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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:34 pm
1845 - Baldwin Institute was chartered in Berea, Ohio, by the Methodists. Changing its name in 1854 to Baldwin University, the college merged in 1914 with German Wallace College and adopted its present name: Baldwin Wallace University.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:34 pm
1856 - Newberry College was chartered in Newberry, SC, under Lutheran auspices. The campus moved to Walhalla, SC, in 1868, but returned to Newberry in 1877.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:34 pm
1961 - Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:35 pm
1969 - Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 1:36 pm
1957 - Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:43 pm
1661 - Corporation Act enforced in England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:43 pm
2005 - The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:43 pm
2005 - 2005 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:44 pm
1990 - Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:44 pm
1988 - NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:45 pm
1984 - 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:45 pm
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:45 pm
1985 - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/10 at 2:46 pm
1985 - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:01 pm
1808 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Fifth Symphony, currently one of the most popular and well-known compositions in all of European classical music, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:02 pm
1885 – Itō Hirobumi, a samurai from Chōshū, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:02 pm
1984 – While riding a New York City Subway train, Bernhard Goetz shot four African American youths who attempted to rob him, sparking a nationwide debate on vigilantism, racism, and the legal limits of self-defense.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:02 pm
1990 – The Parliament of Croatia adopted the country's current constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:03 pm
2001 – Richard Reid unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a bomb in his shoe on a transatlantic flight from Paris, France, to Miami, Florida, US.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:04 pm
1956 – Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:04 pm
1965 – In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:05 pm
1974 – The house of former British Prime Minister Ted Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/10 at 4:05 pm
2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 12/22/10 at 10:33 pm
2001 – Richard Reid unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a bomb in his shoe on a transatlantic flight from Paris, France, to Miami, Florida, US.
2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Same thing twice, just rephrased... I vaguely remember hearing about this; glad he was unsuccessful at it. ::)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:13 am
800 – Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:13 am
1000 – The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:14 am
1066 – William the Conqueror is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:14 am
1100 – Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:14 am
1130 – Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first King of Sicily.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:15 am
1261 – John IV Lascaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaeologus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:15 am
1553 – Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeats the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:15 am
1599 – The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:15 am
1643 – Christmas Island found and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Company vessel, the Royal Mary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:16 am
1776 – George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:16 am
1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:16 am
1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:16 am
1837 – Battle of Lake Okeechobee: United States forces defeat Seminole Native Americans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:16 am
1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:18 am
1914 – World War I: Known as the Christmas truce, German and British troops on the Western Front temporarily cease fire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:19 am
1926 – Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:20 am
1927 – The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:20 am
1932 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:20 am
1941 – Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:20 am
1941 – World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:21 am
1946 – The first in Europe artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated within Soviet nuclear reactor F-1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:21 am
1947 – The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:21 am
1950 – The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:22 am
1963 – Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:23 am
1965 – The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:23 am
1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneouver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:23 am
1968 – 42 Dalits are burned alive in Kilavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, India, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit labourers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:23 am
1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:24 am
1974 – Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:24 am
1977 – Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:24 am
1989 – Nicolae Ceauşescu, former communist dictator of Romania and his wife Elena are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:24 am
1990 – The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:25 am
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:25 am
2000 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:26 am
2003 – The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:26 am
2004 – Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:27 am
2007 – A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escapes from its enclosure and attacks three people, killing one.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 2:27 am
2009 – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a terrorist attack against the US while on board a flight to Detroit Metro Airport Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:14 am
336 - This is the earliest known year that Jesus' nativity was celebrated on December 25th, as mentioned in the Philocalian Calendar of A.D. 354. Jesus' birth was commemorated on January 6th in Greek Orthodoxy, although by the 400s most of the Eastern churches had accepted the Roman date.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:14 am
1413 - Two years before his martyrdom, Bohemian reformer and martyr Jan Huss wrote in a letter: 'Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal men may live through eternity.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:14 am
1537 - German reformer Martin Luther was recorded as saying: 'It is the most ungodly and dangerous business to abandon the certain and revealed will of God in order to search in to the hidden mysteries of God.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:14 am
1723 - The Dunkards (Baptists from Germany) held their first immersion service in America at Germantown (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:14 am
1923 - In Washington, D.C., during Calvin Coolidge's first Christmas as president, the first electrically_lit Christmas tree appeared in the White House.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:15 am
1955 Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music & popular music
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/10 at 3:16 am
1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:45 am
1481 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:45 am
1613 – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:46 am
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:46 am
1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:46 am
1792 – The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:47 am
1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: French defeat Austrians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:47 am
1793 – The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:47 am
1805 – Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:47 am
1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: French troops under Napoleon engaged Russian forces in both the Battles of Pultusk and Golymin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:48 am
1811 – A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:48 am
1860 – The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:49 am
1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:49 am
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:50 am
1862 – Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:50 am
1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:50 am
1870 – The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:50 am
1871 – Thespis, the first comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, made its debut at the Gaiety Theatre in London, UK.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:51 am
1883 – The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:51 am
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:52 am
1908 – Boxer Jack Johnson (pictured) became the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World after defeating Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:52 am
1908 – Boxer Jack Johnson (pictured) became the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World after defeating Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jack_Johnson1.jpg/72px-Jack_Johnson1.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:54 am
1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:54 am
1925 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:55 am
1933 – FM radio is patented.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:55 am
1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:55 am
1943 – World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:55 am
1944 – World War II: Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:55 am
1945 – CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:56 am
1948 – Cardinal Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:57 am
1966 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:57 am
1972 – Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:57 am
1975 – The Tupolev Tu-144, the first commercial aircraft to surpass Mach 2, went into service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:58 am
1976 – The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:58 am
1980 – Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:59 am
1982 – Time Magazine's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 2:59 am
1986 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after thirty-five years on the air.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:00 am
1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the USSR.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:00 am
1994 – Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the perpetrators.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:00 am
1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:00 am
1996 – Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:00 am
1997 – The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:01 am
1998 – Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:01 am
1999 – The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:01 am
2003 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:01 am
2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 250,000 people including over 1700 on a moving train.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:02 am
2004 – Orange Revolution: The final run-off election is held under heavy international scrutiny.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:02 am
2005 – Boxing Day shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:39 am
1531 - German reformer Martin Luther declared: 'The inner man is a saint; the outer man is a sinner. That is why we confess in the Creed that the church is holy but pray for forgiveness of sins in the Lord's Prayer.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:39 am
1620 - Plymouth Colony was settled by the "Mayflower" colonists. (In 1691 Plymouth joined other neighboring settlements to form the royal colony of Massachusetts.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:40 am
1830 - Birth of William Caven, Scottish_born Canadian Presbyterian leader. He taught at Knox College, in Toronto, the last 39 years of his life. Though staunchly conservative, Caven was genuinely interested in social issues and thoroughly committed to missions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:40 am
1887 - Birth of Charles Brandon Booth, American social reformer and head of the Volunteers of America, 1949_58. Booth was the grandson of Salvation Army founder William Booth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:40 am
1970 - American missionary and apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'We can fail after we are truly Christians because becoming a Christian does not rob us of our true humanity.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:42 am
1995 - Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (Sri Lanka vs Australia, MCG)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:42 am
1995 - Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 days
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:43 am
1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:43 am
1993 Floyd, Nicklaus & Rodriguez win Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:43 am
1994 Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:43 am
1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:44 am
1994 President's half-brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-month pregnant Molly Nartin (25)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:45 am
1991 New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with ½ second left
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:45 am
1992 New York Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:46 am
1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:46 am
1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:46 am
1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:46 am
1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:46 am
1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:47 am
1986 Hijackers take over an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 with 91 people on board during a flight from Baghdad to Amman - it lands in Arar, Saudi Arabia where it explodes, killing 62 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:47 am
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:48 am
1988 "Legs Diamond" starring Peter Allen prenieres at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:48 am
1988 Anti African student rebellion in China People's Republic
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:48 am
1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:49 am
1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:49 am
1975 A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Australia-West Indies MCG Test Cricket
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:49 am
1976 "Music Is" closes at St James Theater NYC after 8 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:49 am
1977 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:50 am
1978 India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:50 am
1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:50 am
1973 "The Exorcist", starring Linda Blair & rated X, premieres
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:51 am
1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:52 am
1968 Jay Allens "Forty Carats" premieres in New York NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:52 am
1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:53 am
1965 Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:53 am
1967 The BBC broadcasts "The Magical Mystery Tour"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:53 am
1967 The BBC broadcasts "The Magical Mystery Tour"
I can remember watching that!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:53 am
1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:54 am
1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:54 am
1964 Moors Murderers claim last victim
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:54 am
1964 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:54 am
1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:56 am
1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:56 am
1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater NYC for 4 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:56 am
1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres at St James Theater NYC for 400 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:56 am
1960 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:56 am
1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:57 am
1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:57 am
1955 Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 38-14 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:57 am
1954 "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:57 am
1954 Cleveland Browns beat Detroit Lions 56-10 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:57 am
1950 Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6 million for 6 years)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:57 am
1948 Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:58 am
1947 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:59 am
1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours; That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84º F
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:59 am
1947 British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:59 am
1946 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:59 am
1946 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:59 am
1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 111 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 3:59 am
1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:00 am
1944 Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie" premieres in Chicago
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:00 am
1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:00 am
1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British PM to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that the Axis would "stop at nothing"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:01 am
1940 JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen" premieres in New York NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:02 am
1936 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra forms
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:02 am
1935 Stalin views Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:03 am
1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:03 am
1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:04 am
1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:04 am
1924 - Judy Garland, age 2½, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:05 am
1917 Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WWI
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:05 am
1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
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1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:05 am
1892 The opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:05 am
1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:06 am
1865 James H Mason (Massachusetts) patents first US coffee percolator
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:07 am
1860 Maiden voyage of first steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:07 am
1854 Wood-pulp paper first exhibited, Buffalo
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:07 am
1848 William & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:07 am
1848 First gold seekers arrive in Panamá en route to San Francisco
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:08 am
1659 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
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1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:08 am
795 St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:09 am
418 St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:09 am
268 St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:09 am
1620 - Elizabeth Báthory's crimes are uncovered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:10 am
1997 - The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:10 am
1792 - The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:11 am
1776 - George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/10 at 4:11 am
1985 - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:21 am
537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:22 am
537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed.
Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:22 am
1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:23 am
1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:23 am
1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:24 am
1814 – Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:24 am
1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:24 am
1836 – The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:24 am
1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:25 am
1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:25 am
1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:25 am
1923 – Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:25 am
1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:26 am
1939 – Erzincan, Turkey was hit by an earthquake.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:26 am
1942 – The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:26 am
1945 – The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:26 am
1949 – Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:26 am
1968 – Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:27 am
1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:27 am
1979 – Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:27 am
1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:28 am
1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:28 am
1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:29 am
2001 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:29 am
2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:29 am
2002 – The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:29 am
2002 – The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.
Don't believe 'em!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:30 am
2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:30 am
2007 – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 1:31 am
2008 – Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:11 am
1774 - English founder of Methodism, John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'God...frequently...makes young men and women wiser than the aged, and gives to many, in a very short time, a closer and deeper communion with himself than others attain in a long course of years.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:12 am
1784 - In Baltimore, at its first General Conference held this side of the Atlantic, Francis Asbury, 39, was ordained the first bishop of the Methodist Church in America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:12 am
1899 - American Christian temperance leader Carry Nation, 53, raided and wrecked her first saloon in Medicine Lodge, KA. She went on similar rampages in Wichita and Topeka, and in other cities in Iowa and Illinois as well.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:12 am
1943 - The film "The Song of Bernadette" was released by 20th Century Fox. It told the true story of 14 year old French Catholic peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, who experienced 18 visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France in 1858.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:12 am
1949 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, the Evangelical Theological Society was organized. A conservative fellowship of North American theologians and Bible scholars, ETS promotes theological discussion and exploration within the context of a firm belief in the truthfulness of the Bible.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:15 am
418 - begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:16 am
537 - St Sofia-church in Constantinople, initiated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:16 am
1437 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:16 am
1503 - Battle at Garigliano Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:17 am
1521 - "Zwickauer profeten" appear in Wittenberg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:30 am
1679 - Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:30 am
1703 - England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:30 am
1741 - Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:31 am
1825 - First public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:31 am
1850 - Hawaiian Fire Dept established