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432 - St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1501 - Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral 1586 - Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia 1661 - Parliament confirms the Navigation Act 1689 - Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 1694 - Bank of England chartered 1789 - Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept) 1816 - Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops 1836 - Adelaide, South Australia founded 1837 - US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC 1844 - Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC 1861 - Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army 1862 - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico 1866 - Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) 1879 - C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene 1880 - Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out 1897 - 37.5 cm (14.75") of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record) 1898 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dancing Men" (BG) 1905 - J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa 1908 - A Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora 1909 - Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m 1918 - Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY 1919 - Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured) 1920 - Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup 1924 - 8th Olympic games closes in Paris 1933 - G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1312 Vassar 1933 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1284 Latvia 1940 - Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts 1941 - Japanese forces land in Indo-China 1944 - 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor) 1944 - US regains possession of Guam from Japanese 1946 - Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game 1947 - Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak 1949 - Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight 1953 - Armistice signed ending Korean War 1954 - Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1955 - Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation 1955 - Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget 1960 - VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago 1962 - Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 1962 - Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia 1968 - Race Riot in Gary Indiana 1969 - Pioneer 10 launched 1972 - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques 1973 - Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1974 - House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment 1976 - 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese 1977 - John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US 1982 - Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years 1987 - John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel 1988 - Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years 1988 - Radio Shack announces the Tandy 1000 SL computer 1989 - Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) 1990 - Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop 1991 - Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown 1991 - TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition DannyCarlton.net • BytheFireplace.com • America.NeedsYourPrayers.com • LookListenLearn.org • radioJesus.com • phpBible.org • Memorite Rogue • JackLewis.net • TulsaTalk.net • ElevenOClock.com • SpelChek.com • Red Primer |
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