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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/08/11 at 8:35 am
More than that fell a few weeks back?
No less than that.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 10:17 am
No less than that.
Less than 25 inches of snow?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/08/11 at 2:32 pm
Less than 25 inches of snow?
We had 20.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 2:34 pm
We had 20.
That is still a lot of snow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/08/11 at 2:36 pm
That is still a lot of snow.
I hope it doesn't happen on Tuesday.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 2:38 pm
I hope it doesn't happen on Tuesday.
Be prepared for it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/08/11 at 2:42 pm
Be prepared for it.
I sure will.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/08/11 at 2:43 pm
I sure will.
Shovel at the ready?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:21 am
January 9th 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:22 am
1127 – Invading Jin soldiers besieged and sacked Kaifeng and abducted Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:22 am
1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:22 am
1431 – Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:23 am
1607 – The First Feast of the black nazarene was celebrated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:23 am
1760 – Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:24 am
1768 – Philip Astley staged the first modern circus in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:24 am
1768 – Philip Astley staged the first modern circus in London.
Modern for it's day?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:25 am
1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:26 am
1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:26 am
1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:26 am
1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:26 am
1822 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI, starting the Brazilian independence process.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:26 am
1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:27 am
1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:27 am
1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:27 am
1861 – American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:28 am
1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:28 am
1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman occurs in Arkansas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:29 am
1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:29 am
1880 – The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:29 am
1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:30 am
1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:30 am
1905 – According to the Julian Calendar which is used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:30 am
1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition, planted the British flag 97 miles (156 km) from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:31 am
1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:31 am
1916 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:32 am
1917 – World War I: Troops of the British Empire defeated Ottoman forces at the Battle of Rafa on the Sinai–Palestine border in present-day Rafah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:33 am
1918 – Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:33 am
1921 – Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, began near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:34 am
1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:34 am
1923 – Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:34 am
1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Quebec, Montreal, kills 78 children.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:35 am
1941 – World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:35 am
1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:36 am
1945 – World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:37 am
1947 – Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:37 am
1960 – President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:37 am
1964 – Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:37 am
1970 – Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:38 am
1972 – The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, ending a 33-game winning streak, the longest of any team in American professional sports.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:39 am
1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try and find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:39 am
1992 – The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:40 am
2005 – Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement rebel group sign a peace agreement in Naivasha, Kenya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:40 am
2005 – Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:43 am
1569 - St. Philip of Moscow, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, was murdered by Czar Ivan IV ("Ivan the Terrible").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:43 am
1777 - Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'My soul lives constantly as in the presence of God, and enjoys much of His divine favor. His love is better than life!'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:43 am
1836 - The first Roman Catholic college to be founded in the Deep South, Spring Hill College was established in Spring Hill, Arkansas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:44 am
1924 - Death of British Armenian scholar F. C. Conybeare, 68. His researches did much to relate the Armenian language and culture to the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:44 am
1970 - After 140 years of unofficial racial discrimination, the Mormons issued an official statement declaring that blacks were not yet to receive the priesthood "for reasons which we believe are known to God, but which He has not made fully known to man."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:45 am
1951 Life After Tomorrow, first film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:45 am
1952 Belgian Pholien government resigns
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:45 am
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:45 am
1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:45 am
1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 points in basketball game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:46 am
1953 Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:46 am
1954 Bert Olmstead, Montréal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:48 am
1954 -87ºF (-66ºC), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:48 am
1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan & Leonie Adams
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:49 am
1956 Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column first appears in newspapers
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:49 am
1956 Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:50 am
1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:52 am
1957 Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:53 am
1957 British premier Anthony Eden resigns
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/11 at 4:54 am
1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/11 at 1:58 am
1645 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of King Charles I, was beheaded in the midst of the English Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/11 at 1:58 am
1776 – Common Sense by Thomas Paine, a document denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/11 at 1:59 am
1941 – Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/11 at 1:59 am
1946 – The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Westminster Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/11 at 1:59 am
1993 – The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached its peak intensity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 2:11 am
1055 – Theodora, the daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, daughter of Alypius, became Byzantine Empress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 2:12 am
1787 – German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel discovered the Uranian moons Oberon and Titania, named by his son John after characters from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 2:13 am
1943 – Italian American journalist and union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated by a Mafia gunman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 2:13 am
1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, committed his only confirmed murder, although he confessed to killing about 600 and was convicted of eleven homicides.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 2:19 am
1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:12 pm
1523 - German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'It is unchristian, even unnatural, to derive benefit and protection from the community and not also to share in the common burden and expense; to let other people work but to harvest the fruit of their labors.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:12 pm
1777 - Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'A soul may be in as thriving a state when thirsting, seeking and mourning after the Lord as when actually rejoicing in Him; as much in earnest when fighting in the valley as when singing upon the mount.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:12 pm
1791 - In Philadelphia, Episcopal Bishop William White, 43, founded the First Day Society. It became the forerunner of the American Missionary Fellowship, chartered in 1817 and headquartered today in Villanova, PA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:13 pm
1907 - The Church of God, headquartered today in Cleveland, Tennessee, and with roots going back to 1886, officially adopted its current name.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:13 pm
1933 - In Hamburg, Germany, the Altona Confession was issued by area pastors, offering Scriptural guidelines for the Christian life, in light of the confusing political situation and the developing Nazi influence on the State Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:14 pm
1946 - Enver Hoxha declares People's Republic of Albania with himself dictator
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:14 pm
1940 - Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:14 pm
1960 - Chad declares independence from France
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:14 pm
1963 - Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:15 pm
1966 - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:15 pm
1966 - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
I can remember watching that!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:16 pm
1966 - 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/11 at 3:17 pm
1971 - Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, suffers a heart attack, misses the 1971 season, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 2:25 am
1838 – In order to avoid persecution by anti-Mormons, Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr. and his followers fled Kirtland, Ohio, for Far West, Missouri.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 2:25 am
1911 – The University of the Philippines College of Law was founded, eventually graduating many of the leading Filipino political figures since then.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 2:26 am
1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union's Red Army crossed the Vistula River in Poland on their way to invade Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 2:26 am
1964 – Rebels led by John Okello overthrew Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 2:27 am
2010 – A 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti, affecting an estimated three million people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:08 pm
475 – Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:09 pm
1528 – Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:09 pm
1539 – Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:09 pm
1773 – The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:09 pm
1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:10 pm
1808 – The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:10 pm
1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:11 pm
1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:11 pm
1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:11 pm
1875 – Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:11 pm
1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:12 pm
1898 – Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:12 pm
1899 – 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued off the coast of England by the Lynmouth Lifeboat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:12 pm
1906 – Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:12 pm
1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:13 pm
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:13 pm
1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:13 pm
1918 – Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:14 pm
1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:14 pm
1932 – Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:14 pm
1942 – World War II: President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:16 pm
1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:16 pm
1970 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:16 pm
1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:17 pm
1976 – The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:17 pm
1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:18 pm
1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:18 pm
1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:18 pm
2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:18 pm
2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:19 pm
2006 – A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:19 pm
2006 – Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:19 pm
2006 – The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:19 pm
2007 – Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:41 pm
1777 - The Mission Santa Clara de Asis was established. It was one of nine missions founded by Spanish Franciscan missionary, Father Junipero Serra, between 1769-1784.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:41 pm
1779 - Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury recorded in his journal: 'If the Lord is pleased to work, who or what can hinder?'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:41 pm
1825 - Birth of Brooke Foss Westcott, British N.T. scholar. In 1881, he and F. J. A. Hort co-edited a famous critical text of the Greek New Testament -- one which is still used today.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:41 pm
1839 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'It is not the tempest, nor the earthquake, nor the fire, but the still small voice of the Spirit that carries on the glorious work of saving souls.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:42 pm
1893 - Representatives of 21 mission boards met in NY City to discuss common concerns. Soon becoming an annual event, by 1911 the convention was known as the Foreign Missions Conference. In 1950 it became a constituting member of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, serving as its Division of Foreign Missions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/11 at 1:42 pm
1995 - Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia
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1981 - "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:34 pm
532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
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888 – Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:35 pm
1328 – Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
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1435 – Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
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1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
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1605 – The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
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1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:36 pm
1733 – James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:36 pm
1785 – John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
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1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:37 pm
1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:37 pm
1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
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1830 – The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
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1832 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:38 pm
1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:38 pm
1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:38 pm
1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
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1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C.
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1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
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1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1898 – Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1908 – The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:43 pm
1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1913 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated is founded on the campus of Howard University as the second Black Greek Letter Organization for Women. The mission is to make a move towards social activism.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
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1934 – The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
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1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1942 – World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1951 – First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 2:46 pm
1953 – Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:10 pm
1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:10 pm
1958 – The Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:11 pm
1964 – Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta – resulting in 100 deaths.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:11 pm
1964 – Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:11 pm
1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:12 pm
1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:13 pm
1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:14 pm
1974 – Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:14 pm
1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:14 pm
1985 – A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:14 pm
1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:15 pm
1990 – L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:16 pm
1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:16 pm
1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:16 pm
2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:51 pm
1501 - The world's first hymnbook printed in the vernacular was published in Prague. It contained 89 hymns in the Czech language. (The name of the hymnal is no longer known, since the only surviving copy lacks the title page.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:51 pm
1635 - Birth of Philip Jacob Spener, founder of German pietism. The name for the Bible studies (called "collegia pietatis") held in his home came to be associated with his followers, who were afterward called Pietists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:51 pm
1691 - Death of George Fox, 67, English founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Fox left the Anglican church at 23 and founded the Quaker movement in 1660 at age 36.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:51 pm
1936 - Baptist clergyman B.B. McKinney, 50, wrote the words and tune to the gospel song, "Wherever He Leads, I'll Go," a few days before the opening of a Sunday School convention in Alabama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:51 pm
1974 - A Gallup poll on religious worship showed that fewer Protestants and Roman Catholics were attending weekly services than ten years earlier, but that attendance at Jewish worship services had increased over the same period.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/11 at 3:54 pm
1979 - YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
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1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
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Written By: Howard on 01/13/11 at 8:25 pm
1979 - YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
Why was that? ???
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 2:02 am
Why was that? ???
...don't you know?
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Written By: Howard on 01/14/11 at 7:51 am
...don't you know?
I must've forgot. ???
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:24 pm
1129 – Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
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1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
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1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague.
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1514 – Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
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1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:25 pm
1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:25 pm
1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:26 pm
1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changes the course of Indian History.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:26 pm
1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:27 pm
1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:27 pm
1822 – Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:28 pm
1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:28 pm
1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:28 pm
1911 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:29 pm
1933 – The controversial Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peaks when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit in the heart.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:29 pm
1938 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:29 pm
1943 – World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:29 pm
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:30 pm
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:30 pm
1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:30 pm
1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:30 pm
1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:30 pm
1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:31 pm
1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:31 pm
1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) near Hawaii kills 27 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:31 pm
1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) near Hawaii kills 27 people.
...not Star Trek!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:31 pm
1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:32 pm
1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:32 pm
1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:32 pm
1998 – An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:33 pm
1999 – Toronto, Ontario Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:33 pm
2000 – A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:33 pm
2004 – The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 1:33 pm
2005 – Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:04 pm
1978 – Austrian logician Kurt Gödel who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:05 pm
1529 - Spanish reformer Juan de Valdes, 29, published his "Dialogue on Christian Doctrine," which paved the way in Spain for Protestant ideas. But his treatise was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition, and Valdes was forced to flee Spain, never to return
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:05 pm
1604 - The Hampton Court Conference opened in London, during which Puritan representatives met with their monarch, King James I, to discuss reform within the Church of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:06 pm
1893 - Pope Leo XIII appointed Archbishop Francesco Satolli as the Vatican's first Apostolic Delegate to the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:06 pm
1966 - French-born American trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote in a letter: 'The best way to solve the problem of rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's is to have nothing that is Caesar's.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:06 pm
1972 - American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:07 pm
1998 100th episode of "Ellen" airs
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:07 pm
1998 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:07 pm
1996 "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City NY after 97 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:08 pm
1990 "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:09 pm
1989 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:09 pm
1914 - Henry Ford introduces assembly line for T-Fords
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:10 pm
1932 - Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:10 pm
1943 - FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WWII
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:11 pm
1954 - Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/11 at 3:11 pm
1954 - Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend" premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:12 am
588 BC – Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:12 am
69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.