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Post by LuLu on Sept 30, 2012 1:58:26 GMT -5
Today in History
In 1777,
the Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pa.
In 1791,
Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna, Austria.
In 1846,
Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant Eben Frost.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 1, 2012 2:43:13 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 1, 1962,
Johnny Carson debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show," beginning a nearly 30-year run; after being introduced to the audience by Groucho Marx, Carson received his first guests,...
In 1861,
during the Civil War, the Confederate navy captured the Union steamer Fanny in North Carolina's Pamlico Sound.
In 1908,
Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 8, 2012 13:19:38 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 8, 1871
the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wis., and in several communities in Michigan.
In 1869
the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce (puhrs), died in Concord, N.H.
In 1918
U.S. Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 9, 2012 1:12:11 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 9, 1967,
Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was killed by the Bolivian army a day after he was captured while attempting to incite revolution.
In 1446,
the Korean alphabet, created under the aegis of King Sejong, was first published.
In 1776,
a group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 10, 2012 1:03:02 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 10, 1962,
President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies...
In 1845,
the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Md.
In 1911,
Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising which led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. California voters...
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Post by LuLu on Oct 11, 2012 1:18:47 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 11, 1962
Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council, also known as "Vatican 2."
In 1779,
Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being wounded during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Ga.
In 1811
the first steam-powered ferryboat, the Juliana (built by John Stevens), was put into operation between New York City and Hoboken, N.J.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 12, 2012 13:28:01 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 12, 1962
the devastating Columbus Day Storm, also known as the "Big Blow," struck the Pacific Northwest, resulting in some 50 deaths.
In 1810,
the German festival Oktoberfest was first held in Munich to celebrate the wedding of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
In 1870,
General Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 13, 2012 10:42:59 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 13, 1962,
Edward Albee's searing four-character drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway with Arthur Hill as George, Uta Hagen as Martha, George Grizzard as Nick and...
In 1307,
King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Knights Templar on charges of heresy.
In 1775,
the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 14, 2012 2:00:56 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 14, 1912,
former President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for the White House as the Progressive candidate, was shot in the chest in Milwaukee by New York saloonkeeper John Schrank....
In 1066,
Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
In 1586,
Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial in England, accused of committing treason against Queen Elizabeth I. (Mary was beheaded in February
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Post by LuLu on Oct 15, 2012 13:05:59 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 15, 1917,
Dutch dancer Mata Hari, convicted of spying for the Germans, was executed by a French firing squad outside Paris.
In 1858,
the seventh and final debate between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Alton, Ill.
In 1860,
11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 16, 2012 0:50:21 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 16, 1962,
President John F. Kennedy was informed by national security adviser McGeorge Bundy that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
In 1793,
during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.
In 1859,
radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry in western Virginia. (Ten of Brown's men were killed and five escaped. Brown and six followers...
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Post by LuLu on Oct 17, 2012 17:24:17 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 17, 1777,
British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War.
In 1610,
French King Louis XIII, age nine, was crowned at Reims, five months after the assassination of his father, Henry IV.
In 1711,
Jupiter Hammon, the first black poet to have his work published in America, was born on Long Island, N.Y., into a lifetime of
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Post by LuLu on Oct 18, 2012 0:51:00 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 18, 1962,
James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
In 1685,
King Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking the Edict of Nantes that had established legal toleration of France's Protestant population, the Huguenots.
In 1812,
during the War of 1812, the British ship HMS Frolic was captured off the Virginia coast by the crew of the USS Wasp, which was in turn captured by the HMS Poictiers.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 19, 2012 1:22:03 GMT -5
Today In History
On Oct. 19, 1987,
the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value, to close at 1,738.74.
In 1765,
the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.
In 1781
British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 20, 2012 2:51:22 GMT -5
Today In History
In 1924
Baseball's first 'colored World Series' is held in Kansas City, Mo.
In 1931
Mickey Mantle was born.
In 1968
Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
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