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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:41 am
1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:41 am
1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:41 am
1967 – Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:41 am
1970 – Blast at Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:42 am
1975 – For the first time, ever, the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy was shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:42 am
1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:42 am
1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:43 am
1983 – The first United States Football League game is played.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:44 am
1987 – In the worst maritime disaster involving a British registered ship in peacetime since 1919, the ferry M/S Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:44 am
1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:44 am
1992 – Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 1:45 am
2008 – A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills 8 students and critically injures 11 in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in Jerusalem, Israel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 4:04 am
1629 - In Germany, the Edict of Restitution ordered that all church property secularized since 1552 be restored to the Roman Catholic Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 4:04 am
1735 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 4:04 am
1759 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'There is a wonderful mystery in the manner and circumstances of that mighty working, whereby God subdues all things to himself, and leaves nothing in the heart but his pure love alone.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 4:04 am
1919 - Death of Julia H. Johnston, 70, American Presbyterian Sunday School leader. She penned about 500 hymns during her lifetime, one of which is still sung today: "Grace Greater Than Our Sin" (a.k.a. "Marvelous Grace of our Loving Lord").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/11 at 4:04 am
1933 - Death of Amos R. Wells, 71, pioneer U.S. Christian educator. From l901 until his death, he was editor of "Peloubet's Notes for the International Sunday School Lessons."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:09 pm
161 – Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:10 pm
238 – Roman subjects in Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:10 pm
321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:10 pm
1277 – Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:10 pm
1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:11 pm
1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:11 pm
1827 – Brazil marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:11 pm
1827 – Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:11 pm
1850 – In support of the Compromise of 1850, United States Senator Daniel Webster gave his "Seventh of March" speech, which was so unpopular among his constituency he was forced to resign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:11 pm
1862 – American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:12 pm
1871 – José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (pictured), became Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, starting a four-year rule, the longest in the state's history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:12 pm
1871 – José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (pictured), became Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, starting a four-year rule, the longest in the state's history.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/Visconde_do_Rio_Branco_1879.jpg/65px-Visconde_do_Rio_Branco_1879.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:13 pm
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:13 pm
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
So he did not phone in to arrange the appointment?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:13 pm
1886 – The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil was founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:13 pm
1900 – The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:13 pm
1902 – Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:14 pm
1912 – Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:14 pm
1914 – Prussian William of Wied began his short reign as sovereign prince of the newly independent state of Albania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:14 pm
1936 – World War II (Prelude to): In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:14 pm
1945 – World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:15 pm
1950 – Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:15 pm
1951 – Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:15 pm
1965 – Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:15 pm
1968 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:15 pm
1985 – The song "We Are the World" has its international release.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:16 pm
1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:17 pm
1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:18 pm
1994 – Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:18 pm
2006 – The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:18 pm
2007 – The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:18 pm
2009 – The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and two civilians, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since The Troubles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/11 at 1:19 pm
2009 – The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:01 pm
1010 – Ferdowsi completes his Shāhnāmeh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:02 pm
1126 – Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:02 pm
1618 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:02 pm
1655 – John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in Britain's North American colonies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1702 – Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1777 – Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1782 – Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1862 – American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai near Osaka.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:05 pm
1910 – French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche (pictured) became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:05 pm
1910 – French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche (pictured) became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Raymonde_de_LaRoche_Head.jpg/72px-Raymonde_de_LaRoche_Head.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:05 pm
1911 – International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:06 pm
1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:06 pm
1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:06 pm
1917 – International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1920 – The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1921 – Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1924 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1936 – Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:09 pm
1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:09 pm
1942 – World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:09 pm
1949 – Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:09 pm
1957 – Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:09 pm
1957 – The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the state of Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:10 pm
1957 – Ghana joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:10 pm
1963 – The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:10 pm
1966 – Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar with a statue of Lord Nelson on top in Dublin, Ireland, was destroyed by a bomb.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:11 pm
1966 – Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar with a statue of Lord Nelson on top in Dublin, Ireland, was destroyed by a bomb.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/Nelsons_Pillar_Dublin2.jpg/250px-Nelsons_Pillar_Dublin2.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:11 pm
1974 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:12 pm
1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:12 pm
1979 – Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:12 pm
1983 – President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:12 pm
1985 – A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:12 pm
1999 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:13 pm
2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:13 pm
2010 – The stolen body of Tassos Papadopoulos, fifth President of Cyprus, is discovered in a cemetery near the capital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:15 pm
1698 - The first meeting convened of the British group which later formed the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:15 pm
1711 - In this date's edition of "The Spectator," English essayist Joseph Addison wrote: 'To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:15 pm
1740 - Colonial revivalist Gilbert Tennent, 37, preached his famous sermon, "The Danger of An Unconverted Ministry." The message, assaulting opponents of the Great Awakening, contributed to the first schism within the American Presbyterian Church between the Old Side and New Side. (In 1758 the two divisions were reunited.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:15 pm
1887 - Death of Henry Ward Beecher, 73, American clergyman and social reformer. His last words were: 'Going out into life" that is dying.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/11 at 1:15 pm
1921 - The United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia was organized at Ebenezer, in South Australia. In 1966 the UELCA united with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (ELCA) to form the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:17 pm
141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:17 pm
1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:18 pm
1230 – Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:18 pm
1276 – Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:18 pm
1500 – The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:18 pm
1566 – David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:19 pm
1765 – After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:19 pm
1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:19 pm
1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:19 pm
1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:20 pm
1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurred at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:20 pm
1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:21 pm
1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurred at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
Ders gold in dem hills!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:21 pm
1847 – Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:21 pm
1862 – American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:22 pm
1896 – Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:22 pm
1910 – The Westmoreland County Coal Strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:22 pm
1916 – Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:23 pm
1925 – Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1944 – World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:24 pm
1944 – The Soviet Air Forces conduct heavy bombing on Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:25 pm
1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds injured
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:25 pm
1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:27 pm
1956 – Soviet military suppresses a mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:27 pm
1957 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:28 pm
1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:28 pm
1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:28 pm
1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a human dummy nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich, and demonstrating that Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:29 pm
1967 – Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:30 pm
1976 – Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable-car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:31 pm
1977 – The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:33 pm
1989 – Financially-troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:33 pm
1990 – Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:33 pm
1991 – Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. Two people are killed and tanks are deployed in the streets.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:34 pm
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:35 pm
2011 Space Shuttle Discovery made its final landing after 39 flights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:35 pm
2011 Space Shuttle Discovery made its final landing after 39 flights.
Yes today!
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2010 – The first same-sex marriages in Washington, D.C., take place.
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1839 Birth of Phoebe Palmer Knapp, American Methodist hymnwriter. She published more than 500 hymn tunes during her lifetime; her most famous melody comprises the tune to Fanny Crosby's hymn, "Blessed Assurance."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:36 pm
1843 Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:36 pm
1930 Pioneer linguist Frank Laubach wrote in a letter: 'It seems to me...that the very Bible cannot be read as a substitute for meeting God soul to soul and face to face.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:36 pm
1931 The World Radio Missionary Fellowship (WRMF) was incorporated in Lima, Ohio, by co_founders Clarence W. Jones and Reuben Larson. Today, this interdenominational mission agency broadcasts the Gospel in 15 languages to South America and throughout Europe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/11 at 2:36 pm
1965 Three white Unitarian ministers, including the Rev. James J. Reeb, were attacked with clubs on the streets of Selma, Alabama, while participating in a civil rights demonstration. Reeb later died in a Birmingham, Alabama hospital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 2:55 pm
241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
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298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
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1607 – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 2:56 pm
1629 – Charles I of England dissolves the Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
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1735 – An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
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1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
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1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
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1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
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1830 – The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
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1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
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1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
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1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
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1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
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1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
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1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
...but what was the reply?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 2:59 pm
1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
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1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
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1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
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1917 – Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
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1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
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1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
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1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
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1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
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1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
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1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
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1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
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1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his plea.
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1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
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1975 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
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1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 3:02 pm
1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
....?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 3:02 pm
1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
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1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
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1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
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2000 – The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
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2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
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2008 – The New York Times reveals that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service.
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528 - Martyrdom of Balthaser Hubmaier, 48, German reformer and chief writer for the Anabaptist movement. Arrested in Moravia, Hubmaier was later condemned at Vienna and burned at the stake.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 3:05 pm
1681 - English Quaker William Penn, 26, received a charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of the colonial American territory known today as the state of Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 3:05 pm
1748 - Slave-ship Captain John Newton, 22, was converted to a saving Christian faith. Newton later became an Anglican clergyman, and (as the author of "Amazing Grace") a greatly respected hymnwriter as well.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/11 at 3:05 pm
1937 - English historian Arnold J. Toynbee wrote: 'In this really very brief period of less than 2,000 years Christianity has, in fact, produced greater spiritual effects in the world than have been produced in a comparable space of time by any other spiritual movement that we know of in history.'
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1987 - The Vatican declared its formal opposition to test-tube fertilization, embryo transfer and most other forms of scientific interference in human procreation.
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2011 – An earthquake measuring 8.9 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami.
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222 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before thrown into the Tiber.
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1387 – Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
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1649 – The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
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1702 – The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
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1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
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1784 – The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
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1811 – During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
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1824 – The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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1845 – The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:38 pm
1848 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
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1851 – The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:38 pm
1851 – The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
One of my favourite operas
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:39 pm
1861 – American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:39 pm
1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:40 pm
1867 – The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:42 pm
1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:42 pm
1872 – The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
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1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:43 pm
1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
Probably, Howard's Great Grandfather complained about it!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:43 pm
1917 – World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:43 pm
1927 – In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
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1931 – Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
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1941 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
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1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor.
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1945 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
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1945 – World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:46 pm
1977 – The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/11 at 1:46 pm
1978 – Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
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1983 – Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
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1985 – Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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1990 – Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
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1990 – Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
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1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
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1999 – Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
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2004 – Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
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2006 – Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
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2007 – Russian helicopters reportedly attack the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
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2009 – Winnenden school shooting – 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.
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515 BCE – Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem was completed.
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538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ended his siege of Rome, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
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1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church.
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1664 – New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
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1689 – The Williamite War in Ireland begins.
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1811 – Peninsular War: A day after a successful rear guard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
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1868 – Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
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1881 – Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 1:51 am
1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 1:52 am
1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.)
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1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
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1930 – Gandhi began the Dandi March (pictured), a 24-day walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India.
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1930 – Gandhi began the Dandi March (pictured), a 24-day walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Gandhi_Salt_March-cropped.jpg
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1933 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats".
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1934 – Konstantin Päts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
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1938 – Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria.
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1940 – Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
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1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of Communism.
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1950 – The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 2:01 am
1964 – New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to legally sell lottery tickets in the 20th century.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 2:01 am
1966 – Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 2:02 am
1971 – The Turkish Armed Forces executed a coup by memorandum, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 2:03 am
1992 – Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 2:04 am
1993 – Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
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1993 – North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/11 at 2:05 am
1993 – The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.
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1994 – The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
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1999 – Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
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2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
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2004 – The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its national assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.