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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:03 pm
1781 – Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:03 pm
1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:03 pm
1818 – The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the Canada – United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:04 pm
1827 – Battle of Navarino – a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:04 pm
1883 – Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:04 pm
1910 – The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:04 pm
1935 – The Long March ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:05 pm
1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:06 pm
1944 – The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:07 pm
1944 – Liquid natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:07 pm
1944 – General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:08 pm
1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:08 pm
1947 – United States of America and Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:08 pm
1951 – The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:08 pm
1952 – Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:09 pm
1967 – Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject at Six Rivers National Forest in California who they claimed was a bigfoot.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:10 pm
1967 – Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject at Six Rivers National Forest in California who they claimed was a bigfoot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJjUt2sXo5o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:11 pm
1968 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:12 pm
1968 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/10/article-1111444-00E2A43200000190-865_468x342.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:14 pm
1970 – Siad Barre declares Somalia a socialist state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:14 pm
1971 – The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:14 pm
1973 – "Saturday Night Massacre": President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:15 pm
1973 – Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, formally opened the Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:15 pm
1976 – The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:15 pm
1977 – A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:16 pm
1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 1:16 pm
1991 – The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:08 pm
1802 - Birth of Ernst W. Hengstenberg, German O.T. scholar. An outspoken defender of evangelical Christianity against the rationalism of his day, Hengstenberg's most significant writing was his four-volume "Christology of the Old Testament."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:08 pm
1828 - Birth of American lawyer Horatio Gates Spafford. In 1873, upon learning of the drowning of his four daughters following a ship collision in the Atlantic, Spafford penned the lines to the hymn, "It is Well With My Soul."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:08 pm
1892 - Birth of Harry Dixon Loes, sacred music educator. A writer of gospel songs and choruses, it was Loes who composed the hymn tune REDEEMER ("Up Calvary's Mountain, One Dreadful Morn").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:08 pm
1908 - Birth of Stuart Hamblen, country songwriter who flourished during the 1950s. His best-remembered Christian songs include "Known Only to Him," "Beyond the Sunset," and "It Is No Secret."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:09 pm
1957 - English apologist C.S. Lewis shared his longing for heaven in a letter: 'It'll be nice when we all wake up from this life, which has indeed something like a nightmare about it.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:18 pm
1990 - Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 US cities (US-Iraq)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/10 at 3:19 pm
1982 - Billy Martin fired as manager of the Oakland A's
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:05 pm
1096 – People's Crusade: The Turkish army annihilates the People's Army of the West.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:06 pm
1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:06 pm
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:07 pm
1600 – Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:07 pm
1774 – First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:08 pm
1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:08 pm
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve. It signals almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain's navy unchallenged until the twentieth century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:10 pm
1816 – The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:10 pm
1824 – Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:10 pm
1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:10 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Ball's Bluff – Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, is killed in the fighting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:11 pm
1867 – Manifest Destiny: Medicine Lodge Treaty – Near Medicine Lodge, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate a reservation in western Oklahoma.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:12 pm
1879 – Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:12 pm
1892 – Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:14 pm
1895 – The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:15 pm
1902 – In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:15 pm
1912 – During the First Balkan War, Kardzhali is liberated by Bulgarian forces
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:16 pm
1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:16 pm
1921 – George Melford's silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:19 pm
1944 – The first kamikaze attack: A Japanese plane carrying a 200 kilograms (440 lb) bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:20 pm
1945 – Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:21 pm
1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Evita.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:21 pm
1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:21 pm
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:21 pm
1965 – Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:21 pm
1966 – Aberfan disaster: A slag heap collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:22 pm
1967 – Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C.. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility. Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:23 pm
1969 – A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:23 pm
1973 – John Paul Getty III's ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:23 pm
1973 – Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:24 pm
1975 – Game 6 of the World Series is played between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. The game would be won on a home run off the left field foul pole at Fenway Park hit by Carlton Fisk in the bottom of the 12th inning, ending perhaps the greatest baseball game played in World Series history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 10/21/10 at 12:25 pm
1973 – Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
He would later pursue an acting career, starring in the 80's cop show "Hunter".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:26 pm
1977 – The European Patent Institute is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:26 pm
He would later pursue an acting career, starring in the 80's cop show "Hunter".
I think I know the program, but I never did see it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:26 pm
1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:27 pm
1979 – Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:27 pm
1983 – The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 10/21/10 at 12:27 pm
I think I know the program, but I never did see it.
I saw a few reruns of it in the early 90's.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:28 pm
I saw a few reruns of it in the early 90's.
It has not been repeated over here.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:28 pm
1986 – In Lebanon, pro-Iranian kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:28 pm
1987 – Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:28 pm
1994 – North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:28 pm
1994 – In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 12:28 pm
2003 – Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 2:02 pm
1990 - Esther Canseco calls Oakland A's manager Tony La Russa a "punk" for not starting husband Jose in the World Series
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 2:03 pm
1980 - Michael Gorbatsjov elected member of Politburo
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 2:05 pm
1970 - 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 2:05 pm
1970 - Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 2:05 pm
1970 - Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/10 at 2:08 pm
1937 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:16 pm
362 – A mysterious fire destroys the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:16 pm
794 – Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:17 pm
1383 – The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:17 pm
1575 – Foundation of Aguascalientes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:17 pm
1633 – Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:18 pm
1707 – Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:18 pm
1730 – Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:19 pm
1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:19 pm
1784 – Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:19 pm
1790 – Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:19 pm
1797 – One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:20 pm
1797 – One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
He jumped from a hot air balloon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:21 pm
1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:21 pm
1844 – The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:21 pm
1875 – First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:21 pm
1877 – The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:21 pm
1878 – The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:23 pm
1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:24 pm
1895 – In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:24 pm
1907 – Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:24 pm
1910 – Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:24 pm
1924 – Toastmasters International is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:24 pm
1926 – J. Gordon Whitheead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:25 pm
1926 – J. Gordon Whitheead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
:\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:25 pm
1928 – Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:25 pm
1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:26 pm
1941 – World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:27 pm
1943 – World War II: in the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:27 pm
1944 – World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:27 pm
1953 – Laos gains independence from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:28 pm
1957 – Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:28 pm
1960 – Independence of Mali from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:28 pm
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:28 pm
1963 – A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:29 pm
1964 – Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:29 pm
1964 – Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:29 pm
1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:30 pm
1966 – The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:30 pm
1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:31 pm
1972 – Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:31 pm
1975 – The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:31 pm
1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:31 pm
1981 – The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:31 pm
1981 – The TGV railway service between Paris and Lyon is inaugurated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:32 pm
1983 – Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:32 pm
1999 – Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:32 pm
2005 – Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:32 pm
2006 – A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:32 pm
2007 – Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/10 at 12:33 pm
2008 – India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:08 am
42 BC – Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:08 am
425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:09 am
502 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:10 am
1086 – At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:10 am
1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:10 am
1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:11 am
1641 – Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:11 am
1642 – Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:12 am
1694 – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec from the French.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:12 am
1707 – The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:12 am
1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:13 am
1812 – Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:14 am
1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:14 am
1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:14 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:15 am
1867 – 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:15 am
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:15 am
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:15 am
1911 – First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:16 am
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:16 am
1915 – Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:16 am
1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:17 am
1929 – Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:17 am
1929 – The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:18 am
1935 – Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:18 am
1941 – World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:18 am
1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:19 am
1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:19 am
1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:19 am
1944 – World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:20 am
1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:20 am
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:20 am
1956 – Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:21 am
1958 – The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:21 am
1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story Le flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the weekly comics magazine Spirou
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:21 am
1965 – Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:21 am
1972 – Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:22 am
1973 – The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:22 am
1973 – A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:22 am
1983 – Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. Marines. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:22 am
1989 – The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:23 am
1989 – Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:23 am
1992 – Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:23 am
1993 – Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:23 am
1998 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:23 am
2001 – Apple releases the iPod.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:24 am
2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:24 am
2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 1:24 am
2007 – A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:13 am
1905 - Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:14 am
1910 - Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:14 am
1910 - Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1 in 7th World Series
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:19 am
1970 - Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:20 am
1990 - Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:23 am
1989 - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:23 am
1989 - George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:25 am
1977 - Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 34-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 2:25 am
1963 - Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 9:47 am
1239 - In England, the main cathedral at Wells (begun c.1186) was consecrated. The most striking interior feature of the cathedral are the inverted arches (14th century) by which the piers of the tower are strengthened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 9:47 am
1385 - In Germany, the University of Heidelberg was founded under Pope Urban VI as a college of the Cistercian order. (Among its faculties today are theology, law, medicine and philosophy.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 9:48 am
1857 - Delegates from eight states met in Nashville and organized the Southern Baptist Sunday School Union. The organization proved short-lived, when it was nullified by the onset of the American Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/10 at 9:48 am
1871 - Birth of Edgar J. Goodspeed, American Greek N.T. scholar. He taught at the University of Chicago 1898-1937. In 1931, he co-authored with JMP Smith "The Bible: An American Translation," better known today as "Smith and Goodspeed."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:19 am
69 – Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:19 am
1147 – After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques, reconquered Lisbon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:19 am
1260 – The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:19 am
1260 – Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:20 am
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:20 am
1590 – John White, The governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:20 am
1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:21 am
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:21 am
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:21 am
1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:22 am
1861 – The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:23 am
1892 – Goodison Park, the world's first association football specific stadium is opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:24 am
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:24 am
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Not the last one too?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:24 am
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:24 am
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:25 am
1917 – Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:25 am
1917 – The day of the October revolution, The Red Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:25 am
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:26 am
1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:26 am
1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:26 am
1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:27 am
1944 – World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:27 am
1945 – Founding of the United Nations
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:28 am
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:31 am
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
http://www.tobedetermined.org/images/1stPhotoFromSpace.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:31 am
1947 – Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:32 am
1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:32 am
1957 – The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:33 am
1960 – Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:33 am
1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:33 am
1973 – Yom Kippur War ends
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:34 am
1977 – Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:34 am
1980 – Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:35 am
1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:35 am
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:37 am
1998 – Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:37 am
2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:37 am
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:42 am
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
This day I remember well, I had preset myself earlier in the week to be at a good location below the flight path to view (and take photos) of the Concordes flying above. At that time (it was a Friday) I had to remain at work and only saw the planes from a long distance away. I could hear them from that distance of over 2½ miles.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:45 am
This day I remember well, I had preset myself earlier in the week to be at a good location below the flight path to view (and take photos) of the Concordes flying above. At that time (it was a Friday) I had to remain at work and only saw the planes from a long distance away. I could hear them from that distance of over 2½ miles.
http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/concorde2/images/Concorde_3.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:45 am
2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:46 am
http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/concorde2/images/Concorde_3.jpg
I miss the sight of Concorde flying above, it looked a magical sight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:46 am
2006 – Justice Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down the "motive clause", an important part of the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:47 am
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 1:48 am
1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
Is October 24th a bad day for stock exchanges?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:30 am
October 24th 1990 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:31 am
1970 - Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:31 am
1970 - Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:47 am
1965 - Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today," premieres
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:48 am
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:48 am
1968 - Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on £50 bail
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:51 am
1979 - Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:53 am
2009 - First International Day of Climate Action, organized with 350.org, a global campaign to address a claimed global warming crisis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 3:54 am
1996 - Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)