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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:11 pm
1777 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:11 pm
1821 – Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:11 pm
1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:12 pm
1825 – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:12 pm
1854 – The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:12 pm
1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:12 pm
1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:12 pm
1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:13 pm
1922 – King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:13 pm
1928 – The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:13 pm
1930 – Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:13 pm
1937 – Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:14 pm
1937 – Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/PantheraTigrisBalicaHeineman.jpg/250px-PantheraTigrisBalicaHeineman.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:14 pm
1938 – Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:14 pm
1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:15 pm
1941 – The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:15 pm
1942 – Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:15 pm
1944 – The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:16 pm
1949 – The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:16 pm
1954 – The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:16 pm
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:16 pm
1959 – Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:17 pm
1961 – Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:17 pm
1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:18 pm
1964 – The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:18 pm
1979 – The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:18 pm
1983 – Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:19 pm
1995 – The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:19 pm
1996 – The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:19 pm
1997 – Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:19 pm
2001 – Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then kills himself.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:20 pm
2002 – Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:20 pm
2003 – Smart 1 satellite is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/11 at 3:20 pm
2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:24 am
1891 – Railway workers in Montevideo, Uruguay, founded the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, which later became officially known as C.A. Peñarol.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:24 am
1901 – Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:24 am
1928 – Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what became known as penicillin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:25 am
1928 – Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what became known as penicillin.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Alexander-fleming.jpg/69px-Alexander-fleming.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:26 am
1928 – Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what became known as penicillin.
Alexander Fleming in fact did not discover penicillin, he re-discovered it for mould which we now know as penicillin had been known to the Ancient Greeks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:27 am
2008 – SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket achieved orbit on its fourth attempt to become the first successful fully liquid-propelled orbital launch vehicle developed with private funding.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/11 at 1:27 am
2009 – A protest held by 50,000 people in Conakry, Guinea, was forcefully disrupted by the military junta, resulting in at least 157 deaths and over 1,200 injuries.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:06 am
1829 – The Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard pictured) of Greater London, originally headquartered in Great Scotland Yard, Westminster, was founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:07 am
1829 – The Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard pictured) of Greater London, originally headquartered in Great Scotland Yard, Westminster, was founded.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/New_Scotland_Yard_sign_3.jpg/97px-New_Scotland_Yard_sign_3.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:11 am
1954 – Twelve countries signed a convention establishing the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), currently the world's largest particle physics laboratory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:11 am
1962 – Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite operated by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, was launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:11 am
1963 – The University of East Anglia was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing such a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:11 am
2006 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 total people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:29 am
1911 – Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:30 am
1971 – Oman joins the Arab League.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:30 am
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 1:30 am
2001 – The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 2:48 pm
1996 – The Nintendo 64 gaming console was released in North America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 2:53 pm
1951 – The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 2:55 pm
1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/11 at 2:56 pm
1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:34 am
1399 – Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, deposed Richard II to become Henry IV of England, merging the Duchy of Lancaster with the crown.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:35 am
1975 – The AH-64 Apache, the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:35 am
1979 – Construction of the Kwun Tong Line, the first line of Hong Kong's MTR rapid transit system, was completed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:35 am
1980 – Xerox, Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation published the first Ethernet specifications (8P8C connector pictured), currently the most widespread wired local area network (LAN) technology.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:35 am
1980 – Xerox, Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation published the first Ethernet specifications (8P8C connector pictured), currently the most widespread wired local area network (LAN) technology.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ethernet_RJ45_connector_p1160054.jpg/100px-Ethernet_RJ45_connector_p1160054.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:35 am
2004 – The first photographs of a live giant squid in its natural habitat were taken by Japanese researchers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:36 am
1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:36 am
1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:37 am
1994 – Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years of service.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:37 am
2009 – The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occur, killing over 1,115 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:38 am
1967 – BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/11 at 1:38 am
1947 – The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:57 am
331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:57 am
959 – Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:58 am
1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:58 am
1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:59 am
1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
http://tudorhistory.org/mary/queenmary.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:59 am
1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:59 am
1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:59 am
1795 – Belgium is conquered by France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:59 am
1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 4:59 am
1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:00 am
1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:00 am
1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:00 am
1829 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:00 am
1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:01 am
1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
...and ended this year, due to the phone hacking scandal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:01 am
1847 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:01 am
1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:01 am
1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:02 am
1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:02 am
1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:02 am
1890 – At the urging of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the United States Congress established Yosemite National Park (Yosemite Valley pictured) in California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:03 am
1890 – At the urging of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the United States Congress established Yosemite National Park (Yosemite Valley pictured) in California.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/100_1325.JPG/100px-100_1325.JPG
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:03 am
1891 – In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:03 am
1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:03 am
1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:04 am
1905 – František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:06 am
1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:06 am
1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
How much is that is today's value?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:06 am
1910 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:06 am
1918 – World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia" capture Damascus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:23 am
1920 – Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:23 am
1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:24 am
1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:24 am
1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/George_Washington_Bridge%2C_HAER_NY-129-68.jpg/250px-George_Washington_Bridge%2C_HAER_NY-129-68.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:24 am
1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:25 am
1937 – The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:25 am
1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:25 am
1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:25 am
1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:25 am
1942 – USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:25 am
1942 – First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:26 am
1943 – World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:26 am
1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:27 am
1947 – The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:27 am
1949 – The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:27 am
1957 – First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:28 am
1957 – First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/1in_god_we_trust.jpg/220px-1in_god_we_trust.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:28 am
1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:28 am
1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:28 am
1961 – The southern portion of British Cameroons merged with Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:30 am
1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:30 am
1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:30 am
1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:31 am
1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mountfujijapan.jpg/220px-Mountfujijapan.jpg
Mount Fuji with Shinkansen and Sakura trees in the foreground
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:32 am
1965 – General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:32 am
1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:33 am
1968 – The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:33 am
1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:34 am
1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Concorde.planview.arp.jpg/300px-Concorde.planview.arp.jpg
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:35 am
1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:35 am
1971 – The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:35 am
1975 – The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:36 am
1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:36 am
1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:36 am
1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:36 am
1979 – The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:37 am
1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:37 am
1982 – EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:37 am
1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:37 am
1985 – The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:39 am
1987 – Denmark became the first country to legalise civil unions between same-sex couples.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:39 am
1991 – New Zealand's Resource Management Act came into effect, regulating access to natural and physical resources such as land, air and water, to ensure their sustainable use.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:40 am
1994 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:40 am
1998 – Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 5:40 am
2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:49 am
1883 - American churchman A. B. Simpson founded the first school in America to train missionaries, in New York City. Called the Missionary Training Institute in 1894, its name was changed to Nyack College in 1972.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:49 am
1889 - Birth of Ralph W. Sockman, American scholar and devotional writer. His best-remembered poem begins: "I met God in the morning, when my day was at its best...."
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1921 - The Latin American Mission was incorporated in Philadelphia by founders Harry and Susan Strachan. Today, over 125 staff work with LAM in eight Central and South American countries.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:49 am
1946 - World Literature Crusade was founded in Saskatchewan, Canada, by Rev. Jack McAlister (president 1946-79). This mission is engaged primarily in Bible distribution, church planting and Bible correspondence courses.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:49 am
1957 - Representatives from 49 churches met in Roseville, MI, to begin organizing the Baptist State Convention of Michigan. The organization officially came into being the following month.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:50 am
1988 - Robert Englund the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:51 am
1867 - Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:52 am
1934 - Adolph Hitler expands German army and navy, and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:52 am
1939 - Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 7:53 am
1974 - Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington DC
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Written By: danootaandme on 10/01/11 at 7:54 am
1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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Written By: danootaandme on 10/01/11 at 7:56 am
1948 Calif Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages
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Written By: danootaandme on 10/01/11 at 7:57 am
1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage the Beatles through 1977
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/01/11 at 8:28 am
1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage the Beatles through 1977
Sadly not to live out his contract. :\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:48 am
1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:48 am
1263 – The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:48 am
1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier (pictured) sailed along the St. Lawrence River and reached the Iroquois fortified village Hochelaga on the island now known as Montreal.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:49 am
1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier (pictured) sailed along the St. Lawrence River and reached the Iroquois fortified village Hochelaga on the island now known as Montreal.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Cartier.png/71px-Cartier.png
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:49 am
1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:50 am
1780 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:50 am
1789 – George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:50 am
1814 – Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:50 am
1835 – Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas, encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:52 am
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:53 am
1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:53 am
1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:53 am
1924 – The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:53 am
1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:53 am
1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
...and what happened next?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:54 am
1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:54 am
1937 – Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:54 am
1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:54 am
1944 – World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:56 am
1950 – Peanuts, the syndicated comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, featuring Charlie Brown and his pet Snoopy, was first published in major newspapers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:56 am
1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:56 am
1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:57 am
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:57 am
1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in the Tlatelolco area of Mexico City ended when army and police forces began firing into the crowd.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:58 am
1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:58 am
1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:58 am
1992 – The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:59 am
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:59 am
1996 – Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:59 am
2001 – NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 2:59 am
2001 – Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 3:01 am
2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 3:01 am
2005 – Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 3:01 am
2006 – Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 3:01 am
2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/11 at 3:02 am
2009 – During the 121st Session of the International Olympic Committee, Rio de Janeiro was elected to be the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:26 am
1918 – World War I: Following his armed forces' defeat to the Allied Powers, Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I abdicated in favor of his son Boris III (pictured).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:26 am
1918 – World War I: Following his armed forces' defeat to the Allied Powers, Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I abdicated in favor of his son Boris III (pictured).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Boris3bulgaria1894.jpg/66px-Boris3bulgaria1894.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:26 am
1951 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, began.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:26 am
1981 – The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ended after seven months and 10 deaths.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:27 am
1990 – East and West Germany officially joined to form the first fully sovereign united German state since the end of World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:27 am
2003 – Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo of Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at The Mirage hotel and casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Written By: Howard on 10/03/11 at 7:08 am
2003 – Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo of Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at The Mirage hotel and casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
That must've been an awful day for him. :(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:08 pm
52 BC – Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:08 pm
42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:09 pm
382 – Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:09 pm
382 – Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
...with the Goths?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:09 pm
1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first nobleman executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1574 – The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1683 – The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1712 – The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1739 – The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the finish of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736–1739.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1778 – British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:10 pm
1789 – George Washington made the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:11 pm
1795 – General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:11 pm
1835 – The Staedtler Company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:11 pm
1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:11 pm
1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:11 pm
1872 – Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:12 pm
1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:12 pm
1908 – The Pravda newspaper is founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:12 pm
1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:13 pm
1919 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:14 pm
1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:14 pm
1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:14 pm
1935 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:14 pm
1942 – Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:14 pm
1949 – WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:14 pm
1950 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:15 pm
1951 – The "Shot Heard 'Round the World", one of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history, occurs when the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:15 pm
1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:16 pm
1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:16 pm
1957 – Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:16 pm
1961 – The Dick Van Dyke Show premieres on CBS-TV in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:16 pm
1962 – Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:16 pm
1964 – First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:17 pm
1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:17 pm
1986 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:18 pm
1993 – Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:18 pm
1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/11 at 1:18 pm
2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the US financial system is signed by President Bush.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 1:19 am
1824 – Mexico enacted its first constitution, defining the nation as a federal republic.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 1:20 am
1957 – Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1 (replica pictured), the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by an R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 1:20 am
1957 – Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1 (replica pictured), the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by an R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sputnik_asm.jpg/100px-Sputnik_asm.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 1:20 am
1967 – Hassanal Bolkiah became Sultan of Brunei upon the abdication of his father, Omar Ali Saifuddien III.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 1:20 am
1997 – Armored car driver David Ghantt stole $17.3 million from his employer, one of the largest cash robberies in U.S. history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 1:20 am
2003 – A suicide bomber killed 21 people and injured more than 50 others inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, Israel.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:05 pm
610 – Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:05 pm
1227 – Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:05 pm
1363 – End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:05 pm
1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:05 pm
1535 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:06 pm
1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:06 pm
1636 – The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/11 at 12:06 pm
1693 – Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.