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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:32 am
1862 - Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:32 am
1862 - Battle of Elizabethtown, KY
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:32 am
1867 - Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold first meeting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:32 am
1871 - World's first cat show (Crystal Palace, London)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:33 am
1884 - Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:33 am
1887 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:33 am
1892 - Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:33 am
1892 - N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:34 am
1897 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:34 am
1900 - Carrie Nation's first public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:35 am
1903 - "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is first sung
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:36 am
1904 - Duke of York Theatre opens in London (first musical Peter Pan)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:37 am
1904 - W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:37 am
1905 - M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW v Victoria
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:38 am
1906 - First annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:39 am
1919 - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:54 am
1970 - "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 4:55 am
1991 - "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 11:43 am
1937 - German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/10 at 11:43 am
1937 - Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:55 am
1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:55 am
1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:55 am
1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:56 am
1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:56 am
1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:57 am
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:57 am
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:57 am
1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:57 am
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:57 am
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:58 am
1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:58 am
1879 – The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:58 am
1885 – Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:58 am
1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:59 am
1908 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:59 am
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:00 am
1918 – Constance Markiewicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:00 am
1935 – Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:00 am
1943 – World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:00 am
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:02 am
1945 – The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:02 am
1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:03 am
1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
Does this involve the Bermuda Triangle?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:03 am
1950 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:03 am
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:04 am
1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:05 am
1974 – Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:05 am
1978 – With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:05 am
1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:05 am
2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 6:06 am
2009 – 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:40 pm
1961 - Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:40 pm
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:41 pm
1958 - Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:41 pm
1968 - 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:41 pm
1968 - 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/28/10 at 5:42 pm
1968 - Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:18 am
1170 – Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral by four knights of Henry II of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:19 am
1891 – Physical education teacher James Naismith introduced a game in Springfield, Massachusetts, US, with thirteen rules and nine players on each team that he called "Basket Ball".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:20 am
1959 – Physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", which is considered the birth of nanotechnology.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:20 am
1992 – President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello resigned in an attempt to stop his impeachment proceedings from continuing, but the Senate of Brazil continued anyway, finding him guilty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:21 am
1778 – American Revolutionary War: 3,500 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia without firing a shot.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:21 am
1786 – French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:21 am
1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:21 am
1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:22 am
1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:22 am
1845 – According with International Boundary delimitation, U.S.A annexes the Mexican state of Texas, following the Manifest Destiny doctrine. For others, the Republic of Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:22 am
1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:22 am
1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:23 am
1876 – The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:23 am
1890 – United States soldiers kill more than 200 Oglala Lakota people with four Hotchkiss guns in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:24 am
1911 – Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:24 am
1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:24 am
1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:25 am
1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:25 am
1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:25 am
1939 – First flight of the Consolidated B-24.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:25 am
1940 – World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:26 am
1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:26 am
1959 – The Lisbon Metro begins operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:27 am
1965 – Filming began on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:27 am
1966 – The Beatles start the recording session that would become the hit single Penny Lane at Abbey Road Studio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:28 am
1972 – An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed Tristar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:29 am
1975 – A bomb explodes at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:29 am
1989 – Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:30 am
1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:30 am
1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:30 am
1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:30 am
2001 – A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:30 am
2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 4:31 am
2010 - England retain the Ashes for the first time in 24 years - and with a match to spare - after easing to a comprehensive win in the fourth Test.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:05 am
1223 - Pope Honorius III formally approved the Franciscan religious order. Properly called the Order of the Friars Minor, this Catholic order was founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:05 am
1841 - Howard College was chartered in Marion, Alabama, under Baptist sponsorship. The campus relocated to Birmingham in 1887.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:05 am
1849 - The Christmas hymn by Edmund Sears, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," was first published in "The Christian Register." Sears' carol features the American emphasis in Christian living, that is, the social message of "peace on earth, good will toward men."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:05 am
1876 - Popular American hymnwriter Philip P. Bliss, 38, died when the train in which he and his wife were riding plunged off a bridge into a ravine 60 feet below. Bliss had penned such enduring hymns as: "Wonderful Words of Life, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning," "I Will Sing of My Redeemer" and "I Gave My Life for Thee."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:05 am
1938 - In Tambaram, South India, the second world meeting of the International Missionary Council closed at Madras Christian College (having opened Dec. 12th). It was afterward called the IMC's Tambaram Conference.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:07 am
1503 - Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:07 am
1539 - St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:07 am
1541 - Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:07 am
1558 - Charles V, German emperor, buried
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:07 am
1705 - Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée," premieres in Paris
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:08 am
1708 - Great Alliance occupies Gent
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:09 am
1782 - First nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:09 am
1837 - Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:09 am
1837 - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:09 am
1841 - King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:11 am
1848 - Gas lights first installed at White House (Polk's administration)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:11 am
1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:11 am
1857 - Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:13 am
1862 - Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:13 am
1862 - Bowling ball invented
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:14 am
1867 - First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:15 am
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents first bike (Germany)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:15 am
1891 - Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:16 am
1895 - Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:16 am
1899 - English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:16 am
1900 - General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:16 am
1903 - French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & Ubangi-Shari
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:16 am
1906 - Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:16 am
1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:17 am
1913 - First movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn," premieres in Chicago
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:18 am
1922 - Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:18 am
1931 - Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:18 am
1944 - Gen Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:19 am
1955 - Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:19 am
1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleve Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:19 am
1957 - Singers Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:21 am
1958 - Balt Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:21 am
1958 - TV soap "Young Dr Malone" debuts
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:21 am
1963 - 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:21 am
1965 - "Thunderball" premieres in US
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:22 am
1967 - Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" first airs
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:23 am
1967 - Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:23 am
1978 - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:25 am
1990 - Olympic gymnist Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:27 am
1991 - "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 14 perfs
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:28 am
1993 - Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:28 am
1993 - Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:31 am
1994 - Billionaire J Paul Getty Jr marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:31 am
1994 - Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 11:31 am
1994 - Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/29/10 at 1:02 pm
1940 – World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
It was on this night that St Paul's Cathedral was narrowly missed by the bombs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:23 am
1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:24 am
1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:24 am
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:25 am
1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States bought approximately 29,600 square miles (77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for US$10 million.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:25 am
1853 – A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:27 am
1853 – A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
http://www.nextnature.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/iguanodon-dinner-party-530x342.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:27 am
1862 – The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:28 am
1896 – José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila.
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1897 – Natal annexes Zululand.
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1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
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1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:29 am
1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:29 am
1916 – Emperor Charles I of Austria and Empress Zita were crowned as the last King and Queen of Hungary.
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1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:29 am
1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:31 am
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:31 am
1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
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1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:32 am
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:32 am
1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:32 am
1947 – Michael, King of Romania, was forced to abdicate as the Kingdom of Romania became Communist Romania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:33 am
1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:35 am
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:35 am
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:35 am
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:35 am
1981 – In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:36 am
1993 – Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:36 am
1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:36 am
1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:36 am
1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:39 am
2000 – A series of bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 people and injuring 100 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:40 am
2003 – U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:40 am
2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:41 am
2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:41 am
2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Tropical_Storm_Zeta_2005.jpg/100px-Tropical_Storm_Zeta_2005.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:42 am
2006 – Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:42 am
2006 – Deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, convicted of the executions of 148 Iraqi Shiites, is executed by hanging.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 1:42 am
2009 – The last roll of Kodachrome film is developed by Dwayne's Photo, the only remaining Kodachrome processor at the time, concluding the film's 74-year run as a photography icon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:54 am
1741 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'O how little do I for Jesus, who has done so much for me!'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:55 am
1838 - Hanover College was chartered by the Presbyterian General Assembly of Indiana. The school had been founded as a seminary "in the wilderness" for training ministers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:55 am
1927 - The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel was incorporated in Los Angeles, CA. Founded in 1923 by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, the denomination recognizes the significant role that women in ministry. Today, over 40% of its ministers are women.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:55 am
1937 - Birth of No l Paul Stookey, American folk singer. Stookey was "Paul" of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. Converted in the late 1960s, Stookey is now a Christian recording artist, and prefers using his "born_again" name, No l.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:55 am
1971 - The Anglican_Roman Catholic International Commission announced that an agreement had been made between the two Christian traditions on the essential teachings about the Eucharist.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:56 am
1997 - An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:57 am
1950 - Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:57 am
1952 - Tuskegee Institute reports 1952 as first year in 71 with no lynchings in US
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:57 am
1954 - "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 165 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:57 am
1954 - First use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:58 am
1954 - Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 6:58 am
1956 - New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 7:00 am
1957 - Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 7:00 am
1957 - New York Giants win NFL championship
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1958 - French franc devalued
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1959 - The George Washington, first ballistic missile sub commissioned
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1980 - "Wonderful World of Disney" last performance on NBC-TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/30/10 at 7:04 am
1972 - President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:45 am
406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:46 am
535 – Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:46 am
1225 – The Ly Dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Tran Thai Tong, husband of the last Ly monarch, Ly Chieu Hoang, starting the Tran Dynasty.
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1229 – James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:46 am
1600 – The British East India Company is chartered.
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1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
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1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
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1695 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.
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1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:47 am
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:48 am
1831 – Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:48 am
1857 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, as the capital of Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:48 am
1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:48 am
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River is fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:49 am
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:49 am
1904 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:49 am
1904 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
...and the same again tonight!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:49 am
1909 – Manhattan Bridge opens.
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1923 – The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:50 am
1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:50 am
1946 – President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:50 am
1951 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
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1955 – The General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion USD in a year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:51 am
1960 – The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:51 am
1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses and splits into Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
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1965 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:52 am
1981 – A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:52 am
1983 – The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:52 am
1983 – In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Mohammadu Buhari ends the Nigerian Second Republic.
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1986 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.
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1991 – All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
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1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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1994 – This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC-11 to UTC+13 and UTC-10 to UTC+14, respectively.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:53 am
1998 – The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:53 am
1999 – Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:54 am
1999 – Five hijackers, who had been holding 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:54 am
1999 – The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:54 am
2004 – The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 2:54 am
2007 – Bocaue Fire: Seven people are injured when a fire results in the explosions of several fireworks stores in the municipality of Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines.
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Written By: nally on 12/31/10 at 2:54 am
12/31/1994 – This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC-11 to UTC+13 and UTC-10 to UTC+14, respectively.
How about that!
They must've redrawn the international date line?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:03 am
How about that!
They must've redrawn the international date line?
When you look at the international date line it is not straight, there is a kink in it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:03 am
1970 Congress authorizes the Eisenhower dollar coin
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1970 Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles
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1970 President Allende nationalizes Chilean coal mines
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1970 Would have been start of Australia/England Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:04 am
1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:04 am
1971 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:04 am
1972 Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 in AFC championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:04 am
1972 Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 in NFC championship game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:05 am
1972 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:05 am
1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:05 am
1973 61st Australian Men's Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/31/10 at 3:05 am
1973 Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year