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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:47 pm
2007 – MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There were no fatalities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:47 pm
2009 – The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:53 pm
1909 - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:54 pm
1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:54 pm
1905 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:54 pm
1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:54 pm
1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:55 pm
1926 - Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in NYC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:55 pm
1930 - NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:57 pm
1931 - Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:57 pm
1937 - Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in NYC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:57 pm
1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men," premieres in NYC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:58 pm
1943 - British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:58 pm
1943 - Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:59 pm
1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:59 pm
1948 - Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 2:59 pm
1950 - Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:00 pm
1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:00 pm
1960 - Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:00 pm
1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:00 pm
1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:03 pm
1963 - JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:03 pm
1963 - JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
:\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:04 pm
1963 - LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:04 pm
1964 - Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:05 pm
1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:05 pm
1966 - Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:06 pm
1971 - Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:06 pm
1977 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 perfs
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:07 pm
1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:08 pm
1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:08 pm
1988 - Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:09 pm
1991 - A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:11 pm
1654 - French mathematician Blaise Pascal, 31, underwent a profound religious conversion. He thereupon abandoned his study of science, having realized that "the Christian religion obliges us to live only for God, and to have no other aim than him."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:11 pm
1729 - German_born John Philip Boehm, 46, was formally ordained a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. Boehm had previously come to America in 1720, where he began organizing religious services among German Reformed immigrants in Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:11 pm
1742 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'Two things I would earnestly recommend to your constant study: the book of God, and your own heart. These two, well understood, will make you an able minister of the New Testament.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:12 pm
1947 - E. L. Sukenik of Jerusalem's Hebrew University first received word of the existence of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The documents, dating between 200 BC and AD 70, had been accidentally discovered the previous winter (1946_47) by two Bedouin shepherds in the vicinity of Qumran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/10 at 3:12 pm
1970 - Pope Paul VI issued a decree barring cardinals over the age of 80 from voting for a new pope.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:04 pm
380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:04 pm
1429 – Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:04 pm
1542 – Battle of Solway Moss: The English army defeats the Scots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:04 pm
1639 – The first confirmed observation of the transit of Venus was made by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree, after having been predicted by Horrocks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:05 pm
1642 – A Dutch expedition led by Abel Tasman reached present-day Tasmania, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:06 pm
1835 – The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:06 pm
1850 – Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:06 pm
1859 – On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin (pictured) was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:07 pm
1859 – On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin (pictured) was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Charles_Darwin_aged_51.jpg/82px-Charles_Darwin_aged_51.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:07 pm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Charles_Darwin_aged_51.jpg/82px-Charles_Darwin_aged_51.jpg
He looks familiar!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:08 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain – Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:08 pm
1906 – The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:09 pm
1922 – Irish Civil War: Author and Irish nationalist Robert Erskine Childers was executed by firing squad by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying an automatic pistol.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:09 pm
1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:09 pm
1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:10 pm
1940 – World War II: Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:10 pm
1941 – World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:10 pm
1943 – World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks with nearly 650 men killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:10 pm
1944 – World War II: Bombing of Tokyo – The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:10 pm
1950 – The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, paralyzes the northeastern United States and the Appalachians, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die as a result of the storm.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:11 pm
1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:11 pm
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting happens to be broadcast live on television.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:12 pm
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting happens to be broadcast live on television.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xU7Lhd7Wwo
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:15 pm
1963 – Vietnam War: Newly sworn-in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam both militarily and economically.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:15 pm
1965 – Joseph Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:15 pm
1966 – Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:16 pm
1969 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:16 pm
1971 – After collecting a ransom payout of US$200,000, "D. B. Cooper" leaped out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:17 pm
1971 – After collecting a ransom payout of US$200,000, "D. B. Cooper" leaped out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.
..and was never knowingly seen again.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:18 pm
1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:18 pm
1974 – A group of paleoanthropologists led by Donald Johanson discovered a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, nicknaming it "Lucy" after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:19 pm
1992 – A China Southern Airlines domestic flight in the People's Republic of China, crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 1:19 pm
1993 – In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:15 pm
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:16 pm
1962 - Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:16 pm
1964 - Rebellion ends in Zaire
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:17 pm
1966 - 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:17 pm
1966 - 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:17 pm
1966 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:17 pm
1966 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:17 pm
1966 - The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:18 pm
1971 - Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:19 pm
1974 - Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:19 pm
1975 - "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:20 pm
1980 - Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:21 pm
1985 - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:21 pm
1991 - Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 2:25 pm
2007 - Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/10 at 3:08 pm
November 24rd 1991 - The day after he has confirms AIDS Freddie Mercury dies at 45
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 2:49 pm
1034 – After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis, Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of Scots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 2:49 pm
1120 – William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, drowned in the White Ship Disaster, leading to a succession crisis which would bring down the Norman monarchy of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 2:49 pm
1795 – Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last King of Poland, was forced to abdicate after the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 2:49 pm
1970 – Failing to instigate a military coup to restore the powers of the Emperor of Japan, Yukio Mishima committed the ritual suicide seppuku at the Japan Self-Defense Forces headquarters in Tokyo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 2:50 pm
1975 – Johan Ferrier became the first President of Suriname.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 2:52 pm
1984 – 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:22 pm
1755 - King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:24 pm
1902 - Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:24 pm
1913 - Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:24 pm
1937 - World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:25 pm
1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:26 pm
1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/4218396203_1a2cfea621.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:26 pm
1953 - "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:26 pm
1952 - Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," premieres in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:26 pm
1959 - "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:27 pm
1960 - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:27 pm
1960 - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:28 pm
1969 - John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:33 pm
1966 - Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/10 at 3:34 pm
1966 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:12 pm
43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed the Second Triumvirate alliance.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:13 pm
783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:14 pm
1476 – Vlad the Impaler (pictured) defeated Basarab Laiotă with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:14 pm
1476 – Vlad the Impaler (pictured) defeated Basarab Laiotă with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Vlad_Tepes_002.jpg/100px-Vlad_Tepes_002.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:14 pm
1778 – An expedition led by James Cook reached Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:15 pm
1784 – The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:16 pm
1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:16 pm
1805 – The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the longest and highest aqueduct in Great Britain, carrying the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee in northeast Wales, opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:25 pm
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:27 pm
1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:27 pm
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:27 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Mine Run – Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:27 pm
1863 – President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26th as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November (since 1941, on the fourth Thursday).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:30 pm
1865 – Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:30 pm
1909 – Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:30 pm
1913 – Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:31 pm
1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:31 pm
1918 – The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:32 pm
1922 – Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:32 pm
1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:33 pm
1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:33 pm
1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:33 pm
1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:33 pm
1949 – The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:33 pm
1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:50 pm
1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:50 pm
1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:50 pm
1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:52 pm
1977 – 'Vrillon', claiming to be the representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes at 5:12 PM.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:52 pm
1983 – Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:52 pm
1986 – Iran-Contra scandal: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:53 pm
1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:53 pm
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:54 pm
2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:54 pm
2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:54 pm
2004 – Male Po'ouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:54 pm
2008 – The first of many attacks on Mumbai, India are fired. These ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 166 and injure more than 300 people in Mumbai.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 3:55 pm
2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45648000/jpg/_45648820_concorde_160409_exlib_subclip_347-44948_bristol_11369_0001.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:01 pm
1956 - "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:01 pm
1960 - Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
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Written By: nally on 11/26/10 at 4:02 pm
1956 - "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC
with Bill Cullen as the emcee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:02 pm
with Bill Cullen as the emcee.
Is it on YouTube?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:02 pm
1961 - Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
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Written By: nally on 11/26/10 at 4:04 pm
Is it on YouTube?
There might be a few partial episodes available there. I know that the current "Price Is Right" (which began in 1972 with host Bob Barker) has some past moments that have been Youtubed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:06 pm
There might be a few partial episodes available there. I know that the current "Price Is Right" (which began in 1972 with host Bob Barker) has some past moments that have been Youtubed.
I will look later on.
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Written By: nally on 11/26/10 at 4:06 pm
I will look later on.
I'll probably do the same. Right now I need to go and have some lunch.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:10 pm
1975 - Fred Lynn becomes the 1st rookie to win MVP
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:11 pm
1976 - Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:18 pm
1982 - Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:20 pm
1995 - 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:20 pm
1995 - Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:21 pm
1995 - Ireland votes (50.3%) to end 58 year ban on divorce
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:21 pm
1991 - Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:22 pm
1993 - Political campaigners James Carville (49) & Mary Matalin wed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:24 pm
1996 - Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:24 pm
1990 - 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:24 pm
1990 - Buffalo Bills become 6th 1st place NFL team to lose on same weekend
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:25 pm
1990 - Matsusheesha purchases MCA for $6.6 billion
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:25 pm
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:25 pm
1990 - Premier Mazowiecki of Poland, resigns
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:29 pm
1985 - Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/10 at 4:30 pm
1932 - Don Bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:22 am
176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grant his son Commodus the rank of Imperator and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:23 am
1095 – At the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade, declaring holy war against the Muslims who had occupied the Holy Land and were attacking the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:23 am
1295 – The first elected representatives from Lancashire are called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:23 am
1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:24 am
1815 – As specified by the Congress of Vienna, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed for the newly recreated Polish state that was under Russian control.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:25 am
1830 – St. Catherine Laboure experienced a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:25 am
1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:25 am
1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:26 am
1863 – American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:26 am
1868 – Indian Wars: Battle of Washeesha River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:26 am
1886 – German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for "Effi Briest", a classic work of German literature.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:28 am
1895 – Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, setting aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:29 am
1901 – The U.S. Army War College is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:29 am
1912 – Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:29 am
1924 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:29 am
1934 – Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:30 am
1940 – In Romania, the ruling party Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania's aides, including former minister Nicolae Iorga.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:31 am
1940 – World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:31 am
1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:31 am
1944 – World War II: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump at Fauld, Staffordshire kills seventy people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:31 am
1954 – Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:32 am
1963 – The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:32 am
1964 – Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:32 am
1965 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:32 am
1971 – The Soviet space orbiter Mars 2 became the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars when it malfunctioned and crashed onto the planet's surface.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:33 am
1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:34 am
1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:35 am
1978 – San Francisco mayor George Moscone and openly gay supervisor Harvey Milk (pictured) were assassinated by supervisor Dan White.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:36 am
1978 – San Francisco mayor George Moscone and openly gay supervisor Harvey Milk (pictured) were assassinated by supervisor Dan White.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Milk_at_Moscone_desk_cropped.jpg/84px-Milk_at_Moscone_desk_cropped.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:36 am
1978 – The Kurdish party PKK was founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:36 am
1983 – Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:37 am
1984 – Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:37 am
1989 – Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:37 am
1991 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:37 am
1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:38 am
1997 – Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:38 am
1999 – The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:38 am
2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:38 am
2004 – Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:39 am
2005 – French oral and maxillofacial surgeon Bernard Devauchelle performed the world's first partial face transplant on a living human, replacing Isabelle Dinoire's face after her Labrador retriever mauled her.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 12:39 am
2006 – The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:15 am
2006 - Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic, resigned from his position as lifetime senator.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:16 am
2004 - New Zealand's All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:16 am
1999 - The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:17 am
1997 - Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:17 am
1992 - Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:18 am
1991 - Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:18 am
1990 - Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:20 am
1989 - George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" & "Poor Little Girl"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:20 am
1987 - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:21 am
1977 - "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial NY after 66 perf
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:22 am
1976 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:23 am
1973 - Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:24 am
1970 - George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:24 am
1970 - Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:26 am
1967 - Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:28 am
1910 - NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:28 am
1910 - NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
How big is it?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:32 am
1870 - NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:36 am
1895 - Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:36 am
1896 - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 1:41 am
1889 - First permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 8:32 am
1755 - Land for the first Jewish settlement in America was purchased by Joseph Salvador, who bought 10,000 acres near Fort Ninety_Six, in the southern part of the Carolina Colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 8:32 am
1862 - Birth of Adelaide Pollard, Presbyterian hymnwriter. Plagued with frail health most of her life, she lived the life of a mystic. Of the several hymns she penned, "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" is still popular today.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 8:32 am
1950 - American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'What gets me into the Kingdom, from Christ's own statement, is not saying "Lord, Lord," but acting "Lord, Lord."''
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 8:33 am
1953 - English Christian apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage but also a weakness we must ask Him to pardon __ for He's told us to take no care for the morrow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/10 at 8:46 am
1967 - Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:39 am
1095 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:39 am
1443 – Rebelling against the Ottoman Empire, Skanderbeg and his forces liberated Kruja in Middle Albania and raised the Albanian flag.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:40 am
1520 – Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean from the now-eponymous Strait of Magellan, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:40 am
1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:41 am
1660 – At London's Gresham College, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists founded a learned society now known as the Royal Society.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:41 am
1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:41 am
1785 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:42 am
1811 – Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, was premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:42 am
1814 – The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:43 am
1821 – Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:43 am
1843 – Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:43 am
1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General John Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:44 am
1893 – Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:44 am
1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/10 at 12:45 am
1905 – Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.