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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/11 at 6:08 am
1633 – Samuel de Champlain reclaimed his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/11 at 6:08 am
1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning the Salem witch trials.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/11 at 6:09 am
1811 – Muhammad Ali Pasha, Wāli of the Ottoman province of Egypt, killed the leaders of the Mamluk Sultanate to seize power, founding a dynasty that would last until 1952.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/11 at 6:09 am
1958 – Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Stritch was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith, thus becoming the first American to head a dicastery of the Roman Curia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/11 at 6:09 am
2007 – Danish police forcibly evicted squatters from the Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, prompting widespread rioting that would result in 690 arrests in three days.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:47 pm
986 – Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:48 pm
1127 – Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:48 pm
1444 – Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:48 pm
1476 – Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:48 pm
1717 – The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:48 pm
1791 – Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:49 pm
1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:49 pm
1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:49 pm
1808 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:50 pm
1811 – Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:50 pm
1815 – Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the King of Sri Lanka.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:50 pm
1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:53 pm
1836 – Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:53 pm
1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:53 pm
1861 – Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:53 pm
1865 – East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:54 pm
1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:54 pm
1877 – U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:54 pm
1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:55 pm
1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:55 pm
1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:55 pm
1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:55 pm
1917 – The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:55 pm
1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:56 pm
1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:56 pm
1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:57 pm
1939 – Italian Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected as Pope and took the name Pius XII
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:57 pm
1939 – Italian Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected as Pope and took the name Pius XII
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:58 pm
1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:58 pm
1942 – World War II: Australia declares war on Thailand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:58 pm
1943 – World War II: Australian and American air forces attacked and destroyed a large convoy of the Japanese Navy in the Bismarck Sea north of Papua New Guinea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:58 pm
1946 – Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:59 pm
1949 – The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, US, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:59 pm
1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:59 pm
1953 – The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 3:59 pm
1955 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:00 pm
1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:00 pm
1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:01 pm
1962 – In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:01 pm
1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:01 pm
1965 – The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:01 pm
1969 – In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:02 pm
1969 – Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:02 pm
1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:02 pm
1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:02 pm
1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:02 pm
1983 – Compact Disc players and discs are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had only been available in Japan before then.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:03 pm
1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:03 pm
1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:03 pm
1991 – Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:04 pm
1992 – By virtue of gaining membership to the United Nations, Moldova gained international recognition as an independent nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:05 pm
1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:05 pm
2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/11 at 4:05 pm
2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:17 am
1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:17 am
1875 – The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Canada, by James Creighton and McGill University students.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:18 am
1875 – The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Canada, by James Creighton and McGill University students.
But, what was the score?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:18 am
1924 – The Free State of Fiume, a short-lived independent free state located in the modern city of Rijeka, Croatia, was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:19 am
1943 – World War II: During a German aerial attack on London, England, 173 people were killed in a stampede while trying to enter Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as an air raid shelter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:19 am
1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, recorded "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee, US.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:03 pm
1575 – Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:07 pm
1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:07 pm
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:07 pm
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:07 pm
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:08 pm
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:08 pm
1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:08 pm
1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:08 pm
1865 – Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:09 pm
1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:09 pm
1875 – Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:10 pm
1878 – Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:10 pm
1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:10 pm
1904 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:10 pm
1905 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:10 pm
1910 – Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:11 pm
1915 – NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:11 pm
1918 – Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:12 pm
1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:12 pm
1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.
Who was on the first cover?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:12 pm
1924 – The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:13 pm
1931 – The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:13 pm
1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:13 pm
1939 – In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:13 pm
1940 – Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:13 pm
1942 – World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:14 pm
1944 – The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:14 pm
1945 – World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:14 pm
1945 – World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:15 pm
1953 – A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:16 pm
1958 – Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:16 pm
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:16 pm
1972 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:17 pm
1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:17 pm
1980 – The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:17 pm
1985 – Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:17 pm
1985 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:19 pm
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:21 pm
1991 – In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:21 pm
1991 – United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:22 pm
1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:22 pm
2002 – Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:24 pm
2004 – Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:24 pm
2005 – Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:24 pm
2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/11 at 5:24 pm
2009 – The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:28 am
51 – Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:28 am
306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:29 am
852 – Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:29 am
932 – Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:29 am
1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:30 am
1238 – The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:30 am
1351 – Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:31 am
1386 – Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:31 am
1461 – Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:31 am
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:32 am
1519 – Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:32 am
1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:32 am
1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:32 am
1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
Don't tell Henk.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:33 am
1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:33 am
1681 – Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:33 am
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:33 am
1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:33 am
1790 – France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:34 am
1791 – A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:34 am
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:34 am
1797 – In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:34 am
1804 – Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:35 am
1814 – Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:36 am
1824 – The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" is founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:36 am
1848 – Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:37 am
1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/11 at 2:37 am
1861 – Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for his first term as President of the United States.
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1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
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1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
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1899 – Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Queensland, killing over 400 people, the deadliest natural disaster in Australian history.
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1908 – The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
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1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
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1911 – Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes the first socialist congressman in U.S.
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1913 – First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
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1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
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1918 – The first known case of the so-called Spanish flu was first observed at Fort Riley, Kansas, US.
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1925 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
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1929 – Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President of the United States.
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1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
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1933 – The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
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1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands.
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1943 – World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the South West Pacific comes to an end.
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1944 – World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
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1945 – Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
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1957 – The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
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1960 – The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100.
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1966 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
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1966 – National Safety Council of India is setup in India by Ministry of Labour, Govenment of India on this day. This day is every year celebrated as National Safety Day in India.
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1970 – French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
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1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
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1977 – The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
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1980 – Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union was elected to head the first government in Zimbabwe.
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1983 – Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
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1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
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1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Comet Halley and the first images ever of its nucleus.
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1991 – Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returns to his country for the first time since Iraq's invasion.
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1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex, although to strictly refer to this as "gay rights" is something of a misnomer.
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2001 – 4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 1 person. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
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2001 – Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
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2002 – Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
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2007 – Estonian parliamentary election, 2007: Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, the world's first nationwide voting where part of the votecasting is allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.
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2009 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
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1738 - Moravian missionary Peter Bohler, 26, advised future English founder of Methodism John Wesley, 34: 'Preach faith until you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.'
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1804 - The British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) was founded at a large interdenominational meeting in London. Its purpose was "to promote the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, both at home and in foreign lands."
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1850 - Future statesman James A. Garfield, at age 18, was "buried with Christ in baptism." Thirty_one years, to the day! after his conversion, Garfield took the oath of office as 20th President of the United States.
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1942 - Birth of Gloria Gaither, wife of songwriter Bill Gaither, and female vocalist in the Bill Gaither Trio. Gloria is also coÂauthor of the contemporary Christian songs, "Because He Lives," "Something Beautiful" and "The King is Coming."
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1966 - London's "Evening Standard" newspaper published an interview with Beatle John Lennon in which he remarked: 'Christianity will... vanish and shrink... We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now.' The quote touched off a storm of international protest, resulting in burnings and boycotts of the Beatles' records.
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1966 - London's "Evening Standard" newspaper published an interview with Beatle John Lennon in which he remarked: 'Christianity will... vanish and shrink... We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now.' The quote touched off a storm of international protest, resulting in burnings and boycotts of the Beatles' records.
Now what happened thereafter?
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1924 - "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny
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363 – Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
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1046 – Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
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1279 – the Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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1496 – King Henry VII of England issued letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
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1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
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1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
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1824 – First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
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1836 – Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
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1850 – The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
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1850 – The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Britannia_Bridge_-_circa_1852.jpg/220px-Britannia_Bridge_-_circa_1852.jpg
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1860 – Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
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1868 – Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
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1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
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1906 – Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
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1912 – Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
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1931 – The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
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1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
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1933 – Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
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1940 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and the Politburo signed an order for the execution of about 22,000 Polish military officers, policemen, intellectuals and civilian prisoners of war that were captured during the Soviet invasion of Poland.
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1943 – First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
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1944 – World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoşani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
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1946 – Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
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1946 – Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
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1960 – Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase, giving rise to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.
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1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (pictured).
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1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/CheHigh.jpg/74px-CheHigh.jpg
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/CheHigh.jpg/74px-CheHigh.jpg
I've seen him on a t-shirt!
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1965 – March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
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1966 – BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
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1970 – The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
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1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
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1975 – First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
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1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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1979 – Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
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1979 – America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
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1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research and went on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
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1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research and went on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sinclair_ZX81.jpg/250px-Sinclair_ZX81.jpg
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1984 – 6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
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1988 – The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
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1999 – Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
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2003 – In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
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Died this day
1953 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
Died this day
1953 – Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
These two eminent Russians died within an hour of each other.
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1179 The Third Lateran Council opened under Alexander III. It was attended by 300 bishops who enacted measures against the Waldenses and Albigensians. Lateran III also mandated that popes were to be elected by two-thirds vote from the assembled cardinals.
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1179 - The Third Lateran Council opened under Alexander III. It was attended by 300 bishops who enacted measures against the Waldenses and Albigensians. Lateran III also mandated that popes were to be elected by two-thirds vote from the assembled cardinals.
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1555 - French-born Swiss reformer John Calvin wrote in a letter to Philip Melanchthon: 'It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.'
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1743 In Boston, editor Thomas Prince published the first issue of his weekly, "The Christian History." It was the first religious journal published in America.
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1850 Birth of Daniel B. Towner, American music evangelist. An associate of D.L. Moody, Towner composed over 2,000 hymn tunes, including AT CALVARY ("Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride"), MOODY ("Marvelous Grace of our Loving Lord") and TRUST AND OBEY ("When We Walk With the Lord").
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1951 - The religious program "Circuit Rider" debuted over ABC television. The broadcast featured music selections and biographies of evangelists, and was produced by Franklin W. Dyson.
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1989 - 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000
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1983 - Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative)
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1986 - "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper)
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1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances
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1976 - British £ falls below $2 for first time
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1454 – Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
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1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
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1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
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1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
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1834 – York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
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1836 – Texas Revolution: Mexican forces captured the Alamo in San Antonio from the Texans after a 13-day siege.
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1840 – Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Opened, the first Dental school.
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1857 – Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
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1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
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1899 – The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer registered Aspirin as a trademark.
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1913 – First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress near Ioannina from the Turks.
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1921 – Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
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1945 – Cologne is captured by American Troops.
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1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
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1951 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
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1953 – Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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1964 – Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.