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Post by LuLu on Sept 6, 2012 1:49:44 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1757,
the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, was born in Auvergne, France.
In 1861,
Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant occupied Paducah, Ky., during the Civil War.
In 1901,
President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL'-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. (McKinley died eight days later.)
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Post by LuLu on Sept 7, 2012 1:58:04 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1533,
England's Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich.
In 1825,
the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, bade farewell to President John Quincy Adams at the White House.
In 1892,
James J. Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan to win the world heavyweight crown in New Orleans in a fight conducted under the Marquess of Queensberry rules.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 10, 2012 20:57:17 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1608,
John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
In 1813,
an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
In 1846,
Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 12, 2012 0:20:29 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1814,
the Battle of North Point took place in Maryland during the War of 1812 as American forces slowed the advance of British troops on Baltimore.
In 1846,
Elizabeth Barrett secretly married Robert Browning at St. Marylebone Church in London.
In 1910,
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," had its premiere in Munich, Germany, with Mahler conducting.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 13, 2012 2:16:07 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1759,
during the final French and Indian War, the British defeated the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City.
In 1788,
the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital.
In 1803,
Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, died in Philadelphia.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 14, 2012 1:41:20 GMT -5
Today in History
In 1712,
Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, discoverer of four of Saturn's moons, died in Paris.
In 1812,
Napoleon Bonaparte's troops entered Moscow following the Battle of Borodino to find the Russian city largely abandoned and parts set ablaze.
In 1829,
the Treaty of Adrianople was signed, ending war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 15, 2012 0:34:46 GMT -5
Today in History
September 15
1588
The Spanish Armada, which attempted to invade England, is destroyed by a British fleet.
1891
The Dalton gang holds up a train and takes $2,500 at Wagoner, Oklahoma.
1971
The environmental group Greenpeace is founded.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 16, 2012 12:13:41 GMT -5
Today in History
September 16,1620
The Pilgrims sail from England on the Mayflower.
1908
General Motors files papers of incorporation
1974
Limited amnesty is offered to Vietnam-era draft resisters who would now swear allegiance to the United States and perform two years of public service
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Post by LuLu on Sept 17, 2012 1:02:25 GMT -5
Today In History
September 17
1787
The Constitution of the United States of America was signed by delegates from twelve states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The U.S. Constitution is the world’s oldest working Constitution.
1953
Ernie Banks became the first black baseball player to wear a Chicago Cubs uniform. Banks was also quick to say, “Let’s play two!” Banks was the Cubs’ outstanding shortstop from 1954 to 1960. In 1961 he was moved to left field, then to first base, where he spent the rest of his career. In 1969, Ernie Banks was voted the Cub’s best player ever by Chicago fans. ‘Mr. Cub’ retired in 1971.
1984
Seventeen years to the day after his first major-league home run, Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit his 500th career homer -- in a game against the Kansas City Royals.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 18, 2012 0:15:35 GMT -5
Today In History
Sept. 18,1793
George Washington lays the foundation stone for the U.S. Capitol.
1929
Charles Lindbergh takes off on a 10,000 mile air tour of South America.
1964
U.S. destroyers fire on hostile targets in Vietnam.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 19, 2012 0:33:51 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1777,
the first Battle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although the British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Americans prevailed in a...
In 1796,
President George Washington's farewell address was published.
In 1881,
the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died 2 1/2 months after being shot by Charles Guiteau; Chester Alan Arthur became president.
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Post by LuLu on Sept 25, 2012 15:55:02 GMT -5
Today in History
In 1513
Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean.
In 1690
one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, published its first — and last — edition in Boston.
In 1775
American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal. (Allen was released by the British in 1778.)
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Post by LuLu on Sept 26, 2012 23:46:34 GMT -5
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In 1540,
Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as a religious order.
In 1779,
John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
In 1854,
the first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86...
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Post by LuLu on Sept 28, 2012 10:17:56 GMT -5
Today in History
In 1066,
William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne.
In 1542,
Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
In 1841,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed his poem "Excelsior."
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Post by LuLu on Sept 29, 2012 0:58:47 GMT -5
Today in History
In 1789,
the U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
In 1829,
London's reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty.
In 1902,
William Topaz McGonagall, affectionately remembered as one of Britain's worst poets (if not the worst), died in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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