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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 12:57 pm
2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F (38 °C).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 12:57 pm
2003 – Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 12:58 pm
2006 – Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/10/11 at 12:58 pm
2009 – Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/11 at 1:30 am
2492 BC – According to legend, Armenian culture hero Hayk slew the giant king Bel with a shot from a longbow near Lake Van (in modern Turkey).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/11 at 1:30 am
1786 – Captain Francis Light founded the British colony of Penang, beginning more than a century of British involvement in Malaya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/11 at 1:31 am
1828 – William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England, for the murder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/11 at 1:31 am
1929 – The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/11 at 1:31 am
1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr (pictured) and composer George Antheil received a patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of frequency-hopping spread spectrum that later became the basis for many forms of today's wireless communication systems.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/11 at 1:32 am
1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr (pictured) and composer George Antheil received a patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of frequency-hopping spread spectrum that later became the basis for many forms of today's wireless communication systems.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Hedy_Lamarr_in_Dishonored_Lady_5.jpg/100px-Hedy_Lamarr_in_Dishonored_Lady_5.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:27 am
1323 – Sweden and the Novgorod Republic signed the Treaty of Nöteborg to temporarily end the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:27 am
1676 – Puritans and their Native American allies killed Wampanoag sachem Metacomet (known as "King Philip"), essentially ending King Philip's War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:27 am
1952 – Thirteen Jewish poets in Moscow were executed for espionage based on false confessions.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:28 am
1969 – Riots erupted in the Bogside area of Derry and spread across much of Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:28 am
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer (pictured), the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:28 am
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer (pictured), the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ibm_pc_5150.jpg/100px-Ibm_pc_5150.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 1:28 am
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ibm_pc_5150.jpg/100px-Ibm_pc_5150.jpg
They don't make them like that anymore!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 08/12/11 at 6:52 am
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ibm_pc_5150.jpg/100px-Ibm_pc_5150.jpg
and Atari was still hot at that time,good days. :)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:49 am
30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:49 am
1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:50 am
1121 – Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:50 am
1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:53 am
1480 – Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:53 am
1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:53 am
1624 – The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:54 am
1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottomans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:54 am
1793 – The Rhône and Loire (Lêre) départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:55 am
1806 – Santiago de Liniers re-takes the city of Buenos Aires after the first British invasion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:55 am
1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:56 am
1877 – Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:56 am
1883 – The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:56 am
1898 – An Armistice ends the Spanish-American War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:56 am
1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawai`i to the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:57 am
1914 – World War I: the United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:57 am
1944 – Waffen SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:58 am
1944 – Alençon is liberated by General Leclerc, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:58 am
1953 – Nuclear weapons testing: the Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of Joe 4, the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:59 am
1953 – The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:59 am
1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:59 am
1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 11:59 am
1964 – Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:01 pm
1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:01 pm
1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:02 pm
1977 – The Sri Lankan riots of 1977, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:02 pm
1978 – The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:02 pm
1980 – The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:03 pm
1982 – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:03 pm
1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:03 pm
1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:03 pm
1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:04 pm
2000 – The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:04 pm
2005 – Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/11 at 12:04 pm
2007 – The bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with the oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:54 am
3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:55 am
3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
...and when does the Maya calendar end?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:55 am
1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:55 am
1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:55 am
1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:55 am
1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:55 am
1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough (pictured) led Allied forces to a crucial victory in the Battle of Blenheim.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:56 am
1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough (pictured) led Allied forces to a crucial victory in the Battle of Blenheim.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Churchill_Marlborough_crop.jpg/100px-Churchill_Marlborough_crop.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:56 am
1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:56 am
1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:56 am
1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:56 am
1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:57 am
1868 – A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:57 am
1898 – Spanish–American War: After a mock battle for Manila, the Spanish commander surrendered to the U.S. in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:57 am
1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:57 am
1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:58 am
1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:58 am
1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:58 am
1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:58 am
1920 – Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:58 am
1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:59 am
1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the construction of facilities that would house the Manhattan Project.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:59 am
1954 – The complete version of "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan, was broadcast for the first time on Radio Pakistan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:59 am
1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 5:59 am
1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:00 am
1962 – The Holy See agreed to refrain from denouncing Communism in exchange for having Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend the forthcoming Second Vatican Council.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
1977 – Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:01 am
2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:02 am
2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:04 am
1587 - In Roanoke, Virginia, Manteo became the first American Indian converted to Protestantism, and was baptized into the Church of England by members of Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition to the New World.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:04 am
1682 - The first Welsh immigrants to the American colonies arrived in Pennsylvania. They were Quakers, and settled near modern Philadelphia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:04 am
1727 - In the German village of Herrnhut, religious reformer Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, 27, organized a group of Bohemian Protestant refugees into the first Moravian community of "Unitas Fratrum" (united brotherhood).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:04 am
1908 - Death of Ira D. Sankey, 68. He was Dwight Moody's song evangelist from 1870. During their revival crusades, Sankey penned many hymn tunes, of which the most enduring today are HIDING IN THEE ("O Safe to the Rock That is Higher Than I") and SANKEY ("Faith is the Victory").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 6:05 am
1919 - Birth of Rex Humbard, pioneer radio and television evangelist. In 1958 Humbard established the Cathedral of Tomorrow in Akron, Ohio, from which he afterward based his television ministry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 7:47 am
1981 - Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/11 at 7:48 am
1971 - Paul & Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:09 am
1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:09 am
1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–1385: Battle of Aljubarrota – Portuguese forces commanded by King João I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King Juan I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:10 am
1592 – Imjin War: Battle of Hansando Admiral Yi Sun-sin decisively defeats the Japanese Navy at Hasan Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:10 am
1598 – Nine Years War: Battle of the Yellow Ford – Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:10 am
1816 – the United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:10 am
1842 – Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:11 am
1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:11 am
1880 – Construction of the Cologne Cathedral (pictured)—Germany's most visited landmark—was completed, 632 years after it had begun.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:11 am
1880 – Construction of the Cologne Cathedral (pictured)—Germany's most visited landmark—was completed, 632 years after it had begun.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cologne_Cathedral.jpg/450px-Cologne_Cathedral.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:12 am
1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:12 am
1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:13 am
1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:13 am
1897 – Franco-Hova War: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:13 am
1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:13 am
1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitheead in his Number 21.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:13 am
1911 – United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:15 am
1912 – United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:15 am
1916 – Romania declares war on Austro-Hungary, joining Antante in World War I
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:15 am
1921 – Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:15 am
1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km²).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:15 am
1935 – United States Social Security Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:16 am
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:16 am
1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:18 am
1941 – World War II – Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:19 am
1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:20 am
1947 – Pakistan gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:20 am
1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:20 am
1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:20 am
1969 – Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:21 am
1972 – An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:21 am
1973 – The Pakistani Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:21 am
1974 – The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. Elsewhere, 126 Turkish Cypriots are massacred.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:21 am
1980 – Lech Wałęsa and colleagues at Gdańsk Shipyard began strike actions, which subsequently led to the founding of the Solidarity movement in Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:22 am
1987 – Australian Federal Police raided the compound owned by the Santiniketan Park Association and freed a number of children who had been held there illegally.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:22 am
1994 – International fugitive Carlos the Jackal, wanted for a number of terrorist attacks in Europe, was handed over to French agents by Sudanese officials.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:22 am
1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:23 am
2003 – Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:23 am
2006 – Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:23 am
2007 – The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 796 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:23 am
2010 – The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:26 am
2003 – Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
I remember that day coming home from my program in the city taking the bus home and crossing the streets,the crosslights were all out and wondered what had happened.Power was out for about a day and a half.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:27 am
I remember that day coming home from my program in the city taking the bus home and crossing the streets,the crosslights were all out and wondered what had happened.Power was out for about a day and a half.
Was it quicker walking home that day?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:28 am
Was it quicker walking home that day?
quicker but dangerous as there were no stop/go lights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:30 am
quicker but dangerous as there were no stop/go lights.
Was the traffic stationary?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:31 am
Was the traffic stationary?
no not really cars were going so fast.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:31 am
no not really cars were going so fast.
Now that is dangerous.
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:33 am
Now that is dangerous.
cars are used to traffic lights and I had run across the street so fast to get to the other side.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:35 am
cars are used to traffic lights and I had run across the street so fast to get to the other side.
Don't you wish there were days when you could just stay at home?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:36 am
Don't you wish there were days when you could just stay at home?
Hey I didn't know it was gonna happen,it was a hot day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:37 am
Hey I didn't know it was gonna happen,it was a hot day.
At what time did the power cut start and finish?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:39 am
At what time did the power cut start and finish?
It started after 410pm and it came back on the next morning so sleeping was not good.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:40 am
It started after 410pm and it came back on the next morning so sleeping was not good.
...with no air con, etc?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:41 am
...with no air con, etc?
no air conditioner,had to use the fan. :P
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:42 am
no air conditioner,had to use the fan. :P
Power by the hand?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:43 am
Power by the hand?
the fan was the only breeze in the room.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:45 am
the fan was the only breeze in the room.
Windows wide open?
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:45 am
Windows wide open?
Yes wide open but a warm breeze.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 7:46 am
Yes wide open but a warm breeze.
A cooler breeze can come from a river.
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Written By: Howard on 08/14/11 at 7:47 am
A cooler breeze can come from a river.
I don't live near a river.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:26 pm
1739 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'Our extremity is God's opportunity.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:26 pm
1810 - Birth of Samuel S. Wesley, grandson of Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley. Himself a sacred composer, Samuel Wesley penned over 130 original hymn tunes. The best remembered of these today is AURELIA, to which is sung "The Church's One Foundation."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:27 pm
1814 - During the American Revolution, American patriot Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was held overnight as a British prisoner during their shelling of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. In the morning, Key penned what later became our national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:27 pm
1848 - Death of English devotional writer Sarah Flower Adams, 43. In 1845 she published The Flock at the Fountain, a catechism containing hymns for children. One of those hymns remains popular to this day: "Nearer, My God, To Thee."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/11 at 1:27 pm
1944 - German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises ... leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 1:15 am
1517 – In the Pearl River Delta, Portuguese diplomat Fernão Pires de Andrade met with Ming Dynasty officials, marking the resumption of direct European contact with China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 1:15 am
1534 – Ignatius of Loyola (pictured) and six others at Montmartre near Paris took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 1:16 am
1534 – Ignatius of Loyola (pictured) and six others at Montmartre near Paris took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Ignatius_Loyola.jpg/83px-Ignatius_Loyola.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 1:16 am
1843 – Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, today the most popular amusement park in Scandinavia, opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 1:16 am
1945 – The Gyokuon-hōsō was broadcast in Japan, announcing the unconditional surrender of the Japanese army and naval forces, bringing World War II to a close.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 1:16 am
1948 – The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee as its first president.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:05 pm
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:06 pm
927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:06 pm
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:06 pm
1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:06 pm
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:07 pm
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:07 pm
1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:07 pm
1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:07 pm
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:07 pm
1261 – Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:08 pm
1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:08 pm
1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:08 pm
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:08 pm
1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:09 pm
1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:15 pm
1540 – Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:16 pm
1549 – Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:16 pm
1599 – Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:17 pm
1695 – French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:17 pm
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:17 pm
1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:18 pm
1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:18 pm
1869 – The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:19 pm
1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:19 pm
1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:19 pm
1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship Ancon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:19 pm
1914 – The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf, enters Eastern Prussia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:20 pm
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:20 pm
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:20 pm
1939 – 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:21 pm
1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:21 pm
1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:22 pm
1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal – The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:22 pm
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:22 pm
1945 – World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:22 pm
1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:23 pm
1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan in Karachi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:23 pm
1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:23 pm
1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:23 pm
1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:24 pm
1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:25 pm
1961 – Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:25 pm
1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea after running across the Korean DMZ. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:25 pm
1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:25 pm
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:26 pm
1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:27 pm
1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:29 pm
1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:29 pm
1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:29 pm
1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:29 pm
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:30 pm
1975 – Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:30 pm
1975 – Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:30 pm
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:30 pm
1984 – The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:31 pm
1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:31 pm
1998 – Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:31 pm
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:31 pm
2005 – Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/11 at 12:31 pm
2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:58 am
1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:58 am
1863 – After Spain had annexed the Dominican Republic, rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:59 am
1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:59 am
1929 – A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:59 am
1960 – Joseph Kittinger (pictured) parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting records for high-altitude jump, free-fall height, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 1:01 am
1960 – Joseph Kittinger (pictured) parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting records for high-altitude jump, free-fall height, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Kittinger-jump.jpg/472px-Kittinger-jump.jpg
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Written By: Howard on 08/16/11 at 7:07 am
The 34th anniversary of Elvis's death.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:00 pm
1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:00 pm
1513 – Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:02 pm
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:02 pm
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:02 pm
1792 – Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:04 pm
1819 – Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:04 pm
1841 – U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:05 pm
1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:05 pm
1859 – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:06 pm
1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:06 pm
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:07 pm
1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:08 pm
1906 – An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:08 pm
1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:08 pm
1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:08 pm
1914 – World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:08 pm
1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:09 pm
1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:09 pm
1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:11 pm
1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.