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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 1:16 pm
1690 - Death of John Eliot, 86, colonial missionary to the American Indians of Maryland. Eliot arrived in America from England in 1631; by 1663 he had translated the entire Bible into the Algonquin Indian language.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 1:16 pm
1754 - Columbia University in New York City was chartered as King's College, under sponsorship of the Episcopal Church. The institution adopted its present name in 1896.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 1:16 pm
1878 - William R. Featherstone died at the age of 32. A Canadian Methodist who spent his life in Montreal, it was Featherstone who authored the hymn, "My Jesus, I Love Thee."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 1:16 pm
1937 - Following a lifelong call to establish a worldwide evangelistic ministry to children, missions pioneer Jesse Overholtzer, 59, founded Child Evangelism Fellowship, in Chicago.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/11 at 1:51 pm
1967 - BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:36 am
293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:36 am
878 – Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:36 am
879 – Pope John VIII became the first to officially recognise Croatia as a nation-state, and Branimir as its Duke.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:36 am
996 – Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:37 am
1502 – The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese explorer João da Nova.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:37 am
1554 – A royal Charter is granted to Derby School in Derby, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:37 am
1674 – John III Sobieski (pictured), elected by the szlachta, became the King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:37 am
1674 – John III Sobieski (pictured), elected by the szlachta, became the King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/SiemiginowskiJerzy.1693.PortretJanaIIISobieskiego.jpg/74px-SiemiginowskiJerzy.1693.PortretJanaIIISobieskiego.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:38 am
1725 – The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:38 am
1758 – Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:39 am
1809 – The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:39 am
1851 – Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:39 am
1856 – Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:40 am
1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:40 am
1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:40 am
1864 – Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:40 am
1871 – French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:41 am
1871 – Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi-Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:41 am
1879 – War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:41 am
1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:41 am
1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
Hurray for Clara Barton!!!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:42 am
1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:42 am
1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:43 am
1911 – Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, and thus concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:44 am
1917 – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is established through Royal Charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:44 am
1917 – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:44 am
1924 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:44 am
1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:45 am
1932 – Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:45 am
1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:45 am
1936 – Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:45 am
1937 – A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:45 am
1939 – The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:46 am
1946 – Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin accidentally triggered a fission reaction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and gave himself a lethal dose of hard radiation, making him the second victim of a criticality accident in history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:46 am
1951 – The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition – a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:47 am
1961 – American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:47 am
1966 – The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:47 am
1969 – Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:47 am
1972 – Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:48 am
1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:49 am
1981 – Irish Republican hunger strikers Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara die on hunger strike in Maze prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:49 am
1982 – Falklands War: British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton lead to the Battle of San Carlos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:50 am
1990 – Democratic Republic of Yemen and North Yemen agree to merge into the Republic of Yemen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:52 am
1991 – Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:52 am
1991 – Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:53 am
1994 – The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessful attempts to secede from Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:53 am
1996 – The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:54 am
1996 – The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:54 am
1998 – Indonesian President Suharto resigned following the collapse of support for his three-decade-long reign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:55 am
1998 – In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:56 am
2001 – French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:58 am
2003 – An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:58 am
2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:58 am
2006 – The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:59 am
1536 - The General Assembly of Geneva, Switzerland officially embraced Protestantism by accepting the evangelical faith of the Swiss reformers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:59 am
1739 - Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley, 31, on the first anniversary of his religious conversion, penned the hymn, "O For a Thousand Tongues."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:59 am
1740 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter regarding Jesus' character; 'He was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:59 am
1864 - Belgian missionary priest Father Damien, 24, was ordained on the Island of Hawaii. Born Joseph de Veuster, the Picpus Father began a work among the lepers on the island of Molokai in 1873. Contracting the disease in 1884, Father Damien succumbed to it five years later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/11 at 1:59 am
1944 - German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'God alone protects; otherwise there is nothing.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:08 am
334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:09 am
853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:09 am
1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:09 am
1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:09 am
1455 – Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:09 am
1762 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:10 am
1807 – A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:10 am
1807 – Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:10 am
1809 – On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:10 am
1819 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:11 am
1826 – HMS Beagle departed on its first voyage from Plymouth for a hydrographic survey of the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego regions of South America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:12 am
1840 – The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:12 am
1843 – Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:12 am
1844 – Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest". He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:12 am
1848 – Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:13 am
1856 – Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:13 am
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:13 am
1871 – The U.S. Army issued an order for abandonment of Fort Kearny in Nebraska.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:13 am
1872 – Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:13 am
1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:13 am
1903 – Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:14 am
1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:14 am
1915 – Lassen Peak in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California violently erupted (pictured), the only volcanic eruption in the continental U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens in 1980.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:15 am
1915 – Lassen Peak in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California violently erupted (pictured), the only volcanic eruption in the continental U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens in 1980.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/May_1915_Lassen_eruption_column.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:15 am
1915 – Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:16 am
1936 – Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:16 am
1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:16 am
1942 – Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:16 am
1942 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:16 am
1942 – World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:16 am
1947 – Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:20 am
1958 – Ethnic rioting broke out in Ceylon, targeted mostly at the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, resulting in up to 300 deaths over the next five days.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:21 am
1960 – An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:21 am
1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:21 am
1963 – Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:21 am
1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:21 am
1967 – The L'Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:22 am
1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:22 am
1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:22 am
1969 – Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:22 am
1972 – Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:22 am
1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:23 am
1987 – During Hindu–Muslim rioting in Meerut, India, 19 members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary allegedly massacred 42 Muslims and dumped the bodies in water canals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:25 am
1990 – North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:25 am
1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:25 am
1992 – After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:25 am
1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:26 am
1997 – Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:26 am
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:26 am
2002 – In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:26 am
2002 – American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:27 am
2003 – Swedish golfer Annika Sörenstam became the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event in 58 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:27 am
2004 – The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, which kills one resident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:28 am
2008 – The Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence unleashes 235 tornadoes, including an EF4 and an EF5 tornado, between May 22 and May 31, 2008. The tornadoes struck 19 states and one Canadian province.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:41 am
1541 - In Germany, the Ratisbon (Regensburg) Conference ended, its mission to reunify the Catholic Church having failed. From this time on, the Protestant movement became permanent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:42 am
1740 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:42 am
1868 - Birth of William R. Newell, American clergyman and devotional writer. He published expository works on the Bible, and is remembered today as author of the hymn, "At Calvary" (a.k.a. "Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:42 am
1944 - The Gospel Mission of South America was founded by William M. Strong in Concepcion, Chile. An interdenominational Protestant missions agency, its headquarters moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1975.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 1:42 am
1967 - The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) adopted the Confession of 1967. It was the first major declaration of faith adopted by this branch of Protestantism since the Westminster Confession of 1647.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 5:08 am
1911 - Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 5:13 am
1961 - "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/11 at 5:14 am
1961 - First revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle) opens
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:54 am
1430 – Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:54 am
1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:54 am
1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:54 am
1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
...and what happened thereafter?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:54 am
1568 – The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:55 am
1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:55 am
1609 – Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:55 am
1618 – In the Second Defenestration of Prague, Protestant members of the Bohemian aristocracy threw Catholic regents of Emperor Ferdinand II out the third-storey window of Prague Castle, precipitating the Thirty Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:55 am
1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:56 am
1706 – Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:56 am
1788 – South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:57 am
1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:57 am
1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:57 am
1829 – Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 11:59 am
1844 – Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad Shírází proclaimed that he was "the Báb", after a Shi`a religious concept, marking the beginning of the Bábí movement, the forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:00 pm
1846 – Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:00 pm
1873 – The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:00 pm
1900 – American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:00 pm
1907 – The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:00 pm
1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:01 pm
1915 – World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:01 pm
1934 – American criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (pictured) were ambushed and killed by police on a desolate road near their hideout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:02 pm
1934 – American criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (pictured) were ambushed and killed by police on a desolate road near their hideout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bonnieclyde_f.jpg/76px-Bonnieclyde_f.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:02 pm
1934 – The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:02 pm
1939 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:02 pm
1945 – End of World War II in Europe: Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz was captured and his Flensburg Government was dissolved.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:03 pm
1945 – World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:03 pm
1948 – Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul-General assassinated in Jerusalem.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:03 pm
1949 – The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:04 pm
1951 – Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:04 pm
1958 – Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:08 pm
1967 – Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:08 pm
1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:08 pm
1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:08 pm
1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:08 pm
2002 – The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:09 pm
2004 – Part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:09 pm
2006 – Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:09 pm
2008 – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puthe) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:11 pm
1633 - By French edict, only Catholic settlers were permitted permanent residence within the country known as New France (called "Canada" today), thus ending 30 years of attempted colonization by Huguenots (Protestants).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:11 pm
1862 - Birth of Hermann Gunkel, the German Protestant biblical scholar who pioneered the analytical approach to understanding Scripture afterward known as "form criticism." Gunkel applied its formulas primarily to the Old Testament, in his commentaries on Genesis (1901) and on the Psalms (1926-28).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:11 pm
1889 - Birth of Mary Susanne Edgar, a Canadian YWCA leader who wrote a number of hymns during her years of leading a Christian camping ministry with girls. Her best-remembered hymn: "God, Who Touchest Earth with Beauty."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:11 pm
1903 - Death of American Congregational missionary Henry Blodget, 78. He served 40 years in China (1854-94), and helped translate the New Testament into the colloquial Mandarin language of Peking.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:11 pm
1926 - Birth of Wilbur Nelson, Christian broadcast personality and for many years the host of "The Morning Chapel Hour," a radio ministry originating in Paramount, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:12 pm
1981 - Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/11 at 12:13 pm
1931 - Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:06 pm
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:06 pm
1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:07 pm
1487 – The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:07 pm
1595 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:07 pm
1621 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:07 pm
1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:08 pm
1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
How much is it worth now?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:08 pm
1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:08 pm
1738 – John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:08 pm
1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:09 pm
1822 – Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:10 pm
1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:13 pm
1830 – The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:14 pm
1832 – The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:15 pm
1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:15 pm
1846 – Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:15 pm
1856 – John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:15 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:17 pm
1883 – New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world, was opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:19 pm
1895 – Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:19 pm
1900 – Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:20 pm
1901 – Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:20 pm
1915 – World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:21 pm
1921 – The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:21 pm
1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:22 pm
1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:22 pm
1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:22 pm
1941 – World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the then pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:23 pm
1943 – Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:23 pm
1948 – Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces finally captured the Israeli kibbutz Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:25 pm
1956 – Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:25 pm
1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:26 pm
1958 – United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:27 pm
1960 – Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:27 pm
1961 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:27 pm
1961 – Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:28 pm
1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:30 pm
1967 – Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:30 pm
1968 – FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:30 pm
1970 – The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:31 pm
1973 – Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:32 pm
1976 – The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:32 pm
1976 – The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:33 pm
1980 – The International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in theran, Iran. The hostages would not be freed until the following January.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:34 pm
1981 – Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife and his presidential comitee died in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:35 pm
1982 – Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:35 pm
1988 – Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:35 pm
1989 – Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, is awarded £600,000 in damages (later reduced to £60,000 on appeal) after winning a libel action against Private Eye.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:37 pm
1990 – A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:37 pm
1991 – Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:37 pm
1991 – Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:37 pm
1992 – The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:37 pm
1994 – Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:37 pm
2000 – Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:38 pm
2001 – Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:38 pm
2001 – The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:38 pm
2002 – Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/11 at 12:38 pm
2004 – Communications in North Korea: North Korea bans mobile phones.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:21 pm
927 – Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: the Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:22 pm
1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:22 pm
1153 – Malcolm IV became King of Scotland at the age of twelve.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:22 pm
1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:22 pm
1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:22 pm
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeated the French and captured the strategically important town of Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:23 pm
1812 – Bolivian War of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:23 pm
1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:23 pm
1849 – The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:23 pm
1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:23 pm
1863 – American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:24 pm
1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:24 pm
1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:24 pm
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:24 pm
1907 – Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:24 pm
1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:24 pm
1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:25 pm
1930 – Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft), New York City's Chrysler Building (pictured) opened as the world's tallest building before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building 11 months later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:25 pm
1930 – Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft), New York City's Chrysler Building (pictured) opened as the world's tallest building before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building 11 months later.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chrysler_building-_top.jpg/89px-Chrysler_building-_top.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:25 pm
1933 – New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/11 at 12:26 pm
1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"