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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:28 pm
1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:28 pm
1940 – World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:28 pm
1944 – World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:29 pm
1944 – World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:29 pm
1944 – World War II: The Nazis begin a three-day massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:29 pm
1949 – In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:29 pm
1949 – The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:30 pm
1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:30 pm
1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:31 pm
1962 – Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:31 pm
1963 – The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:31 pm
1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:31 pm
1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:32 pm
1969 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:32 pm
1971 – The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:33 pm
1974 – Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:33 pm
1979 – In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:34 pm
1987 – Chen Wei, Chinise American Architecture Student born at SUNRISE. He likes to eat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:34 pm
1989 – General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:34 pm
2003 – A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 12:34 pm
2010 – 2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:01 pm
1439 At the Council of Florence, the Decree of Union ('Laententur Coeli') was signed,creating an official theological union between the Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Catholic)churches. Unfortunately, the Eastern Church at large never accepted the document and a fullworking unity between these two major
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:01 pm
1768 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'We are reasonablecreatures, and undoubtedly reason is the candle of the Lord. By enlightening our reason tosee the meaning of the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit makes our way plain before us.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:01 pm
1903 Death of English theologian William Burt Pope, 81. His 'Compendium of ChristianTheology' (1875-76) set forth the most powerful systematic arguments of his day for theholiness doctrine in Methodism.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:01 pm
1962 Death of Helmut Richard Niebuhr, 67. Christian Ethics professor at Yale for 30years, Niebuhr is better remembered for his popular and oft-reprinted 1951 classic, 'Christand Culture' -- a work that explores available options of relating one's personal faith tothe world's highest and noblest principles.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:02 pm
1963 In an instruction given by the Holy Office, disposal of the dead by cremation wasofficially granted sanction by the Catholic Church. (Belief in the resurrection of the deadhad previously made cremation repugnant to many Christians.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:02 pm
1989 - Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:03 pm
1985 - Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/11 at 3:03 pm
1946 - Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:54 am
1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:54 am
1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:54 am
1538 – Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded a European urban settlement in what is today Bogotá, Colombia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:55 am
1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:55 am
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:55 am
1806 – The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by its last emperor Francis II during the aftermath of the War of the Third Coalition.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:56 am
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:56 am
1825 – Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:56 am
1845 – The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:56 am
1861 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:57 am
1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:57 am
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:57 am
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:57 am
1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:57 am
1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:58 am
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:58 am
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:58 am
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair – the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 4:58 am
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:00 am
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair – the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
Looks like it that August 6th is a busy day for war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:00 am
1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:01 am
1926 – In New York City, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:01 am
1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:01 am
1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
How did he do it?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:02 am
1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears to be never seen again.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:02 am
1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears to be never seen again.
Where did he go?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:02 am
1940 – Estonia was illegaly annexed by the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:03 am
1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:05 am
1945 – World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb named Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan, killing as many as 140,000 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:06 am
1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:06 am
1960 – Cuban Revolution: in response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:06 am
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:06 am
1964 – American researcher Donald Currey had a bristlecone pine tree known as Prometheus cut down, only to find that it was the oldest known non-clonal organism ever discovered, at least 4,862 years old at the time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:07 am
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:07 am
1966 – Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:07 am
1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:08 am
1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:09 am
1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:09 am
1990 – Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:11 am
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:11 am
1991 – Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:11 am
1993 – Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas of Kyūshū, Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:12 am
1996 – NASA announced that the meteorite known as ALH 84001 was discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:14 am
1997 – Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:14 am
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 5:14 am
2010 – The incoming coalition government of the United Kingdom discontinues the use of the controversial ContactPoint database of children.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 12:06 pm
1651 - Birth of Francois Fanelon, French priest and scholar. His 1697 writing, "Christian Perfection," provided a reasoned defense of mystical spirituality, though it afterward brought him into disfavor with the pope.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 12:06 pm
1727 - French Ursuline nuns first arrived at New Orleans, where they set up the first Catholic charitable institution in America. It comprised an orphanage, a girl's school and a hospital.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 12:06 pm
1774 - English religious leader Ann Lee (1736-1784) and a small band of followers first arrived in America. Her sect called itself the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming, but to the rest of the world her followers came to be known as the "Shakers."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 12:06 pm
1801 - The Great Religious Revival of the American West began at a Presbyterian camp meeting in Cane Ridge, Kentucky.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 12:06 pm
1821 - Birth of Edward H. Plumptre, Anglican theologian. He served on the Old Testament committee for the 1881 English Revised Version of the Bible. Today, he is better remembered as author of the hymn, "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/11 at 12:08 pm
1965 - Beatles release "Help" album in UK
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:11 am
322 BC – Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:11 am
626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:12 am
936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:12 am
1420 – Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore begins in Florence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:12 am
1427 – The Visconti of Milan's fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:12 am
1461 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:12 am
1679 – Le Griffon, a brigantine built by René-Robert de LaSalle (pictured), became the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:13 am
1679 – Le Griffon, a brigantine built by René-Robert de LaSalle (pictured), became the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cavelier_de_la_salle.jpg/82px-Cavelier_de_la_salle.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:13 am
1714 – The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:14 am
1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:14 am
1789 – The United States War Department is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:14 am
1791 – United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:14 am
1794 – U.S. President George Washington invoked the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:15 am
1789 – The United States War Department is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:15 am
1791 – United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:15 am
1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:15 am
1819 – Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:16 am
1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:17 am
1819 – Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:17 am
1879 – The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:17 am
1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:17 am
1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:18 am
1927 – The official opening ceremony of the Peace Bridge between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York, at the east end of Lake Erie was held two months after it opened to the public.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:18 am
1930 – The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:19 am
1933 – The Simele massacre: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:20 am
1940 – World War II: Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:20 am
1942 – World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins – United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:20 am
1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:21 am
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:22 am
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kon-Tiki.jpg/250px-Kon-Tiki.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:23 am
1947 – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:23 am
1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:23 am
1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design, and was minted until 2008.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:23 am
1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:25 am
1960 – Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:25 am
1964 – Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving US President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:25 am
1964 – Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:25 am
1965 – The infamous first party between Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey's estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell's Angels.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:25 am
1966 – Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:26 am
1967 – Vietnam War: the People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:26 am
1970 – California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:27 am
1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:28 am
1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.http://nymag.com/images/news/01/09/wtc_4_300x400.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:29 am
1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:29 am
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:29 am
1979 – Several tornadoes struck the city of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding communities.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:30 am
1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:30 am
1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:30 am
1988 – Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
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1989 – U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:31 am
1998 – The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:31 am
1999 – Second Chechen War began.
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2007 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/11 at 1:31 am
2008 – Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 1:36 am
1786 – Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat completed the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps, an act considered to be the birth of modern mountaineering.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 1:36 am
1918 – The Battle of Amiens began in Amiens, France, marking the start of the Allied Powers' Hundred Days Offensive through the German front lines that ultimately led to the end of World War I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 1:36 am
1929 – German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (pictured) embarked on a flight to circumnavigate the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 1:36 am
1929 – German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (pictured) embarked on a flight to circumnavigate the world.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/ZeppelinLZ127a.jpg/100px-ZeppelinLZ127a.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 1:37 am
1967 – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Written By: Howard on 08/08/11 at 7:03 am
37 years ago Richard Nixon was impeached from office. http://presidentsrus.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/nixon-resignation-headline.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:50 am
1969 - the photographs of the Beatles traversing a zebra crossing on Abbey Road were taken
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:50 am
1969 - the photographs of the Beatles traversing a zebra crossing on Abbey Road were taken
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:51 am
1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
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1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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1576 – The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.
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1585 – John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
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1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
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1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
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1647 – The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
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1709 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon
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1793 – The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
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1794 – Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
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1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:55 am
1863 – American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
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1870 – The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
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1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
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1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:56 am
1940 – The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
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1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:57 am
1946 – First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produce nuclear weapon delivery vehicle.
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1960 – South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
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1963 – Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:58 am
1973 – Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:58 am
1980 – The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland.
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1988 – The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:59 am
1989 – Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:59 am
1990 – Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 11:59 am
1991 – The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 12:00 pm
2000 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence and 5 years after being filmed by a dive team funded by novelist Clive Cussler.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 12:00 pm
2007 – An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/11 at 12:03 pm
37 years ago Richard Nixon was impeached from office. http://presidentsrus.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/nixon-resignation-headline.jpg
In light of his loss of political support and the near certainty of impeachment, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening.
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Written By: Howard on 08/08/11 at 1:29 pm
In light of his loss of political support and the near certainty of impeachment, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening.
It was the day before,the people heard about the news.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 1:24 am
1483 – The first mass in the Sistine Chapel (interior pictured) in the Vatican City was celebrated.
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1483 – The first mass in the Sistine Chapel (interior pictured) in the Vatican City was celebrated.
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1854 – Henry David Thoreau published Walden, his account of having spent two years living mostly in isolation on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts.
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1942 – World War II: In the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign, Japan forced the United States to withdraw from the Solomon Islands.
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1965 – Malaysia expelled the state of Singapore from its federation due to heated ideological conflict between their respective ruling parties.
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1974 – Watergate scandal: Richard Nixon became the only President of the United States to resign from office.
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48 BC – Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
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378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
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681 – Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
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1173 – Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
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1329 – Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
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1810 – Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
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1814 – Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
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1842 – The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
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1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
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1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
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1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
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1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
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1925 – A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
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1930 – Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
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1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
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1942 – Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
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1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 10:53 am
1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
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1944 – Continuation war: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
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1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 10:54 am
1965 – A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
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1969 – Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 10:55 am
1971 – The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that follows.
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1988 – Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history, upsetting many Canadians so much that some considered him a "traitor" to his home country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 10:55 am
1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 10:56 am
1999 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
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2006 – At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 3:22 pm
1765 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'You have but one Pattern; follow Him inwardly and outwardly. If other believers will go step for step with you, well; but if not, follow Him!'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 3:22 pm
1788 - Birth of Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary. He first sailed to Burma in 1812, and spent nearly all of his remaining 38 years in missionary and literacy work there. Judson translated the entire Bible into Burmese by 1834.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 3:22 pm
1884 - Birth of Kenneth Scott Latourette, Baptist church historian. Teaching at Yale from 1921-53, his greatest writings were his 7-volume History of the Expansion of Christianity (1937-45) and 5-volume Christianity in a Revolutionary Age (1958-62). Latourette died a bachelor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 3:22 pm
1942 - English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'Waiting on the Lord (Isa. 40:31, etc.) describes an attitude of soul when we are engaged in true prayer, but waiting for the Lord is the exercise of patience while His answer tarries.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/11 at 3:22 pm
1960 - The Church of the Lutheran Confession adopted its constitution at a convention held at Watertown, South Dakota. The denomination was formally organized the following January (1961) at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 1:22 am
955 – Forces under Otto I were victorious at the Battle of Lechfeld near present-day Augsburg, Germany, holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe.
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1270 – Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic dynasty that would last for more than 700 years.
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1793 – The Louvre (pictured), the most visited art museum in the world, officially opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings.
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1793 – The Louvre (pictured), the most visited art museum in the world, officially opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Le_Louvre_-_Aile_Richelieu.jpg/66px-Le_Louvre_-_Aile_Richelieu.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 1:23 am
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The first major confrontation between modern steel battleship fleets took place in the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
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1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.
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1988 – Japanese-American internment: The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing US$20,000 in reparations to each surviving internee.
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991 – Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
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1316 – The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
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1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
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1557 – Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
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1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
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1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
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1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Royal_observatory_greenwich.jpg/220px-Royal_observatory_greenwich.jpg
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1680 – The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
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1776 – American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
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1792 – French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace – Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
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1809 – Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
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1813 – Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things".
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1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
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1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
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1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek – the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
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1901 – The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
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1904 – Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
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1905 – Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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1913 – Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
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1920 – World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
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1932 – A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
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1944 – World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
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1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
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1949 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
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1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
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1978 – Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 12:55 pm
1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: the head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.
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1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
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1990 – More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
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1993 – An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
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1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 12:57 pm
1998 – HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.