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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:12 am
1493 – Christopher Columbus sets sail for Spain from Hispaniola, ending his first voyage to the New World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:13 am
1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:13 am
1582 – Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:13 am
1759 – The British Museum opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:13 am
1759 – The British Museum opens.
Should I visit it today?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:14 am
1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:14 am
1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:14 am
1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President (1800), commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:14 am
1822 – Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:15 am
1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:16 am
1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:16 am
1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:16 am
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:16 am
1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:17 am
1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:18 am
1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, US, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:18 am
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:18 am
1919 – Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:18 am
1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:19 am
1943 – World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:19 am
1943 – The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:19 am
1947 – The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:19 am
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:19 am
1951 – Ilse Koch, "The Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:20 am
1966 – The Nigerian First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d’état.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:21 am
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:22 am
1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:23 am
1970 – Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:23 am
1970 – Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:23 am
1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:23 am
1974 – Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:23 am
1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:24 am
1977 – The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:25 am
1986 – The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:25 am
1990 – AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:25 am
1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:25 am
1991 – Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honours system.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:27 am
1992 – The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:28 am
1993 – Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:28 am
1999 – The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:28 am
2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:28 am
2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
Happy birthday!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:29 am
2005 – An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:29 am
2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:29 am
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 1:30 am
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:21 am
1697 - The citizens of Massachusetts spent a day of fasting and repentance for their roles in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Judge Samuel Sewall, who had presided over many of those 20 capital judgments, published a written confession acknowledging his own "blame and shame."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:22 am
1844 - The University of Notre Dame was chartered under Roman Catholic auspices in Indiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:22 am
1852 - Mt. Sinai Hospital was incorporated by Sampson Simson and eight associates in NY City. It was the first Jewish hospital in the U.S.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:22 am
1873 - Lutheran founder of the Missouri Synod, C.F.W. Walther warned in a letter: 'Inactivity is the beginning of all vice.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:22 am
1970 - Israeli archaeologists reported uncovering the first evidence supporting the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by military forces of the ancient Roman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:23 am
1971 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:24 am
1974 - "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:27 am
1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:28 am
1922 - Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes first premier
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:29 am
1961 - Supremes signed with Motown Records
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 5:52 am
1944 - General Eisenhower arrives in England
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/15/11 at 8:09 am
1974 - "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
and it lasts for 10 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 11:29 am
and it lasts for 10 years.
Any repeats still on television?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 12:39 pm
1752 - Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 12:39 pm
1797 - First top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 12:40 pm
1861 - Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 12:41 pm
1895 - Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St Petersburg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 12:41 pm
1896 - Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael & his Lost Angel," premieres in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 12:43 pm
1945 - "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 perfs
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/15/11 at 2:00 pm
Any repeats still on television?
maybe on TV Land but that's about it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 2:01 pm
maybe on TV Land but that's about it.
There is nothing being shown over here.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/15/11 at 2:02 pm
1977, UK singer Leo Sayer went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing', it was the first of two US No.1's for the singer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/15/11 at 2:03 pm
There is nothing being shown over here.
Why not?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/11 at 2:03 pm
Why not?
I simply have no idea!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 01/15/11 at 2:05 pm
1983, Men At Work started a four week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Down Under' the Australian act group's second US No.1, also a No.1 in the UK.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:26 am
27 BC – The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:27 am
550 – Gothic War (535–552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:27 am
929 – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:28 am
1120 – The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:28 am
1362 – A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:28 am
1412 – The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:29 am
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:29 am
1547 – Ivan the Terrible (pictured) was crowned the first Tsar of Russia at the age of 16.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:29 am
1547 – Ivan the Terrible (pictured) was crowned the first Tsar of Russia at the age of 16.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ivan_the_Terrible_%28cropped%29.JPG/80px-Ivan_the_Terrible_%28cropped%29.JPG
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:30 am
1556 – Philip II becomes King of Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:30 am
1572 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:30 am
1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:30 am
1605 – Book One of Don Quixote, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, was first published in Madrid, Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:31 am
1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:31 am
1761 – The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:31 am
1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:32 am
1786 – The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:33 am
1809 – Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:34 am
1847 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:40 am
1878 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:40 am
1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:41 am
1896 – Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:41 am
1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:41 am
1909 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:41 am
1917 – World War I: The German Empire sent the Zimmermann Telegram, a diplomatic proposal to Mexico to make war against the United States, which led in part to the U.S. entering the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:42 am
1919 – Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:42 am
1920 – The League of Nations held its first council meeting in Paris, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:42 am
1938 – The Benny Goodman Orchestra performed the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:44 am
1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:44 am
1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:44 am
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker, where he would eventually commit suicide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:45 am
1956 – President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:45 am
1968 – The Youth International Party is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:45 am
1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:45 am
1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:45 am
1970 – Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:46 am
1979 – The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:46 am
1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:47 am
1991 – The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:47 am
1992 – El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City ending the 12-year Salvadoran civil war that claimed at least 75,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:47 am
2001 – Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:48 am
2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:48 am
2002 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:48 am
2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 3:48 am
2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:17 am
1545 - Death of Georg Spalatin, 61, German reformer and friend of Martin Luther. Spalatin's court life allowed him to give secular government a better understanding of Luther's ideas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:18 am
1604 - At the Hampton Court Conference in England, John Rainolds presented to King James I the motion '...that there might bee a newe translation of the Bible.' Approved the next day, Rainolds' motion led to the 1611 publication of the Authorized (King James) version of the Bible.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:18 am
1740 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'If I see a man who loves the Lord Jesus in sincerity, I am not very solicitous to what...communion he belongs. The Kingdom of God, I think, does not consist in any such thing.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:18 am
1786 - The Virginia Legislature adopted the Ordinance of Religious Freedom, which guaranteed that no man would be forced to attend or support any church. This mandate later became the model for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:18 am
1982 - Great Britain established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:19 am
1911 - Pandora becomes first 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:23 am
1941 - War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:23 am
1941 - US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:24 am
1952 - New Dutch bible translation finished
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:24 am
1954 - "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City NY after 1928 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:24 am
1962 - Shooting begins on "Dr No"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:25 am
1963 - Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" premieres
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:25 am
1964 - "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:25 am
1968 - Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" premieres in New York City
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:26 am
1970 - Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:26 am
1976 - "Donny & Marie" musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:27 am
1984 - Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:31 am
1981 - Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in the Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Björn Borg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:31 am
1981 John Lennon's "Woman" is released in UK
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:31 am
1981 Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/11 at 5:32 am
1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:04 pm
38 BC – Octavian marries Livia Drusilla.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:04 pm
1287 – King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:04 pm
1377 – Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:05 pm
1524 – Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano set sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:05 pm
1562 – France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:05 pm
1595 – Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:05 pm
1608 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:06 pm
1648 – England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:06 pm
1773 – Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:06 pm
1781 – American Revolutionary War: American forces won a surprising victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens, one of the most pivotal battles of the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:06 pm
1799 – Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:07 pm
1811 – Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:07 pm
1852 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:08 pm
1873 – A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:08 pm
1885 – A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:09 pm
1893 – The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:09 pm
1899 – The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:09 pm
1904 – Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:09 pm
1912 – Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:10 pm
1913 – Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:10 pm
1917 – The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:10 pm
1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:10 pm
1929 – Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days into his reign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:10 pm
1941 – Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:11 pm
1945 – Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from The Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary, and was never publicly seen again.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:12 pm
1946 – The UN Security Council holds its first session.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:12 pm
1949 – The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:12 pm
1950 – The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:12 pm
1961 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:13 pm
1961 – Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:14 pm
1966 – A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:14 pm
1969 – Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:14 pm
1977 – Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:14 pm
1981 – President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos (pictured) lifted martial law, eight years and five months after declaring it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:15 pm
1981 – President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos (pictured) lifted martial law, eight years and five months after declaring it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Ferdinand_Marcos_at_the_White_House.jpg/72px-Ferdinand_Marcos_at_the_White_House.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:15 pm
1982 – "Cold Sunday" - in the United States temperatures fell to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:15 pm
1983 – The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:16 pm
1989 – Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:17 pm
1991 – Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:17 pm
1991 – Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:17 pm
1992 – During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:17 pm
1994 – Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:17 pm
1995 – The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:18 pm
1996 – The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:18 pm
1997 – A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:18 pm
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:19 pm
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
...it will never go away!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:19 pm
2001 – President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:19 pm
2002 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:20 pm
2007 – The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:20 pm
2008 – British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first airline accident that resulted in a Boeing 777 hull loss.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:20 pm
2010 – Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, which resulting in at least 200 deaths.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:39 pm
395 - With the death of Emperor Theodosius I (the Great), this became the last day the (Christian) Roman Empire was controlled by a single leader. In his wisdom, Theodosius had divided the empire into western and eastern portions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:39 pm
1377 - The Papal See was moved back to Rome by Gregory XI. Located in France for 72 years, it had been moved to Avignon by French pope Clement V in 1305, originally to escape the political turmoil rampant within Italy at the time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:40 pm
1562 - The Edict of St. Germain officially recognized French Protestantism.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:40 pm
1745 - Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'Oh, how comfortable and sweet it is, to feel the assistance of divine grace in the performance of the duties which God has enjoined on us!'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:40 pm
1963 - The Baptist World Mission was incorporated in Chicago. This independent organization of Baptist tradition is engaged primarily in evangelism, church planting and education in 17 overseas countries.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:41 pm
1911 Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow" premieres in New York City NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/11 at 1:41 pm
1955 - Submarine USS Nautilus begins first nuclear-powered test voyage
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Written By: nally on 01/17/11 at 5:25 pm
1994 – Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
An event I remember all too well. My family and I were living in a mobile home at the time, and it was quite mobile when the ground shook, since the house shifted off its foundation and needed serious repair. We were displaced from our home for the next 3 months, living mostly in motels and hotels, in the San Gabriel Valley (to the east of L.A.), to escape the aftershocks. Also it was my first time experiencing a powerful earthquake.
In addition, that date was also a Monday January 17th, just like today!
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Written By: nally on 01/17/11 at 5:26 pm
1995 – The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
Happened exactly one year after L.A. had its quake!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:11 pm
350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:11 pm
474 – Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:11 pm
532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:11 pm
1126 – Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty of China abdicated the throne in favour of his son Qinzong.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:12 pm
1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:12 pm
1520 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:12 pm
1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:13 pm
1562 – Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:13 pm
1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:13 pm
1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:13 pm
1701 – Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:14 pm
1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:14 pm
1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:14 pm
1861 – Vassar College is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:14 pm
1866 – Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:15 pm
1871 – Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:15 pm
1884 – Welsh physician William Price was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; he was acquitted in the subsequent trial, which led to the legalisation of cremation in the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:16 pm
1886 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:17 pm
1896 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:18 pm
1903 – President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:18 pm
1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:19 pm
1913 – A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:19 pm
1915 – Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:19 pm
1916 – A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:19 pm
1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opened in Versailles, France, to set the peace terms for the Central Powers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:20 pm
1919 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:21 pm
1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:21 pm
1941 – World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:21 pm
1943 – World War II: As part of Operation Iskra, the Soviet Red Army broke the Siege of Leningrad, opening a narrow land corridor to the city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:22 pm
1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:22 pm
1944 – Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:23 pm
1945 – Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:23 pm
1955 – Battle of Yijiangshan is fought.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:23 pm
1958 – African Canadian Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, breaking the color barrier in professional ice hockey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:24 pm
1960 – Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:25 pm
1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:25 pm
1969 – United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:25 pm
1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:26 pm
1976 – Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:26 pm
1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:26 pm
1977 – Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:27 pm
1978 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:27 pm
1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:27 pm
1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:28 pm
1990 – In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Mayor of Washington, D.C., Marion Barry (pictured) was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:29 pm
1990 – In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Mayor of Washington, D.C., Marion Barry (pictured) was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Marionbarry001.jpg/100px-Marionbarry001.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:30 pm
1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:30 pm
1994 – The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:30 pm
1997 – In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:31 pm
1997 – Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:31 pm
2000 – The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:31 pm
2002 – Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/11 at 1:31 pm
2003 – A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.