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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:16 pm
1886 – Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:16 pm
1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:16 pm
1918 – World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:17 pm
1924 – Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:17 pm
1925 – Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:17 pm
1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:18 pm
1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
I'll drink to that! ;D
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:18 pm
1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:18 pm
1940 – World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:18 pm
1942 – World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:18 pm
1944 – World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:19 pm
1944 – World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:19 pm
1944 – In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:19 pm
1945 – Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:19 pm
1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:21 pm
1957 – In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservative Party led by John Diefenbaker (pictured) won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:21 pm
1957 – In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservative Party led by John Diefenbaker (pictured) won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dief1939a.jpg/60px-Dief1939a.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:22 pm
1961 – The last service trains ran on the Hawkhurst Branch Line in Kent, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:22 pm
1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:22 pm
1967 – The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:22 pm
1967 – Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:22 pm
1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:22 pm
1977 – Apple ships its first Apple II personal computer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:23 pm
1980 – The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:23 pm
1996 – Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:23 pm
1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:23 pm
1999 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:24 pm
2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:24 pm
2002 – The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/11 at 1:24 pm
2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:31 am
1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:31 am
173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:31 am
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:32 am
1345 – Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his bodyguard, Alexios Apokaukos, megas doux of the Byzantine Navy, was lynched and killed by the prisoners.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:32 am
1429 – Hundred Years' War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:32 am
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:33 am
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
Can you imagine having to celebrate 6 wedding anniversaries...
...and remembering them too?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:34 am
1594 – In the Philippines, Philip II of Spain recognized the right to govern of the Principalía, the local nobles and chieftains who had converted to Roman Catholicism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:34 am
1770 – Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:34 am
1770 – Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
Did he repair the damage to the environment?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:35 am
1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:35 am
1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:35 am
1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:35 am
1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:35 am
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:35 am
1847 – Afonso died at age two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:36 am
1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:36 am
1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:36 am
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of Imperial Examination in 1905.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:37 am
1901 – New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:37 am
1903 – Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:37 am
1907 – George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:37 am
1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:37 am
1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:37 am
1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:38 am
1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:38 am
1936 – The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:38 am
1936 – The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England.
...but where in London?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:38 am
1937 – Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky (pictured) and several senior officers of the Soviet Red Army were convicted for belonging to a Trotskyist organization in a secret trial during the Great Purge.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:38 am
1937 – Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky (pictured) and several senior officers of the Soviet Red Army were convicted for belonging to a Trotskyist organization in a secret trial during the Great Purge.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Tukhachevsky-mikhail-2.jpg/61px-Tukhachevsky-mikhail-2.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:39 am
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:39 am
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:39 am
1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:39 am
1944 – USS Missouri (BB-63) the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:39 am
1955 – Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:40 am
1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:40 am
1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:40 am
1963 – The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor of Alabama George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entrance to an auditorium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:41 am
1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:41 am
1963 – Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:41 am
1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:41 am
1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:41 am
1972 – The Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:41 am
1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:42 am
1981 – A Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:42 am
1998 – Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:42 am
2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:43 am
2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:43 am
2004 – Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:43 am
2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/11 at 5:44 am
1936 – The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England.
...but where in London?
...at the New Burlington Galleries in London, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:27 am
1381 – Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:28 am
1418 – An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:28 am
1429 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:28 am
1560 – Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:29 am
1653 – First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:29 am
1665 – England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:30 am
1665 – England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
...and the rest is history!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:30 am
1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:30 am
1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:31 am
1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:31 am
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:31 am
1860 – The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:31 am
1864 – American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:31 am
1889 – 78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:31 am
1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:32 am
1899 – New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:32 am
1922 – At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:32 am
1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:32 am
1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:33 am
1940 – World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:33 am
1942 – Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:33 am
1943 – Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Berezhany, western Ukraine. 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:34 am
1954 – Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:34 am
1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:34 am
1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:34 am
1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:34 am
1967 – Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:35 am
1978 – David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:35 am
1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:35 am
1987 – The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:35 am
1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:36 am
1990 – Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:36 am
1991 – Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:36 am
1991 – 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:37 am
1993 – An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:37 am
1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:38 am
1994 – The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:38 am
1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:38 am
1997 – Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:38 am
1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:38 am
2000 – Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:39 am
2001 – Robert Edward Dyer is sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for attempting to extort money from a British supermarket chain through a letter bomb campaign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/11 at 12:39 am
2009 – A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/11 at 2:25 pm
1525 – Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy discipline decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/11 at 2:26 pm
1777 – Gilbert du Motier, better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, landed near Georgetown, South Carolina, to assist the Thirteen Colonies in their revolution against Great Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/11 at 2:26 pm
1983 – Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the inner Solar System, when it passed Neptune, the furthest planet from the Sun at the time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/11 at 2:26 pm
1997 – In one of the worst fire tragedies in recent Indian history, 59 people died and 103 others were seriously injured during a premiere screening of the film Border at the Uphaar Cinema in Green Park, South Delhi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/11 at 2:26 pm
2007 – Former Iraqi government official Haitham al-Badri orchestrated a second bombing of the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/11 at 1:57 pm
1285 – Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of Vietnam's Tran Dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/11 at 1:57 pm
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat had appeared inevitable until the arrival of French troops led by Louis Desaix.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/11 at 1:57 pm
1940 – The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form a new pro-Soviet government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/11 at 1:58 pm
1966 – The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/11 at 1:58 pm
1982 – Argentine forces surrendered to the British, essentially ending the Falklands War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/11 at 1:58 pm
1966 – The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books
...and which books were on the list?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/11 at 1:40 am
1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:51 pm
1487 – Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:51 pm
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:51 pm
1745 – British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1745 – Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1746 – War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1755 – French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1774 – Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:52 pm
1795 – First Battle of Groix otherwise known as "Cornwallis' Retreat".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: French forces under Napoléon defeated Blücher's larger Prussian army in the Battle of Ligny, while French Marshal Michel Ney earned a strategic victory against the Anglo-Dutch army in the Battle of Quatre Bras.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1816 – Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and inspires his challenge that each guest write a ghost story, which culminated in Mary Shelley writing the novel Frankenstein, John Polidori writing the short story The Vampyre, and Byron writing the poem Darkness.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:53 pm
1846 – Crowning of Pius IX (pictured): the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1846 – Crowning of Pius IX (pictured): the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Popepiusix.jpg/71px-Popepiusix.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1858 – The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:54 pm
1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1883 – Over 180 out of 1,100 children died in the Victoria Hall disaster in Sunderland, England, when they stampeded down the stairs to collect gifts from the entertainers after the end of a variety show.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1891 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:55 pm
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1903 – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:56 pm
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
Happy Birthday IBM!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:57 pm
1911 – A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:57 pm
1915 – Foundation of the British Women's Institute.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1922 – General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1924 – The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1925 – The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:58 pm
1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:59 pm
1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:59 pm
1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 1:59 pm
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:00 pm
1967 – The first widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival, the Monterey Pop Festival, began in Monterey, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:00 pm
1972 – Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:00 pm
1972 – The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:01 pm
1976 – Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:01 pm
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:01 pm
1989 – Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:01 pm
1997 – The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:01 pm
2000 – Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/11 at 2:02 pm
2001 – Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month long letter bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:13 pm
1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:13 pm
1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:13 pm
1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yosheesheru.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:13 pm
1579 – Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:13 pm
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:14 pm
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Taj1.jpg/699px-Taj1.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:14 pm
1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:14 pm
1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:15 pm
1775 – American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:15 pm
1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:15 pm
1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:15 pm
1861 – Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:16 pm
1863 – Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:16 pm
1876 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:16 pm
1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:16 pm
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:17 pm
1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:17 pm
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:17 pm
1910 – Aurel Vlaicu pilots a A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:17 pm
1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:17 pm
1932 – Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1933 – Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1940 – World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1940 – World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:18 pm
1948 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:19 pm
1953 – East Germany Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:19 pm
1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:19 pm
1958 – The wooden roller coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada opens. It is still open today.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:19 pm
1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:19 pm
1961 – The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:20 pm
1963 – Around 2,000 people rioted in South Vietnam, despite the signing of the Joint Communique to resolve the ongoing Buddhist crisis one day earlier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:20 pm
1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:21 pm
1971 – President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:21 pm
1972 – Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:21 pm
1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:22 pm
1991 – The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered by race as part of the system of apartheid.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:22 pm
1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/11 at 12:22 pm
1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase , O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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Written By: nally on 06/17/11 at 3:43 pm
1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
An event I remember all too well. For me it was local news, since it happened on the L.A. freeways (a few of which I have actually traveled on several times). I even watched a good part of it on the TV.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:28 am
618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:30 am
1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:31 am
1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:31 am
1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:31 am
1757 – Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:31 am
1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:31 am
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:32 am
1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:32 am
1815 – War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoléon Bonaparte fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:32 am
1830 – French invasion of Algeria
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:32 am
1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:33 am
1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:33 am
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:33 am
1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:33 am
1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:33 am
1908 – The University of the Philippines, the national university of the Philippines, was established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:33 am
1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:34 am
1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:34 am
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:34 am
1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:34 am
1935 – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:35 am
1940 – Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:35 am
1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:35 am
1945 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:35 am
1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/11 at 6:35 am
1953 – The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.