» OLD MESSAGE ARCHIVES «
The Pop Culture Information Society...
Messageboard Archive Index, In The 00s - The Pop Culture Information Society
Welcome to the archived messages from In The 00s. This archive stretches back to 1998 in some instances, and contains a nearly complete record of all the messages posted to inthe00s.com. You will also find an archive of the messages from inthe70s.com, inthe80s.com, inthe90s.com and amiright.com before they were combined to form the inthe00s.com messageboard.
If you are looking for the active messages, please click here. Otherwise, use the links below or on the right hand side of the page to navigate the archives.
Custom Search
This is a topic from the The Writing on the Walrus forum on inthe00s.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 11:26 am
1938 - The classic song "Ain't Misbehavin'" was recorded by Fats Waller.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 11:27 am
1976 - It was announced by RCA Victor records that the sales of Elvis Presley records passed the 400 million mark.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 11:27 am
1994 - John Denver was charged with drunken driving after crashing his Porsche into a tree.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 11:28 am
2006 - German prosecutors announced that they had decided against opening an investigation into Madonna after she performed a controversial mock crucifixion scene at a concert on August 20.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:18 am
1138 – English forces repelled a Scottish army at the Battle of the Standard near Northallerton in Yorkshire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:18 am
1791 – A slave rebellion erupted in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, starting the Haitian Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 am
1864 – The Red Cross movement led by Henry Dunant (pictured) officially began when twelve European nations signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 am
1864 – The Red Cross movement led by Henry Dunant (pictured) officially began when twelve European nations signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing the International Committee of the Red Cross.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Henry_Dunant-young.jpg/71px-Henry_Dunant-young.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 am
1910 – Japan annexed Korea with the signing of the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:20 am
1944 – World War II: Wehrmacht infantry carried out an assault operation against the civilian residents of nine villages located in the Amari Valley on the Greek island of Crete.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:05 pm
392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:05 pm
476 – Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troops.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:05 pm
565 – St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:06 pm
565 – St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
Any pictures?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:07 pm
851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1559 – Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1642 – Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. The English Civil War begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1717 – Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:10 pm
1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:11 pm
1798 – French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:11 pm
1827 – José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:11 pm
1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:11 pm
1848 – The United States annexes New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:11 pm
1849 – The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:12 pm
1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:12 pm
1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:12 pm
1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:12 pm
1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:13 pm
1914 – World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:13 pm
1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Béal na mBláth, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:13 pm
1926 – Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:13 pm
1932 – The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:13 pm
1934 – Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:14 pm
1941 – World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:14 pm
1942 – World War II: Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:14 pm
1944 – World War II: Romania is captured by the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:16 pm
1949 – Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:16 pm
1950 – Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:16 pm
1952 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:16 pm
1961 – Ida Siekmann died attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 pm
1962 – An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 pm
1962 – The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 pm
1963 – American Joe Walker in an X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of 106 km (66 mi).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:19 pm
1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:20 pm
1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:20 pm
1971 – J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:20 pm
1972 – Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:20 pm
1978 – The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:21 pm
1985 – Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:21 pm
1989 – The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:21 pm
1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:21 pm
1992 – FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:21 pm
1996 – Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:22 pm
2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:22 pm
2004 – A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:22 pm
2006 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:22 pm
2007 – The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 1:22 pm
2007 – The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 3:27 pm
1670 In Massachusetts, English-born colonial missionary John Eliot, 66, founded an Indian church at Martha's Vineyard, with educated Indians Hiacoomes and Tackanash appointed pastor and teacher, respectively.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 3:28 pm
1800 Birth of Edward B. Pusey, English biblical scholar and Tractarian spokesman. A devoted church leader all his life, Pusey worked to establish religious orders in Anglicanism, founding in 1845 the first Anglican sisterhood.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 3:28 pm
1831 Birth of William H. Cummings, English musicologist. In 1855 he adapted a theme from Mendelssohn's "Festgesang," which afterward became the melody of the Christmas carol, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 3:28 pm
1948 The Amsterdam Assembly of the World Council of Churches convened (through Sept 4) to ratify the Constitution for this newly-formed experiment in organizational and global Christian unity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/11 at 3:28 pm
1968 Pope Paul VI arrived in Colombia, making his the first-ever papal visit to South America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:21 am
1514 – Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:21 am
1873 – The Albert Bridge (pictured) across the River Thames in London, opened.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:21 am
1873 – The Albert Bridge (pictured) across the River Thames in London, opened.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Albert_Bridge_illuminations.jpg/100px-Albert_Bridge_illuminations.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:22 am
1948 – The World Council of Churches, a worldwide Christian ecumenical fellowship, was established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:22 am
1970 – The United Farm Workers, led by César Chávez, began the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farmworker strike in U.S. history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:22 am
2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of 10 in Vienna, escaped from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil after eight years in captivity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 12:52 pm
79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 12:52 pm
1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for High Treason at Smithfield in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 12:55 pm
1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for High Treason at Smithfield in London.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1349/613618694_552faa8ccf_o.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 12:56 pm
1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 12:59 pm
1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1555 – Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:00 pm
1572 – Mob violence against Huguenots in Paris – St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:01 pm
1595 – Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:01 pm
1650 – Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:01 pm
1708 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:02 pm
1775 – King George III declares that the American colonies exist in a state of open and avowed rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it wasn’t accepted into the United States, and only lasted for four years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1799 – Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1813 – At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:03 pm
1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China. The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:04 pm
1858 – The Round Oak rail accident occurs in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, England. It is 'Arguably the worst disaster ever to occur on British railways'.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:04 pm
1864 – The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:04 pm
1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1896 – Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila (actual date and location is disputed).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1914 – World War I: the Battle of Mons; the British Army begins withdrawal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1921 – British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only 4 survive.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:08 pm
1923 – Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:08 pm
1927 – Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:08 pm
1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1938 – English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1939 – World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:10 pm
1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:10 pm
1943 – World War II: Kharkov liberated as a result of the Battle of Kursk.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:10 pm
1944 – World War II: Marseille liberated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:10 pm
1944 – World War II King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of General Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies (see King Michael's Coup)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:10 pm
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster – A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:10 pm
1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Land (state) of Schleswig-Holstein.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:14 pm
1954 – First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:14 pm
1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:15 pm
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:16 pm
1977 – The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:17 pm
1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:17 pm
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:17 pm
1989 – Singing Revolution: two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius-Tallinn road, holding hands (Baltic Way).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:17 pm
1989 – 1,645 Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:17 pm
1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:17 pm
1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1990 – West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on October 3.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1994 – Eugene Bullard, The only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1996 – Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:18 pm
2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 1:23 am
1258 – George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by the nobles under future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 1:23 am
1609 – Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope, a device that became known as a terrestrial or spyglass refracting telescope, to Venetian lawmakers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 1:24 am
1825 – The Thirty-Three Orientals, a revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, declared Uruguayan independence from the Empire of Brazil.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 1:24 am
1916 – The National Park Service was established to manage all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties around the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 1:24 am
1920 – Polish forces under Józef Piłsudski successfully forced the Russians to withdraw from Warsaw at the Battle of Warsaw, the decisive battle of the Polish–Soviet War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:06 pm
357 – Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:06 pm
1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:07 pm
1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:07 pm
1580 – Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:07 pm
1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:07 pm
1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:07 pm
1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:07 pm
1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:08 pm
1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
Now what happened here?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:08 pm
1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:08 pm
1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:08 pm
1898 – 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:08 pm
1912 – The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:09 pm
1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:11 pm
1921 – The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:11 pm
1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:11 pm
1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:11 pm
1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:11 pm
1942 – World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:11 pm
1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:12 pm
1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:12 pm
1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:12 pm
1950 – President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:12 pm
1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:13 pm
1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:14 pm
1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:15 pm
1989 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:15 pm
1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:16 pm
1989 – Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:16 pm
1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:16 pm
1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:16 pm
1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:16 pm
1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/11 at 12:16 pm
2003 – The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:05 am
1071 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:05 am
1768 – HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:06 am
1966 – The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the Namibian War of Independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:06 am
1970 – Betty Friedan (pictured) and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:06 am
1970 – Betty Friedan (pictured) and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Betty_Friedan_1960.jpg/77px-Betty_Friedan_1960.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:07 am
1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec declared French to be the only official language of Quebec.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/11 at 1:07 am
1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec declared French to be the only official language of Quebec.
...or
1977 - L'Assemblée nationale du Québec a déclaré le français est la seule langue officielle du Québec.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:02 am
479 BC – Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:02 am
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:02 am
1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:02 am
1232 – The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:03 am
1689 – The Tsardom of Russia and Qing Dynasty China signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, establishing the Russian–Chinese border almost as it stands today.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:03 am
1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:04 am
1793 – French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:04 am
1798 – Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:04 am
1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the British Royal Navy (pictured), preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:05 am
1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the British Royal Navy (pictured), preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Grand_Port_mg6972.jpg/100px-Grand_Port_mg6972.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:07 am
1813 – French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:07 am
1828 – Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:08 am
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:08 am
1861 – Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:08 am
1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:08 am
1916 – Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:08 am
1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as King Faisal I of Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:08 am
1922 – The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:09 am
1927 – Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:09 am
1928 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:09 am
1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:09 am
1943 – Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:10 am
1957 – The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:10 am
1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:10 am
1969 – Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:10 am
1971 – An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:11 am
1975 – The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:12 am
1979 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:12 am
1982 – Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:13 am
1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:13 am
1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:14 am
1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:15 am
1991 – Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:15 am
1993 – The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:15 am
2000 – 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:15 am
2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:15 am
2006 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:16 am
2009 – The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 3:13 am
1660 - Following England's Restoration, books by poet John Milton were ordered burned because of his attacks on the monarchy. Milton had advocated an elder-ruled (presbyterian) church government over that of bishop-ruled (episcopal).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 3:14 am
1830 - English churchman John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote in a letter: 'It is our great relief that God is not extreme to mark what is done amiss, that He looks at the motives, and accepts and blesses in spite of incidental errors.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 3:14 am
1865 - Rhenish missionary Ludwig I. Nommensen, 31, baptized four families of the Batak tribe in North Sumatra (Indonesia) the first to be converted to the Christian faith. Nommensen later established a theological training school and in 1878 completed a translation of the New Testament into the Batak language.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 3:14 am
1876 - At age 13, future English clergyman G. Campbell Morgan preached his first sermon. He later grew to become one of the most famous expository preachers and writers of late 19th century England and America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 3:14 am
1877 - Birth of Lloyd C. Douglas, American Lutheran clergyman and religious novelist. Douglas published his first best-seller, "Magnificent Obsession," in 1929, followed later by "The Robe" (1942) and "The Big Fisherman" (1948).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 4:24 am
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 4:24 am
1988 - Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Phila, 4-2
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 4:25 am
1966 - Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 4:26 am
1955 - "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 4:26 am
1932 - 200,000 English textile workers strike
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 4:26 am
1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/11 at 12:37 pm
1961 - Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:08 am
475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:08 am
489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:08 am
1189 – Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:08 am
1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:08 am
1542 – Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:09 am
1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine in Spanish Florida, the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:09 am
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:09 am
1619 – Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:09 am
1640 – Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:10 am
1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:10 am
1810 – Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:10 am
1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroading.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:10 am
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:10 am
1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:10 am
1849 – Austria reconquered the Republic of San Marco (flag pictured), an Italian revolutionary state that had declared its independence 17 months earlier.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:11 am
1849 – Austria reconquered the Republic of San Marco (flag pictured), an Italian revolutionary state that had declared its independence 17 months earlier.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Venice_1848-49.gif/100px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Venice_1848-49.gif
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:11 am
1859 – A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:11 am
1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:12 am
1867 – The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:12 am
1879 – Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:12 am
1898 – Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:13 am
1899 – Chang Myon, 4th Vicepresident of South Korea, 2nd, 7th Prime Minister.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:13 am
1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:13 am
1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:13 am
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:14 am
1914 – In the first naval battle of World War I, British ships defeated the German fleet in the Heligoland Bight area of the North Sea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:14 am
1914 – World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:14 am
1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:14 am
1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:14 am
1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:15 am
1924 – An unsuccessful insurrection against the Soviet rule in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, known as the August Uprising, began.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:15 am
1931 – France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:15 am
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:16 am
1943 – World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:16 am
1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.