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On This Day in History

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Tully Mars, Aug 1, 2011.

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  1. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    Also on June 14, 1951 , "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U. S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 14, 2012
    #661
  2. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Yucatan, Mexico
    On June 15th in 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City’s East River.
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 15, 2012
    #662
  3. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    pasco county
    Also on June 15, 1911, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in the state of New York. The company was later renamed International Business Machines (IBM) Corp...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 15, 2012
    #663
  4. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 16, 1932, the ban on Nazi storm troopers was lifted by the von Papen government in Germany...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 16, 2012
    #664
  5. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 17, 1837, Charles Goodyear received his first patent. The patent was for a process that made rubber easier to work with...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 17, 2012
    #665
  6. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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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; then, on this same date in 1817, London's Waterloo Bridge opened. The bridge, designed by John Rennie, was built over the River Thames...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 18, 2012
    #666
  7. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 19, 1942, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) and her 21-year-old neighbor Jimmy Dougherty were married. They were divorced in June of 1946...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 19, 2012
    #667
  8. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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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..."
     
    uncle phil, Jun 20, 2012
    #668
  9. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Yucatan, Mexico
    On June 21st. in 1964, three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss. Their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later. Eight members of the Ku Klux Klan went to prison on federal conspiracy charges; none served more than six years.
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 21, 2012
    #669
  10. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    Then, on June 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to jump from a perfectly good airplane...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 21, 2012
    #670
  11. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    On June 22nd in 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 22, 2012
    #671
  12. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    Also on June 22, 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 22, 2012
    #672
  13. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Yucatan, Mexico
    On June 24th in 1997, the Air Force released a report on the so-called “Roswell Incident,” suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 24, 2012
    #673
  14. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. Custer and the 210 men of U.S. 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn in Montana. The event is known as "Custer's Last Stand..."
     
    uncle phil, Jun 25, 2012
    #674
  15. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 26, 1819, the bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 26, 2012
    #675
  16. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on June 26th in 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 26, 2012
    #676
  17. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 27, 1885, Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter applied for a patent for the gramophone. It was granted on May 4, 1886...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 27, 2012
    #677
  18. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On June 28, 1951, "Amos ’n’ Andy" moved to CBS-TV from radio...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 28, 2012
    #678
  19. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Yucatan, Mexico
    On June 29th in 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 29, 2012
    #679
  20. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    Also on June 29, 1926, fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure...
     
    uncle phil, Jun 29, 2012
    #680
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