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:40 pm
July 27th 1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
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July 27th 1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:40 pm
July 27th 1689 – Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
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July 27th 1694 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:42 pm
July 27th 1720 – The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:44 pm
July 27th 1720 – The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:46 pm
July 27th 1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
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July 27th 1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
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July 27th 1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
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July 27th 1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:47 pm
July 27th 1866 – The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
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July 27th 1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:47 pm
July 27th 1914 – Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:49 pm
July 27th 1917 – The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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July 27th 1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:49 pm
July 27th 1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:49 pm
July 27th 1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:49 pm
July 27th 1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:50 pm
July 27th 1941 – Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
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July 27th 1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:50 pm
July 27th 1953 – The Korean War ends when the United States, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:50 pm
July 27th 1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:52 pm
July 27th 1964 – Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:52 pm
July 27th 1974 – Watergate Scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:52 pm
July 27th 1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:52 pm
July 27th 1981 – British television: on Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:53 pm
July 27th 1983 – Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada |high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:53 pm
July 27th 1987 – RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:53 pm
July 27th 1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:55 pm
July 27th 1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:55 pm
July 27th 1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
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July 27th 1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:55 pm
July 27th 1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:56 pm
July 27th 2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:56 pm
July 27th 2005 – STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:56 pm
July 27th 2006 – The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/10 at 12:56 pm
July 27th 2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: news helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/10 at 12:48 pm
July 28th 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and of the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
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July 28th 1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/10 at 12:50 pm
July 28th 1809 – Peninsular War: French forces under Joseph Bonaparte suffered 7,270 casualties while Sir Arthur Wellesley's Anglo-Spanish army had 6,700 at an inconclusive battle in Talavera, Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/10 at 12:52 pm
July 28th 1976 – An earthquake measuring at least 8.2 on the Richter magnitude scale, one of the deadliest in history, flattened Tangshan, China, killing at least 240,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/10 at 12:52 pm
July 28th 2001 – At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/10 at 12:53 pm
July 28th 1896 – Miami, today the principal city and the center of the South Florida metropolitan area, the seventh largest metro area in the United States, was incorporated with a population of just over 300.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/10 at 12:25 pm
July 29th 1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watched the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/10 at 12:26 pm
July 29th 1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watched the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/10 at 1:46 pm
July 30th 762 – Baghdad is founded by caliph Al-Mansur.
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July 30th 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
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July 30th 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
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July 30th 1608 – At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/10 at 1:47 pm
July 30th 1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
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July 30th 1629 – An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.
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July 30th 1729 – Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland.
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July 30th 1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/10 at 1:52 pm
July 30th 1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
...and then went on to build Washington?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/10 at 1:52 pm
July 30th 1756 – In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.