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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:39 am
1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:40 am
1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:40 am
1941 – World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:41 am
1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:41 am
1945 – Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:41 am
1946 – Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:41 am
1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:41 am
1961 – Armed Cuban exiles backed by the CIA invaded Cuba, landing in the Bay of Pigs, with the aim of overthrowing the Cuban government under Fidel Castro.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:42 am
1964 – Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:43 am
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:43 am
1969 – Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:43 am
1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:44 am
1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
That was a tense day, and I can remember watching it on tv.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:44 am
1971 – The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:45 am
1975 – The Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot (pictured) captured Phnom Penh, ending the Cambodian Civil War, and established Democratic Kampuchea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:45 am
1975 – The Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot (pictured) captured Phnom Penh, ending the Cambodian Civil War, and established Democratic Kampuchea.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/PolPot.jpg/73px-PolPot.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:45 am
1982 – Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:45 am
1984 – British police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London's St James's Square, resulting in an eleven-day police siege of the building, and causing a breakdown of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Libya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:46 am
1986 – The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/11 at 12:46 am
2006 – Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:10 pm
1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:10 pm
1506 – Construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, to replace the old basilica built in the 4th century, began.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:10 pm
1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:10 pm
1738 – Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:11 pm
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott began a "midnight ride" to warn of the residents of Boston and Lexington about the impending arrival of British troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:11 pm
1783 – Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1797 – The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1831 – The University of Alabama is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1848 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1857 – "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1902 – Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1906 – A major earthquake and resulting fires devastated San Francisco (damage pictured), killing at least 3,000 people and leaving more than half of the city's population homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1906 – A major earthquake and resulting fires devastated San Francisco (damage pictured), killing at least 3,000 people and leaving more than half of the city's population homeless.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sfearthquake3b.jpg/100px-Sfearthquake3b.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:17 pm
1923 – Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:17 pm
1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:17 pm
1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:17 pm
1930 – BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1930 – BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.
Surely something happened that day?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:19 pm
1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:19 pm
1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:20 pm
1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:20 pm
1949 – The aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:20 pm
1954 – Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:20 pm
1955 – 29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:20 pm
1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:21 pm
1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:21 pm
1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:22 pm
1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:22 pm
1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:23 pm
1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game was suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:23 pm
1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:23 pm
1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:24 pm
1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:24 pm
1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:24 pm
2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/11 at 12:25 pm
2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:45 am
65 – The freedman Milichus betrayed Piso’s plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators were arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:45 am
1012 – After refusing to allow himself to be ransomed for his freedom by his Viking captors, Alphege (pictured) was beaten to death in Greenwich, now a suburb of London, the first Archbishop of Canterbury to die a violent death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:45 am
1012 – After refusing to allow himself to be ransomed for his freedom by his Viking captors, Alphege (pictured) was beaten to death in Greenwich, now a suburb of London, the first Archbishop of Canterbury to die a violent death.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Alphege.jpg/80px-Alphege.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:46 am
1529 – At the Second Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:46 am
1587 – Francis Drake's expedition sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:47 am
1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria (not actually born until 1717).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:47 am
1770 – Captain James Cook sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:47 am
1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:47 am
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory at the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:47 am
1782 – The States-General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in the Hague became the first United States embassy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:48 am
1809 – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:48 am
1810 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:48 am
1839 – The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:48 am
1855 – Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:49 am
1861 – American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:49 am
1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:49 am
1919 – Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:50 am
1919 – Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute.
Volunteered?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:50 am
1927 – Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:50 am
1928 – The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:50 am
1942 – World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:50 am
1943 – The Holocaust: Nazi troops entered the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, sparking the first mass uprising in Poland against the Nazi occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:51 am
1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:52 am
1948 – Burma (now Myanmar) joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:52 am
1950 – Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:52 am
1951 – General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:52 am
1954 – The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:53 am
1955 – The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:53 am
1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:53 am
1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:53 am
1961 – The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in success for the defenders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:55 am
1971 – Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, D.C..
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:55 am
1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:55 am
1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:56 am
1975 – India's first satellite Aryabhata is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:57 am
1984 – Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick's "Advance Australia Fair", a patriotic song that was first performed in 1878, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:57 am
1985 – FBI siege on the compound of The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSAL) in Arkansas
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:57 am
1985 – U.S.S.R performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalatinsk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:58 am
1987 – The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:59 am
1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:59 am
1993 – The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:59 am
1993 – South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 11:59 am
1995 – A car bomb destroyed much of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, killing 168 people and injuring over 800 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 12:00 pm
1997 – The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 12:00 pm
1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin, the first German parliamentary body to meet there since the Reichstag was dissolved in 1945.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 2:04 pm
1529 - In Germany at the Diet of Spires (Speyer), a document signed by Lutheran leaders in fourteen cities lodged a "protest" which demanded a freedom of conscience and the right of minorities. Henceforth, the German Lutheran Reformers were known as "Protestants."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 2:05 pm
1823 - Birth of Anna L. Waring, Welsh Anglican hymnwriter. "In Heavenly Love Abiding" is one of her best-known hymns, and is still sung today.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 2:06 pm
1887 - The Catholic University of America was chartered in Washington, D.C.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 2:06 pm
1930 - American pioneer linguist Frank C. Laubach, while serving as a missionary in the Philippines, wrote in a letter: 'Fellowship with God is like a delicate little plant, for a long nurturing is the price of having it, while it vanishes in a second of time, as soon as we try to seat some other unworthy affection beside Him.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/11 at 2:06 pm
1941 - Robert F. Wagner, Sr. introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate stating that U.S. policy should favor the "restoration of the Jews in Palestine." The resolution was supported by 68 Senators.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 04/19/11 at 5:19 pm
Exactly one year ago today (19 April 2010), I began a temporary job position. I enjoyed it very much, but too bad it was only for three months.
Can't believe it's been a whole year already! :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/19/11 at 7:15 pm
4 years ago yesterday I started working for Pathmark. :)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 04/20/11 at 12:02 am
4 years ago yesterday I started working for Pathmark. :)
And as I recall, you liked that job?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/20/11 at 6:56 am
And as I recall, you liked that job?
Well,at first I did but now I just come to work for the money.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:01 pm
1303 – The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:01 pm
1453 – The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:01 pm
1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi was defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:02 pm
1534 – Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:02 pm
1535 – The appearance of sun dogs over Stockholm, Sweden, inspired the painting Vädersolstavlan (pictured), the oldest colour depiction of the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:02 pm
1535 – The appearance of sun dogs over Stockholm, Sweden, inspired the painting Vädersolstavlan (pictured), the oldest colour depiction of the city.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/V%C3%A4dersoltavlan_cropped.JPG/400px-V%C3%A4dersoltavlan_cropped.JPG
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:03 pm
1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:03 pm
1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:03 pm
1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1689 – The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1770 – The Georgian king Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:05 pm
1792 – France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:05 pm
1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:05 pm
1810 – The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:05 pm
1818 – Four days after the Court of King's Bench in England upheld a murder suspect's right to trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1828 – René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:07 pm
1865 – Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L’Immaculata Concezion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1876 – The April Uprising - a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from ottoman slavery, as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:09 pm
1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1908 – Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1912 – Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:11 pm
1914 – 19 men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:11 pm
1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:12 pm
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:13 pm
1922 – The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:13 pm
1926 – Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:14 pm
1939 – Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:14 pm
1939 – Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:15 pm
1945 – World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:15 pm
1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:15 pm
1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:15 pm
1964 – BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:16 pm
1968 – British Member of Parliament Enoch Powell made his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech in opposition to immigration and anti-discrimination legislation, resulting in his removal from the Shadow Cabinet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:16 pm
1972 – Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon .
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:17 pm
1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:17 pm
1980 – Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:17 pm
1984 – The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:19 pm
1985 – The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:19 pm
1986 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:19 pm
1998 – German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:20 pm
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:20 pm
2007 – Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:20 pm
2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 12:21 pm
2010 – The Deepwater Horizon oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last five months.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 1:36 pm
1910 - Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 1:36 pm
1904 - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 1:37 pm
1931 - British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 1:37 pm
1934 - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/11 at 1:38 pm
1941 - Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:34 pm
753 BC – Romulus and Remus founded Rome, according to the calculations by Roman scholar Varro Reatinus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:34 pm
43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:34 pm
900 AD – The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: the Honourable Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon from all their debts by the Commander and Chief of Tundun, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah. Luzon, Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:35 pm
1509 – Henry VIII became King of England, following the death of his father Henry VII, eventually becoming a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:35 pm
1519 – Hernán Cortés lands in Veracruz, Veracruz
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:36 pm
1792 – Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:36 pm
1809 – Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:36 pm
1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:37 pm
1863 – After the Ottoman Empire exiled him from Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, began his twelve-day stay in the Garden of Ridván where he declared his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:37 pm
1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:38 pm
1898 – Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:38 pm
1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:38 pm
1922 – The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:38 pm
1922 – The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year.
What is a Aggie Muster?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:38 pm
1941 – Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:39 pm
1942 – World War II: The most famous (and first international) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore (with 25 fellow Texas A&M graduates who are under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:39 pm
1945 – World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:40 pm
1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:40 pm
1960 – Brasília (Cathedral of Brasilia pictured), a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, replacing Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:40 pm
1960 – Brasília (Cathedral of Brasilia pictured), a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, replacing Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Catedral_de_Brasilia_01.jpg/100px-Catedral_de_Brasilia_01.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:41 pm
1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:41 pm
1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:42 pm
1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:42 pm
1965 – The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:42 pm
1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:42 pm
1967 – Greek military junta of 1967–1974: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:42 pm
1970 – The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:43 pm
1975 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned as President of South Vietnam, and was replaced by Tran Van Huong, as communist forces closed in on victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:43 pm
1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:44 pm
1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:44 pm
1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:44 pm
1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:44 pm
1994 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:44 pm
2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
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Written By: nally on 04/21/11 at 12:45 pm
2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
On that very same day, this new version of the 00ze was launched!!
I never thought that the SMF version would last 7 years. Here's to more!!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 12:46 pm
On that very same day, this new version of the 00ze was launched!!
I never thought that the SMF version would last 7 years. Here's to more!!
Hip Hip Hurray!
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Written By: Howard on 04/21/11 at 1:21 pm
On that very same day, this new version of the 00ze was launched!!
I never thought that the SMF version would last 7 years. Here's to more!!
7 years? Wow,amazing. :)
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Written By: nally on 04/21/11 at 1:23 pm
7 years? Wow,amazing. :)
Yes, this came roughly one week after a system crash. We all had to register brand new accounts and create brand new threads/posts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 1:26 pm
Yes, this came roughly one week after a system crash. We all had to register brand new accounts and create brand new threads/posts.
...and came along on May 8th, a few days later.
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Written By: nally on 04/21/11 at 1:27 pm
...and came along on May 8th, a few days later.
Yes, that's when you were new here... but you didn't become a regular until a few months after that, as I remember.
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Written By: Howard on 04/21/11 at 1:27 pm
Yes, this came roughly one week after a system crash. We all had to register brand new accounts and create brand new threads/posts.
I remember that day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 1:28 pm
Yes, that's when you were new here... but you didn't become a regular until a few months after that, as I remember.
Yes, it was a while for I got into the swing of things.
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Written By: Howard on 04/21/11 at 1:29 pm
Yes, it was a while for I got into the swing of things.
and get to know a lot of people.
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Written By: nally on 04/21/11 at 1:29 pm
I remember that day.
So do I. I had a lot of fun in the afternoon on here that day. I couldn't be online in the morning because I had a class...which lasted all morning long. It was a nightmarish semester for me, as I recall.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 1:29 pm
and get to know a lot of people.
It happens that way.
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Written By: Howard on 04/21/11 at 1:30 pm
So do I. I had a lot of fun in the afternoon on here that day. I couldn't be online in the morning because I had a class...which lasted all morning long. It was a nightmarish semester for me, as I recall.
I was in a vocational program that day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:19 pm
1649 - The Toleration Act was passed by the Maryland Assembly. It protected Roman Catholics within the American colony against Protestant harassment, which had been rising as Oliver Cromwell's power in England increased.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:19 pm
1783 - Birth of English churchman and hymnwriter Reginald Heber. Heber published his first hymn at 28, and among his best remembered today are: "Holy, Holy, Holy," "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" and "From Greenland's Icy Mountains."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:19 pm
1828 - English churchman John Henry Newman wrote in a letter to his sister: 'May I be patient! It is so difficult to make real what one believes, and to make these trials, as they are intended, real blessings.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:19 pm
1878 - Leo XIII published the encyclical, "Inscrutabili dei consilio." It outlined a program of reconciling the Catholic Church with modern civilization, many of its details reversing policies of his predecessor, Pius IX.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:19 pm
1897 - Birth of A. W. Tozer, one of the most popular and influential pastors to come out of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Tozer was also a prolific writer, and his best- known publications include "The Pursuit of God" (1948) and "The Root of Righteousness" (1955).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:31 pm
1913 - German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:31 pm
1961 - French army revolts in Algeria
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:32 pm
1967 - Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:32 pm
1971 - Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:32 pm
1977 - "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:33 pm
1982 - Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:33 pm
1982 - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:34 pm
1983 - One pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:34 pm
1984 - After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/11 at 2:35 pm
1990 - "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:21 am
238 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:21 am
1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) and his crew became the first Europeans to sight Brazil when they spotted Monte Pascoal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:23 am
1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) and his crew became the first Europeans to sight Brazil when they spotted Monte Pascoal.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral_-_steel_engraving_by_American_Bank_Note_Company.jpg/81px-Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral_-_steel_engraving_by_American_Bank_Note_Company.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:23 am
1529 – Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:23 am
1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl sees the Austrian army defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube at Regensburg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:24 am
1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:24 am
1863 – American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:24 am
1864 – The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, authorizing the minting of a two-cent coin, the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:25 am
1889 – At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:25 am
1898 – Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:25 am
1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:26 am
1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
Why was that?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:26 am
1912 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/11 at 12:26 am
1911 – Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.