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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:23 am
1962 – Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:23 am
1968 – A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:24 am
1973 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan, was ousted in a coup by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:24 am
1975 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:24 am
1975 – East Timor was annexed and became the 27th province of Indonesia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:25 am
1976 – The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:26 am
1979 – Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:26 am
1981 – The opening of the Humber Bridge by HM The Queen in England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:26 am
1981 – A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:27 am
1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:28 am
1996 – A "streak of light" was seen immediately before TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air off the coast of New York, leading to a number of alternative theories that allege a government cover-up.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:28 am
1996 – A "streak of light" was seen immediately before TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air off the coast of New York, leading to a number of alternative theories that allege a government cover-up.
Does this subject deserve a thread of it's own?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:28 am
1998 – Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:29 am
1998 – A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crime against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:29 am
2007 – TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:29 am
2009 – Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:32 am
431 The Council of Ephesus adjourned. This third of the 21 ecumenical councils of theChurch condemned Nestorianism and Pelagianism, and defined Mary's title as 'theotokos'('Bearer of God').
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:32 am
1505 Twenty-one-year-old future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinianmonastic order, at Erfurt, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:32 am
1674 Birth of Isaac Watts, innovative pioneer of modern English hymnody. Among his manybeloved sacred compositions are: 'At the Cross,' 'Joy to the World,' 'Marching to Zion' and'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:32 am
1836 Death of William White, 88, American patriarch of the Episcopalians. First bishopof American Anglicanism, it was White who coined the name 'Protestant Episcopal' for thenew denomination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:32 am
1942 New Tribes Mission was organized by founder Paul W. Fleming. Thisinterdenominational missions agency supports over 1,000 staff members in countries aroundthe world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:33 am
1439 - Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:33 am
1429 - Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 12:34 am
1951 - Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorks v Surrey at The Oval
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/11 at 1:58 pm
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "This One"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:12 pm
362 – Roman-Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with an Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1389 – Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, in inaugurating a 13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1656 – Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1857 – Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1862 – First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:14 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island – the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, fails in their assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:14 pm
1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1942 – World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1944 – World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1955 – The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1966 – Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:16 pm
1976 – Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:17 pm
1982 – 268 campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guatemala.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1984 – McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1986 – A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:18 pm
1992 – The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:19 pm
1994 – The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentinian Jewish Communal Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:19 pm
1995 – On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:19 pm
1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/11 at 12:19 pm
1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:33 pm
64 – Great Fire of Rome: a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control. According to a popular, but untrue legend, Nero fiddled as the city burned.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:34 pm
711 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete – Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:34 pm
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill – The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:34 pm
1544 – Italian War of 1542: the first Siege of Boulogne begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:35 pm
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose (pictured) sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:35 pm
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose (pictured) sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/AnthonyRoll-2_Mary_Rose.jpg/800px-AnthonyRoll-2_Mary_Rose.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:36 pm
1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days of reign.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 12:36 pm
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:02 pm
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:02 pm
1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:02 pm
1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:03 pm
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:04 pm
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/SS_Great_Britain_bow_view.jpg/300px-SS_Great_Britain_bow_view.jpg
SS Great Britain in dry dock at Bristol in 2005.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:04 pm
1848 – Women's rights: a two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York; there the "Bloomers" are introduced.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:05 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid – At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:05 pm
1864 – Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking – The Qing Dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:05 pm
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:05 pm
1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:05 pm
1908 – Dutch football club Feyenoord was founded
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:06 pm
1916 – World War I: Australian forces engaged the Germans at the Battle of Fromelles in France, described as "the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" since 5,533 Australian soldiers were eventually killed, wounded or taken prisoner in the failed operation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:06 pm
1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen riot and burn down Luton Town Hall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:07 pm
1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada – The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:07 pm
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:08 pm
1942 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic – German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective American convoy system.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:08 pm
1947 – The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:08 pm
1947 – Korean politician Yuh Woon-Hyung is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:09 pm
1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:09 pm
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 metres (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:10 pm
1964 – Vietnam War: at a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:10 pm
1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:11 pm
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:12 pm
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:12 pm
1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:13 pm
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:14 pm
1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:14 pm
1989 – United Airlines flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 of the 296 passengers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:14 pm
1992 – Anti-Mafia Judge Paolo Borsellino is killed by a Mafia car bomb in Palermo, Italy together with five police officers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/11 at 2:14 pm
1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:44 am
70 – First Jewish-Roman War: Siege of Jerusalem – Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:45 am
911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:45 am
1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:45 am
1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara – Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:45 am
1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:46 am
1807 – French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:47 am
1810 – Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:47 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek – Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:48 am
1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa – The Austrian Navy , led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:48 am
1871 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:48 am
1885 – The Football Association legalizes professionalism in football under pressure from the British Football Association.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:50 am
1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:51 am
1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:51 am
1922 – The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:51 am
1932 – In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:51 am
1934 – Labor unrest in the U.S.: as police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:52 am
1934 – 1934 West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:52 am
1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:52 am
1936 – The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:52 am
1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:53 am
1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:53 am
1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:54 am
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beria its chief.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:54 am
1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:55 am
1949 – Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:55 am
1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:55 am
1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:55 am
1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:56 am
1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:56 am
1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:57 am
1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:57 am
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:58 am
1968 – The first Special Olympics is held.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:58 am
1969 – Apollo Program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. The first moonwalk EVA follows almost 7 hours later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:58 am
1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, 6 days after the beginning of the "Football War".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:59 am
1974 – Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'etat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:59 am
1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/11 at 11:59 am
1976 – Hank Aaron hits his 755th home run, the final home run of his career.
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1977 – Johnstown, Pennsylvania is hit by a flash flood that kills eighty and causes $350 million in damage
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1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
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1980 – The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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1982 – Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
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1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
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1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
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1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
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1999 – Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched.
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2000 – In Zimbabwe, Parliament opens its new session and seats opposition members for the first time in a decade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:39 pm
356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:39 pm
230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
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285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
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365 – A tsunami devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami was caused by the Crete earthquake estimated to be 8.0 on the Richter Scale. 5,000 people perished in Alexandria, and 45,000 more died outside the city.
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1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
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1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
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1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
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1774 – Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:42 pm
1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
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1861 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – at Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
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1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
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1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
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1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:45 pm
1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium.
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1914 – The Crown council of Romania decides the country shall remain neutral in World War I
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1918 – U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.
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1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
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1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
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1925 – Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
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1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
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1944 – World War II: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin, Germany for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
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1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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1954 – Publication of the first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:47 pm
1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission – Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
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1969 – Space Race: Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th in North America).
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1969 – Space Race: Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th in North America).
I saw it on TV!
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1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
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1972 – Bloody Friday bombings by the Provisional IRA around Belfast, Northern Ireland – 22 bombs are detonated, killing 9 and seriously injuring 130.
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1973 – In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
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1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
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1977 – The start of the four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
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1983 – The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
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1983 – The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
Can this be blamed on Howard too?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:50 pm
1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
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1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
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2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri railway station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:51 pm
2005 – Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/11 at 1:51 pm
2005 – Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
A day I remember very well.
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2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:21 pm
838 – Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
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1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk – King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:21 pm
1456 – Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade – John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:21 pm
1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair – A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
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1499 – Battle of Dornach – The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
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1587 – Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
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1686 – Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
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1706 – The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
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1796 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
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1797 – Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:23 pm
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
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1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca – British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
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1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.
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1894 – Despite finishing in first place in the world's first auto race, Jules-Albert de Dion did not win, as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
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1916 – In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
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1933 – Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
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1934 – Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
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1937 – New Deal: the United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
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1942 – Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
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1943 – World War II: Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.
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1944 – The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland
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1946 – King David Hotel bombing: a Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
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1951 – Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.
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1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:27 pm
1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:28 pm
1977 – After having been removed from power by the Gang of Four the year before, Deng Xiaoping (pictured) returned to leadership positions within the Communist Party of China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:28 pm
1977 – After having been removed from power by the Gang of Four the year before, Deng Xiaoping (pictured) returned to leadership positions within the Communist Party of China.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/DengXiaoping.jpg/81px-DengXiaoping.jpg
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1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:29 pm
1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment.
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1992 – Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
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1993 – Great Flood of 1993: levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
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2002 – Israel kills Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:29 pm
2003 – Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:30 pm
2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
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2011 – Oslo Norwegian government building is attacked and at least 15 people were injured and 2 killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:45 pm
1620 - A small congregation of English Separatists, led by John Robinson, began theiremigration to the New World. Today, this historic group of religious refugees has come tobe known as the 'Pilgrims.'
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1836 - Birth of Emily E. S. Elliott, Anglican missions supporter and hymnwriter. Nieceof Charlotte Elliott (who wrote the hymn 'Just As I Am'), Emily penned the words to the hymn'Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:45 pm
1847 - The first large company of Mormon immigrants entered the Salt Lake Valley, in whatwas still Mexican territory. Soon after, Mormon leader Brigham Young founded Salt Lake City,Utah.
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1865 - Birth of Peter P. Bilhorn, sacred composer. He produced over 1,400 hymns in hislife, including 'I Will Sing the Wondrous Story' and 'Sweet Peace, The Gift of God's Love.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/11 at 12:45 pm
1981 - Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment for hisattempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in May of this year.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:03 am
1632 – Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
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1677 – Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
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1793 – Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
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1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
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1833 – Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
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1840 – The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
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1862 – American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
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1874 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa.
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1881 – The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the world's oldest international sport federation, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:07 am
1881 – The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
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1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
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1914 – Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia will reject those demands and Austria will declare war on July 28.
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1914 – Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia will reject those demands and Austria will declare war on July 28.
What happened next?
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1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
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1927 – The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
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1927 – Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.
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1929 – The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
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1936 – In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
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1940 – The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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1942 – The Holocaust: the Treblinka extermination camp is opened.
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1942 – World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
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1942 – Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
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1945 – The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
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1952 – The European Coal and Steel community is established.
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1952 – General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:10 am
1961 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:11 am
1962 – Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
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1962 – The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
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1967 – 12th Street Riot: in Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It will leave 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:11 am
1968 – Glenville Shootout: in Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.