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Post by LuLu on Aug 7, 2012 11:19:16 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 7, 1942,
U.S. and other allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II. (Japanese forces abandoned the...
In 1782,
Gen. George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers.
In 1882,
the famous feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky erupted into full-scale violence.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 8, 2012 12:53:22 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 8, 1942,
during World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the U.S. were executed in Washington, D.C.; two others who'd cooperated with authorities were spared.
In 1815,
Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile.
In 1911,
President William Howard Taft signed a measure raising the number of U.S. representatives from 391 to 433, effective with the next Congress, with a proviso to add two more when...
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Post by LuLu on Aug 9, 2012 9:42:06 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 9, 1974,
President Richard Nixon and his family left the White House as his resignation took effect. Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation's 38th chief executive.
In 1842,
the United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
In 1854,
Henry David Thoreau's "Walden," which described Thoreau's experiences while living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts, was first published.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 10, 2012 1:59:12 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 10, 1962,
Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man made his debut in issue 15 of "Amazing Fantasy" (cover price: 12 cents).
In 1680,
Pueblo Indians launched a successful revolt against Spanish colonists in present-day New Mexico.
In 1792,
during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries (TWEE'-luh-reez) Palace, where King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for...
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Post by LuLu on Aug 11, 2012 11:49:47 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 11, 1962,
Andrian Nikolayev became the Soviet Union's third cosmonaut to fly in space as he was launched on a 94-hour flight.
In 1786,
Capt. Francis Light arrived in Penang to claim the Malaysian island for Britain.
In 1860,
the nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nev.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 12, 2012 11:05:18 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 12, 1912,
comedy producer Mack Sennett founded the Keystone Pictures Studio in Edendale, Calif.
In 1867,
President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
In 1898,
fighting in the Spanish-American War came to an end.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 13, 2012 12:42:14 GMT -5
Today In History
On August 13,1881
The first African-American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1910
British nurse Florence Nightingale, famous for her care of British soldiers during the Crimean War, dies.
In 1926
Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary leader and president was born.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 14, 2012 11:54:59 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 14, 1962,
robbers held up a U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass., making off with more than $1.5 million; the loot has never been recovered.
In 1848,
the Oregon Territory was created.
In 1908,
a race riot erupted in Springfield, Ill., as a white mob began setting black-owned homes and businesses on fire; at least two blacks and five whites were killed in the violence.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 15, 2012 19:17:56 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 15, 1483,
the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV.
In 1057,
Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.
In 1769,
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 16, 2012 10:37:47 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 16, 1962,
The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.
In 1777,
American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington.
In 1812,
Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 17, 2012 13:00:43 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 17, 1982,
the first commercially produced compact discs, a recording of ABBA's "The Visitors," were pressed at a Philips factory near Hanover, West Germany.
In 1807,
Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round trip between New York and Albany.
In 1912,
the second movie inspired by the Titanic disaster, a German production titled "In Nacht und Eis" (In Night and Ice), was released. (Unlike the first, "Saved From the Titanic,"...
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Post by LuLu on Aug 18, 2012 1:42:04 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 18, 1920,
the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of all American women to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.
In 1587,
Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up...
In 1838,
the first marine expedition sponsored by the U.S. government set sail from Hampton Roads, Va.; the crews traveled the southern Pacific Ocean, gathering scientific information.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 19, 2012 0:59:47 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 19, 1812,
the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides."
In 1807,
Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York.
In 1848,
the New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California.
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Post by LuLu on Aug 20, 2012 0:30:11 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 20, 1862,
the New York Tribune published an open letter by editor Horace Greeley to President Abraham Lincoln titled "The Prayer of Twenty Millions"; in it, Greeley called on Lincoln to...
In 1833,
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio.
In 1866,
President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting
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Post by LuLu on Aug 21, 2012 0:40:53 GMT -5
Today In History
On Aug. 21, 1912,
the Boy Scouts of America named its first Eagle Scout, Arthur Rose Eldred of Troop 1 in Rockville Centre, N.Y.
In 1609,
Galileo Galilei demonstrated his new telescope to a group of officials atop the Campanile (kahm-pah-NEE'-lay) in Venice.
In 1831,
Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion in Virginia resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people. (He was later executed.)
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