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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:36 pm
1944 – World War II: During Anzio campaign 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:36 pm
1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:36 pm
1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:37 pm
1946 – Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:37 pm
1950 – President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:37 pm
1953 – A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:37 pm
1957 – Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:38 pm
1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 1 – The first successful launch of an American satellite into orbit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:38 pm
1958 – James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:38 pm
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:39 pm
1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:39 pm
1968 – Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:40 pm
1968 – Nauru gains independence from Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:40 pm
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 – Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:41 pm
1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:42 pm
1990 – The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:42 pm
1995 – President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:43 pm
1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:43 pm
1996 – Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:44 pm
2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:44 pm
2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:45 pm
2003 – The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:45 pm
2007 – Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/11 at 1:45 pm
2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:00 pm
1327 – Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:00 pm
1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:00 pm
1587 – The Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island is established by the landing of Sir Walter Raleigh. This Colony would become known as the "Lost Colony"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:00 pm
1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:02 pm
1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:02 pm
1713 – The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:02 pm
1790 – In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:02 pm
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:02 pm
1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:03 pm
1814 – Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:03 pm
1835 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:03 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:04 pm
1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:04 pm
1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:04 pm
1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Was aardvark included?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:05 pm
1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:05 pm
1897 – Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:05 pm
1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:05 pm
1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:05 pm
1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:06 pm
1924 – The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:06 pm
1942 – World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:06 pm
1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:07 pm
1946 – Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:07 pm
1957 – Felix Wankel's first working prototype DKM 54 of the Wankel engine runs at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:07 pm
1958 – Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:07 pm
1960 – Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:08 pm
1965 – The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:08 pm
1968 – Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:08 pm
1968 – Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:08 pm
1968 – The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:08 pm
1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:09 pm
1974 – A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:09 pm
1974 – Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:09 pm
1978 – Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:11 pm
1979 – Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:11 pm
1979 – The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to theran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:11 pm
1982 – Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:12 pm
1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:12 pm
1992 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:12 pm
1993 – Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:13 pm
1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:13 pm
1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:13 pm
2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:13 pm
2004 – 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:13 pm
2004 – Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:13 pm
2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/11 at 2:14 pm
2009 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is chosen the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay head of government in the modern world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 02/01/11 at 8:25 pm
2004 – Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
I remember that day. :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:57 pm
506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:57 pm
962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:58 pm
1637 – The contract prices of rare tulip bulbs in the Dutch Republic, which had been steadily climbing for three months, abruptly dropped, marking the decline of tulip mania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:58 pm
1852 – Platine War: An alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes defeated the Argentine Confederation in the Battle of Caseros, the final battle of the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:58 pm
1931 – New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster, the 7.9 MW Hawke's Bay earthquake, struck, killing 256.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:58 pm
1984 – A woman under the care of Dr. John Buster of the Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, US, gave birth to a baby that resulted from the first successful embryo transfer from one person to another.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/03/11 at 1:58 pm
2010 – A cast of L'Homme qui marche I by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti sold for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting the record for most expensive sculpture sold at a public auction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:04 pm
211 – Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:04 pm
960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:04 pm
1454 – In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:05 pm
1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:06 pm
1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:06 pm
1794 – The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:06 pm
1797 – The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:07 pm
1801 – John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:07 pm
1810 – The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:07 pm
1820 – The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald completes the 2 day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:08 pm
1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:10 pm
1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:10 pm
1861 – American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:10 pm
1899 – The Philippine-American War begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:10 pm
1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:11 pm
1936 – Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:11 pm
1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:11 pm
1945 – World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:11 pm
1945 – World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:12 pm
1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:12 pm
1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:12 pm
1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:13 pm
1969 – Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:13 pm
1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:13 pm
1974 – M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:13 pm
1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:14 pm
1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:17 pm
1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:17 pm
1980 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:17 pm
1992 – A Coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez Frías, against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:18 pm
1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:18 pm
1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:19 pm
1997 – After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:19 pm
1998 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:19 pm
1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:19 pm
1999 – The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:20 pm
2000 – German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:20 pm
2002 – Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:20 pm
2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:21 pm
2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:21 pm
2006 – A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:21 pm
2008 – The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 1:21 pm
2010 – The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:06 pm
1441 - Pope Eugene IV published the encyclical "Cantante domino." It asserted that the biblical canon of the Roman Catholic Church contains both the 66 protocanonical books (i.e., the complete Protestant Bible) and 12 deuterocanonical (aka "apocryphal") books 78 writings in all.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:07 pm
1810 - The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in Tennessee as an outgrowth of the Great Revival of 1800. Standing between Calvinism and Arminianism, the denomination holds a "medium theology" which affirms unlimited atonement, universal grace, conditional election, eternal security of the believer and salvation of all children dying in infancy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:07 pm
1873 - Birth of George Bennard, American Methodist evangelist. He penned over 300 Gospel songs during his lifetime, but is primarily remembered today for one: "The Old Rugged Cross."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:07 pm
1874 - English poet and devotional writer Frances Ridley Havergal, 37, penned the words to the popular hymn of commitment, "Take My Life and Let It Be ."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:07 pm
1950 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot resolved in his journal: 'I may no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather respond to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:09 pm
1984 - Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168 meters) Las Vegas
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 6:11 pm
1973 - "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 861 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:11 pm
62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:12 pm
1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:12 pm
1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:12 pm
1631 – Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:12 pm
1778 – South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
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1782 – Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:13 pm
1783 – In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
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1810 – Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
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1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:14 pm
1852 – The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
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1859 – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
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1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", was found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:14 pm
1885 – King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
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1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:15 pm
1913 – Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:15 pm
1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
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1917 – The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:15 pm
1918 – Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:16 pm
1918 – SS Tuscania (1914) is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland, it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:17 pm
1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
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1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
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1937 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
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1939 – Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:18 pm
1945 – In the Second World War, American General Douglas MacArthur (pictured) returns to the Philippines nearly three years after his "I shall return" speech.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:18 pm
1945 – In the Second World War, American General Douglas MacArthur (pictured) returns to the Philippines nearly three years after his "I shall return" speech.
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1946 – The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:19 pm
1958 – A Mark 15 nuclear bomb disappeared off the shores of Tybee Island, Georgia, US after it was jettisoned during a practice exercise when the bomber carrying it collided in midair with a fighter plane.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:19 pm
1958 – Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:19 pm
1962 – French President Charles De Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:20 pm
1963 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:20 pm
1972 – Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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1976 – The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ.
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1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:21 pm
1994 – Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:21 pm
1994 – During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:21 pm
1997 – The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:21 pm
2000 – Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:21 pm
2004 – Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:22 pm
2004 – Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:22 pm
2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/11 at 11:22 pm
2009 – The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:44 am
1428 - King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons
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1850 - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY
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1901 - Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot
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1911 - Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
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1916 - Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:48 am
1927 - Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released & bombed
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1929 - Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
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1937 - First Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released
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1942 - "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn & Tracy opens at Radio City
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1940 - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:50 am
1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:50 am
1948 - "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:51 am
1956 - 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:54 am
1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16 degrees
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/11 at 3:54 am
1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minn Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 2:50 am
1649 – The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland.
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1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
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1778 – France and the United States signed the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, establishing military and commercial ties respectively between the two nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 2:51 am
1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
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1806 – Napoleonic Wars: When squadrons of British and French ships of the line engaged in the Battle of San Domingo (pictured) in the Caribbean Sea, the French ships Impérial and Diomède ran aground to avoid capture, but were caught and destroyed anyway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 2:52 am
1806 – Napoleonic Wars: When squadrons of British and French ships of the line engaged in the Battle of San Domingo (pictured) in the Caribbean Sea, the French ships Impérial and Diomède ran aground to avoid capture, but were caught and destroyed anyway.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Duckworth%27s_Action_off_San_Domingo%2C_6_February_1806.jpg
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1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
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1817 – The Argentinian San Martín crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule.
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1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
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1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.
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1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
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1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 2:56 am
1862 – American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Union its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.
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1899 – Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
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1900 – The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
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1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
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1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
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1934 – Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
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1942 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 2:59 am
1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 2:59 am
1952 – Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
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1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 5:24 am
1959 – Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instruments, filed a patent application for the first integrated circuit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 5:25 am
1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
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1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 5:25 am
1987 – Mary Gaudron was appointed as the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 5:26 am
1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 5:26 am
1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 5:26 am
2000 – Second Chechen War: Russia captured Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen government into exile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:16 am
548 - This was the last year the Church in Jerusalem observed the birth of Jesus on this date. (Celebrating Christmas on December 25th began in the late 300s in the Western Church.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:17 am
1494 - The first mass in America was celebrated in the Roman Catholic church on Isabella Island in Haiti. This was the first church established in the New World, founded by Christopher Columbus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:17 am
1538 - German Reformer Martin Luther wrote in an Epiphany sermon: 'Though Mary had been conceived in sin, the Holy Spirit takes her flesh and blood and purifies them; and thence He creates the body of the Son of God...Thus He assumed a genuine body from His mother Mary, but this body was cleansed from sin by the Holy Spirit.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:17 am
1850 - Future renowned English Baptist preacher, Charles H. Spurgeon was converted to a living faith at age 16, in a Methodist chapel.
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1924 - In England, the first worship service heard over over radio was aired by the BBC. The service was conducted by H. R. L. Sheppard at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:18 am
1998 - Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:18 am
1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:18 am
1990 - New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:18 am
1993 - Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:20 am
1975 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/11 at 8:20 am
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:01 pm
457 – Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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1074 – Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
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1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
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1301 – The title of Prince of Wales (badge pictured) was granted for the first time to an heir apparent to the English throne, Edward of Carnarvon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:02 pm
1301 – The title of Prince of Wales (badge pictured) was granted for the first time to an heir apparent to the English throne, Edward of Carnarvon.
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1497 – The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
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1795 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting the ability of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to sue U.S. states in federal courts, was ratified in order to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:03 pm
1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
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1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
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1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
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1842 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:04 pm
1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company after a peaceful abdication of Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh.
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1856 – The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
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1863 – HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
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1897 – Greco-Turkish War: The first full-scale battle takes place when the Greek expeditionary force in Crete defeats a 4,000-strong Ottoman force at Livadeia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:05 pm
1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
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1898 – Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
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1904 – A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:06 pm
1907 – Over 3,000 women trudged through the cold and the rutty streets of London in the Mud March, the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, to advocate for women's suffrage.
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1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
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1940 – The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
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1943 – Imperial Japanese naval forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/11 at 1:07 pm
1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
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1948 – Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket.
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1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.