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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:10 pm
1861 – First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:10 pm
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1866 – The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1869 – Celluloid is patented.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:12 pm
1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:12 pm
1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:14 pm
1903 – The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:14 pm
1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson allegedly reach the North Pole.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:14 pm
1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:15 pm
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:15 pm
1919 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:15 pm
1923 – The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:15 pm
1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:16 pm
1929 – Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:16 pm
1930 – Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:16 pm
1936 – Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:16 pm
1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:17 pm
1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:17 pm
1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:17 pm
1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:17 pm
1962 – Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:17 pm
1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1968 – In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1970 – Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:19 pm
1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:19 pm
1982 – Estonian Communist Party bureau declares "fight against bourgeois TV" — meaning Finnish TV — a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:19 pm
1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1998 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1998 – Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:20 pm
2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:20 pm
2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:21 pm
2009 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 12:21 pm
2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:07 am
529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:07 am
1348 – King Charles of Bohemia issued a Golden Bull to establish Charles University in Prague, the first university in Central Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:08 am
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:08 am
1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:08 am
1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:09 am
1776 – Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:09 am
1788 – American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrive at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opening the westward expansion of the new country.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:09 am
1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:09 am
1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:10 am
1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:10 am
1827 – John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:10 am
1829 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:11 am
1862 – American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:11 am
1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:11 am
1890 – Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:12 am
1896 – An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen reached 86°13.6'N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North mark.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:12 am
1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:13 am
1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:13 am
1908 – H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:13 am
1922 – Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:13 am
1927 – First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C. to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:13 am
1933 – Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:13 am
1939 – World War II: Italy invades Albania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:14 am
1940 – Educator Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp (pictured).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:14 am
1940 – Educator Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Stamp_US_1940_10c_Booker_Washington.jpg/94px-Stamp_US_1940_10c_Booker_Washington.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:16 am
1943 – Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:16 am
1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the WWII Axis Occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:16 am
1945 – World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:17 am
1945 – World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:17 am
1946 – Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:17 am
1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:17 am
1948 – A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:18 am
1954 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:18 am
1956 – Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:18 am
1964 – IBM announces the System/360.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:18 am
1969 – The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:18 am
1971 – President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:20 am
1976 – Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:20 am
1977 – German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:20 am
1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:20 am
1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:21 am
1985 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:21 am
1989 – Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:21 am
1990 – Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:21 am
1992 – Republika Srpska announces its independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:21 am
1994 – Rwandan Genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:21 am
1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to hijack FedEx Flight 705 and crash it to insure his family with his life insurance policy. The crew subdues him and lands the aircraft safely.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:22 am
1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of at least 250 civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:22 am
1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:23 am
2001 – Mars Odyssey is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:23 am
2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:23 am
2009 – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 11:23 am
2009 – Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 1:41 pm
1541 Spanish founder of the Jesuits Francis Xavier, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 1:41 pm
1628 Jonas Michaelius, 51, arrived in New Amsterdam (New York City), the first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church to come to America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 1:41 pm
1884 Birth of C. H. Dodd, English clergyman and Bible scholar. Dodd became the most influential British New Testament scholar of the mid-20th century, and penned over a dozen books, including "The Parables of the Kingdom" (1934).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 1:42 pm
1953 Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjld, 47, was elected Secretary General of the United Nations. Hammarskjld endeared himself to Christians, after his death in 1961, through the 1964 publication of his spiritual journal, "Markings."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 1:42 pm
1968 In a letter penned during his 83rd and final year of life, Karl Barth wrote: 'How one learns to be thankful for each day on which one can still do something.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 3:13 pm
1917 - James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 3:13 pm
1933 - Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 3:14 pm
1963 - Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/11 at 3:17 pm
1980 - Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:56 am
217 – Roman Emperor Caracalla (bust pictured) was assassinated at a roadside near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:56 am
217 – Roman Emperor Caracalla (bust pictured) was assassinated at a roadside near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Caracalla_bust.jpg/90px-Caracalla_bust.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:56 am
1093 – The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:57 am
1139 – Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:57 am
1149 – Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:57 am
1271 – In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:57 am
1271 – In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:57 am
1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:58 am
1740 – War of Jenkin's Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:58 am
1767 – Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:59 am
1808 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:59 am
1820 – The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:59 am
1832 – Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 11:59 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:00 pm
1866 – Italy and Prussia ally against Austrian Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:00 pm
1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:00 pm
1893 – The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:00 pm
1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:01 pm
1904 – British occultist and writer Aleister Crowley began transcribing The Book of the Law, a Holy Book in Thelema.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:01 pm
1904 – The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:02 pm
1904 – Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:02 pm
1906 – Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:02 pm
1908 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:02 pm
1911 – Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:03 pm
1913 – The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:03 pm
1916 – In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:04 pm
1918 – World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:04 pm
1929 – Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:04 pm
1935 – The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:04 pm
1942 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad – Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:04 pm
1942 – World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:04 pm
1943 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:05 pm
1945 – World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:05 pm
1946 – The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:05 pm
1946 – Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:06 pm
1950 – India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:06 pm
1952 – U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:06 pm
1953 – Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:07 pm
1954 – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:07 pm
1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:07 pm
1959 – The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:08 pm
1960 – The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:08 pm
1961 – A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:08 pm
1968 – BOAC Flight 712 suffered an engine fire shortly after take off from London Heathrow Airport, leading to deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Barbara Jane Harrison, who was later awarded a posthumous George Cross for her heroism during the accident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:09 pm
1970 – Bahr el-Baqar incident: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. 46 children are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:09 pm
1974 – at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:09 pm
1975 – Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:10 pm
1975 – Voyageurs National Park was established in northern Minnesota.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:10 pm
1985 – Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:10 pm
1987 – Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:12 pm
1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:12 pm
1993 – The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:12 pm
1999 – Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:13 pm
2004 – Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:13 pm
2005 – Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:13 pm
2006 – Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:13 pm
2008 – The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/11 at 12:13 pm
2008 – Yi So-Yeon becomes the first Korean and second Asian woman to go into space.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:21 am
193 – Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:21 am
475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:22 am
1241 – Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:22 am
1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:22 am
1413 – Henry V is crowned King of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:23 am
1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:23 am
1511 – St John's College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:24 am
1609 – Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:24 am
1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:24 am
1782 – American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:25 am
1860 – The oldest audible sound recording of a human voice is made.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:25 am
1852 – At a general conference of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young explains the Adam–God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:26 am
1865 – With their supply trains destroyed by Union troops one day earlier, Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the McLean House near the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:26 am
1867 – Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:26 am
1909 – The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:27 am
1914 – Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:27 am
1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:27 am
1917 – World War I: The Canadian Corps began the first wave of attacks at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Vimy, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:28 am
1918 – World War I: The Battle of the Lys – the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:28 am
1937 – The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:28 am
1939 – Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:29 am
1940 – World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:29 am
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March – United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island's east coast.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:29 am
1945 – World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:29 am
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:29 am
1945 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:30 am
1947 – The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:30 am
1947 – The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:30 am
1948 – Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:30 am
1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia known as La violencia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:32 am
1952 – Hugo Ballivian's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:32 am
1957 – The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:32 am
1959 – Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:32 am
1961 – The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:33 am
1965 – Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:33 am
1967 – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:33 am
1968 – Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:34 am
1969 – The "Chicago Eight" pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, US.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:34 am
1969 – The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:35 am
1975 – The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:36 am
1975 – 8 people in South Korea, who were involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:36 am
1980 – The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:37 am
1981 – The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington (SSBN-598) accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:37 am
1989 – The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:38 am
1992 – A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:38 am
1999 – President of Niger Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was shot to death by soldiers in Niamey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:39 am
2003 – Invasion of Iraq: Coalition forces captured Baghdad and the statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square was toppled (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:39 am
2003 – Invasion of Iraq: Coalition forces captured Baghdad and the statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square was toppled (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:39 am
2005 – Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 2:39 am
2009 – In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 8:16 am
1813 - Birth of Jane Borthwick, Scottish writer. Together with her sister Sarah, Jane translated many foreign hymns into English, including "My Jesus, As Thou Wilt" and "Be Still, My Soul."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 8:16 am
1816 - The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at a general convention in Philadelphia. The following day, Richard Allen, 56, was elected the new denomination's first bishop.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 8:17 am
1828 - Pioneer U.S. Baptist missionary George Dana Boardman, 27, first arrived in Tavoy, Burma, where he afterward established an extensive educational work among the Karen people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 8:17 am
1909 - In Pentecostal history, the first group outbreak of the charismatic gift of tongues occurred in Los Angeles under the leadership of black evangelist William J. Seymour, 38. It marked the beginning of the three-year-long "Azusa Street Revival."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 8:17 am
1944 - Pius XII issued the encyclical "Orientalis ecclesiae decus," which sought to foster closer relations between Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Uniat churches.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:33 pm
1894 - First performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
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1912 - Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:34 pm
1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:34 pm
1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
Why?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:34 pm
1923 - Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:35 pm
1970 - Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:35 pm
1971 - Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:37 pm
1989 - Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:39 pm
1986 - "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:39 pm
2002 - The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/11 at 3:45 pm
1989 - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:15 am
428 – Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:15 am
837 – Halley's Comet and Earth experienced their closest approach to one another when their separating distance equalled 0.0342 AU (3.2 million miles).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:15 am
879 – Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.
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1407 – the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:15 am
1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:16 am
1606 – The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:16 am
1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first fully-fledged law regulating copyright, entered into force in Great Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:16 am
1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:17 am
1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:17 am
1816 – The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:17 am
1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:18 am
1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:18 am
1856 – The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:19 am
1858 – The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recast into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:19 am
1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:19 am
1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:19 am
1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:20 am
1868 – A British military expedition to Abyssinia culminated in a rout of Ethiopians and the later suicide of Emperor Tewodros II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:20 am
1874 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:20 am
1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:21 am
1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of The Law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:21 am
1912 – The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:21 am
1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:21 am
1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/11 at 2:21 am
1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.