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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:10 pm
1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:10 pm
1921 – The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:10 pm
1921 – Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in USA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:11 pm
1921 – The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:11 pm
1922 – The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:12 pm
1923 – Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:12 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.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:13 pm
1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:13 pm
1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
Noted!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:13 pm
1941 – Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:14 pm
1942 – Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:14 pm
1944 – The city of Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:15 pm
1945 – Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:15 pm
1948 – Safsaf massacre
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:15 pm
1953 – BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco, California. Pianist William Kapell is among the 19 killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:15 pm
1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:15 pm
1956 – Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:16 pm
1956 – Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:16 pm
1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:16 pm
1960 – In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:18 pm
1961 – Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:18 pm
1964 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the Republic of Tanzania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:18 pm
1964 – A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:18 pm
1966 – National Organization For Women is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:19 pm
1967 – London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:19 pm
1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:19 pm
1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:19 pm
1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:21 pm
1980 – Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, leaves for New York from his home in Hawaii.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:21 pm
1983 – Over 500,000 people demonstrate against cruise missiles in The Hague, Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:22 pm
1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:23 pm
1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:23 pm
1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:23 pm
1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:23 pm
1998 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:24 pm
1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:24 pm
1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:24 pm
1998 – While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:24 pm
1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:25 pm
1998 – The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden claims 63 lives and injures 200.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:25 pm
1999 – A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:25 pm
2002 – Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:26 pm
2004 – The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:26 pm
2004 – In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:26 pm
2005 – 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 2:26 pm
2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 3:12 pm
1989 - Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 3:13 pm
1982 - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 3:14 pm
1910 - Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 3:15 pm
1888 - Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/10 at 3:15 pm
1889 - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 10/29/10 at 8:00 pm
October 29, 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
How about that!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 10/29/10 at 8:01 pm
1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
A sad but historical event. :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 12:42 am
How about that!
That day had to come!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 1:59 am
1998 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
1998 – While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
1998 – The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden claims 63 lives and injures 200.
It looks like that October 29th can be a busy day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:09 am
758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:09 am
1137 – Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:09 am
1226 – Tran Thu Do, head of the Tran clan of Vietnam, forces Ly Hue Tong, the last emperor of the Ly dynasty, to commit suicide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:10 am
1270 – The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:10 am
1340 – Battle of Rio Salado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:10 am
1470 – Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats the Yorkists in battle.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:10 am
1485 – King Henry VII of England is crowned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:11 am
1501 – Ballet of Chestnuts – a banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:11 am
1831 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:12 am
1863 – Danish Prince Wilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:12 am
1864 – Second war of Schleswig ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:12 am
1864 – Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:13 am
1894 – Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:13 am
1905 – Czar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:14 am
1918 – The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:14 am
1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:15 am
1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:15 am
1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:16 am
1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
So he is to blame for it all!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:16 am
1929 – The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:16 am
1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:16 am
1941 – World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:16 am
1941 – 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:17 am
1944 – Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:18 am
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:19 am
1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:19 am
1950 – Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:19 am
1953 – Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:20 am
1960 – Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:21 am
1961 – Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates the hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; at 58 megatons of yield, it is still the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or otherwise.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:21 am
1961 – Because of "violations of Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin wall with a plain granite marker instead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:21 am
1965 – Vietnam War: Just miles from Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13-year-old Vietnamese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:21 am
1970 – In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:23 am
1972 – A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois kills 45 and injures 332.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:23 am
1973 – The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:24 am
1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:25 am
1975 – Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:29 am
1980 – El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:30 am
1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:30 am
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:55 am
1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:56 am
1991 – The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:56 am
1993 – Greysteel massacre: The Ulster Freedom Fighters, a loyalist terrorist group, open fire on a crowded bar in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are killed and thirteen wounded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:57 am
1995 – Quebec sovereignists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada (vote is 50.6% to 49.4%).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 6:59 am
2000 – The last Multics machine is shut down.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:01 am
2002 – British Digital terrestrial television (DTT) Service Freeview begins transmitting in parts of the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:01 am
2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:03 am
1536 - Thirteen years after Lutheran ministers came to bring spiritual renewal to its people, Denmark adopted Lutheranism as its official state religion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:03 am
1738 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley explained in a letter: 'By a "Christian," I mean one who so believes in Christ as that sin hath no more dominion over him.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:03 am
1768 - The Wesley Chapel on John Street in New York City was dedicated. It was the first Methodist church building to be erected in the American colonies, and was restored in 1817, and again in 1840.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:03 am
1902 - Pope Leo XIII published the apostolic letter "Vigilantiae," which officially established the Pontifical Commission of Biblical Studies. Created to safeguard the authority of Scripture from outside secular criticism, in 1904 the Commission was empowered to confer academic degrees.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:04 am
1976 - Dr. Joseph H. Evans was elected president of the United Church of Christ. It made him the first African-American leader of this predominantly white denomination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/10 at 7:10 am
1485 - Henry VII of England crowned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:30 am
475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:30 am
1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:31 am
1587 – Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:31 am
1822 – Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Mexican Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:31 am
1861 – American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:31 am
1863 – The Maori Wars resumes as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:32 am
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:32 am
1876 – A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:33 am
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:33 am
1913 – The Indianapolis Street Car Strike and subsequent riot begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:34 am
1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba – "last successful cavalry charge in history".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:35 am
1918 – Banat Republic is founded
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:36 am
1923 – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:36 am
1924 – World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:37 am
1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:37 am
1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:38 am
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends – the United Kingdom prevents a German invasion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:38 am
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends – the United Kingdom prevents a German invasion.
The movie Battle of Britain was on TV yesterday.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:38 am
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:39 am
1941 – World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:39 am
1941 – A fire in a clothing factory in Huddersfield, England kills 49
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:39 am
1943 – World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:40 am
1954 – Algerian War of Independence: The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:40 am
1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:41 am
1959 – Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:41 am
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:41 am
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.
Where was it taken to?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:42 am
1963 – An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people during an ice skating show. The explosion also injures 400. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:42 am
1968 – Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:42 am
1973 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:42 am
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two security guards. Riots soon break out in New Delhi and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:43 am
1986 – The 5th congress of the Communist Party of Sweden is inaugurated. During the course of the congress the party name is changed to the Solidarity Party and the party ceases to be a communist party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:43 am
1994 – An American Eagle ATR-72 crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after circling in icy weather, killing 68 passengers and crew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:44 am
1996 – A Fokker F100 operating as TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:44 am
1997 – 19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, convicted by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:45 am
1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:45 am
1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:45 am
1999 – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:46 am
2000 – A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 006 collides with construction equipment upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan killing 79 passengers and four crew members.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:46 am
2000 – A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:47 am
2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:48 am
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:49 am
2003 – A bankruptcy court approves MCI's reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 2:49 am
2003 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:01 am
451 - At the 15th Session of the Council of Chalcedon, Canon 28 was adopted, granting Constantinole a patriarchate extending over the civil dioceses of Pontus, Asia, and Thrace.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:01 am
1517 - German Augustinian monk Martin Luther, 31, nailed to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg a list of 95 theological points he wished to debate ... and touched off the Protestant Reformation!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:02 am
1832 - American Episcopal scholar George Washington Doane, 33, was consecrated as second Bishop of the Diocese of NJ. Doane is better remembered today as author of the hymn, "Softly Now the Light of Day."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:02 am
1852 - Swiss moral philosopher Henry F. Amiel wrote in his journal: 'Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:03 am
1870 Birth of Hugh Ross Mackintosh, Scottish theologian. Teaching systematics at Edinburgh 1904-35, Mackintosh had a firm grasp of the German theological writers of his day and sought to make their teachings known in Britain, for which he was unfairly judged a liberal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:04 am
1980 - Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:04 am
1982 - Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pontiff to visit Spain
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:04 am
1983 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:05 am
1983 - Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:08 am
1968 - Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:08 am
1960 - Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:10 am
1975 - Bob Geldof 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:11 am
1995 - NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/10 at 4:11 am
1984 - Howard Goodall/Melvyn Bragg's musical "Hired Man," premieres in London
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Written By: Howard on 10/31/10 at 7:32 am
1983 Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour premieres on NBC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:07 pm
996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:07 pm
1179 – Philip II is crowned King of France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:07 pm
1348 – The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:08 pm
1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:09 pm
1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~bigler/pictures/europe2002/italy/sistine%20chapel.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:09 pm
1520 – The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:10 pm
1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitheall Palace in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:10 pm
1611 – William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitheall Palace in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:10 pm
1612 – (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:10 pm
1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:11 pm
1755 – Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:11 pm
1765 – The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:11 pm
1790 – Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:12 pm
1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:13 pm
1802 – Delegates meet at Chillicothe, Ohio to form a state constitutional convention.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:13 pm
1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:13 pm
1814 – Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:13 pm
1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:14 pm
1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:15 pm
1861 – American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:15 pm
1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:15 pm
1876 – New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:15 pm
1884 – The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:16 pm
1886 – Ananda College, a leading Buddhist school in Sri Lanka is established with 37 students.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:17 pm
1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:17 pm
1896 – A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:17 pm
1896 – A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
I am NOT looking for this image!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:18 pm
1897 – The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:18 pm
1901 – Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:18 pm
1911 – The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:19 pm
1914 – World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:19 pm
1915 – Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:19 pm
1916 – Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:19 pm
1918 – Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:20 pm
1918 – Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:20 pm
1920 – American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:20 pm
1922 – The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:20 pm
1928 – The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:22 pm
1937 – Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:23 pm
1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:24 pm
1939 – The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:26 pm
1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:27 pm
1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
http://www.theartcounselor.com/dsnider/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ansel-adams-moonrise-hernandez.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:27 pm
http://www.theartcounselor.com/dsnider/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ansel-adams-moonrise-hernandez.jpg
Is this the correct image?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:27 pm
1942 – Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 4.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:28 pm
1943 – World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:28 pm
1943 – World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:28 pm
1944 – World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:28 pm
1945 – The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro. Australia joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:29 pm
1946 – The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68-66.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:29 pm
1948 – Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:30 pm
1950 – Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:30 pm
1950 – Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:30 pm
1951 – Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:30 pm
1952 – Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" , in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:31 pm
1953 – Andhra Pradesh attained statheood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:31 pm
1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:31 pm
1955 – The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:31 pm
1956 – The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:31 pm
1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:32 pm
1959 – Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:33 pm
1959 – In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:34 pm
1960 – While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:35 pm
1961 – 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:35 pm
1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:35 pm
1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:35 pm
1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:36 pm
1973 – Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:37 pm
1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:37 pm
1981 – Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:37 pm
1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:37 pm
1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 1:37 pm
2000 – Serbia joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Howard on 11/01/10 at 1:58 pm
1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
What happened to the rating NC-17? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 2:02 pm
What happened to the rating NC-17? ???
Judging by wiki...
Nothing has changed to NC-17, it is still running.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 3:06 pm
1904 - George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 3:06 pm
1910 - 1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/10 at 3:07 pm
1960 - Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/10 at 2:37 am
November 2nd 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/10 at 1:31 pm
644 – Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/10 at 1:31 pm
1468 – Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/10 at 1:32 pm
1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/10 at 1:32 pm
1783 – John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/10 at 1:32 pm
1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded.