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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:06 am
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:06 am
1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:06 am
1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:06 am
1984 – In what would be the longest and costliest criminal trial in United States history, teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were falsely charged with satanic ritual abuse of schoolchildren.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:07 am
1989 – Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:08 am
1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after liftoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:08 am
1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:09 am
1995 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov of the Soyuz programme returned from the Mir space station after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:09 am
1997 – Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women's World Figure Skating Champion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:09 am
1997 – The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:10 am
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:10 am
2006 – ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:10 am
2006 – BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:10 am
2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/11 at 2:10 am
2009 – Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska begins erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 2:10 am
1708 – James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 12:58 pm
1400 – The Tran Dynasty of Vietnam is deposed after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule by Ho Quy Ly, a court official.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 12:59 pm
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 12:59 pm
1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 12:59 pm
1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1821 – Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1848 – The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1862 – The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:01 pm
1879 – Fighting in the War of the Pacific between Chile and a Peruvian–Bolivian alliance, opened with the Battle of Topáter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:01 pm
1889 – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:01 pm
1905 – 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos (pictured), met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:02 pm
1905 – 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos (pictured), met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:02 pm
1908 – American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1931 – Bhagat Singh, one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by British authorities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:04 pm
1931 – Bhagat Singh (pictured), one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by British authorities.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Bhagat_Singh_1922.jpg/220px-Bhagat_Singh_1922.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:04 pm
1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:05 pm
1935 – Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:05 pm
1939 – The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spišská Nová Ves, kills 13 people and began the Slovak–Hungarian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:05 pm
1940 – The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:05 pm
1942 – World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:05 pm
1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1962 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1978 – The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1982 – Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1989 – Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce their discovery of cold fusion at the University of Utah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1991 – The Sierra Leone Civil War began when the Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invaded Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:08 pm
1994 – At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:08 pm
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1994 – A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1999 – Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:09 pm
2001 – The Russian Federal Space Agency forced the space station Mir to deorbit and crash into the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:09 pm
2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 654 Iraqi combatants are also killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:12 pm
1540 - In a show of growing support for Henry VIII, Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last monastery in England to transfer its allegiance from the Catholic Church to the newly_established Church of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:12 pm
1744 - In London, composer George Frederic Handel's famous oratorio "Messiah" was performed for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:12 pm
1744 - In London, composer George Frederic Handel's famous oratorio "Messiah" was performed for the first time.
Of which I believe was a Good Friday that year.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:13 pm
1877 - Mormon fanatic John Doyle Lee was executed by a firing squad for masterminding the Mountain Meadows Massacre. In 1857, a wagon train of 127 Arkansas Methodist emigrants, bound for California, were killed by a party of Mormon settlers and Paiute Indians at Mountain Meadows (near Cedar ity), Utah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:13 pm
1892 - Birth of George Arthur Buttrick, English Presbyterian pastor and educator. A teacher at both Union Theological Seminary and Harvard University, Buttrick is best remembered as chief editor of "The Interpreter's Bible" (1952_57).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:13 pm
1966 - Archbishop of Canterbury Arthur Michael Ramsey met and exchanged public greetings with Pope Paul VI in Rome. It was the first official meeting between heads of the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in over 400 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1891 - First jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:19 pm
1979 Wings release "Goodnight Tonight"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 1:19 pm
1987 Soap opera "Bold & Beautiful" premieres
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:36 pm
1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:36 pm
1836 - Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:37 pm
1839 - First recorded use of "OK" (Boston's Morning Post)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:37 pm
1861 - London's first tramcars, designed by Mr Train of NY, begins operating
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:38 pm
1901 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:38 pm
1903 - Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:38 pm
1908 - American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:39 pm
1910 - First race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:39 pm
1912 - Dixie Cup invented
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:39 pm
1915 - Zion Mule Corp forms
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:41 pm
1948 - John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:41 pm
1950 - 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford & De Havilland win
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:41 pm
1956 - Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:42 pm
1966 - First official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:42 pm
1972 - Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/11 at 3:42 pm
1972 - Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
Ouch!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/11 at 3:21 pm
1603 – James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England, after the death of Queen Elizabeth of England
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/11 at 3:30 pm
1869 – The last of Māori leader Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/11 at 3:31 pm
1882 – German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/11 at 3:31 pm
1980 – One day after giving a sermon in which he made a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated in San Salvador.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/11 at 3:31 pm
2008 – The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party, led by Jigme Thinley, won 45 out of 47 seats in the National Assembly of Bhutan in the country's first-ever general election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:07 pm
421 – Venice, Italy is born at twelve o'clock noon, according to legend.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:07 pm
1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:07 pm
1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:08 pm
1409 – The Council of Pisa opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:08 pm
1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:08 pm
1634 – The first settlers arrive in Maryland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:16 pm
1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:16 pm
1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:17 pm
1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:17 pm
1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:18 pm
1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1821 – (Julian Calendar) Greece revolts against the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:20 pm
1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:22 pm
1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:23 pm
1943 – Start of the American amphibious landings in the Phillipines a turning point in the Pacific War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:25 pm
1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:25 pm
1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1949 – The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror. The Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on the grounds of obscenity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1957 – The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:26 pm
1958 – Canada's Avro Arrow makes its first flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:27 pm
1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:27 pm
1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:27 pm
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistani Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:27 pm
1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:28 pm
1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:28 pm
1979 – The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:28 pm
1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:29 pm
1990 – The Happy Land fire was an arson fire that kills 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in the New York City borough of The Bronx.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:29 pm
1992 – Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:29 pm
1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:29 pm
1996 – An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:29 pm
1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:30 pm
2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:30 pm
2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:36 pm
1 - Roman Church historian Dionysius Exiguus (ca.500_550), in calculating his history of the Christian Church, took this day as the supposed date of the Annunciation. March 25th afterward became the first day of the calendar year, until the Gregorian Calendar Reform of 1753 changed the day to January 1st.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:36 pm
1533 - During one of his recorded "Table Talks," German reformer Martin Luther declared: 'That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:37 pm
1634 - The Catholic Church gained a foothold in colonial America when the ships "Dove" and "Ark" arrived in Maryland with 128 Catholic colonists, selected by Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore. The colony was under the leadership of Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's brother.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:38 pm
1951 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot reflected in his journal: 'When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 1:38 pm
1953 - A group of 22 Southern Baptist military personnel, stationed at Rapid City, met to form the Calvary Baptist Church , the first Southern Baptist congregation established in South Dakota.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 3:59 pm
1911 - L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
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1939 - Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
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1961 - "Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 702 performances
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1961 - Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona
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1962 - "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances
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1966 - Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/11 at 4:03 pm
1971 - Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold
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1972 - "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 5 perfs
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1974 - Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly"
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1982 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL to score 200 points in a season
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1988 - "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
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1026 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
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1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
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1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
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1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
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1808 – Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
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1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
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1830 – The Book of Mormon, the defining sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, was first published.
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1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
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1881 – Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
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1913 – Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
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1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
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1934 – The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
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1942 – World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
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1945 – World War II: US forces declare Iwo Jima secure.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:09 am
1953 – Jonas Salk (pictured) announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:09 am
1953 – Jonas Salk (pictured) announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:10 am
1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
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1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
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1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:12 am
1974 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, used their bodies to surround trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:12 am
1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
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1976 – Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:13 am
1976 – Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
That long ago?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:13 am
1979 – By signing the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Egypt became the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:14 am
1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:14 am
1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:14 am
1995 – The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
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1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:15 am
1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:15 am
1999 – The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:16 am
1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
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2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
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2006 – The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 1:16 am
2010 – 46 die as a South Korean warship sinks, allegedly after an attack by North Korea.
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1830 - Joseph Smith, 24, first published "The Book of Mormon." Having derived it from golden plates he had discovered with the aid of the angel Moroni, Smith maintained that the plates were written in "Reformed Egyptian" which he had translated with the aid of "Urim and Thummim" two stones hrough which he had viewed the writings.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 5:49 am
1840 - Birth of George Smith, famed English Assyriologist. During several expeditions to the site of ancient Nineveh, (1873Â74), Smith unearthed over 3,000 cuneiform tablets, including one which told the story of an ancient deluge, similar to Noah's Flood.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 5:51 am
1862 - Hymnwriter Joseph H. Gilmore, 27, a professor of Hebrew at Newton Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, penned the words to the enduring hymn, "He Leadeth Me."
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1929 - The Congregation of the Sacraments within the Catholic Church published a document instructing that a plate of silver or metal gilt be held under the chin of the communicant at the reception of the Holy Communion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 5:52 am
1957 _ Dr. Basil W. Miller founded the Basil Miller Foundation in Altadena, CA. In 1959 its name was changed to World_Wide Missions.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 5:52 am
1982 - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK
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Written By: Howard on 03/26/11 at 6:53 am
1982 - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK
always great to listen to that song.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/11 at 7:15 am
always great to listen to that song.
With a good meaning to the lyrics.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 4:46 am
196 BC – Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.
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1306 – Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scotland at Scone.
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1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
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1613 – The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
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1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
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1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, a leading British Whig Party statesman, began his second non-consecutive term as Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
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1794 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
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1809 – Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real.
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1814 – War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
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1836 – Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POW's at Goliad, Texas.
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1846 – Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
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1854 – Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
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1871 – The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
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1881 – Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.
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1884 – Outraged by a jury's decision to convict a man of manslaughter instead of murder, a mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, began three days of rioting.
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1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
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1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
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1910 – A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312.
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1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
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1918 – Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
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1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
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1941 – World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.
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1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands – In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska
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1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
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1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.
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1958 – Nikita Khrushchev (pictured) became Premier of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 4:55 am
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev (pictured) became Premier of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin.
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1963 – Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
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1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 4:55 am
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an oil pipeline spanning the length of the U.S. state of Alaska, began.
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1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
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1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight.
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1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
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1980 – Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
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1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the biggest strike in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 4:58 am
1986 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
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1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
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1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
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1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
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1994 – One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 5:00 am
1994 – The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany.
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1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 5:00 am
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71.
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2002 – Passover Massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya, Israel.
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2004 – HMS Scylla (F71), a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 5:01 am
2009 – The dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang District, Indonesia, failed, releasing floods that killed at least 100 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 5:02 am
2009 – A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 7:43 am
1536 - Swiss Protestants in Strassbourg and Constance signed the First Helvetic Confession. It became the first major document setting forth the common faith of the Swiss Protestant churches.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 7:43 am
1840 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'No person can be a child of God without living in secret prayer; and no community of Christians can be in a lively condition without unity in prayer.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 7:43 am
1921 - The first Southern Baptist church to be constituted in the state of Arizona was organized in Phoenix formed principally of churchmen who protested the doctrinal views held by leaders of the Northern Baptist Convention.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/11 at 7:44 am
1946 - Members of Baptist congregations in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks met at Anchorage to form the Alaska Southern Baptist Convention.
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1962 - In Louisiana, Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel ordered all Roman Catholic schools in the New Orleans diocese to end segregation.
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37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
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193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
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364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
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845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:23 pm
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
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1794 – Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
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1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
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1802 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovered 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
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1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
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1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
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1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
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1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
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1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
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1889 – The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.