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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 12:38 pm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Airbus_A380_blue_sky.jpg
How big is it?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 12:38 pm
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 12:38 pm
2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 1:24 pm
1537 - Geneva's first Protestant catechism was published. Based on Calvin's "Institutes," it was compiled by John Calvin, 27, and/or by fellow French reformer, Guillaume Farel, 48.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 1:25 pm
1667 - English poet John Milton, 58, sold the copyright to his religious epic "Paradise Lost" for ten English pounds (less than $30).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 1:25 pm
1775 - Death of Moravian missionary Peter Bohler, 63. Commissioned by Count Zinzendorf in 1737, Bohler encountered the as-yet-unsaved John Wesley, no doubt imprinting within him the later Methodist characteristics of crisis conversion, joyful assurance of God's acceptance and a Christian lifestyle of self- surrendering faith.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 1:25 pm
1832 - The American Baptist Home Mission Society was formed in New York City. During its first 15 years, $1.66 million in contributions were raised, 14,426 churches were organized and 1,116 missionaries were sent out.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/11 at 1:25 pm
1950 - The modern state of Israel was officially recognized by the British government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:55 am
1192 – Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:55 am
1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:56 am
1503 – The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:56 am
1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:56 am
1788 – Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:56 am
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:57 am
1792 – France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:57 am
1796 – The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 11:57 am
1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:04 pm
1887 – A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé (pictured) was released on order of German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:05 pm
1887 – A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé (pictured) was released on order of German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Schnaebele-portrait.jpg/64px-Schnaebele-portrait.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:08 pm
1920 – Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:09 pm
1930 – The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:10 pm
1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:10 pm
1944 – World War II: Nine German S-boots attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:10 pm
1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:10 pm
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:11 pm
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kon-Tiki.jpg/250px-Kon-Tiki.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:11 pm
1949 – Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, her daughter, and ten bystanders were assassinated by the military arm of the Philippine Communist Party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:11 pm
1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:12 pm
1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:12 pm
1952 – Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War, seven years after fighting in that conflict ended due to World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:13 pm
1952 – Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:14 pm
1965 – United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:14 pm
1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:14 pm
1970 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:14 pm
1975 – Chief of the South Vietnamese army Cao Van Vien fled the country as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:15 pm
1977 – The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:15 pm
1977 – The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:15 pm
1978 – President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:15 pm
1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:16 pm
1987 – American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:16 pm
1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:16 pm
1994 – Former CIA counter-intelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleaded guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:17 pm
1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:18 pm
1996 – In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 21 more.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:18 pm
2001 – Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:18 pm
2008 – A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:22 pm
1521 - German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:22 pm
1839 - Birth of Vernon J. Charlesworth, English clergyman and headmaster at Charles Spurgeon's Stockwell Orphanage. Today, Charlesworth is remembered as author of the hymn, "A Shelter in the Time of Storm."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:22 pm
1872 - English devotional author Frances Ridley Havergal, 33, penned the words to the hymn, "Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:23 pm
1874 - Birth of Susan Strachan, missions pioneer. Working together with her husband Harry Strachan, in 1921 she helped found the Latin America Mission in Stony Point, NY.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:23 pm
1960 - The 100th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) passed a resolution declaring that sexual relations within marriage -- without the intention of procreation -- were not sinful.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:27 pm
1770 - Capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:27 pm
1655 - English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:27 pm
1865 - Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:28 pm
1901 - First soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:28 pm
1902 - Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:28 pm
1914 - W H Carrier patents air conditioner
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:29 pm
1919 - First jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:29 pm
1923 - Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:29 pm
1925 - Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:30 pm
1934 - FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:30 pm
1940 - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:30 pm
1940 - Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:31 pm
1944 - Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:31 pm
1963 - 17th Tony Awards: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" win
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:31 pm
1965 - Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:32 pm
1965 - Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:32 pm
1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:32 pm
1971 - Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes first black admiral in US Navy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:33 pm
1973 - Over 6000 Mk. 82 500 pound bombs detonate over the course of 18 hours in a railyard in northern California. 5500 structures are damaged, and the town of Antelope, California ceases to exist, with every building being reduced to the foundation. This accident leads to the passing of the Transportation Safety Act of 1974 which makes the NTSB an independent agency.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:33 pm
1977 - Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:33 pm
1980 - Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:33 pm
1994 - Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:34 pm
2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:34 pm
585 - War between Lydia & Media ended by solar eclipse
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/28/11 at 12:52 pm
1994 - Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
Is this where she married Michael Jackson afterwards? ???
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/11 at 12:54 pm
Is this where she married Michael Jackson afterwards? ???
Twenty days after her divorce from Keough, Presley married singer Michael Jackson.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/28/11 at 12:54 pm
Twenty days after her divorce from Keough, Presley married singer Michael Jackson.
I knew it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:26 am
711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:27 am
1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:27 am
1483 – Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:28 am
1587 – Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:28 am
1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:29 am
1770 – James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:29 am
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:30 am
1832 – Évariste Galois released from prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:30 am
1861 – American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:30 am
1862 – American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:30 am
1882 – The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:31 am
1903 – A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:31 am
1909 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:31 am
1916 – World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:32 am
1916 – Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:32 am
1945 – World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:32 am
1945 – World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:32 am
1945 – World War II – Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:33 am
1945 – The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:33 am
1945 – The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:33 am
1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:34 am
1946 – Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:34 am
1951 – Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:34 am
1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:34 am
1965 – Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:35 am
1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:36 am
1968 – The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:36 am
1970 – Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:36 am
1974 – Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:36 am
1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:37 am
1986 – A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:37 am
1991 – A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:37 am
1992 – 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:40 am
1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:40 am
1999 – The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:40 am
2004 – Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:40 am
2004 – Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 2:40 am
2005 – Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 6:58 am
1607 -The first Anglican (Episcopal) church in the American colonies was established at Cape Henry, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 6:58 am
1834 - Birth of Joseph H. Gilmore, American Baptist clergyman and Hebrew instructor. He is better remembered today, however, as author of the hymn: "He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 6:58 am
1933 - The Navigators trace their origin to this date, when founder Dawson Trotman began the work in San Pedro, CA. In 1943, this evangelical mission was formally incorporated, and is headquartered today in Colorado Springs, CO.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 6:58 am
1945 - U.S. troops liberated the oldest of the Nazi concentration camps -- Dachau -- in Bavaria, West Germany. It is estimated that nearly 32,000 prisoners (mostly Jews) perished at Dachau during its 12-year existence as a Nazi detention camp.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 6:59 am
1952 - Death of Samuel M. Zwemer, 85, American Dutch Reformed missionary. Serving in Egypt between 1890-1905, Zwemer helped found the Arabian Mission in 1888 and authored over 50 volumes during his life -- many in Arabic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 7:00 am
2011 - The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton takes place in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/29/11 at 7:03 am
2011 - The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton takes place in London.
a historic event.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 7:04 am
a historic event.
Yes indeed, as Prince William will be the future King.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/29/11 at 7:05 am
Yes indeed, as Prince William will be the future King.
and overtake his Father.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 7:07 am
and overtake his Father.
...or grandmother.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/29/11 at 7:08 am
...or grandmother.
like Queen Elizabeth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 3:23 pm
like Queen Elizabeth.
That is her!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/11 at 3:23 pm
2011 - The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton takes place in London.
How Google saw the day.
http://www.google.co.uk/logos/2011/royalwedding11-hp.png
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 04/29/11 at 7:43 pm
How Google saw the day.
http://www.google.co.uk/logos/2011/royalwedding11-hp.png
beautiful. :)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:48 am
313 – Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:48 am
1006 – Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:48 am
1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:49 am
1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
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1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
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1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
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1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
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1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
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1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
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1838 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
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1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:51 am
1871 – The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
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1894 – Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
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1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
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1900 – Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
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1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
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1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
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1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
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1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
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1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
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1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
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1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
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1939 – The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.
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1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
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1943 – World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:55 am
1945 – World War II: As Allied forces were closing in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führerbunker after being married for one day.
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1947 – In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
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1948 – In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
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1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
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1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
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1961 – K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
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1963 – A boycott was held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
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1966 – The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.
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1967 – The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/11 at 12:59 am
1973 – Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
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1975 – Fall of Saigon (or Liberation of Saigon from the Communist perspective): Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
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1980 – Iranian Arab separatists captured the Iranian Embassy in London, beginning a six-day siege.
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1980 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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1988 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia.
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1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
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1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
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1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
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1999 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
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2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
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2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
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2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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2009 – Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
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2010 – Hailed as the largest World's Fair in history, Expo 2010 opens in Shangai, China.
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418 - Roman Emperor Honorius (who ruled 395-423) issued a decree denouncing Pelagianism, which taught that humanity can take the initial and fundamental steps toward salvation by its own efforts, apart from divine grace.
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1841 - Birth of Orville J. Nave, the U.S. Armed Services chaplain who compiled the "Nave's Topical Bible" -- still in print!
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1867 - Death of Ithamar Conkey, 52, a popular 19th century English bass vocalist. He also composed the hymn-tune RATHBUN to which we sing today, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory."
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1904 - Birth of John T. Benson, Jr, religious composer and former president of Heartwarming Music in Nashville. His best-known sacred composition was the hymn, "Love Lifted Me."
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1944 - English scholar J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in a letter: 'Evil labors with vast powers and perpetual success -- in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. So it is in general, and so it is in our own lives.'
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1911 - Portugal approves woman suffrage
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1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1981 - "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1981 - "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
Only five performances!!!!!
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1981 - 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones
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1991 - In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 & left 9 million homeless
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1992 - 208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
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1992 - 208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
I remember that day.
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880 – The Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople was consecrated, and would go on to set the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
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1707 – Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, a single kingdom encompassing the entire island of Great Britain with a single parliament and government based in Westminster.
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1753 – Carl Linnaeus published his Species Plantarum, which, with his earlier work Systema Naturae, is considered the beginning of modern botanical nomenclature.
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1865 – Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina signed a treaty creating an alliance against Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance.
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1947 – Italian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.
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2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
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1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
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1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
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1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
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1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
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1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
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1611 – Robert Barker, the King's Printer, made the first printing of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible (title page pictured).
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1611 – Robert Barker, the King's Printer, made the first printing of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible (title page pictured).
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1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
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1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
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1757 – Konbaung forces captured the city of Pegu, Burma, to end the Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War.
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1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
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1816 – Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.
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1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
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1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
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1866 – Chincha Islands War: Both Spanish and Peruvian forces claimed victory in the Battle of Callao.
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1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
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1879 – The Spanish Socialist Worker's Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias.
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1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
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1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
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1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
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1889 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.
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1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
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1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
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1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.
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1933 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
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1945 – World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.
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1945 – World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
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1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead inmates, most starved to death.
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1946 – The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.
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1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet 1, made its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
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1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
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1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
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1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
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1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
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1972 – In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
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1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
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1994 – In a bus disaster in Poland, 32 people die.
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1995 – Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began firing rockets on the Croatian capital of Zagreb, killing 7 and injuring at least 175 others.
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1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
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1999 – Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
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2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
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2002 – Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.
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2004 – Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.
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2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
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1507 - Two years after entering the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt, future German reformer Martin Luther, 23, was consecrated a priest. (Luther remained in the order until 1521, when he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.)
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1872 - A lectureship was established at Yale Divinity School in memory of American clergyman Lyman Beecher (1775-1863). The lectures were to cover topics on preaching and the work of the Christian ministry.
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1922 - Birth of missions pioneer Bob Finley. In 1953 he chartered the Christian Aid Mission in Washington, D.C. Today, this evangelical group works in over 40 countries, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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1949 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'The man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.'
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1956 - The General Conference of the Methodist Church, held in Minneapolis, demanded abolishment of racial segregation in all Methodist churches.