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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:16 am
1953 – Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:16 am
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:16 am
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:17 am
1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:17 am
1963 – Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:17 am
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:17 am
1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:18 am
1979 – An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:18 am
1988 – Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:18 am
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:18 am
1990 – The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:18 am
1991 – Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:19 am
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:20 am
1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:21 am
1998 – Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:21 am
2003 – An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:21 am
2003 – An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
Where was I that day?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:47 am
2003 – An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
Where was I that day?
I was at work that day, but do not remember a thing about it.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:49 am
Where was I that day?
...I know where Tony Blair was...
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:49 am
2003 - The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, appears before the Hutton inquiry and speaks of the "raging storm" which followed a controversial BBC report.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:50 am
2004 - British athlete Kelly Holmes secures a place in Olympic history by winning the 1500m gold in Athens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:51 am
1994 - Thousands of shops in England and Wales open legally for the first time following a change in the Sunday trading laws.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:51 am
1972 - Prince William of Gloucester is killed after his light aircraft crashed and burst into flames.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:52 am
1985 - An East German couple appear before Horseferry Road magistrates court in London charged under the Official Secrets Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:54 am
1964 - The Rolling Stones appeared at the Gaumont in Taunton
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:54 am
1976 - The Bee Gee's disco classic 'You Should Be Dancing' moved to the No.1 spot on the US disco chart.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:54 am
1988 - Kylie Minogue's album 'Kylie' became the biggest selling female debut album of all time in the UK with sales of 1.9 million.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 3:57 am
1994 - England's Damon Hill was given a controversial first place at the Belgium Grand Prix after the winner Michael Schumacher was disqualified when a mandatory wooden board under his car was found to be of illegal size.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:03 am
1981 - Paul Edai was found guilty of murdering 'Born Free' author Joy Adamson in Kenya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:05 am
1844 - The first 'Telegraph Arrest' took place when police in Paddington, London, wired colleagues in Slough who arrested Oliver Martin and 'Fiddler Dick', two pick-pockets.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:05 am
1988 - The Yan Hee Polyclinic in Bangkok announced a new slimming technique where over-weight Thais were sticking lettuce seeds in their ears. It was said that sticking the seeds into the ear tens time before meal killed hunger.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:05 am
1991 - It was reported that the key to long life was Zakusi, a diet of light corn wafers seasoned with potted cheese and tarragon. Zakusi is the favourite food of the Abkhazis in the Soviet republic of Georgia, who have 21,000 centenarians compared to only 3,000 in Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:07 am
1933 - For the first time, a BBC-broadcasted appeal was used by the police in tracking down a wanted man (murder suspect Stanley Hobday).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:07 am
1973 - Princess Anne visited Russia, to ride for Britain in an equestrian event, thus becoming the first member of the Royal Family to visit the country.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:08 am
1981 - For the third time in 10 days, a world record in the mile run was set. Sebastian Coe, who broke Steve Ovett's record on August 19th and lost it to Ovett on August 26th , broke it again - by a full second - in Brussels, Belgium. Coe's new record time was 3:47.33.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 4:09 am
1986 - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was at the re-opening of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in which she and Conservative Party members had been staying in 1983 when it was bombed by the IRA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:44 pm
430- Death of St. Augustine of Hippo, 76, the great early Latin Church Father and one of the outstanding theological figures of the ages. It was St. Augustine who wrote: 'Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in thee.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:44 pm
1413 - St. Andrew's University, in Scotland, was chartered by a papal decree from Gregory XII.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:44 pm
1645 - In Poland, King Vladislav IV convened the Conference of Thorn. Through it he sought to bring reunion among the 26 Catholic, 28 Lutheran and 24 Calvinist theologians in attendance. Discussions continued through November, but no satisfying theological fusion was achieved.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:44 pm
1840 - Birth of Ira D. Sankey, Dwight Moody's song evangelist. During their revival crusades (from 1870), Sankey penned many hymn tunes; among the most enduring today are HIDING IN THEE ("O Safe to the Rock That is Higher Than I") and SANKEY ("Faith is the Victory").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/11 at 1:44 pm
1953 - Campus Crusade for Christ was incorporated in Los Angeles by founder Bill Bright. Today, CCC is an evangelical organization training Christian leaders in over 90 countries around the world.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:58 am
708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:58 am
1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:58 am
1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:58 am
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:58 am
1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:59 am
1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:59 am
1533 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro executed the last Inca Emperor Atahualpa (pictured) in Cajamarca.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:00 am
1533 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro executed the last Inca Emperor Atahualpa (pictured) in Cajamarca.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Atahualpa.jpg/69px-Atahualpa.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:00 am
1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:00 am
1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:00 am
1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:01 am
1758 – The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:01 am
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:01 am
1825 – Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:01 am
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:01 am
1833 – The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:02 am
1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:02 am
1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:02 am
1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:02 am
1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:02 am
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:03 am
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:03 am
1903 – The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:03 am
1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:03 am
1910 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:04 am
1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:04 am
1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:04 am
1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:04 am
1918 – Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:05 am
1930 – The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:05 am
1941 – Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia liberated from Soviet occupants.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:06 am
1943 – German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:06 am
1944 – Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:06 am
1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:06 am
1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:06 am
1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:07 am
1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:07 am
1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:08 am
1984 – Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh deliberately contaminated salad bars in The Dalles, Oregon with salmonella, the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:08 am
1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:08 am
1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:10 am
1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:10 am
1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:11 am
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:11 am
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 1:11 am
2007 – 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 2:35 am
1792 - Birth of Charles G. Finney, American revivalist and educator. Originally trained in law, he was converted to Christian faith at age 29, conducted revival services for eight years and, from 1835 until his death, maintained a close affiliation with Oberlin College in Ohio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 2:35 am
1852 - The Latter Day Saints first published their doctrine of "celestial marriage," popularly known as polygamy. The Mormon Church maintained this teaching until the Manifest of 1890 (and later Congressional legislation) outlawed the practice.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 2:36 am
1867 - The Social Brethren were officially organized in Illinois. Today, there are about 1,000 total members of this small, evangelistic denomination, with most churches located in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. Church doctrine is a blend of Methodist and Baptist polity.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 2:36 am
1908 - Death of Lewis H. Redner, 78, American Episcopal organist. Maintaining a keen interest in music all his life, Redner composed ST. LOUIS, the tune to which today is most commonly sung Phillips Brooks' Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 2:36 am
1917 - Death of Ernest W. Shurtleff, 55, American Congregational clergyman and author of the hymn, "Lead On, O King Eternal." Shurtleff died during World War I, while doing relief work along with his wife.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 2:37 am
1967 - Final TV episode of "The Fugitive"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 08/29/11 at 6:06 pm
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.
I remember that very well... and it was the last time that this date had fallen on a Monday. I remember that the city of New Orleans was the most affected by the hurricane. :\'( :\'( :\'(
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 1:22 am
1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southern Australia founded the city of Melbourne (Parliament House pictured).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 1:22 am
1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southern Australia founded the city of Melbourne (Parliament House pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Parliement_House_Melbourne_2010.jpg/100px-Parliement_House_Melbourne_2010.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 1:23 am
1862 – American Civil War: James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson led their Confederate troops to a decisive victory against John Pope's Union Army at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 1:23 am
1918 – Fanny Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, a repression against Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other political opponents.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 1:23 am
1992 – German race car driver Michael Schumacher won his first Formula One race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 1:23 am
1995 – Bosnian War: NATO began its bombing campaign against the Army of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:38 pm
1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:38 pm
1574 – Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:38 pm
1590 – Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:38 pm
1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:38 pm
1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:39 pm
1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:39 pm
1813 – Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:39 pm
1813 – Creek War – Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:40 pm
1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:40 pm
1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:40 pm
1897 – The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:40 pm
1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:41 pm
1909 – Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:41 pm
1914 – World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:41 pm
1922 – Battle of Dumlupinar: the final battle in the Greek-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:42 pm
1940 – The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:42 pm
1942 – World War II: the Battle of Alam Halfa begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:42 pm
1945 – Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:42 pm
1945 – The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:42 pm
1945 – The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1956 – The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1962 – Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1963 – The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:43 pm
1981 – President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:44 pm
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:44 pm
1995 – NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/11 at 12:44 pm
2010 – The first shooting spree in Slovakia's history takes place in Bratislava.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 12:09 pm
1649 – Forces loyal to Pope Innocent X destroyed the ancient Italian city of Castro, ending the Wars of Castro.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 12:09 pm
1885 – White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, US, attacked Chinese immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately US$150,000 in property damage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 12:10 pm
1945 – On the deck of the United States Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and several Allied Powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, formally ending World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 12:10 pm
1946 – The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 12:10 pm
1957 – President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam became the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:37 pm
44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:37 pm
44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:38 pm
31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:38 pm
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:38 pm
1752 – Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:38 pm
1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:39 pm
1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:39 pm
1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:39 pm
1811 – The University of Oslo is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:39 pm
1833 – Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:40 pm
1856 – The Tianjing Incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:40 pm
1859 – A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:40 pm
1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:40 pm
1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:40 pm
1867 – Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:40 pm
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:41 pm
1898 – Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:41 pm
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:41 pm
1935 – Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:41 pm
1939 – World War II: following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:41 pm
1945 – World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:42 pm
1958 – United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:42 pm
1960 – The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:42 pm
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:42 pm
1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:42 pm
1990 – Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:43 pm
1991 – The United States recognize the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:43 pm
1991 – Nagorno Karabakh declares its independence from Azerbaijan forming the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:43 pm
1992 – An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:44 pm
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 3:44 pm
1998 – The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:49 pm
36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:49 pm
301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:49 pm
590 - St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:50 pm
1189 - 30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:50 pm
1189 - England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:50 pm
1260 - Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:50 pm
1483 - Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:51 pm
1543 - Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:51 pm
1632 - Battle at Nurnberg: Duke wallenstein beats Sweden
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:51 pm
1650 - Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:51 pm
1651 - Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
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1658 - Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:51 pm
1683 - Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:52 pm
1697 - King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:52 pm
1709 - 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:52 pm
1725 - England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:52 pm
1731 - Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:52 pm
1752 - This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:53 pm
1752 - US adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:53 pm
1777 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:53 pm
1779 - Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:53 pm
1783 - Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:53 pm
1791 - French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:54 pm
1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:54 pm
1803 - English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:55 pm
1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:55 pm
1832 - Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:55 pm
1833 - NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:55 pm
1838 - Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:57 pm
1849 - Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:57 pm
1852 - Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:57 pm
1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:57 pm
1861 - Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:57 pm
1864 - Battle of Berryville, VA
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:58 pm
1864 - US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:58 pm
1865 - Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:58 pm
1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:58 pm
1878 - England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:59 pm
1881 - 1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/11 at 11:59 pm
1881 - Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:02 am
1882 - French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:02 am
1888 - East Africa Company political & commercial rights
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:02 am
1888 - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:02 am
1890 - Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:05 am
1891 - 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:06 am
1891 - Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:06 am
1891 - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:06 am
1895 - 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:07 am
1900 - British annex Natal (South Africa)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:07 am
1901 - Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:07 am
1902 - Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:08 am
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:08 am
1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:09 am
1904 - St Louis Olympics closes
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:09 am
1906 - Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:09 am
1906 - Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:10 am
1908 - James Barries "What Every Woman Knows," premieres in London
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:10 am
1911 - 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:10 am
1912 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke," premieres
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:11 am
1912 - World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:11 am
1914 - British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:12 am
1914 - Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:12 am
1914 - French troops vacate Reims
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:12 am
1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:12 am
1916 - Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:12 am
1917 - 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:13 am
1917 - German troops over run Riga Latvia
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:13 am
1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:13 am
1917 - Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:13 am
1918 - 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:14 am
1918 - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:14 am
1918 - Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:14 am
1921 - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:15 am
1921 - KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:15 am
1923 - Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:15 am
1924 - Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:15 am
1924 - L Stallings & M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in NYC
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:16 am
1925 - 1st international handball match held
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:16 am
1925 - Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:16 am
1928 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:17 am
1929 - Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:17 am
1929 - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:17 am
1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:17 am
1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:17 am
1932 - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50