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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:04 am
1997 - SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Florida, freeing 2 young hostages
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:04 am
1997 - TWA 800 hearings end in Baltimore MD
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:05 am
1995 - Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:06 am
1995 - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:06 am
1995 - Israeli PM Shimon Peres address both house of US congress
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:06 am
1995 - NBA referees return to work after striking
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:10 am
1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:10 am
1992 Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:10 am
1992 Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:11 am
1992 New York Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:14 am
1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:15 am
1981 Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:15 am
1975 Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill President Gerald Ford
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 6:17 am
1906 - Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish cabinet member, appointed Secretary of Commerce
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 9:44 am
1792 - In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (aged 22) receives first lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 9:48 am
1791 - Bank of US opens
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 9:48 am
1899 - George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/10 at 9:49 am
1900 - National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice & Sing," composed
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:06 pm
546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:07 pm
920 – Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:07 pm
942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:08 pm
1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:08 pm
1531 – Pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:08 pm
1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:09 pm
1577 – Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:09 pm
1583 – Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeated the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:09 pm
1586 – Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:10 pm
1600 – Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:10 pm
1637 – Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:10 pm
1718 – Great Britain declares war on Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:11 pm
1777 – France formally recognizes the United States of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:11 pm
1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:11 pm
1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Monolito_de_la_Piedra_del_Sol.jpg/225px-Monolito_de_la_Piedra_del_Sol.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:12 pm
1807 – France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:13 pm
1812 – War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:13 pm
1819 – Simón Bolívar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:13 pm
1837 – Fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg occurred.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:14 pm
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:14 pm
1865 – First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:15 pm
Baptised 17 December 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:16 pm
1903 – The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:16 pm
1907 – Ugyen Wangchuck was crowned first King of Bhutan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:16 pm
1918 – Culmination of the Darwin Rebellion as some 1000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:16 pm
1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:17 pm
1926 – Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:19 pm
1935 – First flight of the Douglas DC-3 airplane.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:19 pm
1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate – The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:19 pm
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:20 pm
1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge – Malmedy massacre – American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:20 pm
1947 – First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:21 pm
1950 – The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:22 pm
1957 – The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:22 pm
1960 – Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:22 pm
1960 – 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash: 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground were killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:24 pm
1961 – History of Goa: Operation Vijay – India seizes Goa from Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:24 pm
1967 – Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and was presumed drowned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:25 pm
1967 – Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and was presumed drowned.
What actually happened to him that day?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:25 pm
1969 – The SALT I talks begin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:25 pm
1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs, stating that sightings were generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:25 pm
1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs, stating that sightings were generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects."
Is there more to be said here?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:26 pm
1970 – Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:27 pm
1973 – Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:28 pm
1981 – Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigade in Verona, Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:28 pm
1981 – The Senegambia Confederation is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:28 pm
1983 – The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:28 pm
1989 – The first episode of television series The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", airs in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:28 pm
1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timişoara with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:29 pm
1997 – The United Kingdom commences its Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, which extends the state's gun ban to include all handguns -- with the exception of antique and show weapons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:29 pm
2002 – Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:29 pm
2003 – The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:29 pm
2003 – SpaceShipOne flight 11P, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first supersonic flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:29 pm
2005 – Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:30 pm
2005 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicate the throne as King of Bhutan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 2:30 pm
2009 – MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 5:39 pm
1995 "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 23 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 5:39 pm
1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/10 at 5:40 pm
1843 Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:13 am
218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:14 am
1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:14 am
1642 – Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:14 am
1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:14 am
1787 – New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:15 am
1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:15 am
1878 – John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:15 am
1878 – The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:15 am
1888 – Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:15 am
1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:15 am
1900 – The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:16 am
1912 – The Piltdown Man: At a meeting of the Geological Society of London, amateur British archaeologist Charles Dawson claimed that he had been given a fragment of a skull (pictured) that was discovered at a gravel pit near Uckfield, East Sussex, England, which later turned out to be a forgery.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:16 am
1912 – The Piltdown Man: At a meeting of the Geological Society of London, amateur British archaeologist Charles Dawson claimed that he had been given a fragment of a skull (pictured) that was discovered at a gravel pit near Uckfield, East Sussex, England, which later turned out to be a forgery.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Pildown_man.jpg/100px-Pildown_man.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:16 am
1915 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt Wilson while president of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:17 am
1916 – The French defeated German forces around the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeast France, ending the longest battle and one of the bloodiest in World War I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:19 am
1918 – The United States House of Representatives approves the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:19 am
1932 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Because of a blizzard, the game was moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring 80 yards (73 m) long.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:20 am
1935 – The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:20 am
1944 – World War II: 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:20 am
1956 – Japan joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:21 am
1958 – The United States launched Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:21 am
1966 – Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:21 am
1969 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:22 am
1971 – Capitol Reef National Park is established in Utah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:22 am
1972 – Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:22 am
1973 – Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:22 am
1978 – Dominica joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:22 am
1987 – Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:23 am
1989 – The European Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:23 am
1996 – The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:23 am
1997 – HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:23 am
1999 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:23 am
2002 – 2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:24 am
2006 – The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding was at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:24 am
2009 – The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, closes, with the signing of the Copenhagen Accord.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:25 am
1892 - Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony, premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:25 am
1892 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet "Nutcracker Suite" premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:27 am
1819 - Birth of Isaac Thomas Hecker, American Roman Catholic leader. He entered the Redemptorist Order in 1845, and in 1858 founded the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (the Paulist Fathers). He was superior general of the Paulist Society during his last 30 years (1858_88).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:27 am
1834 - Emory College was chartered in Oxford, GA, under Methodist auspices. In 1915 it changed its name to Emory University and in 1919 the campus was relocated in Atlanta, GA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:27 am
1892 - Rabbi H. Rosenberg was expelled from Temple Beth_Jacob in Brooklyn, NY, for eating pork.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:27 am
1904 - Indian mystic Sundar Singh, 15, was converted to Christianity through a vision. Baptized into the Church of England in 1905, Singh afterward donned the robe of a Sadhu (holy man) in an endeavor to present Christianity in a Hindu form. (He disappeared in April 1929, while undertaking a strenuous work in Tibet.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:28 am
1943 - German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'The man who finds God in his earthly happiness...does not lack reminder that earthly things are transient...and...there will be times when he can say in all sincerity, "I wish I were home."'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:31 am
1996 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:31 am
1996 TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:32 am
1994 Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:32 am
1990 National League announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St Petersburg, & Washington DC as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami & Denver win)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:35 am
1985 UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:35 am
1985 "Jerry's Girls" opens at St James Theater NYC for 139 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:36 am
1980 IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:37 am
1976 "A Star is Born", with Barbra Streisand, premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:37 am
1976 "Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 6:37 am
1976 Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovski exchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:51 am
1799 - George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:52 am
1621 - English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:53 am
1774 - Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:53 am
1777 - first national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:53 am
1783 - English king George III fires govt of Portland
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:53 am
1787 - New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:54 am
1849 - William Bond obtains first photograph of Moon through a telescope
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:54 am
1832 - Charles Darwins visits Vurland
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:55 am
1859 - South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:55 am
1862 - Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:55 am
1865 - 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:55 am
1865 - 1st US cattle importation law passed
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:55 am
1869 - Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its first game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:58 am
1923 - International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:58 am
1930 - Bradman scores 258 NSW v South Aust, in 289 minutes, with 37 fours
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:58 am
1932 - Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in first NFL playoff game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 8:58 am
1935 - Bradman scores 117 in his first Shield cricket match for South Australia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:29 pm
1890 - Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:29 pm
1899 - Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in S Africa
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:30 pm
1944 - Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" & "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:30 pm
1946 - TV's first network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:30 pm
1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:30 pm
1956 - Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:31 pm
1961 - Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:34 pm
1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/10 at 12:35 pm
1964 - "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:04 am
211 – Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla), to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives the Praetorian Guard murders him and he dies in the arms of his mother Julia Domna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:04 am
324 – Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:04 am
1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:04 am
1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:05 am
1606 – The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:05 am
1776 – Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in the Pennsylvania Journal titled The American Crisis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:05 am
1777 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:05 am
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:06 am
1828 – Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest the Tariff of 1828.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:06 am
1835 – The first issue of The Blade newspaper is published in Toledo, Ohio.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:06 am
1900 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appointed Sir William Lyne as premier of the new state New South Wales, but he was unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and was forced to resign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:07 am
1907 – A group of 239 coal miners die during a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:07 am
1912 – William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over 1,000 people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:07 am
1916 – World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:07 am
1920 – King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I of Greece and a plebiscite.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:08 am
1924 – The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:08 am
1932 - The BBC's World Service was launched as BBC Empire Service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:08 am
1941 – World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:08 am
1941 – World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers sink the HMS Valiant (1914) and HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) in Alexandria harbour.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:09 am
1946 – Start of the First Indochina War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:09 am
1956 – Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 of his patients.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:09 am
1961 – India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:10 am
1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:10 am
1964 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the ruling junta of South Vietnam led by Nguyen Khanh, initiated a coup, dissolving and arresting members of the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:10 am
1967 – Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:11 am
1972 – Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:11 am
1975 – John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of The United States Supreme Court.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:12 am
1981 – Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:12 am
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:12 am
1984 – The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that the People's Republic of China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:13 am
1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from internal exile in Gorky.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:14 am
1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:14 am
1997 – SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:14 am
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:15 am
2000 – The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, killing one person and injuring three.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:15 am
2001 – A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 2:15 am
2001 – Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:01 am
1808 - Birth of Horatius Bonar, Scottish clergyman and poet. He authored several missionary biographies and penned over 600 hymns, including "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:01 am
1855 - Birth of William Henry Draper, Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter. His words to "All Creatures of Our God and King" are an English translation of a Latin text believed to have been penned by St. Francis of Assisi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:01 am
1860 - Birth of Frank E. Graeff, American Methodist clergyman. Well_known for his interest in children's ministry and for his storytelling abilities, Graeff also authored over 200 hymns, including "Does Jesus Care?"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:02 am
1944 - Birth of Andrew Robert Culverwell, American sacred music songwriter. This contemporary music artist has written such popular Christian songs as "Born Again" and "Come On, Ring Those Bells."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:02 am
1965 - American missionary and apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'God has given us rules not because He is arbitrary, but because the rules...are fixed in His own character... Thus, when we sin we break the law of God...in the direction of destroying what we really are.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:04 am
1995 - Queen Elizabeth asks Prince Charles & Diana to divorce
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:06 am
1988 - Unexploded WWII bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:08 am
1975 - Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:09 am
1974 - Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st Vice-President
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:09 am
1974 - "The Man With the Golden Gun" premieres in US
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:09 am
1971 - Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:09 am
1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent from UK
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:10 am
1955 - Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:11 am
1957 - "The Music Man", starring Robert Preston, opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:11 am
1958 - First radio broadcast from space (recorded Christmas message by President Eisenhower: "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere")
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:23 am
1951 - Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:28 am
1960 - Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction in Brooklyn (50 die)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:28 am
1960 - Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:28 am
1960 - Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:32 am
1948 - Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cardinals 7-0 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:33 am
1946 - War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/10 at 8:34 am
1946 - Noel Coward's musical "Pacific 1860" premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:20 pm
69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:20 pm
217 – The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the Trinity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:20 pm
1192 – Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third crusade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:21 pm
1522 – Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:21 pm
1606 – The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:21 pm
1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:21 pm
1860 – South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:22 pm
1915 – World War I: Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:22 pm
1917 – Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:22 pm
1924 – Hitler: was released from Landsberg Prison
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:24 pm
1941 – World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:24 pm
1942 – World War II: Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:25 pm
1946 – An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kill over 1,300 people and destroy over 38,000 homes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:25 pm
1951 – The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:25 pm
1952 – United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:25 pm
1955 – Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:26 pm
1955 – Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
What was the capital before then?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:26 pm
1959 – The Walker Family Murders
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:26 pm
1960 – National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:27 pm
1968 – The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:27 pm
1973 – The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:27 pm
1977 – Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:28 pm
1984 – The Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of Todmorden in the Pennines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:28 pm
1987 – History's worst peacetime sea disaster, when the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:28 pm
1988 – The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:29 pm
1989 – United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:29 pm
1991 – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:29 pm
1995 – NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:29 pm
1995 – American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:30 pm
1996 – NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:31 pm
1999 – Macau is handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:31 pm
2005 – US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:31 pm
2007 – Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:31 pm
2007 – Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
I think I reported that with a topic on these boards somewhere.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:32 pm
2007 – The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café, by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:33 pm
1552 - Death of Katherine von Bora, 53, a former nun and the widow of German reformer Martin Luther. They married in 1525, when Luther was 42 and Katie was 26, and bore six children. Luther died in 1546; Katie, six years later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:33 pm
1787 - A revival broke out among the Shakers of New Lebanon, Indiana, soon igniting a religious fervor among other denominations, especially in Kentucky and other colonial frontier regions.