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On June 6th , 1944 Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy- D-Day.
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On June 7, 1966, Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder. The black and white only unit sold for $995...
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On June 8, 0452, Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun...
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On this day in 1995 the U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady. His F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.
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On June 9, 1534, Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence...
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On June 10, 1920, he Republican convention in Chicago endorsed woman suffrage...
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On June 11, 1509, King Henry VIII married his first of six wives, Catherine of Aragon...
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On June 12, 1897, Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife...
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On June 13, 1789, ice cream was served to General George Washington by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton...
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On June 14th, 1775, the Continental Army was founded by the Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army. On June 15, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief...
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On this day in 1940 German troops entered Paris. The French put up valiant surrender.
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On June 15, 1389, Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo...
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On June 16, 1883, the New York Giants baseball team admitted all ladies for free to the ballpark. It was the first Ladies Day...
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On this day in 1963 The Soviets launched a former textile worker, Valentina Tereshkova, into space. So first women in space on this day in '63.
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On June 17, 1872, George M. Hoover began selling whiskey in Dodge City, Kansas. The town had been dry up until this point...
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On June 18, 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon abdicated on June 22...
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On June 19, 1903, the young school teacher, Benito Mussolini, was placed under investigation by police in Bern, Switzerland...
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On June 20, 1756, in India, 150 British soldiers were imprisoned in a cell that became known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta..."
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On June 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to jump from an airplane...
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On June 22, 1933, Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis...
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On June 23, 1757, Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal...
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On June 24, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber...
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On June 25, 1867, Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire...
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On June 26, 1819, the bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr...
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On June 27, 1693, "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
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On June 28, 1911, Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City....
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On June 29, 1804, Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50...
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On June 30, 1913, fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War...
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On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue...
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On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died...
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On July 3, 1790, in Paris, the marquis of Condorcet proposed granting civil rights to women...
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On July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY...
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On July 5, 1814, U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeated a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada...
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On July 6, 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks...
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On July 7, 1920, a device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA...
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July 7, 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.
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On July 8, 1693, uniforms for police in New York City were authorized...
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On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...
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On July 10, 1747, Persian ruler Nadir Shah was assassinated at Fathabad in Persia...
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This is also the anniversary of the first day of the Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925. As well as the introduction of the bikini.
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On July 11, 1786, Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000...
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On July 12, 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr...
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On July 13, 1099, the Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem...
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On July 14, 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais...
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On July 15, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth was executed in Tower Hill in England, after his army was defeated at Sedgemore...
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On July 16, 1791, Louis XVI was suspended from office until he agreed to ratify the constitution...
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On July 17, 1762, Peter III of Russia was murdered. Catherine II the Great took the throne...
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On July 18, 1830, Uruguay adopted a liberal constitution...
Also, on July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the "Boiler Room Girls." This affectionate name was given to the six young women who had been vital to the late Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and who had subsequently closed up his files and campaign office after his assassination. Besides Kopechne, the other women, all single, were Susan Tannenbaum, Maryellen Lyons, Ann Lyons, Rosemary (Cricket) Keough, and Esther Newberg. The men in attendance, all married but present without their wives, were Ted Kennedy, Joe Gargan, U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Charles Tretter, Raymond La Rosa, and John Crimmins. The festivity was held at Lawrence Cottage, rented for the occasion by Gargan, Kennedy's cousin and lawyer. The 12 attendees gathered at the cottage after two Kennedy boats raced in the Edgartown Regatta earlier in the day. Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Kennedy after he allegedly offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying. She drowned after the car she was riding in left a bridge and plunged into the waters of Poucha Pond. |
On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt...
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On July 20, 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as a Canadian province...
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On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...
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On July 22, 1587, a second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances...
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On July 24, 1849, Georgetown University in Washington, DC. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman...
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On July 25, 1587, Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave...
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On July 26, 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI...
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On July 27, 1663, the British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, which required all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports...
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On July 28, 1865, the American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics...
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On July 29, 1588, the English defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines...
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On July 30, 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, VA. (House of Burgesses...)
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The house of burgesses is getting some historic paintings this week.
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On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer...
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On August 1, 1774, oxygen was isolated from air successfully by chemist Carl Wilhelm and scientist Joseph Priestly...
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On August 1, 2008 somebody must have pissed off the sky controller
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On August 2, 1790, enumeration for the first U. S. census began; the final total was 3,929,214...
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On August 3, 1922, WGY radio in Schenectady, NY, presented the first full-length melodrama on radio. The work was "The Wolf", written by Eugene Walter...
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On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, MA. Lizzie, Andrew's daughter, was accused of the killings but was later acquitted...
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On this day in 1961 my brother was born. Happy birthday bro.
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On August 5, 1833, the village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250...
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On August 6, 1825, Bolivia declared independence from Peru...
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On August 7, 1888, Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for the revolving door...
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On August 8, 1844, after the killing of Joseph Smith, Bringham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons...
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On August 9, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S...
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On August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the U.S. Congress. The "Nation's Attic" was made possible by $500,000 given by scientist Joseph Smithson...
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Aug 10 1628
To assist in the war with Poland, Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus builds a magnificent warship, the Vasa, with 64 bronze cannon on two tiers. But on its maiden voyage, the lower gunports are accidentally left open, and the ship immediately sinks to the bottom of Stockholm harbor. The ship remains submerged until it is raised in 1961 to become a tourist attraction. Aug 10 1966 Last words of James French, sent to the Electric Chair by the state of Oklahoma: "How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? FRENCH FRIES." Aug 10 1969 Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are brutally murdered in their Los Feliz, California home by followers of Charles Manson. They take some of their victims' blood and smear HEALTER SKELTER on the refrigerator door. Aug 10 1972 Paul McCartney and his wife Linda are arrested in Sweden after postal officials intercept a parcel of hashish addressed to their band, Wings. Aug 10 1989 Disgruntled postal worker John Merlin Taylor blows his wife's brains out with a .22 Ruger, then drives to his job at the Orange Glen post office in Escondido, California. There he kills two coworkers on the back loading dock, then wounds another inside before blowing his own brains out. Aug 10 1996 Heated by the sun, powerlines begin to sag in Oregon. Somehow this triggers a series of failures which cascades throughout the Western states. Four million people lose electrical service in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Texas. It is probably the worst power outage in US history. |
On August 11, 1874, a patent for the sprinkler head was given to Harry S. Parmelee...
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On this day 1934 Alcatraz Island, having been a military fort opened it's doors as the nations first "super max" federal prison.
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August 12
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Chicago, the Windy City was founded with a population of 350 in 1833. http://content.answers.com/main/cont...ago_river1.jpg |
On August 12, 1656, "King Phillip's War" came to an end with the killing of Indian chief King Phillip. The war between the Indians and the Europeans lasted for two years...
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On August 13, 1521, present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians...
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On August 14, 1756, Daniel Boone married 16-year-old Rebecca Bryan...
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On August 15, 1057, Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan...
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On August 16, 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to U.S. President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable...
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On August 17, 1835, Solyman Merrick patented the wrench...
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On August 18, 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration...
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On August 19, 1883, the French dress designer Gabrille "Coco" Chanel was born...
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On August 20, 1741, Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska...
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On August 21, 1923, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner...
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On August 22, 1567, the "Council of Blood" was established by the Duke of Alba. This was the beginning of his reign of terror in the Netherlands...
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August 22
This Day in History
In present-day Jordan, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt came upon the ancient city of Petra, on this date in 1812. Petra, the capital of the Nabataeans from the 4th century BCE until the Romans captured it in 106, was taken by the Muslims in the 7th century and by the Crusaders in the 12th century. Referred to by John William Burgon as a "rose red city half as old as time," Petra was walled in by rock mountains, yet controlled the main trade routes in the area. In 1985, Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site; in 2007, it was named one of New Open World Corporation's New Seven Wonders of the World. "A land without ruins is a land without memories; a land without memories is a land without history." — Abram Joseph Ryan http://content.answers.com/main/cont...a_81922680.jpg |
On August 23, 1858, "Ten Nights in a Barroom" opened in New York City at the National Theater. It was a melodrama about the evils of drinking...
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On August 24, 1572, the Catholics began their slaughter of the French Protestants in Paris. The killings claimed about 70,000 people...
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On August 24th, 1814 -British forces invaded Washington, DC and set fire to the White House and Capitol building.
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On August 25, 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil...
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On August, 25th 1944 Allied forces liberated Paris, France ending four years of German occupation.
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On August 26, 1743, Antoine Lavoisier was born. He was the chemist that proved that the union of oxygen and other chemicals is used in burning, rusting of metals and breathing...
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On August 25th, 1910 Mother Teresa was born.
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On August 27, 1828, Uruguay was formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina...
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On August 27th, 1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.
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