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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/11 at 2:57 pm
1897 - Emilie Grace Briggs became the first woman in America to graduate from a Presbyterian theological school, when she received her Bachelor of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary, in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:01 pm
37 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:01 pm
235 – Emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea are murdered by legionaries near Moguntiacum (modern Mainz). The Severan dynasty ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:01 pm
1229 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:01 pm
1241 – Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelmed the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków provinces in the Battle of Chmielnik and plundered the abandoned city of Kraków.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:02 pm
1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:02 pm
1438 – Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:02 pm
1608 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:03 pm
1673 – John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:03 pm
1766 – American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:03 pm
1793 – The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:04 pm
1834 – Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:04 pm
1850 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:04 pm
1865 – American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:05 pm
1871 – Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:05 pm
1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:05 pm
1893 – Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:06 pm
1906 – Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at 1 meter altitude.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:07 pm
1913 – King George I of Greece (pictured) was assassinated in Thessaloniki by Alexandros Schinas, who had no apparent motive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:07 pm
1913 – King George I of Greece (pictured) was assassinated in Thessaloniki by Alexandros Schinas, who had no apparent motive.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/King_George_of_Hellenes.jpg/74px-King_George_of_Hellenes.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:08 pm
1915 – World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:08 pm
1921 – The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:08 pm
1922 – In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:08 pm
1925 – The Tri-State Tornado spawned in Missouri, traveled over 219 miles (352 km) across Illinois and Indiana, and killed 695 along the way, making it the tornado with the longest continuous track ever recorded in the world and the deadliest in U.S. history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:09 pm
1937 – The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:09 pm
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:09 pm
1937 – The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) outside Milan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:09 pm
1938 – Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:10 pm
1940 – World War II: Axis Powers – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:10 pm
1942 – The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:10 pm
1944 – The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:11 pm
1945 – World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:11 pm
1946 – Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:12 pm
1948 – Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of a Tito-Stalin split.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:15 pm
1953 – An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:15 pm
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statheood, which would become official on August 21.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:16 pm
1962 – The Evian Accords put an end to the Algerian War of Independence, which began in 1954.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:16 pm
1965 – Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:16 pm
1967 – The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:16 pm
1968 – Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:17 pm
1969 – The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:18 pm
1970 – The National Assembly of Cambodia ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk as head of state, and Prime Minister Lon Nol invoked emergency powers to take over.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:18 pm
1971 – In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:19 pm
1974 – Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:19 pm
1980 – At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:19 pm
1989 – In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:19 pm
1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:19 pm
1992 – White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:19 pm
994 – Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending warring between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:20 pm
1996 – The deadliest fire in Philippine history burned a nightclub in Quezon City, leaving 162 dead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:20 pm
1997 – The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:20 pm
2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:20 pm
2003 – FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:21 pm
2003 – In the House of Commons, British MPs vote in favour of military intervention in Iraq by 412 votes to 149.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:21 pm
2003 – British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:22 pm
1123 The First Lateran Council opened in Rome. It was the Ninth Ecumenical Council, and the first one to be held in the West. Lateran I settled the right of investiture (i.e., the right to choose replacement clergy) by a treaty between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:22 pm
1314 39 French Knights Templars were burned at the stake. Most church history experts agree that these and other hostilities shown against the Knights Templars were caused by the greed and cunning of Philip the Fair, who sought the great wealth this medieval military religious order had amassed in the enturies following the Crusades.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:23 pm
1673 Lord Berkeley of England sold his half of the American colony of New Jersey to the Quakers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:23 pm
1767 Anglican clergyman and hymn writer John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The more you know him, the better you will trust him; the more you trust him, the better you will love him; the more you love him, the better you will serve him.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:23 pm
1861 The Metropolitan Tabernacle first opened in London. It was the church at which famed English Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon pastored.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:26 pm
1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:27 pm
1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:27 pm
1971 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:28 pm
1985 - Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/11 at 2:28 pm
1992 Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:28 am
1279 – The Song Dynasty in Imperial China ended with a victory by the Yuan Dynasty at the Battle of Yamen off the coast of Xinhui, Guangdong Province.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:28 am
1687 – The search for the mouth of the Mississippi River led by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ended with a mutiny and his murder in present-day Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:29 am
1853 – The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:29 am
1863 – The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:30 am
1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:30 am
1885 – Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:30 am
1915 – Pluto was photographed for the first time, 15 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:31 am
1916 – Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:31 am
1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:32 am
1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:32 am
1921 – Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:32 am
1921 – Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:32 am
1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:32 am
1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:33 am
1941 – World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:33 am
1943 – Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:33 am
1944 – World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:34 am
1945 – World War II: A single Japanese aircraft bombed the American aircraft carrier USS Franklin (pictured), killing over 700 of her crew and crippling the ship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:34 am
1945 – World War II: A single Japanese aircraft bombed the American aircraft carrier USS Franklin (pictured), killing over 700 of her crew and crippling the ship.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Attack_on_carrier_USS_Franklin_19_March_1945.jpg/100px-Attack_on_carrier_USS_Franklin_19_March_1945.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:35 am
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:35 am
1946 – French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:35 am
1954 – Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:36 am
1954 – Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
Was there blood?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:36 am
1954 – Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:37 am
1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:37 am
1962 – Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:38 am
1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:38 am
1966 – Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:39 am
1969 – The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:39 am
1978 – In response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations called on Israel to immediately withdraw its forces from Lebanon, and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:40 am
1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:41 am
1982 – Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:41 am
1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:41 am
1989 – The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:41 am
1990 – The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:42 am
2002 – Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:42 am
2003 – United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:42 am
2004 – Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:42 am
2004 – A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:42 am
2004 – 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:43 am
2008 – GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:46 am
2004 – Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
2004 – A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
2004 – 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
Was there a Full Moon that day too?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:46 am
1563 - The Edict of Amboise granted a limited amount of freedom to French Protestants, thereby ending the First Huguenot War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:47 am
1641 - A General Court ended which declared the Colony of Rhode Island a democracy. The Court also adopted a constitution granting religious freedom to all its citizens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:47 am
1937 - Pius XI declared in the encyclical "Divini redemptoris": 'There would be neither Socialism nor Communism today if the rulers of the nations had not scorned the teachings and material warnings of the Church.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:47 am
1944 - German Lutheran pastor and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'We can have abundant life, even though many wishes remain unfulfilled.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:48 am
1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
...involving a church secretary Jessica Hahn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:49 am
1917 - US Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees (Adamson Act)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:50 am
1941 - Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra recorded "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:51 am
1942 - FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:51 am
1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:52 am
1951 - Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny" is published
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:52 am
1953 - 25th Academy Awards: "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (first time televised)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:53 am
1964 - Sean Connery's first day of shooting on "Goldfinger"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:53 am
1965 - Chivu Stoica becomes President of the Council of Romanian People's Republic & Nicolae Ceausescu appointed 1st Secretary of Romanian communist party
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:54 am
1965 - Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record ƒ7,770,000
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:54 am
1972 - India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:54 am
1972 - Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 points
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:55 am
1973 - Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:55 am
1976 - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:57 am
1977 - "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/11 at 5:58 am
1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:05 am
235 – Maximinus Thrax succeeded to the throne of the Roman Empire, the first of the so-called barracks emperors who gained power by virtue of his command of the army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:06 am
1208 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:06 am
1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:06 am
1602 – The Dutch East India Company was established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:07 am
1602 – The Dutch East India Company was established.
Next year it will be the 400th anniversary.
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1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
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1760 – The "Great Fire" of Boston, Massachusetts destroys 349 buildings.
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1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
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1848 – Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
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1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
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1861 – An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
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1883 – The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
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1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
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1913 – Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
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1914 – In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
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1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:12 am
1922 – The USS Langley (CV-1) is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:12 am
1923 – Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the U.S.
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1933 – Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:13 am
1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:13 am
1944 – World War II: Four thousand U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:14 am
1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:14 am
1951 – Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:15 am
1952 – The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.
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1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France.
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1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
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1974 – Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:16 am
1980 – The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:16 am
1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:18 am
1987 – The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) (chemical structure pictured) became the first antiviral medication approved for use against HIV and AIDS.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:18 am
1987 – The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) (chemical structure pictured) became the first antiviral medication approved for use against HIV and AIDS.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Zidovudine-3D-balls.png/87px-Zidovudine-3D-balls.png
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:19 am
1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:19 am
1990 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
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1993 – An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England.
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1995 – A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons.
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1999 – Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.
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2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:21 am
2003 – 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:21 am
2005 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:21 am
2006 – Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:21 am
2006 – Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:22 am
1739 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'I look upon all the world as my parish.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:22 am
1747 - American missionary David Brainerd, 28, ended two_andÂone_half years of labor among the colonial Indians of New England, after having been continually plagued with ill health. (Brainerd died of tuberculosis seven months later.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:23 am
1840 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'The more God opens your eyes, the more you will feel that you are lost in yourself.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:24 am
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
The controversy it kindled helped lead to the American Civil War, nine years later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/11 at 5:24 am
1928 - Birth of Fred Rogers, American Presbyterian clergyman and __ since its premiere in 1965 __ host of public television's longest running children's program: "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
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Written By: Howard on 03/20/11 at 6:49 am
1928 - Birth of Fred Rogers, American Presbyterian clergyman and __ since its premiere in 1965 __ host of public television's longest running children's program: "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HoZcnRbEDDA/TE3cPVxOuzI/AAAAAAAABZ0/Cr4rzAI0iuE/s1600/mister-rogers.jpg
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HoZcnRbEDDA/TE3cPVxOuzI/AAAAAAAABZ0/Cr4rzAI0iuE/s1600/mister-rogers.jpg
I have never known what he looked like till now.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:08 pm
717 – Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
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1152 – Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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1188 – Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.
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1413 – Henry V becomes King of England.
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1556 – In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.
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1788 – A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
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1800 – With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:11 pm
1801 – The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt.
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1804 – Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law.
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1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
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1821 – Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:12 pm
1844 – The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
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1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller for the return of Christ.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:13 pm
1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller for the return of Christ.
Known as the Biggest Failure?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:13 pm
1857 – An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
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1871 – Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire.
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1871 – Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
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1909 – The remains of the Báb, one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith, were interred by `Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa, present-day Israel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:15 pm
1913 – Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
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1918 – World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
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1919 – The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
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1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
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1933 – Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
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1935 – Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the Aryans.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:17 pm
1937 – Ponce Massacre: 18 people and a 7-year-old girl in Ponce, Puerto Rico, are gunned down by a police squad acting under orders of US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:17 pm
1943 – World War II: Wehrmacht officer Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff (pictured) attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing, but had to abort the plan at the last minute.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:17 pm
1943 – World War II: Wehrmacht officer Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff (pictured) attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing, but had to abort the plan at the last minute.
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1945 – World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
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1945 – World War II: Operation Carthage – British planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed.
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1945 – World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of Drava concludes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:19 pm
1946 – The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the league since 1933.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:20 pm
1952 – Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:20 pm
1960 – Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:21 pm
1963 – Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:21 pm
1964 – In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:22 pm
1965 – Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:22 pm
1965 – Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:22 pm
1968 – Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:23 pm
1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Mayor of San Francisco Joseph Alioto.
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1980 – US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:24 pm
1980 – On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase "Who shot J.R.?"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:24 pm
1989 – Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling.
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1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
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1997 – In a Tel Aviv, Israel coffee shop, a suicide bomber kills 3 and injures 49.
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1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:25 pm
2002 – British schoolgirl Amanda Dowler was abducted on her way home from Heathside School in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:26 pm
2002 – In Pakistan, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:26 pm
2006 – Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Khalifa and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport riot causing $1M in damage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/11 at 2:26 pm
2006 – A man using a hammer smashed the statue of Phra Phrom in the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, and was subsequently beaten to death by bystanders.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 1:56 am
238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman Emperors.
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1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
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1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.
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1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
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1638 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony expelled Anne Hutchinson from its ranks for dissenting from Puritan orthodoxy.
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1736 – Under orders from Shah of Iran Nader Shah (pictured) to plunder Delhi, India, Persian troops killed at least 20,000 Indians, forcing Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah to beg for mercy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 1:57 am
1736 – Under orders from Shah of Iran Nader Shah (pictured) to plunder Delhi, India, Persian troops killed at least 20,000 Indians, forcing Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah to beg for mercy.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Nader_Shah_Afshar.jpg/62px-Nader_Shah_Afshar.jpg
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1739 – Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
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1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
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1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
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1809 – Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:01 am
1829 – The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:01 am
1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:01 am
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:01 am
1873 – A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:01 am
1894 – The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:02 am
1906 – First Anglo-French rugby union match at Parc des Princes in Paris
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:02 am
1913 – Phan Xich Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:03 am
1916 – The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:04 am
1923 – The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:04 am
1939 – World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:05 am
1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
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1943 – World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:05 am
1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:05 am
1954 – Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:05 am
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:06 am
1972 – The United States Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.