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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:10 pm
1948 – Adolf Hitler was found under an Pine tree in near Munich
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:11 pm
1948 – Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:11 pm
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:11 pm
1949 – The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:11 pm
1949 – The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:12 pm
1954 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:12 pm
1955 – The EOKA rebellion against The British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:12 pm
1957 – The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:13 pm
1957 – The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ugSKW4-QQ
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:14 pm
1959 – Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:14 pm
1967 – The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:14 pm
1969 – Italy declared bankrupt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:14 pm
1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:14 pm
1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:15 pm
1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.
After signing the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, all work stops for a cigarette break.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:15 pm
1973 – Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:16 pm
1974 – In the United Kingdom, the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:16 pm
1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:17 pm
1976 – Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S..
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:17 pm
1976 – The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect hoax is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:20 pm
1978 – The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:20 pm
1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:20 pm
1989 – Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:21 pm
1992 – Start of the Bosnian war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:21 pm
1996 – The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:22 pm
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:22 pm
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
I saw that with my own eyes!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:22 pm
1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:22 pm
2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:23 pm
2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:23 pm
2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:23 pm
2006 – The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", is created in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:23 pm
2009 – Croatia and Albania join NATO.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:31 pm
1693 - Colonial clergyman Cotton Mather's first-born son died at the age of four days. Mather suspected witchcraft as the cause, and had previously published "Wonders of the Invisible World," affirming his belief in spectral phenomena.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:31 pm
1925 - On Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem, British statesman Lord (Arthur James) Balfour dedicated Hebrew University.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:31 pm
1927 - Eurovision was founded in Chicago. Headquartered today in Pasadena, CA, this Protestant overseas missions agency specializes in supporting national churches through evangelistic radio, literature and relief work.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:31 pm
1932 - German scholar Gerhard Kittel published the first partial volume of "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." With WWII and Kittel's death in 1948 intervening, this monumental 10-volume work was not completed until the late 1960s.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:32 pm
1956 - Death of William R. Newell, 88, American Congregational pastor and Bible teacher. He is remembered today as author of the hymn, "At Calvary" ("Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 12:37 pm
1993 - Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III", premieres in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:07 pm
1578 - William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:07 pm
1724 - Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:09 pm
1836 - Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:10 pm
1930 - "Blue Angel," starring the then unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:10 pm
1941 - Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in NYC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:10 pm
1948 - Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:10 pm
1952 - Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:11 pm
1964 - John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/11 at 3:12 pm
1970 - John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:44 am
1513 – Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on, and names, Florida, becoming the first European known to do so.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:45 am
1755 – Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:45 am
1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:45 am
1801 – War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (pictured) defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen off the coast of Copenhagen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:45 am
1801 – War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (pictured) defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen off the coast of Copenhagen.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HoratioNelson1.jpg/83px-HoratioNelson1.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:46 am
1801 – War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (pictured) defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen off the coast of Copenhagen.
Yes, Nelson saves the day!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:46 am
1863 – Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:47 am
1865 – American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:47 am
1865 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:47 am
1885 – Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:47 am
1900 – The Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:48 am
1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:48 am
1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:48 am
1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:49 am
1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:49 am
1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:49 am
1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:51 am
1956 – As the World Turns premiered on American television as the first half-hour soap opera .
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:51 am
1962 – The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:51 am
1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:52 am
1973 – The Liberal Movement broke away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:52 am
1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:52 am
1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:53 am
1975 – Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:53 am
1980 – President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:53 am
1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:53 am
1984 – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:53 am
1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:54 am
1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:54 am
1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:54 am
2002 – Operation Defensive Shield: Approximately 200 Palestinian militants fled the advancing Israel Defense Forces into the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, starting a month-long standoff.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:55 am
2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:55 am
2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:57 am
1524 - At age 40, Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli (a former Catholic priest) publicly married the widow Anna (ne Reinhard) Meyer. Their marriage lasted until his death at the Battle of Kappel in 1531.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:57 am
1877 - Birth of American evangelist Mordecai Ham. It was under Ham's preaching in the late 1930s that Billy Graham was led into a living faith.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:57 am
1894 - Death of English philanthropist William D. Longstaff, 72. A friend of Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey, Longstaff left several writings, but is best remembered today for authoring the hymn, "Take Time to Be Holy."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:57 am
1955 - British apologist C. S. Lewis wrote in "Letters to an American Lady": 'Fear is horrid, but there's no reason to be ashamed of it. Our Lord was afraid (dreadfully so) in Gethsemane. I always cling to that as a very comforting fact.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 12:57 am
1978 - Episcopal Canon Mary Simpson of New York spoke from the pulpit of Westminster Abbey in London. She was the first ordained woman to preach there in the 913 years since 1065, when the Abbey was first consecrated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:00 am
1877 - First Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:00 am
1645 - Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:01 am
1792 - US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:01 am
1804 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:01 am
1872 - George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:02 am
1905 - Cairo-Capetown railway opens
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:02 am
1912 - Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:03 am
1917 - President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:03 am
1931 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:04 am
1932 - Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:04 am
1935 - Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:04 am
1935 - Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
Just in time for us to win WW2
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:05 am
1958 - Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:05 am
1958 - National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:06 am
1958 - National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
From NACA to NASA
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:06 am
1967 - Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:06 am
1972 - Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in NYC
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:06 am
1974 - Tony Greig takes 8-86 v WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:07 am
1978 - TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:07 am
1988 - Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:08 am
1995 - NY Police Dept & NY Transit Police merge into one organization
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:08 am
1995 - Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:09 am
1987 - IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 1:09 am
1988 - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:50 am
1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:50 am
1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:51 am
1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:51 am
1834 – The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:52 am
1860 – The Pony Express, a mail service that became the most direct means of long distance communication to the American West, began operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:52 am
1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:52 am
1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:52 am
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:53 am
1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurred.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:53 am
1895 – Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:53 am
1922 – Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:54 am
1929 – RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:54 am
1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:55 am
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:55 am
1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:56 am
1948 – An uprising began on Jeju Island, eventually leading to the deaths of between 14,000 and 30,000 individuals due to fighting between its various factions, and the violent suppression of the rebellion by the South Korean army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:56 am
1948 – President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:56 am
1948 – In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:57 am
1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:57 am
1956 – Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:57 am
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:57 am
1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:58 am
1973 – On a New York City street, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper (pictured) made the first public call on a handheld mobile phone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:58 am
1973 – On a New York City street, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper (pictured) made the first public call on a handheld mobile phone.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/2007Computex_e21Forum-MartinCooper.jpg/450px-2007Computex_e21Forum-MartinCooper.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:58 am
1974 – The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:59 am
1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:59 am
1982 – The United Kingdom sends a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:59 am
1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 2:59 am
1996 – A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:00 am
1997 – The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:00 am
2000 – United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:00 am
2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:01 am
2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:01 am
2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:02 am
1189 - The Peace of Strasbourg was signed, resolving the differences between Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany and Pope Clement III.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:02 am
1528 - In Cologne, German reformer Adolf Clarenbach, 28, was arrested for teaching Protestant (some say Anabaptist or Waldensian) doctrines. The following year, Clarenbach was burned at the stake for his faith.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:02 am
1593 - Birth of George Herbert, English clergyman and poet. One of his verses endures today as the hymn, "The King of Love My Shepherd Is."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:03 am
1759 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'I believe that love to God, and to man for God's sake, is the essence of religion and the fulfilling of the law.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:03 am
1950 - Death of American hymnwriter Ira B. Wilson, 70. Associated with Lorenz Publishing in Dayton, Ohio for over 40 years, Wilson's most enduring sacred composition was "Make Me a Blessing" (aka "Out of the Highways and Byways of Life").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:04 am
419 - ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:04 am
1559 - Spain & France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:04 am
1582 - French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:05 am
1645 - English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance
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1657 - English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown
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1679 - Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:06 am
1911 - Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:06 am
1913 - British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:08 am
1941 - Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:08 am
1941 - Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:08 am
1941 - Waltons overture "Scapino," premieres in Chicago
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:10 am
1957 - Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:10 am
1961 - Connie Mack Stadium in Phila is sold to J Schleifer Properties
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:11 am
1975 - Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:11 am
1978 - Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:11 am
1981 - Race riots in London's Brixton area
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:12 am
1987 - Duchess of Windsors jewels auctioned for £31,380,197
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:12 am
1991 - "Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:12 am
1991 - "Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC
Have they been around for that long!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:13 am
1995 - Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/11 at 3:13 am
1989 - "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:47 pm
1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:47 pm
1147 – First historical record of Moscow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:47 pm
1581 – Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
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1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:48 pm
1721 – Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:48 pm
1812 – U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:48 pm
1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:48 pm
1818 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:48 pm
1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:49 pm
1850 – The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:49 pm
1850 – Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:49 pm
1859 – Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:49 pm
1865 – American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:49 pm
1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:50 pm
1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:50 pm
1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:50 pm
1905 – In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:51 pm
1913 – The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:51 pm
1930 – The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:51 pm
1939 – Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
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1944 – World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:51 pm
1945 – World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:52 pm
1945 – World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
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1945 – World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
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1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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1958 – The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:53 pm
1960 – France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:53 pm
1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:53 pm
1965 – The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:53 pm
1967 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:53 pm
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:54 pm
1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:54 pm
1968 – AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:54 pm
1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:54 pm
1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:54 pm
1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:54 pm
1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift – A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans – 172 die.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:55 pm
1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:55 pm
1979 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:55 pm
1979 – The 2nd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:55 pm
1983 – Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:55 pm
1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:56 pm
1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:56 pm
1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:56 pm
1994 – Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:56 pm
1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:56 pm
2002 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:56 pm
2002 – In what is known as the Society Murders, Matthew Wales kills his parents in Melbourne, Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:57 pm
2007 – 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:58 pm
1507 - Future German reformer Martin Luther, at age 21, was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:58 pm
1541 - Spanish ecclesiastic reformer and mystic Ignatius Loyola, 50, was elected the first General of the Jesuit Order, which he had helped establish the previous year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:59 pm
1687 - James II issued a Declaration of Indulgence allowing full liberty of worship in England. The document allowed peaceable meetings of nonconformists and forgave all penalties for ecclesiastical offenses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:59 pm
1944 - German Holocaust victim Anne Frank, 14, wrote in her diary: 'I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for giving me this gift...of expressing all that is in me.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 12:59 pm
1965 - German theologian Jurgen Moltmann revealed in a letter to Karl Barth: 'Polemics always makes one a little one-sided.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 1:00 pm
1941 - German troops conquer Banghazi
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/11 at 1:00 pm
1955 - British govt signs military treaty with Iraq
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1956 - Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
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Written By: Howard on 04/04/11 at 1:26 pm
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
My Mother's birthday is on April 4th,which is kinda ironic that her birthday also the assassination of MLK.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/11 at 1:14 pm
1566 – A covenant of nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands presented Governor Margaret of Parma a petition to suspend the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/11 at 1:14 pm
1722 – Dutch explorer Jakob Roggeveen became the first European to land on Easter Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/11 at 1:14 pm
1847 – Britain's first civic public park, Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/11 at 1:15 pm
1998 – Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world to date with a main span length of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/11 at 1:15 pm
2009 – The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns by other nations that it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:03 pm
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:04 pm
402 – Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:06 pm
1199 – King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
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1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:07 pm
1327 – The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:07 pm
1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
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1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:07 pm
1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:07 pm
1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town .
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:07 pm
1667 – An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:08 pm
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:08 pm
1782 – Rama I of Siam (modern day Thailand) founds the Chakri dynasty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:08 pm
1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:08 pm
1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:08 pm
1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:09 pm
1814 – Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration — anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. (Rule by the Bourbon's was delayed a few weeks, though allies held most key locales of France.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:09 pm
1830 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:10 pm
1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—later renamed Community of Christ—is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois