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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. Tully Mars

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    On August 30th in 1963, the hot-line communications link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow went into operation.
     
    Tully Mars, Aug 30, 2011
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  2. uncle phil

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

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    Also on August 30, 1956, in Louisianna, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened...
     
    uncle phil, Aug 30, 2011
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  3. CHINESE CRESTED

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    Four Years and Four Hundred repatriated. Wooton Bassett will be passing their Union Jack to Brize Norten. So this day history has been made, our dead troops will now come back through Brize. I am pretty sure they will be met with the same kindness and respect.
     
    chinese crested, Aug 31, 2011
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  4. Tully Mars

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    On August 31st in 1997, Diana, the Princess of Wales, was killed in an automobile accident in a tunnel by the Seine in Paris. The accident also killed Emad Mohammed al-Fayed, the Harrod’s heir.
     
    Tully Mars, Aug 31, 2011
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  5. uncle phil

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

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    Also on August 31, 1887, the kinetoscope was patented by Thomas Edison. The device was used to produce moving pictures...
     
    uncle phil, Aug 31, 2011
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  6. Tully Mars

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    On September 1st in 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 1, 2011
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  7. uncle phil

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

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    Also on Zeptember 1, 1887, Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. It is a device that is better known as a record player. Thomas Edison made the idea work...
     
    uncle phil, Sep 1, 2011
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  8. CaptainBob

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    On this date in 1969, during the Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris.
     
    CaptainBob, Sep 1, 2011
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  9. Tully Mars

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    On September 2nd In 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 2, 2011
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  10. uncle phil

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

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    Also on September 2, 490, Phidippides of Athens was sent to seek help against the invading Persian Army. The runner was the inspiration for the 26-mile marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896...
     
    uncle phil, Sep 2, 2011
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  11. Tully Mars

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    On August 3rd, in 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet’s surface.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 3, 2011
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  12. uncle phil

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

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    Also on September 3, 1895, the first professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA. The Latrobe YMCA defeated the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0...
     
    uncle phil, Sep 3, 2011
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  13. Tully Mars

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    On September 4th in 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 4, 2011
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  14. uncle phil

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

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    Also on September 4, 1888, George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll...
     
    uncle phil, Sep 4, 2011
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  15. Craven Morehead

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    Craven Morehead, Sep 4, 2011
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  16. Tully Mars

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    On September 5th in 1972, Arab terrorists attacked the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympic games; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer were killed in the siege.

    It's also Freddie Mercury's birthday, he would have been 65.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 5, 2011
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  17. uncle phil

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

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    Also on September 5, 1914, Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a professional player in the International League...
     
    uncle phil, Sep 5, 2011
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  18. Tully Mars

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    September 6th, in 1901, President McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 6, 2011
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  19. uncle phil

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

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    Also on September 6, 1837, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio went co-educational...
     
    uncle phil, Sep 6, 2011
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  20. Tully Mars

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    On September 7th in 1940, Nazi Germany began its initial blitz on London during World War II.
     
    Tully Mars, Sep 7, 2011
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