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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 6:11 am
1538 French reformer John Calvin wrote in a letter: 'Among Christians there ought to be so great a dislike of schism, as that they may always avoid it so far as lies in their power.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 6:12 am
1790 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley, 87, made the last entry in his 55-year-long journal, written after preaching a sermon: 'I hope many even then resolved to choose the better part.' (Wesley died the following March.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 6:12 am
1911 - Missionary widow Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy Semple, 21, married Harold Stewart McPherson, also 21. Afterward, Aimee Semple McPherson went on to establish the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in 1918. (She and Harold would divorce in 1921).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 6:12 am
1956 - In Syracuse, New York, Margaret Ellen Towner became the first woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:11 am
1681 - Earl of Shaftesbury accused of high treason in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:11 am
1818 - Felix Mendelssohn, aged 9, performs his first public concert in Berlin
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:12 am
1911 - Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:13 am
1929 - Ruby Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:15 am
1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:15 am
1940 - Hitler meets Marshal Pétain
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:15 am
1940 - Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:43 am
1939 - Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/10 at 7:43 am
1939 - Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:10 pm
1147 – The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:10 pm
1147 – Seljuk Turks completely annihilate German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:11 pm
1415 – The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:12 pm
1616 – Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:12 pm
1747 – British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:13 pm
1760 – George III becomes King of Great Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:13 pm
1813 – War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:13 pm
1828 – The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:14 pm
1854 – The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:15 pm
1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:16 pm
1900 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:17 pm
1917 – Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. The date refers to the Julian Calendar date, and corresponds with November 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:17 pm
1920 – After 74 days on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney died.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:17 pm
1924 – The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party's hopes of re-election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:17 pm
1938 – The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:18 pm
1944 – Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:18 pm
1944 – The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:19 pm
1944 – The Romanian Army liberates Carei, the last Romanian city under Axis Powers occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:19 pm
1944 – Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:19 pm
1945 – The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:20 pm
1962 – Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:20 pm
1962 – Uganda joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:21 pm
1962 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:21 pm
1971 – The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:22 pm
1972 – The Washington Post reports that White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman is the fifth person to control a secret cash fund designed to finance illegal political sabotage and espionage during the 1972 presidential election campaign
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:22 pm
1977 – Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:23 pm
1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:23 pm
1983 – Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:23 pm
1991 – History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:24 pm
1995 – A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:24 pm
1997 – After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:24 pm
2004 – Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:25 pm
2007 – The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 12:25 pm
2009 – The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 1:04 pm
1990 - Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 1:05 pm
1980 - Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 1:06 pm
1980 - Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 1:09 pm
1970 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women's Golf Charities Open
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 1:10 pm
1968 - Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:24 pm
1971 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:24 pm
1971 UN General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:24 pm
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:26 pm
1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:26 pm
1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:27 pm
1147 -The armies of the Second Crusade (1147-49) were destroyed by the Saracens at Dorylaeum (in modern Turkey). The Crusaders went on with fruitless campaigns against Damascus, Syria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:28 pm
1564 - Birth of Hans Leo Hassler, sacred composer. The first notable German musician educated in Italy, Hassler left a rich musical legacy, including the hymn tune PASSION CHORALE, to which the Church now sings, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:28 pm
1800 - Birth of Jacque Paul Migne, French theological publisher. Establishing his own press in 1836, Migne published a voluminous collection of writings by the ancient Greek and Latin fathers (161 vols: "Patrologia Graecae"; 221 vols: "Patrologia Latinae") during his remaining 39 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:28 pm
1921 - Franklin Small, 48, and a group of dissatisfied members of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, obtained a Dominion charter to establish the Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada. In 1953, this group merged with the Evangelical Churches of Pentecost, whose major congregations are located today in the Canadian prairie provinces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/10 at 2:28 pm
1941 The first Youth For Christ rally was held at Bryant's Alliance Tabernacle in New York City. An international evangelical youth organization, YFC has no single founder, but rather emerged out of weekly rallies held for the youth of New York City during the 1930s.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:14 pm
306 – Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:15 pm
1597 – Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:15 pm
1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:15 pm
1689 – General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:15 pm
1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:16 pm
1775 – King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:16 pm
1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:16 pm
1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:16 pm
1811 – The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:17 pm
1825 – The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:17 pm
1859 – The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:17 pm
1860 – Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:17 pm
1861 – The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:18 pm
1861 – The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
They retired the horse?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:18 pm
1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:18 pm
1905 – Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:19 pm
1909 – Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:19 pm
1912 – First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:19 pm
1917 – World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:20 pm
1917 – World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:20 pm
1918 – Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:20 pm
1921 – The Chicago Theatre opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:20 pm
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:21 pm
1940 – The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:21 pm
1942 – World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:21 pm
1943 – World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:21 pm
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:21 pm
1947 – The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:22 pm
1948 – Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:22 pm
1955 – After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:22 pm
1955 – Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:22 pm
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:23 pm
1959 – The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:23 pm
1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:23 pm
1959 – The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time.
The dark side of the moon?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:23 pm
1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:24 pm
1977 – The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:24 pm
1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:24 pm
1984 – "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:24 pm
1985 – The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:25 pm
1992 – The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:25 pm
1992 – The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:26 pm
1992 – The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
Typical!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:26 pm
1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:27 pm
1995 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:29 pm
1999 – Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:29 pm
2000 – Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:29 pm
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:29 pm
2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 12:29 pm
2003 – The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:22 pm
1954 - Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:22 pm
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:24 pm
1964 - Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:25 pm
1970 - "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:25 pm
1970 - Tanzania begins building railway Lusaka-Drone ash Salaam
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:28 pm
1962 - Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:29 pm
1863 - Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/10 at 1:37 pm
1529 - Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:57 pm
312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:58 pm
710 – Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:58 pm
939 – Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:58 pm
1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:58 pm
1524 – Italian Wars: The French troops lay siege to Pavia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:59 pm
1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 12:59 pm
1644 – Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:00 pm
1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:00 pm
1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:00 pm
1806 – The French Army enters Berlin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:01 pm
1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:01 pm
1827 – Bellini's third opera Il pirata is premiered at Teatro alla Scala di Milano
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:01 pm
1838 – Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:01 pm
1870 – Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:02 pm
1904 – The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:02 pm
1914 – World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons), is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:02 pm
1916 – Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:02 pm
1922 – A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:02 pm
1924 – The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:03 pm
1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:03 pm
1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
Watch out for the new movie "The King's Speech"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:03 pm
1944 – World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:04 pm
1948 – Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:05 pm
1953 – British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:05 pm
1954 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:05 pm
1958 – Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:05 pm
1961 – NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:06 pm
1961 – Mauritania and Mongolia join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:06 pm
1962 – Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:06 pm
1962 – A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:07 pm
1964 – Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:07 pm
1967 – Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the Baltimore Four protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:07 pm
1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:07 pm
1973 – The Cañon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite, strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:08 pm
1981 – The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:10 pm
1986 – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:11 pm
1988 – Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:11 pm
1991 – Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:11 pm
1992 – United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:11 pm
1994 – The U.S. prison population tops 1 million for the first time in American history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:11 pm
1994 – Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:12 pm
1995 – Latvia applies for membership in the European Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:12 pm
1995 – Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:13 pm
1997 – October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:13 pm
1999 – Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:13 pm
2004 – The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:14 pm
2005 – Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:14 pm
2005 – The SSETI Express micro-satellite is successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:46 pm
1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/10 at 1:46 pm
1980 - Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:04 pm
97 – Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard, to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:05 pm
306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:05 pm
312 – Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:05 pm
1061 – Empress Agnes, acting as Regent for her son, brings about the election of Bishop Cadalus, the Antipope Honorius II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:05 pm
1516 – Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:06 pm
1531 – Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:06 pm
1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:06 pm
1628 – The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:07 pm
1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:07 pm
1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:08 pm
1707 – The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:08 pm
1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:09 pm
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:09 pm
1834 – The Battle of Pinjarra is fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:09 pm
1848 – The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:10 pm
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:10 pm
1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:10 pm
1891 – The Mino-Owari Earthquake, the largest earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:11 pm
1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
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Written By: nally on 10/28/10 at 12:11 pm
1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
I sorta remember its 100th anniversary celebration in 1986.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:12 pm
I sorta remember its 100th anniversary celebration in 1986.
I recall something happening.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:13 pm
I sorta remember its 100th anniversary celebration in 1986.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wPHcBZsikg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:14 pm
1918 – World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:14 pm
1918 – New Polish government in Western Galicia is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:15 pm
1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:15 pm
1922 – March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:15 pm
1928 – Declarated of Youth Pledge in Indonesia , the first time Indonesia Raya song was sung
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:16 pm
1929 – Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:16 pm
1936 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:16 pm
1940 – World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:17 pm
1942 – The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:17 pm
1948 – Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:17 pm
1954 – The modern Kingdom of the Netherlands is re-founded as a federal monarchy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:17 pm
1958 – John XXIII, is elected as Pope.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:18 pm
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:18 pm
1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:18 pm
1965 – Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760 year-old declaration.
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Written By: nally on 10/28/10 at 12:18 pm
1929 – Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
The next day, 10/29/29, aka Black Tuesday, was when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:19 pm
1965 – Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:19 pm
The next day, 10/29/29, aka Black Tuesday, was when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed.
I make a note that for tomorrow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:19 pm
1971 – Britain launches its first satellite, Prospero, into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:20 pm
1982 – Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:20 pm
1985 – Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:20 pm
1986 – The centenary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty is celebrated in New York Harbor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:21 pm
1995 – 289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:22 pm
1998 – An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:22 pm
2005 – Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:22 pm
2006 – Funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s – early 1940s are reburied.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:22 pm
2007 – Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:23 pm
2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 12:23 pm
2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
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Written By: nally on 10/28/10 at 12:27 pm
I make a note that for tomorrow.
To date, the Dow Jones Industrial Average's second and third-biggest percentage drops occurred on October 28 and 29th of 1929. (At the time, those were the biggest percentage drops, until 1987.)
Approximately one week later, it made its fourth-biggest % drop.
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Written By: nally on 10/28/10 at 12:30 pm
While I'm still on the subject, I'd like to mention that on this date in 2008, the Dow Industrial Avg climbed 889 points to cross the 9,065.12, its sixth largest percentage gain to date, and second largest point gain to date.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:43 pm
1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:43 pm
1965 - Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:44 pm
312 - Roman emperor Constantine, 32, defeated the army of Maxentius, a contender to the throne, at Milvian Bridge, after trusting in a vision he had seen of the cross, inscribed with the words, "In this sign conquer." Constantine was converted soon after and became the first Roman emperor to embrace the Christian faith.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:44 pm
1646 - At Nonantum, Mass., colonial missionary John Eliot ("Apostle to the New England Indians"), 42, conducted the first Protestant worship service for the Indians of North America. He also delivered the first sermon preached to the Indians in their native tongue.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:45 pm
1777 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter; 'The Lord usually reserves dying strength for a dying hour.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:45 pm
1820 - Birth of John H. Hopkins, a leader in the development of Episcopal church hymnody during the mid-19th century. Today, he is better remembered as the author and composer of the Christmas hymn, "We Three Kings of Orient Are."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/10 at 2:45 pm
1949 - American missionary martyr Jim Elliot, 22, inscribed in his journal perhaps the most oft-quoted of all his sayings: 'He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.'
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Written By: Frank on 10/28/10 at 3:24 pm
1949 - American missionary martyr Jim Elliot, 22, inscribed in his journal perhaps the most oft-quoted of all his sayings: 'He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.'
If you ever read about him and Elizabeth Elliot, it's a great story.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 1:59 pm
If you ever read about him and Elizabeth Elliot, it's a great story.
I am not sure that I will get the chance to.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 1:59 pm
539 BC – Cyrus the Great entered the city of Babylon and detained Nabonidus and finish the Babylonian captivity and gave the Jews permission to return to Yehud province and to rebuild the Temple; but most Jews chose to remain in Babylon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:04 pm
437 – Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:04 pm
969 – Byzantine troops occupy Antioch Syria
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:05 pm
1268 – Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:05 pm
1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:05 pm
1422 – Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:05 pm
1467 – Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:06 pm
1618 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:06 pm
1658 – Action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:06 pm
1665 – Battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:07 pm
1675 – Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:07 pm
1787 – Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:08 pm
1792 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:08 pm
1859 – Spain declares war on Morocco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:08 pm
1863 – Eighteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:08 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie – Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:09 pm
1886 – The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:09 pm
1901 – In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:10 pm
1901 – Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.