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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:54 pm
1866 – The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:55 pm
1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:55 pm
1888 – The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:56 pm
1889 – The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:56 pm
1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:56 pm
1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:57 pm
1932 – Lou Gehrig and teammate Tony Lazzeri hit four home runs in one game, and hit for the natural cycle, respectively. These two feats are both less common than a perfect game, which has occurred twenty one times in one hundred and twenty years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 12:57 pm
1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:01 pm
1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:02 pm
1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:02 pm
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:02 pm
1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:03 pm
1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:03 pm
1950 – First successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; Annapurna is summited by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:03 pm
1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashes after an aborted takeoff from Paris-Orly Airport, killing 130.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:05 pm
1963 – The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:05 pm
1963 – A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:05 pm
1965 – Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:06 pm
1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:06 pm
1969 – Melbourne-Evans collision: Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:07 pm
1973 – A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:07 pm
1979 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:07 pm
1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska takes five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and $300 million in damages all told, according to National Weather Service and American Red Cross statistics on the deadly storm.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:09 pm
1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:09 pm
1984 – Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6 with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:09 pm
1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1992 – Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (1988), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1998 – Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 1:10 pm
2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 4:55 pm
1098 Armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) captured the city of Antioch (in modern Syria).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 4:56 pm
1726 Birth of Philip William Otterbein, German Reformed pastor who in 1800 helped found the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (an early branch of the modern United Methodist Church).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 4:56 pm
1853 Central College was chartered in Pella, Iowa under Baptist auspices. (In 1916 the university passed to Dutch Reformed leadership.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 4:56 pm
1930 Missionary linguist Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: 'As we grow older all our paths diverge, and in all the world I suppose I could find nobodym who could wholly understand me excepting God.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/11 at 4:56 pm
1972 In Cincinnati, Ohio, Sally J. Priesand, 25, became the first woman in Reform Judaism to be ordained as a rabbi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:39 am
1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:39 am
1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:40 am
1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:40 am
1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:40 am
1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:40 am
1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:41 am
1802 – Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:41 am
1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:41 am
1825 – French American Revolutionary War General Lafayette speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:41 am
1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:41 am
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:42 am
1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:42 am
1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:42 am
1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:42 am
1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:42 am
1913 – Emily Davison, an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured when she was trampled by King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:43 am
1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:43 am
1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:43 am
1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:43 am
1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:43 am
1928 – President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:44 am
1939 – Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:44 am
1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:44 am
1942 – The Battle of Midway, a major battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, began with a massive Imperial Japanese strike on Midway Atoll.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:44 am
1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:45 am
1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:45 am
1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:45 am
1957 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:45 am
1961 – In the Vienna summit, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:46 am
1965 – Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime landed Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:46 am
1967 – Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:46 am
1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:46 am
1973 – A patent for the ATM is granted to Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:46 am
1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:47 am
1975 – Governor of California Jerry Brown (pictured) signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the United States guaranteeing collective bargaining rights to farmworkers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:48 am
1975 – Governor of California Jerry Brown (pictured) signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the United States guaranteeing collective bargaining rights to farmworkers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Jerry_Brown_in_1978_crop.jpg/65px-Jerry_Brown_in_1978_crop.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:48 am
1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:48 am
1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:48 am
1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:49 am
1989 – Following the death of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei to be the Supreme Leader of Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:49 am
1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:50 am
1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:50 am
1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:50 am
1996 – The maiden flight of the Ariane 5 expendable launch system failed, with the rocket self-destructing 37 seconds after launch because of a malfunction in the control software, one of the most expensive computer bugs in history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:52 am
1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:52 am
2001 – Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:55 am
1820 - Birth of Elvina M. Hall, American Methodist poet who authored the hymn, 'Jesus Paid It All' (a.k.a. 'I Hear the Savior Say').
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:55 am
1873 - Birth of Charles F. Parham, American charismatic church pioneer. In 1898 he founded a Bible training school in Topeka, Kansas, where the modern Pentecostal movement began in 1901.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:55 am
1878 - Birth of Frank N. Buchman, American exponent of the social gospel. He founded the First Century Christian Movement (1921), the Oxford Group (1929) and the Moral Re-Armament Movement (1938).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:55 am
1900 - Birth of Nelson Glueck, American Jewish archaeologist. Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem between 1932 and 1947, he explored and dated over 1,000 ancient sites in Palestine and the Near East.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/11 at 1:56 am
1948 - In Manilla, the first missionary radio station built in the Philippines by the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) first went on the air.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 12:41 pm
1984 – Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, was released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 06/06/11 at 12:45 pm
1984 – Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, was released.
good old days when we had Nintendo Entertainment Systems.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 12:46 pm
good old days when we had Nintendo Entertainment Systems.
A game I enjoyed playing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 06/06/11 at 12:49 pm
A game I enjoyed playing.
along with Super Mario Bothers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 12:53 pm
along with Super Mario Bothers.
Oh yes!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 06/06/11 at 12:54 pm
Oh yes!
and you can easily play them online now!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 12:56 pm
and you can easily play them online now!
I have to check that out.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 06/06/11 at 12:58 pm
I have to check that out.
just google it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:01 pm
just google it.
That is the usual method.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 06/06/11 at 1:05 pm
That is the usual method.
and you'll get free sites where you can play Tetris online.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:09 pm
and you'll get free sites where you can play Tetris online.
Free that is the best word in the world!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:32 pm
1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:32 pm
1523 – Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:32 pm
1644 – The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the Republic of China is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:32 pm
1654 – Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:33 pm
1674 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire is crowned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:33 pm
1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:33 pm
1752 – A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:33 pm
1808 – Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:33 pm
1809 – Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:34 pm
1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:34 pm
1832 – The June Rebellion of Paris is put down by the National Guard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:34 pm
1833 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride on a train.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:34 pm
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:34 pm
1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:34 pm
1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:35 pm
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:36 pm
1882 – The Shewa kingdom made big strides towards gaining supremacy over the Ethiopian Empire by defeating the Gojjam and gaining control of territories south of the Gibe River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:37 pm
1882 – More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:37 pm
1889 – The Great Seattle fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle, Washington.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:37 pm
1892 – The 'L' train of Chicago, the second longest rapid transit system in total track mileage in the United States, began operations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:38 pm
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:38 pm
1909 – French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:38 pm
1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:39 pm
1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:39 pm
1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:39 pm
1921 – The Southwark Bridge in London, is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:40 pm
1921 – The Southwark Bridge in London, is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/whatson/imageuploads/1189799830_62.49.27.213.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:40 pm
1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:40 pm
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:40 pm
1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:40 pm
1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:41 pm
1942 – World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:41 pm
1944 – World War II: The Invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:41 pm
1944 – World War II: The Invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1944_NormandyLST.jpg/791px-1944_NormandyLST.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:42 pm
1964 – Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:42 pm
1971 – Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:42 pm
1971 – A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:42 pm
1971 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:44 pm
1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:45 pm
1981 – Bihar train disaster A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:46 pm
1982 – 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee", eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:46 pm
1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is exhumed in Embu, Brazil; the remains found are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February, 1979.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:46 pm
1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:46 pm
2002 – Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:47 pm
2004 – Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:47 pm
2005 – The United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana, in Gonzales v. Raich.
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Written By: nally on 06/06/11 at 1:50 pm
2005 – The United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana, in Gonzales v. Raich.
The last time that this date fell on a Monday!
I remember that that was the day I officially changed my major to Liberal Arts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/11 at 3:16 pm
1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of the subject, was granted the Royal Assent by Charles I (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/11 at 3:17 pm
1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of the subject, was granted the Royal Assent by Charles I (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/11 at 3:17 pm
1892 – Homer Plessy, an "octoroon" from New Orleans, Louisiana, was arrested for refusing to leave the "whites-only" car on a train.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/11 at 3:17 pm
1917 – World War I: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under the German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/11 at 3:17 pm
1981 – The Israeli Air Force attacked and disabled the Osirak nuclear reactor, assuming it was producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear weapons program.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/11 at 3:17 pm
2006 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed when the United States Air Force bombed his safehouse near Baqubah.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:47 pm
68 – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:47 pm
218 – Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats with support of the Syrian legions the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:47 pm
793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:47 pm
1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre (Israel) thus beginning his crusade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:47 pm
1405 – Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:48 pm
1690 – Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:48 pm
1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last major battle fought on Quebec soil that was part of the American colonists' invasion of Quebec.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:48 pm
1783 – The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:54 pm
1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:55 pm
1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:56 pm
1856 – A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:57 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:58 pm
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:59 pm
1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:59 pm
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:59 pm
1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:59 pm
1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern peace").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 12:59 pm
1941 – World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:00 pm
1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:00 pm
1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:01 pm
1949 – Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by English writer George Orwell about life under the fictional totalitarian government of Oceania, was first published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:01 pm
949 – Celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:02 pm
1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:02 pm
1953 – Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:03 pm
1966 – One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1966 – Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:04 pm
1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:05 pm
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy's funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:05 pm
1972 – Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc running down a road after being burned by napalm.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:06 pm
1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships : RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:07 pm
1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:08 pm
1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:08 pm
1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:08 pm
2004 – The first transit of Venus since 1882 (pictured) took place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:08 pm
2004 – The first transit of Venus since 1882 (pictured) took place.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Venus_Transit_2004.JPG/100px-Venus_Transit_2004.JPG
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:09 pm
2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:09 pm
2008 – The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Katō drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/11 at 1:48 pm
1937 - Carmina Burana, the scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff was premiered in Frankfurt
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:56 am
411 BC – Coup in Athens succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:56 am
53 – Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:56 am
62 – Claudia Octavia is executed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:56 am
68 – Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide after he was deposed by the Senate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:57 am
721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:57 am
1310 – Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:57 am
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:57 am
1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:58 am
1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:58 am
1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:58 am
1772 – The British schooner Gaspée is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:58 am
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:58 am
1815 – The Congress of Vienna ended, redrawing the political map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:59 am
1856 – Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 11:59 am
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:02 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:02 pm
1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:02 pm
1885 – A peace treaty is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:02 pm
1900 – Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in British prison under mysterious circumstances.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:02 pm
1915 – William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:03 pm
1923 – Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:03 pm
1924 – In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:03 pm
1928 – Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith (pictured) and his crew landed their Southern Cross aircraft in Brisbane, completing the first ever trans-Pacific flight from the United States mainland to Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:03 pm
1928 – Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith (pictured) and his crew landed their Southern Cross aircraft in Brisbane, completing the first ever trans-Pacific flight from the United States mainland to Australia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/CEKSmith.jpg/70px-CEKSmith.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:04 pm
1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:04 pm
1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:04 pm
1944 – World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:05 pm
1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:05 pm
1946 – King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:05 pm
1953 – Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:06 pm
1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:06 pm
1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:06 pm
1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:06 pm
1965 – Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:06 pm
1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:06 pm
1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:07 pm
1973 – Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:07 pm
1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:07 pm
1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:07 pm
1979 – The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) kills seven.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:07 pm
1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he will not be released until 1991).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:07 pm
1986 – The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:08 pm
1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/11 at 12:08 pm
2008 – In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drains as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:13 pm
1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:13 pm
1539 – Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:13 pm
1619 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:13 pm
1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:13 pm
1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:14 pm
1719 – Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:14 pm
1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:14 pm
1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:14 pm
1793 – French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:14 pm
1805 – The United States signed a treaty with Yusuf Karamanli, the Pasha of Tripoli, ending the First Barbary War and agreeing to pay him US$60,000 in exchange for American prisoners of war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:15 pm
1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:15 pm
1838 – Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:15 pm
1854 – The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:16 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:16 pm
1871 – Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 U.S. Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:16 pm
1878 – League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece.