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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:11 am
1968 – The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:11 am
1970 – Qaboos overthrew his father Said bin Taimur to become Sultan of Oman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:12 am
1972 – The United States launch Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:12 am
1974 – The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:12 am
1982 – The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:12 am
1983 – Air Canada Flight 143 made an emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, without loss of life after the crew was forced to glide the aircraft when it completely ran out of fuel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:13 am
1983 – The Sri Lankan Civil War begins with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Terrorist group. In the subsequent riots of Black July, about 1,000 Tamils are slaughtered, some 400,000 Tamils flee to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India and many find refuge in Europe and Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:14 am
1984 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:14 am
1984 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
"Naughty! Naughty!""
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:14 am
1986 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:15 am
1988 – General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:15 am
1992 – A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that it is necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:15 am
1992 – Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:15 am
1995 – Hale–Bopp (pictured), one of the most widely observed comets of the twentieth century, was discovered by two independent observers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, at a great distance from the Sun.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:16 am
1995 – Hale–Bopp (pictured), one of the most widely observed comets of the twentieth century, was discovered by two independent observers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, at a great distance from the Sun.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Comet_Hale-Bopp_1995O1.jpg/100px-Comet_Hale-Bopp_1995O1.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:16 am
1997 – Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:16 am
1999 – Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:16 am
1999 – ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:16 am
2002 – On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the European Coal and Steel Community disbanded, and its activities and resources were absorbed by the European Community.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:17 am
2005 – Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:28 am
1779 - Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'I findit of more consequence to a preacher to know his Bible well, than all the languages or booksin the world -- for he is not to preach these, but the Word of God.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:28 am
1846 - Birth of William R. Featherstone, Canadian Methodist hymnwriter. He penned thewords to 'My Jesus, I Love Thee' before age 16.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:28 am
1860 - Birth of William W. McConnell, missions pioneer. In 1891, he became the firstmissionary sent out by the Central American Mission, after its founding in 1890.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:29 am
1918 - Death of Joseph H. Gilmore, 84, American Baptist clergyman. He is remembered todayprimarily for the hymn, 'He Leadeth Me,' which he wrote at the age of 28.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/11 at 5:29 am
1976 - The First National Southern Baptist Charismatic Conference closed. Baptist pastorand charismatic leader Howard Conatser (1926-78) was a speaker at this convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:48 am
1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:49 am
1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:49 am
1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:49 am
1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:50 am
1534 – French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:50 am
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:50 am
1701 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:50 am
1715 – A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:51 am
1814 – War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:51 am
1823 – Slavery is abolished in Chile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:51 am
1847 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:52 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:52 am
1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:52 am
1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:53 am
1911 – Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:53 am
1915 – The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:54 am
1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:54 am
1924 – Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:54 am
1927 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:54 am
1929 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:55 am
1931 – A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:55 am
1935 – The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:55 am
1935 – The dust bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (44°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:55 am
1937 – Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:56 am
1938 – First ascent of the Eiger north face.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:56 am
1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:56 am
1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:56 am
1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:57 am
1966 – Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:57 am
1967 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:57 am
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:57 am
1972 – Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:58 am
1974 – Watergate scandal: the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:58 am
1977 – End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:58 am
1980 – The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:58 am
1982 – Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:58 am
1983 – George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:59 am
1990 – Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 1:59 am
1998 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 2:00 am
2001 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 2:00 am
2001 – Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 2:00 am
2002 – Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 2:00 am
2005 – Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 2:01 am
2010 – Over 80,000 people from around the world record their daily lives for submission to the YouTube documentary Life In A Day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 11:25 am
1216 - Cencio Savelli was consecrated Pope Honorius III. During his 11-year pontificate,he confirmed two well-known religious orders: the Dominicans in 1216 and the Franciscansin 1223.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 11:25 am
1550 - French-born Swiss reformer John Calvin wrote in a letter: 'If you make a constantstudy of the word of the Lord, you will be quite able to guide your life to the highestexcellence.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 11:26 am
1725 - Birth of John Newton, an English slave ship's captain. He was converted at age22, and entered the Anglican ministry. Newton is remembered today as author of severalenduring hymns, including 'Amazing Grace' and 'Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 11:26 am
1819 - Birth of Josiah G. Holland, American writer who in 1874 authored the Christmashymn, 'There's a Song in the Air.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/11 at 11:26 am
1918 - On Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem, the cornerstone for Hebrew University was laid by Dr.Chaim Weizmann. (Weizmann was later elected first president of the modern state of Israel.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/11 at 1:29 am
1261 – Alexios Strategopoulos led the Nicaean forces of Michael VIII Palaiologos to recapture Constantinople, re-establish the Byzantine Empire, and end the Latin Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/11 at 1:29 am
1722 – Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts, declared war on the Abenaki people to begin Dummer's War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/11 at 1:29 am
1893 – The Corinth Canal (pictured), connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in the Aegean Sea, opened to sea traffic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/11 at 1:29 am
1893 – The Corinth Canal (pictured), connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in the Aegean Sea, opened to sea traffic.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Canal_of_korinth_greece.jpg/100px-Canal_of_korinth_greece.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/11 at 1:30 am
1978 – Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed by police at Cerro Maravilla in Villalba.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/11 at 1:30 am
2000 – Air France Concorde Flight 4590, en route from Paris to New York City, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew members, as well as four people on the ground.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 1:28 am
1581 – The Act of Abjuration, the formal declaration of independence of the Dutch Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II, was signed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 1:28 am
1759 – French and Indian War: Rather than defend Fort Carillon near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, from an approaching 11,000-man British force, French Brigadier General François-Charles de Bourlamaque withdrew his troops and attempted to blow the fort up.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 1:29 am
1882 – Boer mercenaries declared their independence from the Transvaal Republic and established the Republic of Stellaland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 1:29 am
1945 – The Labour Party won the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, replacing Winston Churchill as Prime Minister with Clement Attlee (pictured).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 1:29 am
1945 – The Labour Party won the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, replacing Winston Churchill as Prime Minister with Clement Attlee (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Attlee_BW_cropped.jpg/84px-Attlee_BW_cropped.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 1:29 am
2008 – One day after similar bombings in Bangalore, 21 bombs exploded in Ahmedabad, India, killing 56 people and injuring over 200 others.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:17 pm
657 – First Fitna: the Battle of Siffin see the troops led by Ali ibn Abi Talib and those led by Muawiyah I clashing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:17 pm
811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I is killed and his heir Stauracius is seriously wounded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:17 pm
920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:17 pm
1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:18 pm
1469 – Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England takes place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:18 pm
1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:18 pm
1758 – French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:20 pm
1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:20 pm
1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:20 pm
1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:20 pm
1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:20 pm
1822 – First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:20 pm
1847 – Liberia declares independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:21 pm
1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:21 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends – At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:21 pm
1878 – In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:21 pm
1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:22 pm
1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:22 pm
1890 – In Buenos Aires the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman's resignation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:22 pm
1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:23 pm
1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:23 pm
1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:23 pm
1936 – The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:23 pm
1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:23 pm
1937 – End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:23 pm
1941 – World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:24 pm
1944 – World War II: the Soviet army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, liberating it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:24 pm
1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:25 pm
1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:25 pm
1945 – The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:25 pm
1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:25 pm
1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:26 pm
1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:26 pm
1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:26 pm
1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:26 pm
1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:26 pm
1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:26 pm
1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:27 pm
1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:27 pm
1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:27 pm
1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
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1963 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:28 pm
1963 – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:28 pm
1965 – Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:28 pm
1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzũ is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:28 pm
1971 – Apollo Program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:29 pm
1974 – Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:29 pm
1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:30 pm
1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:30 pm
1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:30 pm
2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:30 pm
2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/11 at 2:30 pm
2007 – Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:36 pm
1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, led an invasion of Scotland and defeated Macbeth, King of Scotland, in a battle north of the Firth of Forth.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:37 pm
1214 – Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
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1302 – Byzantine–Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman sultanate scored its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:37 pm
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:38 pm
1663 – The Parliament of England passed the second of the Navigation Acts, which required that all goods bound for the American colonies had to be sent in English ships from English ports.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:38 pm
1689 – Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:39 pm
1694 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:39 pm
1720 – The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:40 pm
1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:41 pm
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:41 pm
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:41 pm
1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:41 pm
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:42 pm
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:42 pm
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:42 pm
1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:43 pm
1914 – Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:43 pm
1917 – The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:43 pm
1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:43 pm
1921 – University of Toronto researchers led by Frederick Banting (pictured) proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:44 pm
1921 – University of Toronto researchers led by Frederick Banting (pictured) proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:45 pm
1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:46 pm
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:46 pm
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
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1941 – Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:47 pm
1942 – World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:47 pm
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:48 pm
1953 – The Korean War ends when the United States, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:48 pm
1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:48 pm
1964 – Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:49 pm
1974 – Watergate Scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:49 pm
1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:50 pm
1981 – British television: on Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:51 pm
1981 – 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:51 pm
1983 – Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:51 pm
1987 – RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:51 pm
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:52 pm
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:52 pm
1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
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1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:54 pm
1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
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2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:54 pm
2005 – STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:54 pm
2006 – The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/11 at 12:55 pm
2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: news helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/11 at 1:34 am
1896 – Miami, today the principal city and the center of the South Florida metropolitan area, the seventh largest metro area in the United States, was incorporated with a population of just over 300.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/11 at 1:35 am
1914 – Austria-Hungary declared war after rejecting Serbia's conditional acceptance of only part of the July Ultimatum following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, starting World War I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/11 at 1:35 am
1995 – Two followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh were convicted for the attempted assassination of the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/11 at 1:35 am
2001 – At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/11 at 1:35 am
2010 – In the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history, Airblue Flight 202 crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/11 at 1:36 am
2001 – At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:12 pm
238 – The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:12 pm
615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12.
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904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:13 pm
1014 – Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: Forces of the Byzantine Empire defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion in the Belasica Mountains near present-day Klyuch, Bulgaria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:13 pm
1030 – Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:13 pm
1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:13 pm
1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
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1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1693 – War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1793 – John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1836 – The Arc de Triomphe (pictured) in Paris, commemorating those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, was formally inaugurated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:14 pm
1836 – The Arc de Triomphe (pictured) in Paris, commemorating those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, was formally inaugurated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:15 pm
1847 – Cumberland School of Law is founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, one of only 15 law schools to exist in the United States at the end of 1847.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:15 pm
1848 – Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:15 pm
1851 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:16 pm
1858 – Japan reluctantly signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, an unequal treaty giving the United States various commercial and diplomatic privileges.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:16 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C..
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:17 pm
1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:17 pm
1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:17 pm
1907 – Sir Robert Baden Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:17 pm
1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:17 pm
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:18 pm
1932 – Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:18 pm
1937 – Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu (China), the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:18 pm
1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:19 pm
1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad – after a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:19 pm
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:19 pm
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:19 pm
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:19 pm
1965 – Vietnam War: the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:20 pm
1967 – Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:20 pm
1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:20 pm
1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:21 pm
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:21 pm
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:21 pm
1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:21 pm
1988 – The film Cry Freedom is seized by South African authorities.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:21 pm
1993 – The Israeli Supreme Court acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:22 pm
1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad .
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/11 at 12:22 pm
2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:01 am
762 – Al-Mansur, the Caliph of Islam, founded the city of Baghdad to be the capital of the Islamic empire under the Abbasids.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:01 am
1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:02 am
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:02 am
1608 – At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:02 am
1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
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1629 – An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:03 am
1656 – Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:03 am
1729 – Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:03 am
1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:03 am
1756 – In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:03 am
1811 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (pictured), an early leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish authorities.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:04 am
1811 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (pictured), an early leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish authorities.
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1825 – Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
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1859 – First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
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1863 – Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, agreeing to stop the harassment of emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:04 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:05 am
1865 – Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamship Brother Jonathan, carrying a large shipment of gold coins that would not be retrieved until 1996, struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing 225 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:05 am
1865 – The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
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1866 – New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:05 am
1871 – The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/11 at 1:06 am
1916 – German agents caused a major explosion when they sabotaged American ammunition supplies to prevent the materiel from being used by the Allies of World War I.