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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:26 pm
1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:27 pm
1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:27 pm
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:27 pm
1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:27 pm
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:27 pm
1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:28 pm
1942 – World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully disabled the key port of Saint-Nazaire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:29 pm
1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:30 pm
1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:30 pm
1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:30 pm
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:31 pm
1969 – The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:31 pm
1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:31 pm
1979 – A partial core meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (pictured) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., resulted in the release of an estimated 43,000 curies (1.59 PBq) of radioactive krypton to the environment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:32 pm
1979 – A partial core meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (pictured) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., resulted in the release of an estimated 43,000 curies (1.59 PBq) of radioactive krypton to the environment.
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:32 pm
1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:32 pm
1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:33 pm
1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:33 pm
1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:33 pm
2000 – Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:33 pm
2003 – Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, killing one and injuring five British soldiers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:33 pm
2005 – The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:34 pm
2006 – At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:35 pm
1661 Scottish Parliament passed the Rescissory Act, which repealed the whole of the legislation enacted since 1633. Its effect was to overthrow Presbyterianism and to restore the Anglican episcopacy to Scotland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:36 pm
1747 Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'Oh, how happy it is, to be drawn by desires of a state of perfect holiness.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:36 pm
1915 Birth of Kurt Aland, New Testament textual scholar. He co-edited the two most definitive modern critical editions of the Greek Scriptures: the United Bible Society's "Greek New Testament" and Eberhard Nestle's "Novum Testamentum Graece."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:36 pm
1936 Birth of Bill Gaither, contemporary Gospel songwriter and vocal artist. Together with his wife Gloria, he wrote some of the most popular Christian songs of the 1960s-1970s, including "Because He Lives," "The King is Coming," "The Longer I Serve Him" and "Something Beautiful."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/11 at 1:36 pm
1961 English apologist C. S. Lewis wrote in "Letters to American Lady": 'The main purpose of our life is to reach the point at which one's own life as a person is at an end. One must in this sense "die," relinquish one's freedom and independence... "He that loses his life shall find it."'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:56 am
1461 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:56 am
1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:56 am
1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:58 am
1638 – Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:58 am
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:58 am
1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:59 am
1807 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovered 4 Vesta (elevation diagram from the Hubble telescope pictured), the brightest asteroid and the second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:59 am
1807 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovered 4 Vesta (elevation diagram from the Hubble telescope pictured), the brightest asteroid and the second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Vesta-Elevation.jpg/100px-Vesta-Elevation.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 11:59 am
1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:00 pm
1831 – Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:00 pm
1847 – Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:00 pm
1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:00 pm
1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:00 pm
1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:01 pm
1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:02 pm
1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:02 pm
1871 – The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:02 pm
1871 – The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:03 pm
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:03 pm
1882 – The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, US.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:03 pm
1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:03 pm
1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:04 pm
1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:04 pm
1936 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:04 pm
1941 – The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:05 pm
1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:06 pm
1942 – World War II: The British Royal Air Force completed a bombing raid of Lübeck, the first major success for RAF Bomber Command against a German city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:06 pm
1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:06 pm
1946 – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, was founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:07 pm
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:07 pm
1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:07 pm
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:08 pm
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:09 pm
1971 – My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:09 pm
1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:09 pm
1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:09 pm
1973 – Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:10 pm
1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:10 pm
1982 – Queen Elizabeth II gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended all remaining dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as "patriation".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:10 pm
1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:10 pm
1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:11 pm
1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:11 pm
1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:11 pm
2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre three days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation since the 1967 Six-Day War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:11 pm
2004 – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:11 pm
2004 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:11 pm
2008 – Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:12 pm
2010 – Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1523 - German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'There has never been a great revelation of God's Word unless God has first prepared the way by the rise and the flourishing of languages and learning, as though these were forerunners, a sort of John the Baptist.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1638 - The first Swedish colonists in America established a Lutheran settlement at Fort Christiana in the Colony of Delaware.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1832 - The Kentucky Baptist Convention was organized in Frankfort with delegates representing nine congregations within the state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1847 - Birth of Winfield Scott Weeden, American sacred chorister and hymnwriter. During his life he led music and singing schools for the YMCA and Christian Endeavor. Of his several musical compositions, Weeden is best remembered today for the hymn, "I Surrender All."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/11 at 12:15 pm
1882 - The Knights of Columbus, founded by Father Michael J. McGivney, was chartered by the General Assembly of Connecticut. Established as a lay fraternal society, the K of C encourages benevolence, patriotism and racial tolerance among its members.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:00 pm
1282 – Sicilians began to rebel against the rule of the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, starting the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:00 pm
1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:02 pm
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:02 pm
1814 – Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:02 pm
1822 – The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:03 pm
1842 – Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:03 pm
1844 – One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:03 pm
1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:03 pm
1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:03 pm
1863 – Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:04 pm
1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:04 pm
1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:05 pm
1885 – The Battle for Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:05 pm
1909 – The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:05 pm
1910 – The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:05 pm
1912 – Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:05 pm
1918 – Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:05 pm
1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:06 pm
1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Wang Jingwei (pictured) was officially installed by Japan as head of a puppet state in China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:06 pm
1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Wang Jingwei (pictured) was officially installed by Japan as head of a puppet state in China.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/%E4%B8%83%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%94%E4%B9%8B%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%B1%AA%E5%85%86%E9%8A%98.jpg/72px-%E4%B8%83%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%94%E4%B9%8B%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%B1%AA%E5%85%86%E9%8A%98.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:07 pm
1944 – World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:07 pm
1945 – World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:07 pm
1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:07 pm
1954 – The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:07 pm
1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:08 pm
1965 – Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:08 pm
1972 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many units of the South Vietnamese Army as possible.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:09 pm
1976 – The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:09 pm
1979 – Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:10 pm
1981 – Trying to impress actress Jodie Foster, obsessed fan John Hinckley, Jr. shot and wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:11 pm
1982 – Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:11 pm
2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:11 pm
2009 – Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:16 pm
1135 - Birth of Moses Maimonides, medieval Jewish scholar. Considered the foremost Talmudist of the Middle Ages, his most important writing was "Guide to the Perplexed" (1190), in which he tried to harmonize Rabbinic Judaism with the increasingly popular Aristotelianism of his day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:17 pm
1492 - The Jews were expelled from Spain by Inquisitor_General Tom's Torquemada (Spanish Inquisition).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:17 pm
1771 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'Suffer all, and conquer all.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:17 pm
1863 - Ownership of Wilberforce University in Ohio was transferred to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The school had been founded seven years earlier by the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 12:17 pm
1917 - All imperial lands, as well as lands belonging to monasteries, were confiscated by the Russian provisional government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:24 pm
1533 - Henry VIII divorces his first wife, Catherine of Aragon
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:24 pm
1533 - Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:24 pm
1603 - Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:25 pm
1858 - Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:25 pm
1870 - Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:26 pm
1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:26 pm
1910 - Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:26 pm
1911 - Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:26 pm
1919 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:27 pm
1943 - Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:29 pm
1966 - Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:29 pm
1967 - Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:29 pm
1967 - Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
It was 44 years ago...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:32 pm
1970 - Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:32 pm
1980 - Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:33 pm
1987 - 59th Academy Awards - "Platoon," Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:33 pm
1990 - Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:33 pm
1991 - Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:36 pm
2006 - UK Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/11 at 3:40 pm
1994 - England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:41 am
...the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Bunsen, the German chemist. who investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:43 am
...the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Bunsen, the German chemist. who investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use.
As seen on Google.
http://cdn.clickonf5.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/google-doodle-robert-bunsen_thumb-200x82.png
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:21 am
307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:21 am
1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:21 am
1492 – Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:21 am
1717 – A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:22 am
1774 – American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:22 am
1822 – Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began the massacre of over 20,000 Greeks on the island of Chios.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:22 am
1854 – U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (pictured) and the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Convention of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:23 am
1854 – U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (pictured) and the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Convention of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Perry1852LibraryOfCongress.jpg/74px-Perry1852LibraryOfCongress.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:23 am
1866 – The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:23 am
1877 – The family with samurai antecedents that responded to the Saigō army in Ōita Nakatsu, rebels.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:23 am
1885 – The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:24 am
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:24 am
1903 – Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:24 am
1906 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for amateur sports in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:24 am
1909 – Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:25 am
1910 – Six North Staffordshire Pottery towns federate to form modern Stoke-on-Trent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:25 am
1917 – The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:26 am
1918 – Nearly 3,000 or 12,000 people were killed in Azerbaijan during civil war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:26 am
1918 – Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:26 am
1921 – The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:26 am
1930 – The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty eight years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:26 am
1931 – An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:27 am
1933 – The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 1:27 am
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:22 pm
1945 – World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:22 pm
1949 – The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:22 pm
1951 – Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:22 pm
1957 – Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:22 pm
1958 – In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:23 pm
1959 – The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:23 pm
1964 – A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castello Branco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:23 pm
1965 – An Iberia Airlines Convair 440 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier, killing 47 of 51 occupants.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:23 pm
1966 – The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:23 pm
1970 – Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:24 pm
1970 – Nine terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijack Japan Airlines Flight 351 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:26 pm
1979 – The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:26 pm
1980 – The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:26 pm
1985 – The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:27 pm
1985 – The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
Howard could remember that?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:33 pm
1986 – A Mexicana Boeing 727 en route to Puerto Vallarta erupts in flames and crashes in the mountains northwest of Mexico City, killing 166.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:34 pm
1986 – Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:35 pm
1990 – 200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:35 pm
1991 – The Islamic Constitutional Movement, or Hadas, is established in Kuwait.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:35 pm
1991 – Georgian independence referendum, 1991: nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:37 pm
1992 – The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:37 pm
1994 – Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:38 pm
1995 – Mexican American singer Selena, known as "The Queen of Tejano music", was shot and killed in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:38 pm
2004 – In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:42 pm
1787 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'When the witness and the fruit of the Spirit meet together, there can be no stronger proof that we are of God.... Were you to substitute...reason for the witness of the Spirit, you would never be established.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:42 pm
1816 - Death of Francis Asbury, 70, pioneer Methodist bishop. Sent to America in 1771 by John Wesley, he saw the new denomination grow from under 500 members to over 200,000 by the time of his death.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:43 pm
1950 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'How the Savior suffered in the sinner's place! What tormented him in time menaces the sinner for eternity.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:43 pm
1958 - English apologist C. S. Lewis wrote in "Letters to an American Lady": 'What most often interrupts my own prayers is not great distractions but tiny ones things one will have to do or avoid in the course of the next hour.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 12:43 pm
1976 - American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'You must not lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:34 pm
1521 - Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:35 pm
1796 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:36 pm
1909 - Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:37 pm
1909 - Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his first time
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:37 pm
1922 - Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:38 pm
1923 - First dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:38 pm
1932 - 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:39 pm
1941 - Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:41 pm
1971 - South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:42 pm
1969 - George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for illegal drugs
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:42 pm
1976 - NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:47 pm
1978 - Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National & retires
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:49 pm
1978 - Wings release "London Town" album
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:50 pm
1980 - President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:50 pm
1980 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:50 pm
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/11 at 2:51 pm
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
How many took part in it this year?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:51 am
286 – Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:51 am
325 – Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:52 am
527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:53 am
1293 – Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:53 am
1318 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:53 am
1340 – Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:53 am
1572 – In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:54 am
1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:55 am
1790 – Spiting banned after a national shortage of water.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:57 am
1826 – Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:58 am
1833 – The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:58 am
1543 – Itching started to become popular
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:59 am
1854 – Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens' magazine, Household Words.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:59 am
1865 – American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks – In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 11:59 am
1867 – Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:00 pm
1871 – The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:00 pm
1873 – The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:00 pm
1887 – Mumbai Fire Brigade is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:00 pm
1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:00 pm
1893 – The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:01 pm
1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:01 pm
1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:01 pm
1922 – Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:01 pm
1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:02 pm
1925 – Tap danging introduced in Albania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:02 pm
1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:03 pm
1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:03 pm
1933 – English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:04 pm
1936 – Orissa formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:04 pm
1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:05 pm
1939 – Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:05 pm
1941 – The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:05 pm
1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali as Prime Minister.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:08 pm
1942 – World War II: Seize fire in Germany for five minutes for a cigarette break.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:08 pm
1944 – Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:08 pm
1945 – World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:09 pm
1946 – Aleutian Island earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:09 pm
1946 – Formation of the Malayan Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:09 pm
1947 – Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:10 pm
1948 – Cold War: Berlin Airlift – Military forces, under direction of the Russian-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin.