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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:18 am
1933 - Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:18 am
1934 - Tunisia began its move for independence
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:18 am
1935 - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:18 am
1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:18 am
1936 - 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:19 am
1938 - 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:19 am
1939 - German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:19 am
1939 - Great Britain & France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:20 am
1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:20 am
1939 - Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa & Canada
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:20 am
1940 - 1st showing of high definition color TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:21 am
1940 - 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:21 am
1940 - Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:21 am
1940 - Neth govt in exile of Gerbrandy forms London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 12:21 am
1940 - Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:21 am
1940 - US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:21 am
1941 - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:22 am
1941 - KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:23 am
1943 - British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:23 am
1943 - General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:24 am
1944 - 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:26 am
1944 - 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (Anne Frank) leaves to Auschwitz
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:26 am
1944 - Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:27 am
1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:27 am
1944 - French troops liberate Lyon
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:27 am
1944 - Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:27 am
1944 - Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm Force
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:27 am
1944 - Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:28 am
1945 - 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:28 am
1945 - Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:28 am
1947 - Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:29 am
1947 - Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:29 am
1948 - W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:29 am
1949 - Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:29 am
1950 - "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:30 am
1951 - TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:31 am
1953 - French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:31 am
1954 - China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:31 am
1954 - Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:31 am
1954 - Pope Pius X canonized a saint
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:31 am
1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:32 am
1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:32 am
1955 - KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:32 am
1956 - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:32 am
1957 - Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:34 am
1957 - KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:34 am
1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:35 am
1964 - US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:35 am
1964 - Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:35 am
1965 - Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:35 am
1965 - Garcia Godoy forms govt in Dominican Republic
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:35 am
1965 - Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:36 am
1965 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:36 am
1965 - Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to Calif
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:36 am
1966 - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:36 am
1966 - Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:37 am
1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:38 am
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:38 am
1967 - Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:38 am
1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:38 am
1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:39 am
1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
The wrong side of the road.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:39 am
1967 - WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:39 am
1968 - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:41 am
1970 - After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:42 am
1970 - Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:42 am
1970 - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:43 am
1971 - John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:43 am
1971 - Manlio Brosio resigns as sect-gen of NATO
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:43 am
1971 - Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:43 am
1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:44 am
1973 - General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:44 am
1973 - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:44 am
1974 - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:44 am
1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:45 am
1974 - US & German DR establish diplomatic relations
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:45 am
1975 - Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:45 am
1975 - Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:45 am
1976 - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:46 am
1977 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:46 am
1977 - Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:46 am
1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:46 am
1978 - Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:47 am
1978 - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:47 am
1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:47 am
1979 - Iran army conquerors Mahabad
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:47 am
1979 - Jerry Lewis' 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:47 am
1979 - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:47 am
1981 - Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:48 am
1981 - Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:49 am
1982 - Jorgensen govt in Denmark resigns
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:49 am
1984 - 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:49 am
1984 - Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:50 am
1984 - Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:51 am
1984 - Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:51 am
1984 - South Africa adopts constitution
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:51 am
1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:51 am
1985 - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:52 am
1985 - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:52 am
1986 - Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:52 am
1986 - Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:52 am
1987 - Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:53 am
1988 - Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:53 am
1989 - "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 perfs
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:53 am
1989 - Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:53 am
1989 - Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st & last US Tennis Open singles victory
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:54 am
1990 - 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:54 am
1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:54 am
1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:55 am
1990 - Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:55 am
1990 - White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:55 am
1992 - Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:55 am
1994 - Circulation of Neth Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:55 am
1995 - Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:55 am
1995 - Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:56 am
1995 - NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:56 am
1995 - Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:56 am
1996 - Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:56 am
1997 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:56 am
2004 - The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 2:59 am
1995 - eBay founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/03/11 at 7:34 am
1995 - eBay founded.
16 years unbelieveable. :o
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 7:41 am
16 years unbelieveable. :o
...and still going strong today.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/03/11 at 7:42 am
...and still going strong today.
there is an Ebay store in Long Island
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 7:43 am
there is an Ebay store in Long Island
...an eBay shop?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Howard on 09/03/11 at 7:44 am
...an eBay shop?
Yes but I'm not sure where in Long Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 8:18 am
1984: At least 1,300 people die and hundreds more are injured as the worst storm in living memory sweeps across the southern Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/11 at 8:18 am
1954: The National Trust purchases Fair Isle in northern Scotland famous for its bird sanctuary and knitted sweaters.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:02 pm
1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:02 pm
1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:02 pm
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:03 pm
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:03 pm
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:03 pm
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:04 pm
1781 – American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain a major strategic defeat in the Battle of the Chesapeake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:06 pm
1793 – French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:06 pm
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:06 pm
1800 – Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:07 pm
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:07 pm
1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:07 pm
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:08 pm
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
That must be whom Houston the city is named after?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:08 pm
1839 – United Kingdom declared First Opium War on the Qing Dynasty of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:08 pm
1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:09 pm
1862 – James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:09 pm
1864 – Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:09 pm
1877 – Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:10 pm
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:10 pm
1887 – Fire at Theatre Royal in Exeter, England killed 186
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:10 pm
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:11 pm
1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:11 pm
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:11 pm
1918 – Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:12 pm
1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:12 pm
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:12 pm
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:12 pm
1938 – Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:12 pm
1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:12 pm
1942 – World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:13 pm
1943 – World War II: American and Australian forces made an airborne landing at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:14 pm
1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:14 pm
1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:14 pm
1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:15 pm
1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:15 pm
1957 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:16 pm
1960 – Senegalese poet Léopold Sédar Senghor (pictured) was elected as the first President of Senegal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:16 pm
1960 – Senegalese poet Léopold Sédar Senghor (pictured) was elected as the first President of Senegal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:17 pm
1960 – The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:17 pm
1961 – The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:17 pm
1969 – My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:18 pm
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:18 pm
1972 – Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:18 pm
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:18 pm
1977 – Hanns Martin Schleyer, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:18 pm
1977 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:19 pm
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:19 pm
1980 – The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:19 pm
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:19 pm
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
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1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:20 pm
2000 – The Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
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2000 – Tuvalu joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/11 at 12:20 pm
2005 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 1:32 am
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Turncoat General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory in the Battle of Groton Heights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 1:32 am
1943 – A group of businessmen in Monterrey, Mexico, founded the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (pictured), now one of the largest universities in Latin America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 1:33 am
1943 – A group of businessmen in Monterrey, Mexico, founded the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (pictured), now one of the largest universities in Latin America.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/ITESM_Monterrey_Rectoria_CETEC.jpg/100px-ITESM_Monterrey_Rectoria_CETEC.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 1:33 am
1955 – An overwhelming Turkish mob attacked ethnic Greeks in Istanbul, killing more than 13 people and damaging more than 5,000 Greek-owned homes and businesses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 1:33 am
1966 – South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "architect of apartheid" was stabbed to death by Dimitri Tsafendas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 1:33 am
1970 – Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four jet aircraft en route from Europe to New York City, landing two of them at Dawson's Field in Zerqa, Jordan, and one plane in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:11 pm
3114 BC – According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (Non-standard interpretation)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:11 pm
394 – Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time.
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1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:11 pm
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
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1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:12 pm
1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen the Catholic Imperial army defeats Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:14 pm
1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:14 pm
1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:14 pm
1863 – American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:15 pm
1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
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1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:16 pm
1888 – Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1901 – Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1937 – Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:18 pm
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Barking Creek.
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1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:19 pm
1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1948 – Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.
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1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1949 – A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:20 pm
1952 – Canada's first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:22 pm
1963 – The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:22 pm
1965 – War of 1965: India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which resulted in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:22 pm
1968 – Swaziland becomes independent.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:22 pm
1972 – Munich Massacre: 9 Israel athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group died (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. 2 other Israeli athletes are slain in the initial attack the previous day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:23 pm
1976 – Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:24 pm
1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:24 pm
1985 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:24 pm
1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:26 pm
1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:26 pm
1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:26 pm
1992 – Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher Johnson McCandless at his camp 20 miles (32 km) west of the town of Healy, Alaska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:26 pm
1995 – Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:26 pm
1997 – Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:27 pm
2008 – Turkish President Abdullah Gül attends an association football match in Armenia after an invitation by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan; he is the first Turkish head of state to visit the country.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 12:27 pm
1997 – Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
I was there!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:26 pm
1812 Colonial American missionary Adoniram Judson, 24, en route to the mission field, converted from Congregationalism to become a Baptist. He later translated the Bible into Burmese and authored a Burmese dictionary (1849).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:26 pm
1907 Pius X issued the encyclical "Pascendi dominici gregis," in which he condemned the "modernist" movement within the various branches of Christendom. The document also established councils to combat these "modern errors."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:27 pm
1938 The movie "Boys Town" was first released by MGM studios. Starring Spencer Tracy, the award-winning film depicted the founding of the famous vocational institution in Nebraska in 1917 by parish priest Father Edward J. Flanagan, 31.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:27 pm
1940 The National Christian Council of Japan organized its churches into a single body, with complete autonomy from Western church control. The single Protestant structure thus formed was named the United Church of Christ in Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:27 pm
1974 American Presbyterian missionary Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'Only the one who has been hurt can bring healing. The other person cannot. It is the one who has been hurt who has to be willing to be hurt again to show love, if there is to be hope that healing will come.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:27 pm
1982 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:29 pm
1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/11 at 3:30 pm
1972 John & Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
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1930 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:37 am
70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:37 am
1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:38 am
1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:38 am
1652 – Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:39 am
1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:39 am
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon wins a Pyrrhic victory over the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:39 am
1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
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1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga creek in São Paulo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:39 am
1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:39 am
1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:40 am
1893 – British expatriates in Italy founded the Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, today one of Italy's oldest association football clubs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:41 am
1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/11 at 1:41 am
1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
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1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.