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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:15 am
1981 – A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:16 am
1982 – Río Negro massacre in Guatemala.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:16 am
1984 – Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:17 am
1990 – German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:17 am
1991 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:18 am
2000 – The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:18 am
2001 – An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:19 am
2004 – The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:19 am
2007 – Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 2:20 am
2008 – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:30 am
1826 - The American Temperance Society (later renamed the American Temperance Union) was organized in Boston. It quickly grew into a national crusade, and within a decade over 8,000 similar groups had been formed, boasting a total of 1.5 million members.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:30 am
1849 - Otterbein College was chartered in Westerville, Ohio, under sponsorship of the United Brethren Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:31 am
1936 - The Lutheran Army and Navy Commission was organized by the Missouri Synod for the purpose of commissioning chaplains for military service and to minister to Lutheran personnel among the military overseas. In 1947 its name was changed to the Armed Services Commission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:31 am
1951 - Death of Lloyd C. Douglas, 74, American Congregational clergyman and novelist. He published his first religious novel "Magnificent Obsession" in 1929, followed later by "The Robe" (1942) and "The Big Fisherman" (1948).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:31 am
1973 - The National Council of U.S. Catholic Bishops announced that anyone undergoing or performing an abortion would be excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:34 am
1987 - Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:35 am
1961 - Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:37 am
1969 - Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/11 at 6:37 am
1977 - "Guys & Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/11 at 2:12 pm
* 1918 – The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania, proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania governed by democratic principles, despite the presence of German troops in the country during World War I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/11 at 2:13 pm
1923 – English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Tutankhamun, an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/11 at 2:13 pm
1961 – The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/11 at 2:14 pm
1977 – Archbishop Janani Luwum of the Church of Uganda, a leading voice against the regime of Idi Amin, was arrested for treason and murdered the next day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/11 at 2:14 pm
1983 – The Ash Wednesday fires burned 513,979 acres (2,080 km2) in South Australia and 518,921 acres (2,100 km2) in Victoria, killing 75 people and injuring 2676 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/11 at 2:14 pm
1985 – "The Hizballah Program" was released, describing the ideology and goals of the Shia Islamic political and paramilitary organization Hizballah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/11 at 3:25 pm
1621 – Myles Standish was elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia, a position he would hold for the rest of his life.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/11 at 3:26 pm
1872 – Mariano Gómez, José Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as Gomburza were executed in Manila, Philippines, by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/11 at 3:26 pm
1904 – Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan, generating negative reviews that forced him to rewrite the opera.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/11 at 3:26 pm
1913 – In the U.S. National Guard's 69th Regiment Armory in New York City, the Armory Show opened, introducing Americans to avant-garde and modern art.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/11 at 3:26 pm
1964 – Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but France, honoring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated M'ba the next day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:24 pm
1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:24 pm
1268 – The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:24 pm
1332 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:25 pm
1478 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:25 pm
1637 – Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by 6 warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:25 pm
1745 – The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo River, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:25 pm
1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opened his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:25 pm
1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:26 pm
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:26 pm
1846 – Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:26 pm
1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:26 pm
1861 – With the Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:27 pm
1865 – Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:27 pm
1873 – Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:27 pm
1878 – John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:27 pm
1900 – Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:27 pm
1906 – Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:28 pm
1911 – The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:29 pm
1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:29 pm
1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
Which we now know is not a planet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:29 pm
1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:30 pm
1932 – The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:30 pm
1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
Any pictures anyone?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:30 pm
1943 – The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:30 pm
1943 – Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:31 pm
1946 – Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutinied in Mumbai harbour, from where it would spread throughout British India and involve 78 ships, 20 shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:31 pm
1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:31 pm
1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
Does Tom cruise know?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:31 pm
1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:31 pm
1957 – Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:31 pm
1957 – Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:32 pm
1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:32 pm
1969 – Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashes into Mount Whitney killing all on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:33 pm
1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:33 pm
1972 – The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:33 pm
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:33 pm
1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:34 pm
1983 – Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:34 pm
1991 – The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:36 pm
2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:37 pm
2001 – Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:38 pm
2001 – Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Indonesia, that will ultimately result in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:38 pm
2003 – Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:38 pm
2004 – Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 12:38 pm
2007 – Terrorist bombs explode on the Samjhauta Express in Panipat, Haryana, India, killing 68 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:40 pm
1571 - A group of Spanish Jesuits in the Chesapeake Bay area, led by Fray Batista Segura, were murdered by the Indians they had come six months earlier to convert. The massacre led ultimately to the withdrawal of all Jesuits living in Florida as well.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:40 pm
1678 - John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" was first published, in England. Bunyan was frequently imprisoned for preaching without a license. During these sequestered times, between 1660-72, Bunyan collected the ideas enabling him to pen this masterpiece of Christian literature.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:40 pm
1688 - At a monthly meeting in Germantown, PA, a group of Quakers and Mennonites became the first white body in English America to register a formal protest against slavery. The historic "Germantown Protest" denounced both slavery and the slave trade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:40 pm
1781 - Birth of Henry Martyn, Anglican missionary to Persia. Martyn first sailed for the East in 1805. His great linguistic gifts led him to translate the New Testament both into Hindustani and Arabic, before his premature death at 31.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:40 pm
1867 - The Augusta Institute was founded in Georgia. Established as an institution of higher learning for black students, it moved to Atlanta in 1879, and in 1913 changed its name to Morehouse College.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:41 pm
1913 - French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel DuChamp displayed at Armory Show in New York
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:42 pm
1915 - Germany begins a blockade of England
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:42 pm
1967 - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:43 pm
1965 - Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:43 pm
1953 - KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:44 pm
1978 - First Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:44 pm
1993 - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:44 pm
1968 - David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:45 pm
1972 - John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 4:47 pm
1977 - George Harrison releases "True Love"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 5:20 pm
1991 - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 5:22 pm
1961 - Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 5:24 pm
1955 - Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/11 at 5:25 pm
1885 - Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:20 am
197 – Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:20 am
1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:22 am
1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:22 am
1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:23 am
1807 – In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:23 am
1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:23 am
1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:24 am
1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:24 am
1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:24 am
1861 – Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:24 am
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:26 am
1884 – More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:26 am
1884 – More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
...was it a Full Moon that day?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:27 am
1915 – World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:27 am
1921 – Rezā Shāh takes control of theran during a successful coup
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:27 am
1937 – During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:28 am
1942 – World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:28 am
1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:29 am
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:29 am
1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:29 am
1949 – Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:29 am
1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:30 am
1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:30 am
1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:30 am
1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
How did it sound?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:30 am
1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:30 am
1972 – The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:32 am
1976 – Executive Order 9066 is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:32 am
1978 – Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:33 am
1985 – Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:33 am
1985 – Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:33 am
1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:33 am
1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:34 am
1999 – President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:35 am
2001 – The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:36 am
2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 2:37 am
2006 – A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:14 am
842 - The Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ended, when a Council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of images (icons) in the churches. (This debate over icons is often considered the last event which led to the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:14 am
1568 - Death of Miles Coverdale, 80, translator and publisher of the first complete Bible to be printed in English (1535). Coverdale was also editor of the Great Bible of 1539.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:14 am
1812 - Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta, India. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:14 am
1869 - Death of Elizabeth Clephane, 39, an orphaned Scottish poet who left the Church with two hauntingly beautiful hymns: "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" and "The Ninety and Nine." (All of Clephane's poetry was published posthumously.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:14 am
1942 - Presidential Executive Order 9066 began placing 100,000 persons of Japanese ancestry (of which over 2/3 were American-born citizens) into ten "relocation centers" for the duration of WWII. During confinement within the armed, barbed-wire surroundings, however, prayer meetings, Bible studies and worship services were held.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:44 am
1920 - Netherlands joins League of Nations
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:45 am
1942 - New York Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers will be admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:46 am
1971 - Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:49 am
1985 - Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/11 at 7:49 am
1989 - Broadway's biggest flop (lost $5.3 million) "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 64 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:04 am
1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clashed in the Battle of Parabiago.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:04 am
1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:04 am
1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:04 am
1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:05 am
1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:05 am
1798 – Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:05 am
1810 – Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:05 am
1813 – Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:05 am
1835 – Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:06 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:06 am
1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:06 am
1873 – The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:07 am
1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:07 am
1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:08 am
1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:08 am
1931 – The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:08 am
1933 – The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:08 am
1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:08 am
1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:09 am
1942 – Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:09 am
1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:09 am
1943 – The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:09 am
1943 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:09 am
1944 – World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:10 am
1944 – World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:10 am
1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:10 am
1959 – The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:11 am
1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:11 am
1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:11 am
1978 – The last Order of Victory was bestowed upon Leonid Brezhnev.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:11 am
1987 – Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:11 am
1988 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:12 am
1989 – An IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:12 am
1991 – A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:13 am
1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:14 am
2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:14 am
2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:14 am
2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en-route to the national airforce headquarters were shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 3:14 am
2010 – In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 43 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:33 am
1743 - Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'Selfish religion loves Christ for his benefits, but not for himself.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:33 am
1878 - Following the death of Pius IX, Italian cardinal Gioacchino Pecci, 67, was elected Pope Leo XIII. His papacy, possibly the century's most productive, was best known for his teaching encyclicals and for establishing in 1902 the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:34 am
1950 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'One may know God's work for his soul without understanding it all... Let the heart be warm, at all costs to the head, in the getting of Christianity.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:34 am
1960 - Death of Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, 80, a British archaeologist who spent more than 40 years in the field. Woolley is remembered for having excavated Ur of the Chaldees, and for discovering the ancient Sumerian civilization.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:34 am
1976 - Death of Kathryn Kuhlman, 69, popular American radio and TV evangelist. A member of the American Baptist Convention, Kuhlman's preaching emphasized the healing power of the Holy Spirit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:35 am
1997 - San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9 million 2 year contract
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:35 am
1994 - Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:36 am
1989 - Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April reunion because of the deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:37 am
1988 - Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:37 am
1982 - New York Islanders win record 15th straight NHL game
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:38 am
1975 - Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:38 am
1976 - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:39 am
1974 - Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:40 am
1950 - Dylan Thomas arrives in New York NY for his first US poetry reading tour
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:40 am
1943 - New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (México)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:41 am
1927 - Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:41 am
1919 - French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:42 am
1872 - Metropolitan Museum of Art opens (New York NY)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 4:42 am
1872 - Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 7:40 am
1968 - John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/11 at 7:43 am
1724 - Georg F Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:28 pm
362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:28 pm
1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:29 pm
1440 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:29 pm
1543 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:30 pm
1613 – Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:30 pm
1804 – The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:30 pm
1842 – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:30 pm
1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the The Communist Manifesto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:30 pm
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:31 pm
1874 – The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:31 pm
1878 – The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:31 pm
1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:31 pm
1913 – Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:31 pm
1916 – World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:32 pm
1918 – The last Carolina Parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:32 pm
1919 – Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:32 pm
1921 – Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:32 pm
1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:32 pm
1937 – Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:33 pm
1937 – The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:33 pm
1945 – World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:33 pm
1947 – In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:33 pm
1948 – NASCAR is incorporated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:34 pm
1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:34 pm
1958 – The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:34 pm
1965 – Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:34 pm
1970 – Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zürich, Switzerland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:35 pm
1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:35 pm
1972 – President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:35 pm
1972 – The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:35 pm
1973 – Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:36 pm
1974 – The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:36 pm
1975 – Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:36 pm
1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 1:36 pm
2004 – The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:27 pm
1109 - Death of Anselm of Canterbury, 76, priest and theologian. Best remembered for his 1099 classic, "Cur Deus Homo" ("Why God Became Man"), Anselm is regarded as the most original thinker in the Catholic Church since Augustine. His most often quoted saying was: 'I believe, in order that I may understand.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:27 pm
1173 - Pope Alexander III canonized Thomas Becket (1118-70). As Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket had been martyred three years earlier on orders of English King Henry II a former friend until Becket was elevated to Archbishop in 1162.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:27 pm
1795 - Freedom of worship was established in France under the constitution that came out of the French Revolution of 1789.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:27 pm
1945 - Death of Eric Liddell, 43, Scottish Olympic champion runner. Later a missionary to China, Liddell was captured by the Japanese during WWII and died of a brain tumor while still imprisoned. (His college running days were portrayed in the 1981 British film, "Chariots of Fire.")
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:28 pm
1988 - During a live TV broadcast, televangelist Jimmy Swaggert, 52, admitted to visiting a prostitute, then announced he would be leaving his ministry for an unspecified length of time. (Defrocked in April by the Assemblies of God, he was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but returned after only three months.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:29 pm
1911 - Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:31 pm
1941 - US Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:32 pm
1962 - Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/11 at 4:32 pm
1964 - UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/11 at 2:12 am
1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: British ships began attacking the Spanish rear of a Franco-Spanish combined fleet in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast near Toulon, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/11 at 2:12 am
1909 – The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut completed a circumnavigation of the globe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/11 at 2:12 am
1980 – At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/11 at 2:12 am
1997 – Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the birth of a cloned sheep named Dolly, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell, seven months after the fact.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/11 at 2:13 am
2002 – Jonas Savimbi, leader of the Angolan anti-Communist rebel and political party UNITA, was killed in a battle with Angolan government troops.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:06 pm
632 – The Last Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of prophet Muhammad.