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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:29 pm
1942 – World War II: Soviet troops under General Georgy Zhukov launched Operation Uranus at the Battle of Stalingrad, with the goal of encircling Axis forces, turning the tide of the battle in the Soviet Union's favor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:30 pm
1943 – Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:30 pm
1944 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:30 pm
1946 – Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:30 pm
1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:31 pm
1954 – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:31 pm
1955 – National Review publishes its first issue.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:31 pm
1955 – National Review publishes its first issue.
Is it still published today?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:31 pm
1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:31 pm
1967 – The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:32 pm
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:32 pm
1969 – Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama at Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian football player Pelé scored his 1000th goal on a penalty kick.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:33 pm
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:33 pm
1977 – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses Boeing 727 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 130.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:33 pm
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in theran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:34 pm
1984 – San Juanico Disaster: A series of explosions at the PEMEX petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:34 pm
1985 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:34 pm
1985 – Pennzoil wins a $10.53 billion USD judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:36 pm
1988 – Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:36 pm
1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:37 pm
1994 – In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:37 pm
1996 – Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:37 pm
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:38 pm
1998 – Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for $71.5 million USD.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:38 pm
1999 – Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 12:38 pm
1994 – In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
...and I still have not won the main draw!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:05 pm
1910 - Ferenc Molnàrs "Tester," premieres in Budapest
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:06 pm
1932 - Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:07 pm
1933 - Women allowed to vote in Spain
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:07 pm
1950 - US General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:08 pm
1960 - Mickey Vernon is hired as first manager of new Washington team
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:09 pm
1980 - CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:10 pm
1990 - Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publically
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/10 at 3:11 pm
1989 - US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:45 am
284 – Diocletian became Roman Emperor, eventually establishing reforms that brought an end to the Crisis of the Third Century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:45 am
762 – During An Shi Rebellion, Tang Dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptured Luoyang from the rebels.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:45 am
1194 – Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:45 am
1407 – A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:46 am
1695 – Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, was executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:47 am
1700 – Great Northern War: Battle of Narva – King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:47 am
1739 – Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:48 am
1739 – Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Of which the world famous Portobello Market is named after.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:48 am
1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:48 am
1820 – The American whaleship Essex sank 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of the western coast of South America after it was attacked by a sperm whale.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:49 am
1820 – The American whaleship Essex sank 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of the western coast of South America after it was attacked by a sperm whale.
Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:49 am
1845 – Argentine Confederation: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:50 am
1861 – American Civil War: Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:50 am
1902 – While discussing how to promote the newspaper L'Auto during a lunch meeting in Paris, sports journalists Henri Desgrange and Géo Lefèvre came up with the idea of holding a cycling race that later became known as the Tour de France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:52 am
1910 – Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosi, denouncing President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:52 am
1917 – World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins – British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:53 am
1917 – Ukraine is declared a republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:53 am
1923 – Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:53 am
1936 – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:53 am
1940 – World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:53 am
1943 – World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins – United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:54 am
1945 – Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:54 am
1947 – The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:55 am
1952 – Slánský trials – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:56 am
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:57 am
1969 – Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:57 am
1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:57 am
1975 – Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain, dies after 36 years in power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:59 am
1979 – Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 2:59 am
1984 – The SETI Institute is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:00 am
1984 – The SETI Institute is founded.
The SETI Institute is a not-for-profit organization which is looking for evidence of life beyond Earth
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:00 am
1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:01 am
1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
This good be the start of something big!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:02 am
1989 – Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:03 am
1991 – An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan was shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:03 am
1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:04 am
1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/18/article-0-0255441D00000578-549_308x222.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:06 am
1993 – Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:06 am
1994 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (localized fighting resumes the next year).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:06 am
1998 – A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:06 am
1998 – The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:08 am
1998 – The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
http://space.about.com/library/graphics/sts-zarya.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:08 am
2001 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:08 am
2003 – After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 3:08 am
2008 – After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 4:51 am
1541 - In Switzerland, French reformer John Calvin, 32, established a theocratic government at Geneva, thereby creating a home base for emergent Protestantism throughout Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 4:52 am
1572 - The first Presbyterian meeting house in England was established at Wandsworth, Surrey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 4:52 am
1850 - Blind Fanny Crosby underwent a dramatic spiritual conversion at age 30. Fifteen years later, she began writing her first of over 8,000 hymns texts. Many of these remain popular today, including "Rescue the Perishing," "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross," "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" and "Tell Me the Story of Jesus."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 4:52 am
1872 - The hymn penned by Annie Sherwood Hawks, 36 __ "I Need Thee Every Hour" __ was first sung at a National Baptist Sunday School Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 4:52 am
1961 - The Russian Orthodox Church joined the World Council of Churches.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 4:59 am
1990 - Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 5:07 am
1981 - Ringo releases "Stop & Smell the Roses" album
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 5:07 am
1980 - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes first solar-powered flight
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 5:09 am
1976 - George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 5:09 am
1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 5:39 am
1805 - Beethoven's opera, Fidelio was first produced in a three-act version Vienna's Theater an der Wien
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:00 am
1988 - "Les Miserables," opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:00 am
1995 - "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:03 am
1995 - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:08 am
1992 - "Malcolm X" premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:08 am
1982 - Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:09 am
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:10 am
1966 - Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:10 am
1964 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:11 am
1965 - "Pickwick" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:24 am
1951 - Snowdonia becomes a National Park
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:28 am
1944 - Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/10 at 8:29 am
1866 - Howard University founded (Washington DC)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:17 am
164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:17 am
235 – Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:17 am
1272 – Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:18 am
1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:18 am
1783 – The first successful untethered flight by humans in a hot air balloon was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:19 am
1783 – The first successful untethered flight by humans in a hot air balloon was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in Paris.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Pilatre_de_Rozier.jpg/225px-Pilatre_de_Rozier.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:20 am
1789 – North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:20 am
1861 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:20 am
1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:21 am
1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/EdisonPhonograph.jpg/230px-EdisonPhonograph.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:21 am
1894 – Port Arthur massacre: Port Arthur, Manchuria falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:21 am
1905 – Albert Einstein's paper, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?, is published in the journal "Annalen der Physik". This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc².
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:22 am
1910 – The crews of the Brazilian warships Minas Geraes, São Paulo, Bahia, and Deodoro mutinied in what became known as the Revolt of the Whip
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:23 am
1916 – World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:23 am
1918 – Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:23 am
1920 – Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army killed more than a dozen British intelligence officers known as the Cairo Gang, and the Auxiliaries of the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire on players and spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:24 am
1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:25 am
1927 – Columbine Mine Massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:25 am
1942 – The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:25 am
1953 – The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:25 am
1962 – The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:26 am
1964 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, a suspension bridge connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:26 am
1964 – Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:26 am
1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:26 am
1969 – U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D.C. on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:27 am
1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:27 am
1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
Now what happened there after?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:27 am
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast – A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:28 am
1971 – Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:28 am
1974 – Explosives placed in two central pubs in Birmingham, England, killed 21 people and injured 182 others, and eventually led to the arrest and imprisonment of six people who became known as the Birmingham Six.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:29 am
1977 – Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that 'the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and the poem "God Defend New Zealand", written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:29 am
1979 – The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:30 am
1980 – A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). 87 people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:30 am
1980 – Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. The resulting whirlpool sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet down to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:31 am
1985 – United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:32 am
1986 – Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:32 am
1990 – The Charter of Paris for a New Europe refocuses the efforts of the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europeon post-Cold War issues.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:33 am
1995 – The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:34 am
1996 – A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:34 am
2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:34 am
2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:35 am
2004 – The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:35 am
2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 4:35 am
2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:27 am
1990 - Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:28 am
1975 Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:28 am
1977 First flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:28 am
1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:29 am
1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:29 am
1980 Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:29 am
1980 John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 5:29 am
1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:23 am
1638 - A General Assembly at Glasgow abolished the episcopal form of church government, adopted the presbyterian form in its place, and gave final constitution to the Church of Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:24 am
1852 - Union Institute was chartered by the Methodists in Randolph County, NC. Renamed Trinity College in 1859, the campus moved to Durham in 1892. Tobacco magnate James B. Duke endowed the school with $40 million in 1924, upon which its name was changed to Duke University.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:24 am
1907 - Birth of Jim Bishop, American journalist. He gave new life to great historical moments through his "day" books, including his 1957 chronicle of "The Day Christ Died."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:24 am
1943 - German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:24 am
1948 - The Sunday morning religious program "Lamp Unto My Feet" first aired over CBS television. It became one of TV's longest_running network shows, and aired through January 1979.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:25 am
1959 - Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 7:26 am
1959 - Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
Is it on YouTube?
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Written By: Howard on 11/21/10 at 8:11 am
1981, Olivia Newton John started a ten week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Physical', the singers fourth US No.1 went on to sell over 2 million copies, a No.7 hit in the UK.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 8:13 am
1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1981, Olivia Newton John started a ten week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Physical', the singers fourth US No.1 went on to sell over 2 million copies, a No.7 hit in the UK.
Snap!
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Written By: Howard on 11/21/10 at 8:14 am
Snap!
I'm sorry Phil I didn't realize you posted it. :o
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 10:00 am
1787 - Andrew Jackson admitted to bar
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 10:01 am
1992 - Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 10:01 am
1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 10:02 am
1992 - Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/10 at 10:04 am
November 21st 1995 - New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
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Written By: Howard on 11/21/10 at 3:04 pm
1983, Michael Jackson's 14-minute video for 'Thriller', was premiered in Los Angeles.
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Written By: nally on 11/22/10 at 12:46 pm
Nov 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated while riding through a motorcade in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson took oath of office to become the 36th President of the US. Kennedy, at 46, lived the shortest life span of any US president. :\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 12:57 pm
Nov 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated while riding through a motorcade in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson took oath of office to become the 36th President of the US. Kennedy, at 46, lived the shortest life span of any US president. :\'(
:\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:35 pm
498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore..
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:35 pm
845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:36 pm
1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:36 pm
1573 – The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:36 pm
1574 – Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:36 pm
1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:37 pm
1718 – Blackbeard the pirate was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his reign of terror in the Caribbean.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:37 pm
1812 – War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:37 pm
1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against Great Britain in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:38 pm
1858 – Denver, Colorado is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:38 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:38 pm
1869 – The Cutty Sark, one of the last sailing clippers ever to be built, was launched at Dumbarton in Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:39 pm
1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:39 pm
1928 – The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:40 pm
1935 – The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:40 pm
1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:40 pm
1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:41 pm
1943 – World War II: War in the Pacific – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:41 pm
1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:41 pm
1954 – The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:42 pm
1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:43 pm
1969 – In American football, the University of Michigan upset Ohio State University, 24-12, in Bo Schembechler's first season as Michigan's head coach. The win set off the 10 Year War between Schembechler and Ohio State's Woody Hayes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:44 pm
1973 – The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:44 pm
1974 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:44 pm
1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:45 pm
1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:45 pm
1986 – Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:46 pm
1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:47 pm
1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
Was the hijacked ever known?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:47 pm
1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:48 pm
1989 – In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad, killing him.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:48 pm
1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:49 pm
1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:50 pm
2002 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:50 pm
2003 – England win the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:51 pm
2004 – Massive protests started in cities across Ukraine, resulting from allegations that the Ukrainian presidential election between sitting Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and leader of the opposition coalition Viktor Yushchenko was rigged.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:51 pm
2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/10 at 1:51 pm
2010 – First Annual "International Write About Love Day" Declared via Matador Records and Belle And Sebastian.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 1:28 pm
1963 – The first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on BBC television with William Hartnell in the title role, starting a programme that eventually became the world's longest-running science fiction television show.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 1:28 pm
1971 – The People's Republic of China was given China's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 1:28 pm
1980 – An earthquake struck the Irpinia region of Italy, killing 2,914 people, injuring more than 10,000 and leaving 300,000 homeless.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 1:29 pm
2009 – At least 57 people, including 34 journalists, were killed in the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 1:29 pm
1867 – The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer during their rescue from jail of two Irish nationalists, who played important roles in the failed Fenian Rising.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:34 pm
534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first actor to portray a character onstage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:34 pm
1227 – Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:34 pm
1248 – Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:34 pm
1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:35 pm
1531 – The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:35 pm
1644 – John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:35 pm
1808 – French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:35 pm
1844 – Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:35 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins – Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:36 pm
1876 – Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:36 pm
1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:39 pm
1890 – King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:39 pm
1903 – Governor of Colorado James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:40 pm
1910 – Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:40 pm
1914 – Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:40 pm
1918 – Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:40 pm
1934 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:40 pm
1936 – The first edition of Life is published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:41 pm
1940 – World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:41 pm
1943 – World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:42 pm
1943 – World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:42 pm
1946 – French Navy fire in Hai Phong, Viet Nam, kills 6,000 civilians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:42 pm
1955 – The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:42 pm
1959 – General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for a "Europe, "from the Atlantic to the Urals."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:42 pm
1971 – Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:43 pm
1976 – Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:43 pm
1979 – In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:43 pm
1981 – Iran-Contra Affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:43 pm
1985 – Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:44 pm
1990 – The first all woman expedition to the south pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:45 pm
1993 – Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:45 pm
1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:46 pm
2001 – The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:46 pm
2003 – Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:47 pm
2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:47 pm
2006 – A series of bombing kills at least 215 people and injured 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.