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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **on:** October 28, 2009, 12:05:35 AM »

Today in History - October 27

* Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Love was founded (1682).

* Federalist Papers: the first of a series of essays was published, calling for the ratification of the US Constitution; the essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (1787).

* nylon: chemical company DuPont announced the name of its new synthetic fiber (1938).

* Wall Street crash: trading was halted for a cooling-off period after the Dow fell more than 500 points (1997).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2009, 04:24:21 AM »

Today in History October 28

Prohibition: US Congress passed the Volstead Act, overriding president Woodrow Wilson's veto; manufacture, sale or transport of alcoholic beverages were banned (1919)

Nostra Ã†tate: the Second Vatican Council under Pope Paul VI absolved the Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus (1965)

Prospero: the first and only satellite launched from a British rocket went into low Earth orbit (1971)

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2009, 02:03:25 AM »

Today in History: October 29
* Republic of Turkey: was established when forces led by Mustafa Kemal AtatÃ¼rk, "the father of modern Turkey," wrested control from the Ottoman Empire (1923)

* Black Tuesday: the US stock market crashed and the Great Depression began (1929)

* Star of India: giant star sapphire was stolen, along with other fabulous gems, from the American Museum of Natural History (1964)

* John Glenn: the first American in orbit took flight aboard the Discovery shuttle, becoming, at 77, the oldest person to visit space (1998)

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2009, 02:10:42 AM »

Pare, I like congratulate you for starting this thread!

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2009, 02:45:34 AM »

Pare, I like congratulate you for starting this thread!

I like it.

thanks pare. i love history and its nice to reminisce them from time to time.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2009, 06:46:55 AM »

Great minds, indeed, think alike.

Carry on, good sir.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2009, 08:43:12 AM »

October 30, 1787. Nathaniel Gorham wrote to Benjamin Franklin commending the latter for taking pains "to correct that positive attachment which men are too apt to have for their own ideas". Incidentally, it was Franklin who said, "He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

October 30, 1821. Birth of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoevsky,who loved animals, wrote: "Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you."

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2009, 01:02:52 PM »

October 30,

1735 - John Adams, the second President of the United States, was born in Braintree, MA. His son became the sixth President of the U.S.

1817 - The independent government of Venezuela was established by Simon Bolivar.

1831 - Escaped slave Nat Turner was apprehended in Southampton County, VA, several weeks after leading the bloodiest slave uprising in American history.

1875 - The constitution of Missouri was ratified by popular vote.

1893 - The U.S. Senate gave final approval to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.

1894 - The time clock was patented by Daniel M. Cooper of Rochester, NY.

1938 - Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2009, 12:13:13 AM »

Today in History: October 30
* War of the Worlds: Orson Welles' radio broadcast purported to deliver news of a fictional Martian invasion; outrage and panic ensued (1930)

* Tsar Bomba: the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested was detonated by the Soviet Union over the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya (1961)

* Quebec: voters opted to stay part of Canada by a hair's-breadth majority of 50.6% to 49.4% (1995)

* Rumble in the Jungle: Thirty-five years ago, promoter Don King brought together in Kinshasa two of the era's greatest boxers for the Rumble in the Jungle â€” Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Foreman was younger and had just beaten Joe Frazier and Ken Norton, the two only men at the time to have defeated Ali, making Foreman the favorite in this battle. Ali had lost his heavyweight title to Frazier a few years earlier, and was fighting his way back to the top. In the eighth round of a 15-round bout, using his wits as well as his fists, Ali knocked out Foreman and regained his heavyweight title. The robe and gloves Ali wore in the fight are now part of the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

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"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them â€” a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." â€” Muhammad Ali

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2009, 01:28:19 AM »

Today in History: November 4

* William and Mary: joint rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland were married (1677).

* King Tutankhamen: treasure-filled tomb was discovered in Luxor, Egypt, by archeologist Howard Carter (1922).

* Nellie T. Ross: Wyoming woman became the first female governor of a US state; she was serving out her late husband's term (1924).

* Iran hostage crisis: a mob seized the US Embassy in Teheran after the US admitted the exiled Shah Reza Pahlavi (1979).

* Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli prime minister was assassinated after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv (1995).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2009, 03:46:10 AM »

Today in History November 5

* Susan B. Anthony: the suffragist attempted to vote in the 1872 presidential election although women were not allowed to; she was fined $100 but refused to pay (1872).

* Ella Grasso: Connecticut woman became the first female to be elected governor of a US state without succeeding her husband (1974).

* Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity (2006).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #11 on:** November 07, 2009, 02:00:08 AM »

Today in History: November 6
* Jefferson Davis: was elected president of the Confederate States of America (he'd already been serving as president under the provisional constitution), one year to the day after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States of America (1861).

* college football: Rutgers beat Princeton in the first intercollegiate game (1869).

* October Revolution: the Bolshevik uprising began in St. Petersburg; the October/November discrepancy is due to Russian Old Style dates (1917).

* Meet the Press: the Sunday morning talk show debuted; it is the longest-running TV program in the world (1947).

* Australia: voted to keep Queen Elizabeth as its head of state (1999).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2009, 03:22:37 AM »

Today in History: November 9

* Kristallnacht: Jews were beaten and killed by Nazis, and their homes and shops destroyed, during "the night of the broken glass" (1938).

* Northeast Blackout of 1965: 25 million residents of seven US states and Ontario, Canada, lost power for up to half a day due to the failure of a switch at a Niagara Falls power station.

* Rolling Stone: music and pop culture magazine published its first issue (1967)

* Berlin Wall: East Germany allowed free travel across its border to West Germany for the first time in 28 years (1989).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2009, 05:00:17 AM »

Today in History: November 10

* David Livingstone: the missing missionary was located in Ujiji by journalist/explorer Henry Stanley, who then uttered the famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871).

* Knute Rockne: the college football coach delivered his famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech, after which his Notre Dame team defeated Army (1928).

* Iwo Jima Memorial: the Marine Corps War Memorial was dedicated in Rosslyn, Virginia (1954).

* Vietnam Veterans Memorial: opened to visitors in Washington, DC (1982).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2009, 12:47:35 AM »

Today in History: November 11

* Mayflower Compact: was signed by the 41 free male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, setting up the basis of the Plymouth colony government (1620).

* The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: freak temperature highs and lows were recorded across the US, many in the same cities (1911).

* Tomb of the Unknowns: the first unknown soldier in this tomb was interred in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (1921).

* U.S. Route 66: "the Main Street of America," stretching from Chicago to California, was established (1926).

* New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior: an unknown warrior was interred in this Wellington tomb; the warrior died on the Somme during WWI and his tomb now reads, "An Unknown New Zealand Warrior/ He Toa Matangaro No Aotearoa" (2004).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #15 on:** November 13, 2009, 02:49:32 AM »

Today in History: November 12

* Kenesaw Mountain Landis: judge was elected the first commissioner of baseball after the Black Sox scandal (1920).

* Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge: eight-mile-long structure opened for traffic (1936).

* Ellis Island: the New York Harbor facility, which served more than 12 million immigrants, was closed (1954).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #16 on:** November 14, 2009, 01:08:10 AM »

Today in History: November 13

* Saint Brice's Day Massacre: King Ethelred of England ordered the murder of all Danes in his country (1002).

* death & taxes: Benjamin Franklin listed life's two certainties in a letter (1789).

* Fantasia: animated musical Disney film premiered (1940).

* Bhola cyclone: the 20th century's greatest natural disaster killed hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh (1970 ).

* Vietnam Veterans Memorial: "the Wall," designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated in Washington, DC (1982).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #17 on:** November 19, 2009, 05:32:15 AM »

Today in History: November 18

* William Tell: legendary Swiss archer shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head; his life depended on success in this challenge after he defied his canton's Austrian bailiff (1307).

* time zones: US and Canadian railroad companies implemented a system of five standard time zones so that train travelers would be able to keep time (1883).

* Calvin and Hobbes: comic strip about a boy and his stuffed tiger (named for the French theologian and the English political philosopher) debuted (1985).

* Jonestown: over 900 people died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid â€” or through other means â€” in a murder/suicide pact led by preacher Jim Jones in Guyana (1978).

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #18 on:** December 19, 2009, 03:50:30 AM »

Today in History: December 18, 2009

* Amendment XIII: anti-slavery amendment to the US Constitution was declared ratified by Secretary of State William Seward, abolishing the practice (1865)

* The Nutcracker: Tchaikovsky's classic holiday ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg (1892)

* capital punishment in the United Kingdom: was abolished by both houses of Parliament (1969)

* Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line: 1.5 trillion yen, 15-kilometer bridge-tunnel opened across Tokyo Bay (1997) after 31 years of construction

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fdaray · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2009, 10:42:26 AM »

December 28,Innocents Day
Holy Innocents, in the New Testament, children of Bethlehem "from two years old and under," killed by the order of Herod the Great in the attempt to destroy the infant Jesus. The Innocents have been venerated in the Christian Church as martyrs since ancient times. In the Eastern Church they are known as the Holy Children. Their feast, formerly known in England as Childermas, is Dec. 28.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #20 on:** December 29, 2009, 01:29:22 AM »

Today in History: December 28, 2009

* Westminster Abbey: London church where kings have been crowned since 1066 was consecrated (1065)

* The Pledge of Allegiance: US oath of loyalty was officially recognized by Congress (1945)

* Elizabeth Jordan Carr: the first American in vitro fertilization baby was born in Norfolk, Virginia (1981).

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lionshearth · « **Reply #21 on:** January 21, 2010, 06:30:40 PM »

Jan 21 1976.....

British Airways-CONCORDES=A supersonic passenger aircraft commence their flyt from London- Bharain and Paris - Rio routes.

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