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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/06/10 at 2:35 pm
1997 β Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.
sad day. :(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/10 at 2:39 pm
1997 β Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion.
sad day. :(
I day I remember well, I was in central London to see the funeral cortege pass by.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/06/10 at 2:51 pm
I day I remember well, I was in central London to see the funeral cortege pass by.
I was watching it on television.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/10 at 3:02 pm
I was watching it on television.
To be on live in the USA, it must had been on tv early in the morning.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/07/10 at 7:32 am
To be on live in the USA, it must had been on tv early in the morning.
pretty early.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/10 at 12:27 pm
pretty early.
We were up early that day to get a good viewing spot.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/07/10 at 1:33 pm
We were up early that day to get a good viewing spot.
over there or on TV? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/10 at 1:43 pm
over there or on TV? ???
On of the streets of London see the funeral cortege pass by.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/07/10 at 1:46 pm
On of the streets of London see the funeral cortege pass by.
How was your view?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/10 at 1:48 pm
How was your view?
Right on the road side, we must had been about 15ft from her coffin as it went pass.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/07/10 at 1:51 pm
Right on the road side, we must had been about 15ft from her coffin as it went pass.
that's a good view.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/10 at 3:06 pm
that's a good view.
A very good view.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:16 pm
September 10th 1990 β Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, CΓ΄te d'Ivoire, one of the largest churches in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:17 pm
September 10th 1977 β Hamida Djandoubi became the last person to be guillotined in France, the official method of execution in that country. France would later abolish the death penalty in 1981.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:17 pm
September 10th 1898 β In an act of "propaganda of the deed", Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni fatally stabbed Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Geneva, Switzerland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:18 pm
September 10th 1897 β A peaceful labor demonstration made up of mostly Polish and Slovak anthracite coal miners in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, US, was fired upon by a sheriff's posse comitatus in the Lattimer Massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:18 pm
September 10th 1798 β At the Battle of St. George's Caye, a small force of British settlers called Baymen defeated an invading force from Mexico who were attempting to claim what is now Belize for Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:21 pm
September 10th 1945 β Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated in a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death in Phoenix, Arizona.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/10 at 1:23 pm
September 10th 1945 β Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated in a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death in Phoenix, Arizona.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/MikeTheHeadlessChicken.jpg/220px-MikeTheHeadlessChicken.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/10/10 at 3:09 pm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/MikeTheHeadlessChicken.jpg/220px-MikeTheHeadlessChicken.jpg
Oh Wow. :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 3:06 am
I'm sure we all know what happened today in history 9 years ago
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/10 at 3:25 am
I'm sure we all know what happened today in history 9 years ago
With respect as to what happened on that day I was planning not to post any 'Today in History' posts here today.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/11/10 at 5:43 am
I'm sure we all know what happened today in history 9 years ago
Let's All Remember.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 09/11/10 at 4:28 pm
With respect as to what happened on that day I was planning not to post any 'Today in History' posts here today.
Good idea. Btw I can remember some totally unrelated events that happened on this date in other years. (Many of which happened at least a decade ago.)
Let's All Remember.
And next year it'll be ten years since then :\'( :-X
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:34 am
1213 β Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:35 am
1229 β The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa PonΓ§a, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:35 am
1609 β Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:35 am
1683 β Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna β several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:35 am
1814 β Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:36 am
1846 β Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:36 am
1847 β Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:36 am
1848 β Switzerland becomes a Federal state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:37 am
1857 β The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13β15 tons of gold from the San Francisco Gold Rush.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:37 am
1874 β The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:37 am
1885 β Arbroath 36β0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional football.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:38 am
1890 β Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:38 am
1897 β Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:39 am
1906 β The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:40 am
1910 β Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:41 am
1919 β Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers Party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:41 am
1930 β Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:42 am
1933 β LeΓ³ SzilΓ‘rd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:42 am
1938 β Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:43 am
1940 β Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:43 am
1940 β An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:43 am
1942 β World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:43 am
1942 β World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:43 am
1943 β World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:44 am
1944 β World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany and the Chetniks continues. Bajina BaΕ‘ta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities. Near Trier, American troops enter Germany for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:45 am
1948 β Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnah's death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:45 am
1952 β Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:46 am
1958 β Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:46 am
1959 β Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:47 am
1959 β The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:47 am
1959 β The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
Did it reach it?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:47 am
1964 β Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:48 am
1966 β Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:48 am
1970 β Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:48 am
1974 β Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:49 am
1974 β Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:49 am
1977 β South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko is killed in police custody.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:50 am
1979 β Indonesia is hit with an earthquake that measures 8.1 on the Richter scale.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:50 am
1980 β Military coup in Turkey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:50 am
1983 β A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:51 am
1983 β The USSR vetoes a UN Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet shooting down of a Korean civilian jetliner on September 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:51 am
1988 β Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's YucatΓ‘n Peninsula 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:51 am
1990 β The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German re-unification.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:51 am
1992 β NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:52 am
2003 β The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:52 am
2003 β In Fallujah, US forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:52 am
2005 β Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:52 am
2007 β Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of the crime of plunder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:52 am
2008 β The 2008 Chatsworth train collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Pacific Union Freight Train kills 25 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:53 am
1940 β Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
http://www.mimenta.com/Mimenta_Art/Images/Extra%20Graphics/VA07/CavePaintingLascaux.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:56 am
1952 β Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/Flatwoods1.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:58 am
1958 β Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit.
http://blog.makezine.com/it_photo_103422_26.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 4:59 am
1959 β Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wWWrYsIEI0s/St5h6o0LLyI/AAAAAAAAEnM/qr0VTI18iq8/s400/bonanza.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 5:46 am
September 12th 1953 - Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/10 at 5:47 am
September 12th 1964 -First football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 09/12/10 at 1:02 pm
2008 β The 2008 Chatsworth train collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Pacific Union Freight Train kills 25 people.
I remember that so well; it happened locally for me. :\'( :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:26 pm
81 β Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:26 pm
786 β Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:26 pm
1180 β Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:26 pm
1607 β Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:27 pm
1682 β Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:27 pm
1741 β George Frideric Handel completed his oratorio Messiah
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:28 pm
1752 β The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:29 pm
1812 β Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:29 pm
1814 β The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:29 pm
1829 β The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:30 pm
1847 β Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:30 pm
1862 β American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:31 pm
1901 β President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:31 pm
1917 β Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:31 pm
1923 β Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:32 pm
1944 β World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:32 pm
1948 β Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:32 pm
1958 β The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:33 pm
1959 β The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:33 pm
1960 β The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:34 pm
1975 β The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:34 pm
1982 β President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:35 pm
1984 β Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:35 pm
1987 β The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:36 pm
1994 β The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:38 pm
1995 β Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:38 pm
1998 β Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:38 pm
1999 β Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:38 pm
2001 β Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 2:38 pm
2003 β In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 09/14/10 at 5:16 pm
1994 β The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
I guess this was the day that they decided to officially cancel the rest of the season, as well as the postseason?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 09/14/10 at 5:18 pm
1901 β President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, at the time, was only 42 years old, becoming the youngest person ever to become U.S. President. (The record for youngest person to be elected President is 43, set by JFK in 1960.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:36 pm
668 β Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:37 pm
921 β At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:37 pm
994 β Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:37 pm
1556 β Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:37 pm
1616 β The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:38 pm
1762 β Seven Years War: Battle of Signal Hill.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:38 pm
1776 β American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:39 pm
1789 β The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:39 pm
1812 β The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:39 pm
1812 β War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:40 pm
1820 β Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:40 pm
1821 β Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:41 pm
1830 β The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:41 pm
1831 β The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:41 pm
1835 β HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the GalΓ‘pagos Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:42 pm
1851 β Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:42 pm
1862 β American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:42 pm
1873 β Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:42 pm
1894 β First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:43 pm
1916 β World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:43 pm
1935 β The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:44 pm
1935 β Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:44 pm
1940 β World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:44 pm
1942 β World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:45 pm
1944 β Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:45 pm
1945 β A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:46 pm
1947 β RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:46 pm
1947 β Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:46 pm
1948 β The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:47 pm
1950 β Korean War: United States forces land at Incheon
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:47 pm
1952 β United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:47 pm
1958 β A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:47 pm
1959 β Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:48 pm
1961 β Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:48 pm
1962 β The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:49 pm
1963 β The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:49 pm
1966 β U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:49 pm
1968 β The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:50 pm
1972 β A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to MalmΓΆ-Bulltofta Airport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:50 pm
1974 β Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:50 pm
1975 β The French dΓ©partement of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:51 pm
1981 β The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:51 pm
1981 β The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:51 pm
1981 β Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:51 pm
1983 β Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:52 pm
1987 β United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:52 pm
1990 β France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:52 pm
1993 β Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:52 pm
1998 β With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:52 pm
2004 β National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/10 at 1:53 pm
2008 β Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:25 pm
1400 β Owain GlyndΕ΅r is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:25 pm
1620 β The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:26 pm
1701 β James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:28 pm
1701 β James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite
claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:28 pm
1776 β American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:29 pm
1795 β The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France's occupation of the Netherlands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:29 pm
1810 β With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:31 pm
1812 β Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight. The city burns down completely days later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:31 pm
1863 β Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:32 pm
1880 β The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, N.Y.. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:32 pm
1893 β Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:34 pm
1908 β The General Motors Corporation is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:34 pm
1919 β The American Legion is incorporated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:34 pm
1920 β The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City β 38 are killed and 400 injured.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:34 pm
1941 β World War II: concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom they think that they can control as a puppet ruler.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:35 pm
1945 β World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong. The surrender is accepted by the Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:35 pm
1947 β Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:36 pm
1955 β Juan PerΓ³n is deposed as the ruler of Argentina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:37 pm
1963 β Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new coutry,
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:37 pm
1966 β The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:37 pm
1970 β King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:38 pm
1975 β Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:38 pm
1975 β The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:38 pm
1975 β The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:38 pm
1976 β Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:39 pm
1978 β An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:39 pm
1980 β Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:40 pm
1982 β Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:40 pm
1987 β The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:40 pm
1990 β The railroad between Red China and Kazakhstan becomes complete at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:40 pm
1991 β The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:41 pm
1992 β Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:41 pm
2005 β The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro gets arrested in Naples, Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/10 at 1:41 pm
2007 β One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:07 pm
1176 β ByzantineβSeljuk wars: The Seljuk Turks prevented the Byzantines from taking the interior of Anatolia at the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:07 pm
1787 β The text of the United States Constitution was finalized at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:08 pm
1894 β The Imperial Japanese Navy defeated the Beiyang Fleet of Qing China in the Battle of the Yalu River at the mouth of the Yalu River in Korea Bay, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:08 pm
1916 β World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German LuftstreitkrΓ€fte, won his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:08 pm
1939 β World War II: The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, sixteen days after Nazi Germany's attack on that country from the west.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:08 pm
1978 β President Anwar Al Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel signed the Camp David Accords after twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:09 pm
1630 β The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:09 pm
1900 β Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:09 pm
1908 β The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:10 pm
1914 β Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
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Written By: nally on 09/17/10 at 3:10 pm
1630 β The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
380 years as a city, how about that!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:11 pm
380 years as a city, how about that!
20 years time, there will be celebrations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:12 pm
1956 β Television is first broadcast in Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:12 pm
1991 β The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:13 pm
2007 β AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York, New York.
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Written By: nally on 09/17/10 at 3:13 pm
20 years time, there will be celebrations.
That would be the quadricentennial (which I believe is the term for 400 years)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:13 pm
1983 β Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
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Written By: Howard on 09/17/10 at 3:29 pm
1983 β Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
and a year later poses for Penthouse.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/10 at 3:30 pm
and a year later poses for Penthouse.
Did she?
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Written By: Howard on 09/17/10 at 3:32 pm
Did she?
yes she did in 1984.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:08 am
yes she did in 1984.
Shock and scandal!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:09 am
96 β Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:09 am
324 β Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:11 am
1180 β Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:13 am
1454 β In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:13 am
1502 β Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:14 am
1635 β Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:14 am
1679 β New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:15 am
1739 β The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:15 am
1759 β The British capture Quebec City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:15 am
1793 β The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:16 am
1809 β The Royal Opera House in London opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:18 am
1810 β First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:18 am
1812 β The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:18 am
1837 β Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:19 am
1838 β The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:19 am
1850 β The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:21 am
1851 β First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:22 am
1870 β Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:22 am
1872 β King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:23 am
1873 β The Panic of 1873 begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:23 am
1873 β The Panic of 1873 begins.
There is also a panic in every year?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:24 am
1879 β The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:24 am
1882 β The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:24 am
1885 β Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:25 am
1895 β Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta Compromise" address.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:25 am
1895 β Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:26 am
1895 β Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
Ouch!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:26 am
1898 β Fashoda Incident β Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:26 am
1906 β A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:27 am
1910 β In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:30 am
1911 β Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:30 am
1914 β The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/10 at 2:30 am
1914 β World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.