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Post by LuLu on Oct 24, 2013 11:04:15 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 24, 1962,
a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis; the blockade was aimed at interdicting the delivery of offensive...
In 1537,
Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.
In 1648,
the Peace of Westphalia (west-FAY'-lee-uh) ended the Thirty Years War and effectively destroyed the Holy Roman Empire.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 26, 2013 11:02:55 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 26, 1861,
the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. (The last run of the Pony Express was completed the following month.)
In 1774,
the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
In 1825,
the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 27, 2013 23:53:16 GMT -5
Today In History]
On Oct. 28, 1886,
the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
In 1636,
the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
In 1776,
the Battle of White Plains was fought during the Revolutionary War, resulting in a limited British victory
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Post by LuLu on Oct 28, 2013 23:41:54 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 29, 1929,
Wall Street crashed on "Black Tuesday," heralding the beginning of America's Great Depression.
In 1618,
Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London.
In 1787,
the opera "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had its world premiere in Prague.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 30, 2013 17:15:39 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 30, 1938,
the radio play "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. (The live drama, which employed fake breaking news reports, panicked some listeners who thought the...
In 1735,
the second president of the United States, John Adams, was born in Braintree, Mass.
In 1885,
poet Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 8, 2013 1:27:33 GMT -5
Today in History
On Nov. 8, 1988,
Vice President George H.W. Bush won the presidential election, defeating Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis
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In 1889,
Montana became the 41st state.
In 1909,
the original Boston Opera House first opened with a performance of "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli
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Post by LuLu on Nov 9, 2013 1:38:11 GMT -5
Today in History
On Nov. 9, 1938,
Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom that became known as "Kristallnacht."
In 1620,
the passengers and crew of the Mayflower sighted Cape Cod.
In 1872,
fire destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 10, 2013 0:34:09 GMT -5
Today in History
On Nov. 10, 1938,
Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on her CBS radio program.
In 1775,
the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.
In 1871,
journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 11, 2013 0:21:55 GMT -5
Today in History
On Nov. 11, 1918,
fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
In 1620,
41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a "body politick."
In 1831,
former slave Nat Turner, who'd led a violent insurrection, was executed in Jerusalem, Va
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Post by LuLu on Nov 12, 2013 2:55:42 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 12, 1942,
the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over Japanese forces.)
In 1787,
severe flooding struck Dublin, Ireland, as the River Liffey rose.
In 1815,
American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, N.Y.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 13, 2013 1:17:27 GMT -5
Today in History
On Nov. 13, 1982,
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
In 1312,
England's King Edward III was born at Windsor Castle.
In 1789,
Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, Jean-Baptiste Leroy: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
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Post by LuLu on Jan 22, 2014 0:33:50 GMT -5
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2014.
There are 344 days left in the year.
On Jan. 21, 1954
the first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton (GRAH'-tuhn), Conn., as first lady Mamie Eisenhower christened the vessel with the traditional bottle of champagne broken against the bow. (However, the Nautilus did not make its first nuclear-powered run until nearly a year later.)
1648
Margaret Brent went before the Maryland colonial assembly to seek two votes in that body, one for herself as a landowner, the other as the legal representative of the absent Lord Baltimore; the assembly turned her down.
1793
during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.
1861
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners whose states had seceded from the Union resigned from the U.S. Senate.
1908
New York City's Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance prohibiting women from smoking in public (the measure was vetoed two weeks later by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.).
1910
the Great Paris Flood began as the rain-swollen Seine River burst its banks, sending water into the French capital.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 23, 2014 12:12:34 GMT -5
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2014.
There are 342 days left in the year.
On Jan. 23, 1964,
the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified as South Dakota became the 38th state to endorse it.
1789
Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C.
1845
Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1932
New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1933
the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called "Lame Duck Amendment," was ratified as Missouri approved it.
1937
17 people went on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge." (All were convicted of conspiracy; all but four were executed.)[/font]
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