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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:11 pm
1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:11 pm
1944 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:12 pm
1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:12 pm
1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:12 pm
1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:13 pm
1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:13 pm
1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:13 pm
1964 – Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:13 pm
1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:14 pm
1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 12:14 pm
1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 2:35 pm
1815 - Birth of St. John Bosco, Italian educator. Poverty among the children in the city of Turin led him in 1859 to establish the Society of St. Francis of Sales (the Salesians). Bosco was canonized by Pius XI in 1934.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 2:35 pm
1852 - Birth of Adolf von Schlatter, Swiss Protestant New Testament scholar. His 1921 History of Christ maintained that the success of any systematic theology had to be based on a foundation of solid biblical exegesis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 2:35 pm
1875 - Death of early 19th century Presbyterian revivalist Charles G. Finney, 82. Converted at 29, he led revivals for several years before affiliating with Oberlin College in 1835, where he spent the rest of his professional life.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 2:35 pm
1942 - Birth of Don Wyrtzen, contemporary Christian songwriter. Among his most enduring sacred compositions are "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" and "Worthy is the Lamb."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 2:36 pm
1972 - African-American Methodist clergyman from Dominica, West Indies, Philip A. Potter, 51, was named general secretary of the World Council of Churches. Serving until 1984, Potter gave strong spiritual guidance to the work of the WCC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/11 at 2:39 pm
1991 Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 1:24 am
986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: The Bulgarians defeated the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 1:24 am
1915 – American Jew Leo Frank was lynched by a mob of prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia, for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl..
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 1:24 am
1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed the independence of Indonesia (pictured), igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 1:24 am
1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed the independence of Indonesia (pictured), igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Indonesia_declaration_of_independence_17_August_1945.jpg/100px-Indonesia_declaration_of_independence_17_August_1945.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 1:25 am
1947 – A commission led by Cyril Radcliffe established the Radcliffe Line, the border between India and Pakistan after the Partition of India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 1:25 am
2008 – With the victory in the 4×100 m medley relay at the Beijing Summer Olympics, Michael Phelps set the records for the most gold medals won by an individual in a single Olympics (8) as well as total career gold medals (14) in modern Olympic history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:48 am
1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:48 am
1862 – Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:48 am
1862 – American Civil War: Major General J.E.B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:48 am
1863 – American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:49 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:49 am
1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:49 am
1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:49 am
1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:50 am
1914 – World War I: Battle of Stalluponen – The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Pavel Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:50 am
1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:50 am
1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:50 am
1942 – U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:50 am
1943 – The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:51 am
1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:51 am
1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:52 am
1950 – Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:53 am
1953 – Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:53 am
1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:53 am
1959 – Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:53 am
1960 – Decolonization: Gabon gains independence from France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:54 am
1962 – East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming one of the first victims of the wall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:54 am
1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:54 am
1970 – Venera Program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:54 am
1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:54 am
1979 – Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:54 am
1980 – Azaria Chamberlain disappears, probably taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
1988 – Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
1998 – Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
1999 – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:55 am
2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:56 am
2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:56 am
1635 - English Puritan Richard Mather, 39, first arrived in Boston. A staunch defender of the congregational form of church government, Mather is remembered today for founding the "dynasty" to which was born his son Increase Mather in 1639, and his grandson Cotton Mather in 1663.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:56 am
1761 - Birth of William Carey, pioneer English missionary to India. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College of Calcutta from 1801 until his death, and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:57 am
1775 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'It is no great matter where we are, provided we see that the Lord has placed us there, and that He is with us.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:57 am
1780 - Birth of George Croly, Irish churchman and author. During his life he published writings of biographical, historical and religious importance, but is primarily remembered today as author of the hymn, "Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/11 at 11:57 am
1809 - In Pennsylvania, Thomas Campbell, 46, and his son Alexander, 20, formed the American Movement for Christian Unity, which later became the Disciples of Christ Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 1:25 am
1590 – John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, returned from England only to find the settlement deserted.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 1:25 am
1868 – Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium (schematic diagram of nucleus pictured) while analyzing the chromosphere of the sun during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 1:25 am
1868 – Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium (schematic diagram of nucleus pictured) while analyzing the chromosphere of the sun during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Helium_Nucleus.svg/100px-Helium_Nucleus.svg.png
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 1:25 am
1891 – A hurricane struck Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and obliterating houses, trees, and crops across the entire island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 1:25 am
1948 – Australia completed a 4–0 Ashes series win, earning them the nickname of "The Invincibles" for being the first Test cricket match side to play an entire tour of England without losing a match.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 1:26 am
2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigned under impeachment pressure.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:06 pm
1201 – The city of Riga is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:06 pm
1572 – Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:06 pm
1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:08 pm
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:08 pm
1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:08 pm
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:08 pm
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:08 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:11 pm
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:11 pm
1877 – Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:12 pm
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He became first among 39 competitors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1963 – American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1966 – Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy Province.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:13 pm
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:14 pm
1976 – In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1982 – Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:15 pm
1992 – Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 12:15 pm
2000 – A Federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 2:41 pm
1688 - Puritan clergyman John Bunyan, 69, preached his last sermon, before dying 13 days later. In 1678 he had authored Pilgrim's Progress, an allegory describing the difficulties encountered in the Christian life, while journeying through this world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 2:41 pm
1856 - Birth of Charles Gabriel, American sacred music artist. He edited a great number of hymnbooks, and wrote several hymns, including "More Like the Master," "I Stand Amazed in the Presence" and "Send the Light."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 2:42 pm
1927 - At age 20, Christian radio pioneer Theodore Epp was converted to a living faith. In 1939 he founded Back to the Bible Broadcast, an evangelistic radio program with outlets today on over 600 stations around the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 2:42 pm
1930 - English apologist C. S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'One creeps home, tired and bruised, into a state of mind that is really restful, when all ambitions have been given up. Then one can really for the first time say, "Thy Kingdom come."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/18/11 at 2:42 pm
1963 - Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'Even if there is cause for great dissatisfaction with one's church, one should stay in it in the hope that new movements will come.... Only in this way could I continue to be a member of the Evangelical Reformed Church.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 1:15 am
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands to begin the Second Jacobite Rising.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 1:15 am
1953 – The intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States orchestrated a coup d'état of Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh (pictured) and restored the absolute monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 1:15 am
1953 – The intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States orchestrated a coup d'état of Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh (pictured) and restored the absolute monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Mossadegh_US12_%28cropped%29.jpg/89px-Mossadegh_US12_%28cropped%29.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 1:15 am
1980 – A fire on Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 killed all 301 people on board after it made an emergency landing at Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 1:16 am
1991 – A Hasidic man accidentally struck two Guyanese immigrant children with his car in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City, initiating three days of rioting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 1:16 am
2005 – Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:42 pm
43 BC – Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:42 pm
1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:42 pm
1561 – An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:42 pm
1612 – The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:42 pm
1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:43 pm
1692 – Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:43 pm
1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Year's War between Britain and France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:43 pm
1768 – Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:44 pm
1772 – Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:44 pm
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:44 pm
1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:44 pm
1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:44 pm
1821 – Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:45 pm
1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:45 pm
1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/11 at 2:45 pm
1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
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1862 – Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
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1895 – American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
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1909 – First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.
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1919 – Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
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1927 – Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
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1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
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1934 – The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
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1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
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1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was doomed to fail, and was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
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1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
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1945 – Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
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1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
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1960 – Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
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1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
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1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
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1987 – Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
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1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
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1989 – Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
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1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
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1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
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1999 – In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
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2002 – A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
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2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
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2003 – A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
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2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
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2005 – A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.
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2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
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2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
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1099 - The armies of the First Crusade defeated the Saracens at the Battle of Ascalon (an historic Palestinian city on the Mediterranean), one month after they had captured Jerusalem.
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1775 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'We are never more safe, never have more reason to expect the Lord's help, than when we are most sensible that we can donothing without Him.'
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1886 - The Christian Union was founded by Baptist clergyman Richard G. Spurling (1858-1935) in Monroe County, Tennessee. In 1923, this pentecostal denomination changed its name to the Church of God. Headquartered today in Cleveland, Tennessee, its current membership is nearly 500,000.
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1934 - English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'It is not words which God pays attention to, but heart-groans and tears!'
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1953 - Israel's parliament conferred Israeli citizenship posthumously on all Jews killed by the Nazis during the years of the Holocaust (1933-45) in Europe.
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1984 - Lee Trevino wins the PGA
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636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.
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917 – Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
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1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. Today celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
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1083 – Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric.
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1308 – Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, absolving him of charges of heresy.
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1391 – Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
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1672 – Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.
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1710 – War of the Spanish Succession: a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
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1775 – The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
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1794 – Battle of Fallen Timbers – American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
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1858 – Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
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1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
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1882 – The 1812 Overture by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pictured) was first performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
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1910 – The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn) occurred in northeast Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2).
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1914 – World War I: German forces occupy Brussels.
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1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
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1920 – The National Football League, (NFL), is founded in the United States.
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1926 – Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
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1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam – a record that still stands.
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1940 – In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. He dies the next day.
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1940 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
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1944 – World War II: 168 captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
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1944 – World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
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1950 – Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu.
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1955 – In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
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1960 – Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
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1975 – Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
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1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
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1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
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1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
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1988 – Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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1988 – Iran–Iraq War: a cease-fire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
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1988 – The Troubles: Eight British Army soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by a Provisional Irish Republican Army roadside bomb in Northern Ireland (see Ballygawley bus bombing)
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1989 – The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision, 51 people are killed.
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1989 – A dredger collided with a pleasure boat on the River Thames in London, causing the latter to sink in just thirty seconds.
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1882 – The 1812 Overture by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pictured) was first performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
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1989 – The O-Bahn in Adelaide, the world's longest guided busway, opens.
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1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
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1991 – Estonia, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of historical continuity of her pre-World War II statheood.
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1993 – After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
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1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
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1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
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1998 – U.S. embassy bombings: the United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
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2002 – A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
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2008 – Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. 146 people are killed in the crash, and 8 more die later. Only 18 people survive.
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1192 – Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
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1331 – King Stephen Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stephen Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
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1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
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1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
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1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
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1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
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1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
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1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
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1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
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1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
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1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
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1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
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1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
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1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
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1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
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1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
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1942 – World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
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1942 – World War II: the Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
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1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
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1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, France.
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1945 – Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
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1963 – Xa Loi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
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1968 – Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
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1968 – James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
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1969 – An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
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1976 – Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
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1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
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1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
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1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
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1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
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1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
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1992 – Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
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1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
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2001 – NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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2001 – The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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2007 – Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph (266 km/h). Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
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1245 Alexander of Hales, 59, died. An English scholastic theologian, Alexander is regarded as the founder of the Franciscan school of theology.
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1799 Birth of Alexander R. Reinagle, English church organist. He penned many sacred compositions, including ST. PETER, which afterward became the melody to the hymn, "In Christ There is No East or West."
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1866 Birth of Civilla D. Martin, teacher and songwriter, in Nova Scotia. A pastor's wife, she penned in 1904 the hymn, "Be Not Dismayed, Whate'er Betide" (a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You").
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1874 Popular 19th century preacher Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was accused by Theodore Tilton of committing adultery with his wife. The resulting trial ended in a 9-3 hung jury decision, in Beecher's favor.
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1930 Pioneer linguistic educator Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: 'If this entire universe has a desperate need of love to incarnate itself, then "important duties" which keep us from helping little people are not duties but sins.'
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1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
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1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune
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1841 - A patent for venetian blinds was issued to John Hampton.
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1971 - Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United States Women's Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament.
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1984 - Clint Eastwood was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.