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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:28 am
1920 – The American Professional Football Association (later renamed National Football League) is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:30 am
1924 – The Border Defence Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:31 am
1928 – The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:31 am
1939 – World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:31 am
1939 – World War II: A German U-boat U 29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:32 am
1939 – Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:36 am
1940 – World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:36 am
1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:39 am
1943 – World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:43 am
1944 – World War II: The Allies began Operation Market Garden (pictured), the largest airborne operation up to that time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:43 am
1944 – World War II: The Allies began Operation Market Garden (pictured), the largest airborne operation up to that time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Waves_of_paratroops_land_in_Holland.jpg/100px-Waves_of_paratroops_land_in_Holland.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:44 am
1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the UN to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:44 am
1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:44 am
1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:45 am
1957 – Malaysia joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:45 am
1961 – The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:45 am
1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:45 am
1976 – The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:46 am
1978 – President of Egypt Anwar Al Sadat and Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords after twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:47 am
1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:47 am
1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:47 am
1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:48 am
1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:48 am
1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:49 am
1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:50 am
1993 – Last Russian troops leave Poland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:50 am
2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 Attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:50 am
2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 5:50 am
2007 – AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York, New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:05 am
1656 - Massachusetts enacted severe laws against Quakers. (At the time, government and religion were intricately interwoven; the line between blasphemy and treason was virtually nonexistent; and non-sacramental Quakerism gave the impression that the denomination was anti-government.)
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:06 am
1717 - The first synod of the Presbyterian Church in America met in Philadelphia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:06 am
1776 - Along the western coast of North America, a party of 247 Spanish colonists consecrated their newly-founded mission, known as San Francisco.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:06 am
1787 - The U.S. Constitution -- ratified on this date -- contained the following code under Article 6, Section 3: 'No religious tests shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:06 am
1868 - Birth of Walter Gowans, Canadian missions pioneer. In 1893 he helped found the Sudan Interior Mission in Toronto. Today, SIM works with African nationals and specializes in church planting, medicine and broadcasting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:07 am
1990 - Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/11 at 6:07 am
1972 - "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:35 am
96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:35 am
324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire, and ending the Tetrarchy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:36 am
1180 – Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:36 am
1454 – In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:36 am
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:36 am
1635 – Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:36 am
1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:37 am
1739 – The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:37 am
1759 – The British capture Quebec City.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:37 am
1793 – The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:37 am
1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:37 am
1810 – First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:37 am
1812 – The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1837 – Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1838 – The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1850 – The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1851 – First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1870 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1872 – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:38 am
1873 – Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:39 am
1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations (modern example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool, billed as "the greatest free light show on earth", were switched on for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:39 am
1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations (modern example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool, billed as "the greatest free light show on earth", were switched on for the first time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Blackpool_Trawler_Illuminated_Tram.jpg/100px-Blackpool_Trawler_Illuminated_Tram.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:40 am
1882 – The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:40 am
1885 – Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:40 am
1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta Compromise" address.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:40 am
1895 – Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:40 am
1898 – Fashoda Incident – Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:40 am
1906 – A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:41 am
1910 – In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:42 am
1911 – Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:42 am
1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:42 am
1914 – World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:43 am
1919 – The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:43 am
1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:43 am
1922 – Hungary is admitted to League of Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:44 am
1927 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:44 am
1928 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:44 am
1931 – The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:44 am
1934 – The USSR is admitted to League of Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:45 am
1939 – The Nazi propaganda radio programme Germany Calling began broadcasting to audiences in England and the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:45 am
1939 – World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:46 am
1943 – World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:46 am
1943 – World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:46 am
1944 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:46 am
1945 – General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:46 am
1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:47 am
1947 – The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency were established in the United States under the National Security Act.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:47 am
1948 – Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:47 am
1948 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:47 am
1959 – Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:48 am
1960 – Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:48 am
1961 – U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:48 am
1962 – Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:48 am
1964 – Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:49 am
1964 – North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:49 am
1973 – The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:49 am
1974 – Hurricane Fifi struck Honduras, destroying 182 towns and villages in the first 24 hours, and ultimately causing over 8,000 deaths.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:49 am
1975 – Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:49 am
1977 – Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:50 am
1980 – Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:50 am
1981 – Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:50 am
1982 – Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:51 am
1984 – Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:51 am
1988 – End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students) are killed by the Tatmadaw.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:51 am
1990 – Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:51 am
1991 – Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:52 am
1992 – An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:52 am
1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:52 am
1998 – ICANN is formed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:53 am
2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:53 am
2007 – Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:53 am
2007 – Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 2:54 am
2009 – The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 5:45 am
52 - Birth of Marcus Ulpius Trajan, Emperor of Rome from AD 98-117. He was the third Roman emperor to rule, after Nero (54-68) and Domitian (81-96), who persecuted the Early Church. During Trajan's reign, the apostolic father Ignatius of Antioch was martyred, in AD 117.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 5:45 am
1765 - Birth of Oliver Holden, early Puritan pastor and statesman. His love for music is demonstrated in the hymn tune CORONATION ("All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"), which he composed in 1792 at the age of 27.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 5:45 am
1924 - A complete Bible translation of the Old and New Testaments was published by American Bible scholar and historian James Moffatt, 54. Moffatt's intention was to make available to the lay reader, in simple language, a current scholarly understanding of the biblical text.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 5:45 am
1930 - Death of New England music evangelist Carrie E. Rounsefell, 69. It was Rounsefell who composed the hymn tune MANCHESTER, to which we sing today, "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go."
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/11 at 5:46 am
1962 - The Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International was founded in Dallas by Gordon Lindsay, 56. In 1967, the name was changed to Christ for the Nations. It ministers today as a service agency supporting foreign missions through fund raising and literature distribution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 1:32 am
1863 – The Battle of Chickamauga began in northwestern Georgia and would end in the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 1:32 am
1940 – Polish resistance member Witold Pilecki (pictured) allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in order to gather intelligence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 1:33 am
1940 – Polish resistance member Witold Pilecki (pictured) allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in order to gather intelligence.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Witold_Pilecki_1.JPG/63px-Witold_Pilecki_1.JPG
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 1:33 am
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival was held in Cannes, France, after a seven-year delay due to World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 1:33 am
1970 – Greek student Kostas Georgakis set himself on fire in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the Greek military junta of Georgios Papadopoulos.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 1:33 am
1985 – An 8.1 ML earthquake struck Mexico City, killing at least nine thousand people and leaving up to 100,000 homeless.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:35 am
335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:36 am
1356 – Battle of Poitiers: an English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:36 am
1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:37 am
1692 – Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:37 am
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:37 am
1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:39 am
1796 – George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:40 am
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:40 am
1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:40 am
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:41 am
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:41 am
1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:41 am
1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:41 am
1893 – Women's suffrage: in New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:41 am
1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr..
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:42 am
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:42 am
1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:42 am
1944 – Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:42 am
1945 – Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:42 am
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:43 am
1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:43 am
1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:43 am
1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:43 am
1961 – Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:45 am
1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:46 am
1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:47 am
1972 – A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:47 am
1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:48 am
1976 – Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:49 am
1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:49 am
1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:49 am
1981 – Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:50 am
1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:50 am
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:51 am
1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:51 am
1989 – A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:51 am
1990 – Delhi University student Rajiv Goswami attempts Self Immolation during Anti-Reservation agitation in India. Though he survived, his Self Immolation inspired nearly 150 self immolation bids and indirectly led to the Resignation of V P Singh Govt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:51 am
1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:53 am
1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:53 am
1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:53 am
2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/19/11 at 11:53 am
2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 1:24 am
1498 – A tsunami caused by the Meiō Nankaidō earthquake washed away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha (pictured) at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 1:24 am
1498 – A tsunami caused by the Meiō Nankaidō earthquake washed away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha (pictured) at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kamakura_Budda_Daibutsu_front_1885.jpg/75px-Kamakura_Budda_Daibutsu_front_1885.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 1:24 am
1848 – The American Association for the Advancement of Science, publisher of the journal Science, was founded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 1:24 am
1943 – World War II: Australian troops defeated Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Kaiapit in New Guinea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 1:24 am
1967 – Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard publicly announced the story of Xenu in a taped lecture sent to all Scientologists.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 1:24 am
1971 – Hurricane Irene departed Nicaragua to become the first known tropical cyclone to successfully cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:03 pm
1058 – Agnes de Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary met to negotiate about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:03 pm
1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1260 – the Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the Butcher of Cesena, is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1596 – Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:04 pm
1697 – The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic ending the Nine Years' War (1688–97).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1737 – The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1792 – French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:06 pm
1835 – Ragamuffin rebels capture Porto Alegre, then capital of the Brazilian imperial province of Rio Grande do Sul, triggering the start of ten-year-long Farroupilha Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:07 pm
1854 – Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:07 pm
1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:07 pm
1860 – The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:07 pm
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:07 pm
1870 – Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1871 – Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1881 – Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1891 – The first gasoline-powered American car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1906 – Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:08 pm
1909 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:09 pm
1910 – The ocean liner SS France, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:09 pm
1911 – White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with british warship HMS Hawke.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1920 – Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1930 – Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1942 – Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days the German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:10 pm
1961 – Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:11 pm
1962 – James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:11 pm
1967 – RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:12 pm
1970 – Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:12 pm
1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be rebranded Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to successfully cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:13 pm
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:13 pm
1977 – The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:13 pm
1979 – A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:13 pm
1982 – The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:14 pm
1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:14 pm
1990 – South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:14 pm
2000 – The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:15 pm
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:15 pm
2002 – The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:16 pm
2003 – Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:16 pm
2007 – Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/11 at 12:16 pm
2008 – A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 1:18 am
1745 – Jacobite Risings: Jacobite troops led by Charles Edward Stuart defeated the Hanoverians in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 1:19 am
1827 – According to Joseph Smith, Jr., he was first visited by the angel Moroni, who would guide him to the golden plates that became the basis of the Book of Mormon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 1:19 am
1897 – The New York Sun, a prominent New York City newspaper, published an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church stating, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus", that become a part of popular Christmas lore.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 1:19 am
1953 – North Korean No Kum-Sok (pictured) defected with his MiG-15, inadvertently making Operation Moolah, an American effort to bribe Communist pilots, a success.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 1:19 am
1953 – North Korean No Kum-Sok (pictured) defected with his MiG-15, inadvertently making Operation Moolah, an American effort to bribe Communist pilots, a success.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/No_Kum-Sok.jpg/79px-No_Kum-Sok.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 1:20 am
1976 – Chilean political figure Orlando Letelier was assassinated in Washington, D.C., by DINA agents.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:44 am
1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo are killed in Battle of St. Matthew's Day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:44 am
1435 – An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years' War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:45 am
1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:45 am
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:45 am
1792 – The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:46 am
1860 – In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:46 am
1896 – British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:47 am
1898 – Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:47 am
1921 – A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:47 am
1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:47 am
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:48 am
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:48 am
1939 – Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:48 am
1942 – On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:48 am
1942 – In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:48 am
1942 – In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:48 am
1942 – The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:49 am
1961 – Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:50 am
1964 – Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:50 am
1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:50 am
1965 – Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:51 am
1971 – Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:51 am
1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:51 am
1976 – Seychelles joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:52 am
1981 – Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:52 am
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:53 am
1984 – Brunei joins the United Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:53 am
1991 – Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:54 am
1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:54 am
1999 – Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:54 am
2001 – Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:54 am
2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the September 11 attack victims.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:54 am
2003 – Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:56 am
1452 - Birth of Girolamo Savonarola, Italian reformer. A Dominican from 1474, he was famous for his religious zeal. For 14 years he led in the reformation of Florence, before attacks on Alexander VI led to his excommunication. In 1498, he was convicted of heresy, hanged and burned.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/11 at 11:57 am
1522 - Martin Luther, 36, first published his German translation of the New Testament. (Luther's translation of the entire Bible was completed in 1534 -- perhaps the greatest literary achievement of the great Reformer.)