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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:38 pm
1999 – The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:39 pm
2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:39 pm
2001 – Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:39 pm
2003 – Iraq war: in Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:39 pm
2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:39 pm
2004 – The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database is launched on the web and revolutionizes chemical-gene-disease information for research scientists.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/10 at 1:48 pm
1910 - 1st movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/12/10 at 7:19 pm
12 Nov 2002, I joined a website called Inthe00s.
Cat
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: DoRitos on 11/12/10 at 7:43 pm
12 Nov 2002, I joined a website called Inthe00s.
Cat
12 Nov 19?? I joined the USAF! 8)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:19 am
1002 – St. Brice's Day massacre: King Ethelred II ordered the massacre of all Danes in England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:19 am
1927 – The Holland Tunnel, connecting New York City's Manhattan with Jersey City, New Jersey, under the Hudson River, opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:20 am
1965 – The steamship SS Yarmouth Castle burned and sunk about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Nassau, Bahamas, killing about 90 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:20 am
1970 – The Bhola tropical cyclone hit the densely populated Ganges Delta in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:21 am
1992 – The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:35 am
1160 – Louis VII of France marries Adele of Champagne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:35 am
1642 – First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:36 am
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec, defended by British General Guy Carleton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:36 am
1642 – First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
Any blue plaques at that site?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:36 am
1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:37 am
1851 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers in what would become Seattle, Washington.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:38 am
1864 – The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:38 am
1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:39 am
1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Any blue plaques at that site?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:39 am
1901 – The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:39 am
1909 – Collier's magazine accuses United States Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:39 am
1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:40 am
1918 – Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:46 am
1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U 81, sinking the following day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:46 am
1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:46 am
1947 – Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:46 am
1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:46 am
1954 – Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:47 am
1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:48 am
1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:48 am
1971 – The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:49 am
1982 – Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:50 am
1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:50 am
1985 – The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:50 am
1985 – Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:50 am
1988 – Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:51 am
1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:53 am
1994 – In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:53 am
1995 – A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:54 am
2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:54 am
2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:55 am
2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:55 am
2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:55 am
2005 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been "cured" of HIV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 2:55 am
2007 – An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:51 pm
1553 - English Lady Jane Grey and Bishop Cranmer accused of high treason
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:51 pm
1565 - King Philip II's "Letters out Segovia" reaches Brussels
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:51 pm
1565 - Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:52 pm
1909 - Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:53 pm
1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:53 pm
1913 - First modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:54 pm
1960 - Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 12:55 pm
1970 - VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:15 pm
354 - Birth of St. Augustine of Hippo, greatest of the Early Latin Church Fathers. Of his many writings, two have endured: "Confessions" describes the circumstances leading to his conversion to the Christian faith, and "The City of God" was written as a Christian view of the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths in the year 410.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:15 pm
1564 - Pius IV ordered his bishops and scholars to subscribe to "Professio Fidei," the Profession of the Tridentine Faith recently formulated at the Council of Trent (1545_63) as the new and final definition of the Roman Catholic faith.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:15 pm
1618 - In the Dutch commune of Dordrecht, the Synod of Dort convened to discuss the Arminian controversy vexing the Reformed faith. In the end, about 200 Arminian (Remonstrant) ministers were deposed and fifteen were placed under arrest and later expelled from the country.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:16 pm
1804 - Anglican missionary to Persia, Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'God and eternal things are my only pleasure.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:16 pm
1962 - The name of St. Joseph was added to the canon of the Roman Catholic mass. It constituted the first alteration made to this canon since the seventh century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:16 pm
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & Ou Est Le Soleil"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/10 at 5:20 pm
1789 - Ben Franklin writes "Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/13/10 at 8:16 pm
Today the song "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart topped the charts and stayed there for 7 weeks. (1976)
love that song.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:32 am
1533 – Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:32 am
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:32 am
1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:33 am
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:33 am
1910 – Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:34 am
1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:34 am
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:34 am
1922 – The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:35 am
1923 – Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:36 am
1940 – World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:36 am
1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from U-81 sustained on November 13.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:38 am
1952 – The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:41 am
1952 – The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
The first number one record was "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino, it stayed there for 9 weeks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:42 am
1957 – The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:42 am
1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:43 am
1967 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:43 am
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:44 am
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
Mission commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:44 am
1970 – Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:45 am
1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:46 am
1971 – Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:46 am
1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:48 am
1975 – Spain abandons Western Sahara.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:49 am
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:50 am
1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:51 am
1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:51 am
1990 – After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:52 am
1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:52 am
1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:52 am
1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:52 am
1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:53 am
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:54 am
2002 – Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:54 am
2002 – The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:54 am
2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 2:54 am
2007 – The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:39 am
1833 - Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:39 am
1834 - William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:39 am
1851 - "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:40 am
1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:40 am
1908 - Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:40 am
1920 - American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:43 am
1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:45 am
1981 - Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 3:47 am
1997 - Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 4:06 am
1991 - Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video was premiered on FOX TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 4:08 am
1558 - Dutch Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons wrote in a letter: 'We ought not to dread death so. It is but to cease from sin and to enter into a better life.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 4:08 am
1739 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in his journal: 'We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 4:08 am
1741 - In Wales, English revivalist George Whitefield, 27, married widow Elizabeth Burnell, 36. (Whitefield apparently did not allow marriage to interrupt his evangelistic activities, since he was not home when their first child was born.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 4:08 am
1784 - Samuel Seabury, 55, was consecrated Bishop of Connecticut and Rhode Island, the first bishop of the American Protestant Episcopal Church, and the first Anglican bishop in America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/10 at 4:09 am
1941 - Inter_Varsity Christian Fellowship was incorporated in Chicago. An interdenominational organization with chapters at both colleges and schools of nursing, IVCF provides Christian fellowship, nurture and discipleship among Christian college_age students.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 11/14/10 at 7:56 am
1987, George Michael went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut solo album 'Faith', also No.1 in the US
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:42 am
1558 – Elizabeth I became Queen of England and Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:48 am
284 – Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:48 am
473 – The future Leo II is named associate emperor by Leo I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:48 am
1183 – The Battle of Mizushima.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:49 am
1292 – (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:49 am
1511 – Spain and England ally against France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:50 am
1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:50 am
1659 – The Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:50 am
1777 – Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:50 am
1796 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:50 am
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:51 am
1811 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:51 am
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:52 am
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:52 am
1827 – The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, is founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:52 am
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Greater Colombia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:52 am
1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:53 am
1856 – American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:53 am
1858 – Modified Julian Day zero.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:53 am
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:54 am
1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:54 am
1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:54 am
1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March is given its première performance in Moscow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:56 am
1878 – First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:56 am
1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:56 am
1905 – The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:56 am
1911 – The Omega Psi Phi fraternity, the first African-American fraternity at an historically black college or university, is founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 5:57 am
1919 – King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day). The idea is first suggested by Edward George Honey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:25 am
1922 – Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:26 am
1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:26 am
1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:26 am
1947 – The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:27 am
1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th Century.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:27 am
1950 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is enthroned as the leader of Tibet at the age of fifteen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:28 am
1953 – The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:28 am
1957 – G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause was a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:29 am
1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C. region.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:29 am
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:29 am
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:29 am
1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:29 am
1969 – Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:30 am
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:30 am
1970 – Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:30 am
1970 – Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:32 am
1970 – Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:33 am
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:33 am
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:33 am
1974 – The Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) is founded in Portugal, as a front of PCP(m-l).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:33 am
1979 – Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:33 am
1982 – Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:34 am
1983 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:34 am
1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:34 am
1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:35 am
1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:35 am
2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:35 am
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 6:35 am
2004 – Kmart Corp. announces that it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
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Written By: Howard on 11/17/10 at 8:01 am
1980 - John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 10:29 am
1970 - Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 10:32 am
1985 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 10:33 am
1991 - 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 10:34 am
1983 - Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 10:36 am
1970 - British newspaper The Sun puts first pinup girl on page 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 1:02 pm
3 (BC) - According to early Christian theologian Clement of Alexandria (ca.155_ca.220 AD), Jesus Christ was born on this date.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 1:02 pm
1758 - English churchman Philip Embury, 30, married Margaret Switzer. Afterward immigrating to America, Embury was later encouraged by his cousin Barbara Heck to found a Methodist society in New York City in 1768. Embury thus became the first Methodist preacher in North America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 1:03 pm
1775 - Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Rational assent may be the act of our natural reason; faith is the effect of immediate almighty power.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 1:03 pm
1876 - English_born Rodney ("Gipsy") Smith, 16, was converted to a living faith. Smith later became an English Wesleyan singing evangelist whose preaching emphasized the love of God.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 1:03 pm
1906 - In Toronto, Ellen Hebden experienced a Pentecostal baptism, followed soon after by her husband James. Their East End Mission afterward became a source and focal point for establishing Pentecostal holiness throughout Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/10 at 1:09 pm
1967 - Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:00 pm
326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
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1105 – Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:01 pm
1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV
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1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam (One Faith).
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1307 – William Tell, a legendary marksman in Switzerland, is said to have successfully shot an apple on his son's head with a single bolt from his crossbow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:02 pm
1421 – A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as Sint-Elisabethsvloed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:02 pm
1421 – A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as Sint-Elisabethsvloed.
Where was that little boy and his finger?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:02 pm
1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
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1494 – French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:05 pm
1626 – St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
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1686 – Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:06 pm
1730 – Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:06 pm
1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:06 pm
1809 – In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:06 pm
1863 – King Christian IX of Denmark decides to sign the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:07 pm
1865 – Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:07 pm
1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:07 pm
1903 – The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:08 pm
1904 – General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:08 pm
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:08 pm
1909 – Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:09 pm
1916 – World War I: First Battle of the Somme – in France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:09 pm
1918 – Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
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1926 – George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:09 pm
1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:09 pm
1929 – 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:10 pm
1930 – Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Sōka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:10 pm
1938 – Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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1940 – World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:10 pm
1940 – New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:10 pm
1943 – World War II – Battle of Berlin: 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:11 pm
1947 – The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:11 pm
1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:11 pm
1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:11 pm
1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:11 pm
1970 – U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:15 pm
1978 – Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:16 pm
1985 – Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson featuring six-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes, was first published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:17 pm
1987 – Iran-Contra Affair: the U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contra Affair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:17 pm
1987 – King's Cross fire: in London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:19 pm
1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:19 pm
1991 – Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:19 pm
1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Yugoslav People's Army forces captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:20 pm
1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is ratified by the House of Representatives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:20 pm
1993 – In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:20 pm
1999 – Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:21 pm
2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:21 pm
2003 – In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 2:21 pm
2003 – In a 50-page, 4–3 decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that the state may not "deny the protections, benefits and obligations conferred by civil marriage to two individuals of the same sex who wish to marry."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 3:01 pm
1905 - George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 3:01 pm
1905 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 3:03 pm
1936 - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 3:04 pm
1970 - Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 3:05 pm
1990 - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 perfs
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/10 at 3:06 pm
1993 - Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:25 pm
1095 – The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:25 pm
1493 – Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Puerto Rico, naming it San Juan Bautista after John the Baptist.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:26 pm
1794 – The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:26 pm
1816 – Warsaw University is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:26 pm
1847 – The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:26 pm
1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:27 pm
1881 – A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:27 pm
1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:27 pm
1930 – Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow commit their first robbery, the first in a long series of robberies and other criminal acts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:29 pm
1941 – World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran destroyed each other off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean.