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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:22 am
1975 - George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in UK
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:22 am
1978 - Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:24 am
1692 - In Massachusetts, Increase Mather published his "Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits," which effectively brought an end to the Salem Witch Trials which had begun earlier this year.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:25 am
1778 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'A real conviction of our weakness we cannot learn merely from books or preachers. The providence of God concurs ... in making us acquainted with ourselves.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:25 am
1832 - Birth of Carolina (aka Lina Sandell) Berg, hymnwriter. Known as the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden," her most enduring songs which survive today are: "Day by Day (And With Each Passing Moment)" and "Children of the Heavenly Father."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:25 am
1875 - Hebrew Union College was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio under Jewish auspices. It was the first Jewish college in America to train men for the rabbinate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 4:25 am
1929 - The Church of Scotland merged with the United Free Church of Scotland, retaining the name Church of Scotland. Though it maintains an official state connection, its ecclesiastical government is presbyterian (elder-led) in nature.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 10/03/10 at 7:12 am
1995 – O J Simpson acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
can't believe it's been 15 years. :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/10 at 8:37 am
can't believe it's been 15 years. :o
I can!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:30 pm
610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:30 pm
869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:31 pm
1143 – King Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:31 pm
1550 – Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:31 pm
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:31 pm
1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:32 pm
1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:33 pm
1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
"Let them eat cake!"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:33 pm
1793 – French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:33 pm
1857 – The City of Anaheim is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:34 pm
1864 – The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:34 pm
1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:36 pm
1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:36 pm
1895 – The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:37 pm
1903 – Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:37 pm
1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:38 pm
1910 – In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared .
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:38 pm
1914 – World War I: first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:39 pm
1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:39 pm
1921 – Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:40 pm
1930 – British Airship R101 crashes in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:40 pm
1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:40 pm
1944 – Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:40 pm
1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:40 pm
1945 – Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:41 pm
1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:41 pm
1948 – The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:41 pm
1953 – The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:41 pm
1962 – Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:42 pm
1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:42 pm
1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:42 pm
1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:43 pm
1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:43 pm
1970 – Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:44 pm
1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:44 pm
1974 – Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:45 pm
1981 – Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:45 pm
1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:45 pm
1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:45 pm
1988 – The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:46 pm
1990 – After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:49 pm
1991 – An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:49 pm
1991 – The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:49 pm
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:49 pm
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/10 at 12:50 pm
2001 – Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:36 pm
105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:36 pm
69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:37 pm
68 BC – Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:41 pm
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:41 pm
1600 – Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:41 pm
1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:41 pm
1762 – Seven Years' War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:42 pm
1789 – French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:42 pm
1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:42 pm
1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:42 pm
1884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:43 pm
1889 – Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:43 pm
1908 – Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:43 pm
1923 – The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:43 pm
1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:44 pm
1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:44 pm
1939 – World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:44 pm
1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:46 pm
1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:46 pm
1976 – Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on-board are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:47 pm
1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:49 pm
1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:49 pm
1977 – In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:49 pm
1977 – The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:49 pm
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:49 pm
1981 – President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:50 pm
1985 – PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:50 pm
1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:51 pm
1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:51 pm
2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:51 pm
2000 – Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:51 pm
2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/10 at 12:52 pm
2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:53 am
768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:54 am
1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:54 am
1264 – The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:54 am
1446 – The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:54 am
1514 – Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:54 am
1558 – Mérida is founded in Venezuela.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:55 am
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:55 am
1595 – The Spanish army captures Cambrai.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:56 am
1604 – Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:56 am
1635 – Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:56 am
1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:57 am
1760 – Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:57 am
1771 – The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:57 am
1776 – Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:57 am
1799 – Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:58 am
1799 – Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
...and where is the bell now?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:59 am
1804 – Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:59 am
1806 – Prussia declares war on France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:59 am
1812 – War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 4:59 am
1820 – Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:00 am
1824 – Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:00 am
1831 – Capo d'Istria is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:00 am
1835 – The Royal College, Colombo in Sri Lanka is established with the name Hillstreet Academy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:00 am
1837 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:01 am
1845 – The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:01 am
1845 – The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
...and is now on the way to becoming a saint.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:01 am
1854 – Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:02 am
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:02 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom's Brook, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:02 am
1874 – General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:02 am
1888 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:04 am
1907 – Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:05 am
1911 – An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:05 am
1913 – Steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:06 am
1914 – World War I: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:07 am
1919 – Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:09 am
1934 – Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:11 am
1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:12 am
1940 - John Lennon is born in Liverpool
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:12 am
1940 – World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:12 am
1941 – A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:13 am
1942 – Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:13 am
1942 – The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:14 am
1945 – Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:15 am
1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:15 am
1963 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:15 am
1967 – A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:15 am
1969 – In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:20 am
1970 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:22 am
1981 – Abolition of capital punishment in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:22 am
1983 – Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:23 am
1986 – The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:24 am
1989 – An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:24 am
1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, 70,000 protesters demand the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:25 am
1991 – Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:25 am
1992 – A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:27 am
1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:29 am
1999 – The last flight of the SR-71.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:29 am
2001 – Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:29 am
2006 – North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:29 am
2009 – First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/10 at 5:33 am
1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after six years
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:19 am
680 – Battle of Karbala: Hussain bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:20 am
732 – Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:20 am
1471 – Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:20 am
1575 – Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:23 am
1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:23 am
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:24 am
1631 – A Saxon army takes over Prague.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:24 am
1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:25 am
1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:25 am
1860 – The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:25 am
1868 – Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:26 am
1911 – The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:26 am
1911 – The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon and Canton.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:27 am
1913 – President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:27 am
1920 – The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:27 am
1933 – United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:27 am
1935 – A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:28 am
1938 – The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:29 am
1942 – The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:29 am
1943 – Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:29 am
1944 – Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:30 am
1945 – The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:30 am
1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:32 am
1957 – The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:32 am
1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:33 am
1964 – The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:33 am
1967 – The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:34 am
1970 – Fiji becomes independent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:35 am
1970 – In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:36 am
1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:46 am
Before:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CXWVXTLeuP0/TFe-pONHD8I/AAAAAAAABZ4/22oE1ukIhZM/s1600/london+bridge+-+1831+photo_now+standing+in+AZ_cal-la.com_08-03-10.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:47 am
1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
After:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/London_Bridge,_Lake_Havasu,_Arizona,_2003.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:48 am
1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:48 am
1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:50 am
1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:51 am
1986 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:52 am
1997 – An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:52 am
1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:52 am
2006 – The Greek city of Volos floods in one of the prefecture's worst recorded floods.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:53 am
2008 – The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:53 am
2009 – After having closed borders for about two hundred years, Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:56 am
1935 - George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:57 am
1986 - Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:57 am
1987 - Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 4:59 am
1982 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe a saint, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:04 am
1996 - "Sex & Longing" opens at Cort Theater NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:04 am
1993 - Ted Kennedy Jr (32) weds psychiatrist Katherine Gershman (34)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:05 am
1991 - Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:05 am
1981 - Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:06 am
1976 - Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:06 am
1965 - "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:06 am
1839 - British troops under Gen Charles Napier occupy Beirut
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:07 am
1868 - 1st written account of a Canadian football game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:07 am
1575 - Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:08 am
1549 - Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:08 am
1375 - Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:08 am
1865 - John Hyatts patents billard ball
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:09 am
1908 - Baseball Writers Association, formed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:11 am
1913 - Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:12 am
1946 - Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:12 am
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/10 at 8:13 am
1959 - Pan Am begins regular flights around World
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:26 pm
1138 – A massive earthquake, one of the deadliest in recorded history, struck Aleppo, Syria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:27 pm
1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated in Sydney two years after the New South Wales Legislative Council established it with the passage of the University of Sydney Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:27 pm
1865 – The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica, but eventually it was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:27 pm
1962 – Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council, the first Roman Catholic ecumenical council in 92 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:27 pm
1968 – Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in present-day Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:28 pm
1987 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in order to enforce their disarmament as a part of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:28 pm
1910 – Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright Brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 1:30 pm
1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
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Written By: nally on 10/11/10 at 1:38 pm
1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
...and only one of those people is still with us today. :(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 2:39 pm
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 2:39 pm
2002 – A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 2:39 pm
1982 – The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 2:39 pm
1950 – Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/10 at 2:40 pm
1899 – The Western League is renamed the American League.
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Written By: nally on 10/11/10 at 11:28 pm
1899 – The Western League is renamed the American League.
I assume this is in baseball?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:42 am
1398 – The Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Konrad von Jungingen signed the Treaty of Salynas, the third attempt after the 1384 Treaty of Königsberg and the 1390 Treaty of Lyck to cede Samogitia to the Knights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:42 am
1871 – The Criminal Tribes Act entered into force in British India, giving law enforcement sweeping powers to arrest, control, and monitor the movements of the members of 160 specific ethnic or social communities that were defined as "habitually criminal".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:43 am
1915 – A German firing squad executed British nurse Edith Cavell for helping Allied soldiers to escape occupied Belgium.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:43 am
1928 – An iron lung medical ventilator, designed by Philip Drinker and colleagues at Children's Hospital, Boston, was used for the first time in the treatment of polio victims.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:43 am
2000 – Two suicide bombers attacked the destroyer USS Cole while it was at anchor in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 of its crew members and injuring 39 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:43 am
2002 – A series of bombs planted by Islamist militant group Jemaah Islamiyah exploded in Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 people and injuring 209 others.
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Written By: Howard on 10/12/10 at 7:01 am
1492-Columbus sailed The Seven Seas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 1:21 pm
1492-Columbus sailed The Seven Seas.
Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached South Asia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 2:39 pm
1984 – Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/10 at 2:39 pm
1986 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China
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Written By: Howard on 10/12/10 at 7:14 pm
Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached South Asia
and believed the world was round.
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Written By: nally on 10/12/10 at 11:06 pm
and believed the world was round.
And other explorers sought out to prove him right!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:40 am
54 – Claudius was fatally poisoned by his wife Agrippina the Younger, making her 16-year-old son Nero the next Roman Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:40 am
1307 – Agents of King Philip IV of France launched a dawn raid, simultaneously arresting many members of the Knights Templar and subsequently torturing them into "admitting" heresy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:40 am
1773 – French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting, grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:41 am
1843 – The B'nai B'rith, the oldest continually operating Jewish service organization in the world, was founded in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:41 am
1917 – An estimated 100,000 people in the Cova da Iria fields near Fátima, Portugal, witnessed "The Miracle of the Sun".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:41 am
1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a remote area in the Andes mountains near the border of Chile and Argentina; the last of 16 survivors were not rescued until December 23.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:41 am
1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a remote area in the Andes mountains near the border of Chile and Argentina; the last of 16 survivors were not rescued until December 23.
Now how did the survivors survive?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:12 pm
409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:12 pm
1332 – Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan became the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/10 at 1:12 pm
1362 – The Chancellor of England for the first time opened Parliament with a speech in English.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/10 at 1:32 am
1773 – The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, was formed in Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/10 at 1:32 am
1888 – French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.