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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:09 am
1945 – End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:09 am
1946 – Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:09 am
1963 – In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesākha, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:10 am
1967 – The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:10 am
1970 – The Hard Hat riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:10 am
1972 – Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:10 am
1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:10 am
1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:11 am
1978 – First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:12 am
1980 – The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:12 am
1984 – The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:13 am
1984 – Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:14 am
1984 – Thames Barrier officially opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:15 am
1984 – Thames Barrier officially opened.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Thames_Barrier_London.jpg/300px-Thames_Barrier_London.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:15 am
1987 – The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:15 am
1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the 'worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history' and still the worst to occur on Mother's Day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 1:15 am
1997 – A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 5:18 am
1373 - English mystic Julian of Norwich, 31, by her own account, received a series of sixteen revelations, while in a state of ecstasy lasting five hours. Her book, "The Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love," was written 20 years later as the fruit of her meditations on this experience. Little else is known of her life.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 5:18 am
1816 - The American Bible Society was organized in the Dutch Reformed Church on Garden Street in NY City. The non-profit society was instituted to promote wider circulation of the Scriptures by publishing Bibles without notes or comments.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 5:18 am
1845 - At a three-day convention in Augusta, GA, the Southern Baptist Convention was formed by 300 representatives from Baptist churches in Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 5:18 am
1939 - English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 5:18 am
1948 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Either take me to be with Thee, Savior, or put out the life of this old man as I draw near Thee in the flesh. Consume me, Fiery Lover, as Thou dost choose.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/11 at 5:19 am
1993 - Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:29 pm
1373 – English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness, during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ; later she would describe them in Revelations of Divine Love, the first known English language book written by a woman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:29 pm
1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:29 pm
1515 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:29 pm
1568 – Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:29 pm
1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:30 pm
1648 – Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:30 pm
1779 – Russian and French mediators negotiated the Treaty of Teschen to end the War of the Bavarian Succession.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:31 pm
1780 – The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:31 pm
1787 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:31 pm
1804 – Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derne from the Americans attack the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:32 pm
1830 – Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:32 pm
1846 – Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:32 pm
1848 – First performance of Finland's national anthem.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:32 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:32 pm
1861 – The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:33 pm
1861 – Pakistan Railways opens the country's first railways line, from Karachi to Kotri.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:35 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:35 pm
1865 – American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:35 pm
1880 – In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:36 pm
1888 – Isabel the Redeemer (pictured), heiress of Brazil, signed the Lei Áurea into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:36 pm
1888 – Isabel the Redeemer (pictured), heiress of Brazil, signed the Lei Áurea into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Dona_Isabel.jpg/77px-Dona_Isabel.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:36 pm
1909 – The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:37 pm
1912 – The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:37 pm
1913 – Russian American Igor Sikorsky flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz, which he designed himself.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:37 pm
1917 – Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1923 – Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, is beatified.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1940 – World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:39 pm
1940 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the Nazi invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:40 pm
1941 – World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1943 – World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:41 pm
1948 – 1948 Arab-Israeli War: the Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:42 pm
1950 – The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:42 pm
1951 – The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:43 pm
1952 – The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:43 pm
1954 – The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:43 pm
1958 – During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1958 – The trade mark Velcro is registered.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1958 – May 1958 crisis: a group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1960 – Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1963 – The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1967 – Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:44 pm
1969 – Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1972 – Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1980 – An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:45 pm
1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:46 pm
1985 – Police storm MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:46 pm
1989 – Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:46 pm
1992 – Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong in a public lecture in Changchun, Jilin province, China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:48 pm
1994 – Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:48 pm
1996 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:48 pm
1998 – Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:48 pm
1998 – India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:49 pm
2000 – In Enschede, Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:49 pm
2005 – The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:49 pm
2005 – The Binh Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:49 pm
2006 – 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/11 at 2:51 pm
2008 – The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:52 am
1264 – Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:53 am
1483 – Coronation of Charles VIII of France (Charles l'Affable).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:53 am
1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:53 am
1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:54 am
1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:54 am
1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:55 am
1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:55 am
1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:55 am
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:55 am
1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:55 am
1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:55 am
1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:56 am
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:56 am
1868 – Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:57 am
1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:58 am
1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:58 am
1889 – The children's charity NSPCC is launched in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:58 am
1913 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:58 am
1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:59 am
1929 – Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that plateau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:59 am
1931 – Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 12:59 am
1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:00 am
1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:00 am
1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:00 am
1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:00 am
1940 – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:00 am
1943 – A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:00 am
1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:01 am
1951 – Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:01 am
1955 – Cold War: Eight Eastern Bloc countries signed a mutual defense treaty to establish the Warsaw Pact.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:02 am
1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:02 am
1963 – Kuwait joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:02 am
1970 – The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:02 am
1973 – The NASA space station Skylab (pictured) was launched from Cape Canaveral.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:03 am
1973 – The NASA space station Skylab (pictured) was launched from Cape Canaveral.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Skylab_%28SL-4%29.jpg/100px-Skylab_%28SL-4%29.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:03 am
1973 – The NASA space station Skylab (pictured) was launched from Cape Canaveral.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Skylab_launch_on_Saturn_V.jpg/220px-Skylab_launch_on_Saturn_V.jpg
Launch of the Saturn INT-21, carrying the Skylab space station.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:03 am
1988 – Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:04 am
2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 1:04 am
2005 – The former USS America, a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: gibbo on 05/14/11 at 2:12 am
Friday 14 May 1943 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur is sunk by a torpedo from a Japanese
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 5:34 am
1607 - In Virginia, on the first Sunday after the arrival of the Jamestown Expedition, Anglican priest Robert Hunt, 39, held the first Anglican service in the New World. Named chaplain of the expedition to Jamestown, Hunt was also the first Anglican priest to come to America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 5:34 am
1932 - Death of John Hughes, 59, Welsh rail official and church worker. During his life, Hughes composed a number of hymns, including CWM RHONDDA, to which the Church today still sings "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 5:34 am
1948 - After nineteen centuries of enforced exile, the Jewish people regained their homeland when the State of Israel was formally proclaimed in Tel Aviv. On this same date, the U.S. became the first world nation to recognize the newly-refounded state of Israel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 5:34 am
1950 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'To believe is to act as though a thing were so. Merely saying a thing is so is no proof of my believing it.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/11 at 5:34 am
1974 - In the Anglican Church in England, the Rev. F. Donald Coggan, 64, was named the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury by Queen Elizabeth II, succeeding former Archbishop Michael Ramsey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:32 am
1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:32 am
1525 – The battle of Frankenhausen ends the German Peasants' War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:32 am
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:32 am
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
Did she really have an extra finger on each hand?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:33 am
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:33 am
1602 – Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:33 am
1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:33 am
1648 – The Treaty of Westphalia signed.
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1701 – The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:34 am
1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:34 am
1755 – Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:34 am
1776 – American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:34 am
1791 – Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:35 am
1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:35 am
1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:35 am
1796 – First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:35 am
1800 – George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:35 am
1811 – Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:36 am
1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:36 am
1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:36 am
1849 – Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:36 am
1850 – The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry, led by Nathaniel Lyon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:37 am
1858 – Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:38 am
1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:38 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:38 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:39 am
1869 – Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, breaking away from the American Equal Rights Association which they had also previously founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:39 am
1905 – The Russian minelayer Amur laid a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sank Japan's battleship Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:39 am
1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:40 am
1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:40 am
1919 – The Winnipeg General Strike begins. By 11:00 a.m., almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:40 am
1919 – Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks. Those responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:41 am
1928 – Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:41 am
1928 – Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
So this must have after Steamboat Willie?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:42 am
1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:42 am
1932 – The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:42 am
1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:44 am
1935 – The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:44 am
1936 – Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:44 am
1940 – USS Sailfish (SS-192) recommissioned, originally the USS Squalus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:44 am
1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:44 am
1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:45 am
1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
There is the blame for it all?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:45 am
1942 – World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:45 am
1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:45 am
1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
That long ago?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:45 am
1945 – World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:47 am
1945 – World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:47 am
1948 – Following the demise of the British Mandate of Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:48 am
1951 – The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:48 am
1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:48 am
1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 12:48 am
1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
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1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:08 am
1966 – Disapproving of his handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính and ousted him from the position.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:13 am
1969 – People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot called Bloody Thursday.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:13 am
1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:13 am
1970 – Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:13 am
1972 – The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:14 am
1972 – In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:15 am
1974 – A unit of the Golani Brigade assaulted an elementary school in Ma'alot, Israel, where three armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine had taken 115 people hostage, resulting in 28 deaths.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:15 am
1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:15 am
1988 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:15 am
1990 – Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet (pictured) was sold at auction in Christie's New York office for a total of US$82.5 million, at the time the world's most expensive painting.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:16 am
1990 – Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet (pictured) was sold at auction in Christie's New York office for a total of US$82.5 million, at the time the world's most expensive painting.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet.jpg/81px-Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:16 am
1991 – Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:17 am
1997 – During the dedication of the Laos Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, the United States first publicly acknowledged its role in the Laotian Civil War, which had ended twenty-two years earlier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:17 am
2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 1:17 am
2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 3:39 am
1455 - A crusade against the Turks and for the capture of Constantinople was proclaimed by Pope Calixtus III.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 3:39 am
1686 - Rev. Robert Ratcliffe arrived in Boston from England, with orders from King Charles II to establish the Anglican Church in Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 3:39 am
1816 - Birth of Sylvanus Dryden Phelps, U.S. Baptist clergyman and poet. His several writings included the hymn, "Savior, Thy Dying Love."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 3:40 am
1889 - At the close of a two-day denominational conference in Cleveland, Ohio, the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. It became the foundation of the current United Methodist Youth (UMY) fellowship programs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/11 at 3:40 am
1943 - German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'I read the Psalms every day, as I have done for years; I know them and love them more than any other book.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/11 at 1:36 pm
1828 – The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship in the American South.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/11 at 1:36 pm
1845 – Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition departed from Greenhithe, England; the entire 129-man complement would be lost.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/11 at 1:36 pm
1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/11 at 1:36 pm
1997 – The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/11 at 1:37 pm
2010 – In Bangkok, the Thai military concluded a week-long crackdown (soldiers pictured) on widespread protests by forcing the surrender of opposition leaders.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/11 at 1:37 pm
2010 – In Bangkok, the Thai military concluded a week-long crackdown (soldiers pictured) on widespread protests by forcing the surrender of opposition leaders.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Thai_soldiers_and_Type_85_APCs_during_2010_Thai_political_protests.jpg/100px-Thai_soldiers_and_Type_85_APCs_during_2010_Thai_political_protests.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:32 pm
325 – The First Council of Nicea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:32 pm
526 – An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:32 pm
685 – The Battle of Dunnichen or Nechtansmere is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:33 pm
1217 – The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:33 pm
1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:33 pm
1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:33 pm
1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:33 pm
1521 – Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1609 – Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1631 – The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1802 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1813 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:34 pm
1861 – American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:37 pm
1862 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law, which gave the right to claim freehold title to about 160 acres (0.65 km2) of undeveloped land in the American West.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:37 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:37 pm
1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:37 pm
1875 – Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:38 pm
1882 – The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:38 pm
1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano's final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:38 pm
1891 – History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:38 pm
1896 – The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd below resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:39 pm
1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:39 pm
1908 – Budi Utomo organization is founded in Dutch East Indies, beginning the Indonesian National Awakening.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:39 pm
1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:39 pm
1920 – Montreal, Quebec radio station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:39 pm
1927 – By the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud (pictured) over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:40 pm
1927 – By the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud (pictured) over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/IbnSaud.jpg/52px-IbnSaud.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:40 pm
1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:40 pm
1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:41 pm
1940 – Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:41 pm
1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:41 pm
1949 – In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:41 pm
1956 – In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:42 pm
1965 – PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 – 040 B, crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:42 pm
1969 – The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:42 pm
1980 – In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:42 pm
1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:42 pm
1985 – Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:42 pm
1989 – The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:43 pm
1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:43 pm
1996 – Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 12:43 pm
2002 – The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 1:16 pm
1530 - German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'God's friendship is a bigger comfort than that of the whole world.'