http://www.datesinhistory.com/pick your birthday and post your favorite event(s) from the list shownSeptember 3, 1752This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their livesSeptember 3, 1783The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the U.S. Revolutionary War.
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April 16, 2007
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June 28 1914(I think) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, leading to WW1.
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Feb 13th, 1866 - Jesse James and his gang commit the first armed bank robbery in United States history during peacetime in Liberty, Missouri.
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April 17, 1986Treaty signed, ending Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.
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September 17th1394: King Charles VI of France orders all Jews expelled from France. (hells yeah)1787: The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (HELLS YEAH)1787: US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention (...hells yeah)1814: Francis Scott Key finishes his The Star-Spangled Banner poem. (HELLS YEAH!)1862: Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War (hells... yeah?)1920: National Football League is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States. (Hells yeah)Lots of cool shit happened on my birthday
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# 1996 A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349.# 1997 Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.# 1999 The Dzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.# 2001 2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.# 2001 In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.# 2003 Iraq war: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base. Planes crashing, terrorism and death.awesome
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November 26, 1981Thanksgiving that year; Aurora Snow, Natasha Bedingfield, and I are borned1789 A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress; The first national thanksgiving 1962 The first recording session under the name "Beatles"
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April 28, 1937Saddam Hussein viciously claws his way out of his mother's vagina
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lollolOctober 3rd...1995 : O.J. Simpson is acquittedAt the end of a sensational trial, former American football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus surmounting what the prosecution called a "mountain of evidence" implicating him as the murderer..3rd October, 1932: Iraq, became a sovereign State gaining full independence from Great Britain.3rd October, 1964 : The first Buffalo Wings ( deep fried chicken wings coated with vinegar based cayenne pepper hot sauce and margarine or butter ) are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York HENCE THE NAME.3rd October, 1990: Germany is now reunited as a single country as east and west Germany unite ending 45 years of division following World War II and the cold war that followed.3rd October, 2003 : A white tiger used in their illusion act attacks Roy Horn of the duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving him partially paralyzed3rd October, 2007 : The $700 billion bailout / Rescue package bill ( Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ) is signed into law by President Bush. The bill was the result of the meltdown of financial institutions who had been making large losses on mortgage-backed securities caused by the subprime mortgage crisis due to the large drops in property values in the United States. The financial institutions both in America and around the world had virtually stopped all lending and the credit markets had frozen.[epic bailout]
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dammit to hellFebruary 13
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lol
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September 14th, 1814:Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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April 11th1768 Fire destroys one-third of the town of Montreal 1775 Last execution for witchcraft in Germany. 1849 The safety pin is patented by Walter Hunt 1865 Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech. 1905 Einstein reveals his Theory of Relativity (special relativity). 1921 First sports broadcast on the radio. 1921 Iowa becomes the first U.S. state to impose a cigarette tax.1947 Jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1960 The first weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1961 Bob Dylan's first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village 1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 1968 Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act 1970 Apollo 13 is launched. 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks[Edited on August 12, 2009 at 2:05 PM. Reason : better?]
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christ, there are like two hundred things listed.8/41693 Dom Perignon invents champagne 1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes first circus 1830 Plans for the city of Chicago laid out 1894 Personal posting - August 4, 1894 birth of Jessica Pineda 1902 Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens. 1944 Anne Frank, 15, (Diary of Anne Frank) is arrested by Nazis 1991 The world's largest hamburger, weighing over 4 tons (about 3750 kg), is made at a county fair in Seymour, Wisconsin1993 A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
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March 15th1991 4 Los Angeles police are charged with beating Rodney King 1985 The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com)1972 The film version of Mario Puzo's The Godfather novel of the same name, is released in theaters. It went on to be considered one of the greatest films of all time1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet 1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 0044 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
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a few more from my list (September 3)1891 Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas1895 Latrobe, PA is the site of the world's first professional football game, played today between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.)1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph1943 Invasion of Italy by Allied forces; Italy secretly signs armistice with the Allies.1944 Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.1945 After the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), Japan officially surrendered on August 15, and formally on September 3 when the signing took place aboard the U.S. battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road1970 Green Bay Packers football coach Vince Lombardi dies in Washington DC.1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office1994 Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.and finally, FTW:September 3, 1995 eBay was founded.
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Next year my birthday will be 08/09/10. Don't they have a name for that or something?
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November 141851 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published1889 Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.1948 Prince Charles born1957 The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)1969 Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing1970 Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premiers on FOX TV 2010 Important Islamic date - Hajj: November 14 - November 17, 2010
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February 17:
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December 241865 Several U.S. Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan. 1966 Luna 13 lands on Moon
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1654 Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
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(july 1) there are lots. this is just a few. . . 0251 The battle of Abrittus is won by Goths against Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed.1776 First vote on the Declaration of Independence 1867 The British North America Act, 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A. Macdonald sworn as first Prime Minister.1874 First US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,0001881 World's first international telephone call takes place between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. 1941 Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial1943 Withholding tax from paychecks starts1946 US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)1952 Actor Dan Akroyd (Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live) was born. 1966 Medicare goes into effect1974 Singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette ("You Oughta Know") was born today in Ottawa, Canada. 1977 Actor Liv Tyler (Armageddon) was born today in New York, NY.1979 Sony introduces the Walkman. 1982 (my actual birthday): Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY MSG 2007 Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK.
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1944 Anne Frank, 15, (Diary of Anne Frank) is arrested by Nazis 1693 Dom Perignon invents champagne
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1969 Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, California.
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I see an August 4th and an August 6th, so I'll fill in the part between.1305 – William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872). (oh crap shoot me in the face!1895 – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher and co-father of communism, dies (eat it!)1930 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, born1944 – Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress, dies2000 – Sir Alec Guinness, British actor, dies (Old Obi Wan)And....International Beer Day
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Feb 281984 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
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September 81943 World War II: Julius Fuk is executed by Nazis. who the fuk is this guy?
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i got kind of bored at looking but this one seemed moderately coolJULY 31939 Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
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^more like they were drafting the dec of independence on my bday in 1776
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these are getting longer and longer and longer
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feb 271945 U.S. troops land on Iwo Jima.
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^^ yea. that wasn't on the list! plus mine was cooler anyway
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November 21,1877 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. November 21,1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention Way to go, TomNovember 21,1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state November 21, 1920 Bloody Sunday during the Anglo-Irish War. SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY
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January 20th:1783 Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War 1887 US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1892 At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played. 1929 The first feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1937 (+4...) FDR/President X sworn in1943 Lead SD, temp is 52ºF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16ºF 1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen1954 -70ºF (-57ºC), Rogers Pass, Montana (state 48 record) 1969 The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula. 1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under English Channel) 1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
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Jan 24# 0041 Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew.# 1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen# 1438 The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.# 1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary# 1534 François I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy# 1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire# 1568 In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw# 1613 Amsterdam merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized# 1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver# 1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor# 1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders# 1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire Parliamentary armies win# 1652 Duke of Orléans joins Fronde rebels# 1656 The first Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland# 1679 King Charles II disbands English parliament# 1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system# 1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed first US divinity professor (Harvard)# 1742 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.# 1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor# 1776 Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga.# 1826 Mississippi College is founded in Clinton, becoming the first college in the state of Mississippi.# 1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society# 1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price# 1848 Gold is discovered in California by James Marshall at Sutters Mill triggering the San Francisco gold rush of '49.# 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma CA# 1848 UK hist Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California – starts the California gold rush# 1857 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia.# 1859 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.# 1861 Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy# 1861 Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens# 1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza# 1874 General J van Swieten conquers Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die# 1874 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg Russia# 1878 The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.# 1885 The CPR telegraph reaches the Pacific from Halifax; now operating from coast to coast.# 1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.# 1888 Jacob L. Wortman (of Philadelphia) receives a U.S. patent for the typewriter ribbon.# 1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda French missionaries attack British missionaries# 1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan# 1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) # 1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England# 1900 UK hist Spion Kop reached by British; massive losses by Lancashire Regimant# 1901 Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein# 1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA# 1907 Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement.# 1908 General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts# 1908 Robert Baden-Powell organizes the first Boy Scout troop in England.# 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished# 1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland# 1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.# 1917 Ernest Borgnine Academy Award-winning actor: Marty [1955], The Poseidon Adventure, The Dirty Dozen, McHale’s Navy was born# 1918 Oral Roberts evangelist: founder: Oral Roberts University was born# 1918 The Gregorian calendar introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective from February 14(NS)# 1922 -54ºF (-48ºC), Danbury WI (state record)# 1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)# 1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established# 1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established# 1924 Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union# 1924 Petrograd, formerly St. Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.# 1924 Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad
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# 1924 The Russian city of St. Petersburg is renamed Leningrad to honor the late revolutionary leader. It was later renamed back to St. Petersburg.# 1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island# 1925 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden# 1927 Director Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England.# 1930 J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, New Zealand vs England, Wellington# 1930 Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's first Test century# 1935 The first canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co in Richmond VA# 1936 Albert Sarraut becomes Prime Minister of France# 1936 Benny Goodman & orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records# 1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile# 1939 Spanish government moves to Figueras# 1940 The Naval Secretary notifies Secretary of War Henry Stimson, "Hostilities would be initiated by a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor."# 1941 British troops march into Abyssinia# 1942 Battle of Makassar Strait, destroyer attack on Japanese convoy in first surface action in the Pacific during World War II# 1942 In Ottawa Wartime Prices and Trade Board rations sugar to 3/4 lb per person per week; cut to 1/2 lb# 1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death# 1943 Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau# 1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy# 1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg# 1946 Canada is appointed to the UN Atomic Energy Commission, set up to control and promote the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes# 1948 Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)# 1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD)# 1948 In the Philippine Islands a 8.2 earthquake occurred near the southwest coast of Panay. Over $3.5 million property damage was sustained in the islands, and 72 people were killed.# 1949 John (Adam) Belushicomedian: Second City improvisational troupe, original cast: Saturday Night Live was born# 1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history# 1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns# 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base# 1952 Vincent Massey 1887-1967 sworn in as Governor General; first Canadian-born; serves from February 28, 1952 to September 15, 1959.# 1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)# 1960 Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle# 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany# 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles# 1962 Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame# 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE http://www.bookclip.com# 1963 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Shadows - Dance On# 1964 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes# 1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking# 1965 British statesman Winston Churchill dies in London at age 90.# 1966 An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.# 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Georgie Fame - The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde# 1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa# 1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency# 1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana# 1971 Panarctic Oils caps a natural gas well on King Christian Island,NWT that had burned out of control for 3 months# 1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.# 1973 Canada joins the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam for 60-day period; ICCS a truce-observance commission; with Hungary, Poland, Indonesia.# 1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame# 1975 Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England# 1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest# 1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid# 1977 Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.# 1978 A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite disintegrates as it falls into the atmosphere, spreading radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.# 1978 Nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radioactive debris over the barrens east of Great Slave Lake; Canadian Armed Forces launches operation to recover debris; USSR later pays Canada $3 million under a UN treaty covering costs of cleanup.# 1978 Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the Republic of Ireland.# 1978 Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.# 1980 North of Livermore Valley, California s 5.9, earthquake injured 44 people and caused and estimated $11.5 million in property damage (of which, $10 million damage occurred at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory at Livermore# 1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide# 1983 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title# 1983 Oaxaca, Mexico a 7.0 earthquake occured. Damage in the Juchitan area and slight damage in the Mexico City area. Felt strongly in southeastern Mexico.# 1984 ABC network agrees to pay $386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date; CTV will handle the Canadian feed.# 1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer# 1984 The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.# 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched# 1985 Penny Harrington is sworn in as the first woman police chief of a major American city (Portland, OR).# 1986 43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win# 1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president# 1986 The NASA space probe Voyager Two passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus.# 1986 Voyager 2 makes first fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons# 1986 Wapping dispute. Newspaper workers in London launch ultimately unsuccessful strike against Rupert Murdoch's News International.# 1987 61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)# 1987 Number one hit on UK music charts - Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body# 1988 Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) male athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured# 1988 First WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins# 1989 Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair.# 1989 The first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex# 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon# 1993 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000# 1993 Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 84.# 1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed# 1993 Soyuz TM-16 launches# 1993 Turkish journalist and writer Uur Mumcu assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara# 1996 Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges he spied for Moscow.# 2008 Personal posting - Louie Fessler was born
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Epic January BirthdaysJanuary 23rd:# 0393 Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor.# 1368 In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.# 1490 First printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul# 1492 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) first printed# 1510 Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.# 1533 Anne Boleyn, mistress of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.# 1546 Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais brings out his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel: the Tiers Livre.# 1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England# 1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China# 1556 The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.# 1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out# 1570 The assassination of regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war.# 1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London# 1571 The Royal Exchange opens in London.# 1579 The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.# 1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic# 1631 France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Bärwald# 1637 Dutch Governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil# 1643 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for the Parliamentarians# 1656 Blaise Pascal published the first of his Lettres provinciales. # 1663 King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten# 1668 England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French# 1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire# 1719 The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.# 1723 Georg Friedrich Händel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London# 1789 Georgetown College becomes the first Roman Catholic college in the United States (Washington, DC).# 1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia# 1793 Humane Society of Philadelphia (first aid society) organized# 1796 Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500# 1812 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri# 1833 Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation# 1834 In Quebec City fire destroys the old Chateau Saint-Louis, originally built by Samuel de Champlain, and home to the Governors of New France.# 1845 Congress agrees that all national elections in the U.S. will fall on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.# 1845 Congress decided that all national elections would take place on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.# 1845 Uniform US election day for President & Vice President authorized# 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S. history to receive a medical degree.# 1849 Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first woman physician in US# 1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine# 1855 The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.# 1856 Steamer Pacific lost lol at the triple postI just did the old stuff[Edited on August 12, 2009 at 9:56 PM. Reason : .]
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