June 9, 201412 yr comment_684839 June 9th 1870 - Author Charles Dickens died. 1898 - China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.1944 - The Republic of Iceland was established. 1978 - After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests. Report
June 10, 201412 yr comment_685086 June 10th 1940 - Norway surrenders to Germany.1940 - Italy declares war on France and Great Britain (World War II) 1978 - Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown. Report
June 10, 201412 yr comment_685095 June 9th 1978 - After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.This is so stupid for our church Report
June 12, 201412 yr comment_685480 June 12 1880John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.1898Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine nationalists, proclaimed independence from Spain.1939The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.1942Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.1963Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.1997Interleague play began in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series. Report
June 12, 201412 yr comment_685536 1962: 3 bank robbers escaped from Alcertraz 1964: Mandella jailed for life for sabotage 1975: Ghandi convicted of electoral corruption Report
June 14, 201412 yr comment_686067 June 14 1775 - The United States Army was founded.1940 - German troops entered Paris. The Nazis opened the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.1951 - The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled. Report
June 17, 201412 yr comment_687019 June 17th 1775 - The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution. 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship. 1928 - Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.1944 - The Republic of Iceland was established. Report
June 20, 201412 yr comment_687801 June 20 1756 - British soldiers were thrown into the cell known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta"1782 - The Great Seal of United States was adopted.1837 - Queen Victoria ascended the British throne.1975 - Jaws released in Hollywood. 1979 - Solar energy system installed at White House. 2002 - Coal Mine explosion kills 111 in China. Report
June 23, 201412 yr comment_688434 June 23rd 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a "Type-Writer"1902 - "Mercedes" registered as a brand name.1915 - First Battle of the Isonzo (World War I)1940 - Hitler takes a tour of Paris (World War II)1989 - Batman released. Report
June 29, 201412 yr comment_689597 June 29 1236 - Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon take Cordoba in Spain.1652 - Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth.1767 - The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America.1903 - The British government officially protests Belgian atrocities in the Congo.1938 - Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Olympic National Park, Washington, are founded.1950 - President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.1951 - The United States invites the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonson Harbor.1955 - The Soviet Union sends tanks to Pozan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations.1966 - The U.S. Air Force bombs fuel storage facilities near Hanoi, North Vietnam.1972 - The Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" prompting some states to revise their laws.1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit Earth.2007 - The first generation iPhone was released. Report
July 4, 201412 yr comment_690847 July 4 1776 - The U.S declared independence from Great Britain. 1862 - Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.1884 - The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris. 1997 - The U.S Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.2012 - The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, announced the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs Boson. Report
September 26, 201412 yr comment_708507 46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.1212 – Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa.1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.1786 – Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts in a military standoff that begins Shays' Rebellion.1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.1908 – the Norwegian football club SK Brann was founded.1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and exiled.1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.1923 – Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don’t shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.1933 – Ten convicts escape from the Indiana State Prison with guns smuggled into the prison by bank robber John Dillinger1934 – Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.1942 – The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".1944 – World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.1944 – World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.1950 – United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.1954 – Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.1960 – Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R.1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (709.92 km2).1971 – The Freetown Christiania was founded.1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people died and 211 were injured.1981 – Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.1983 – Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.1984 – The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent Report
September 26, 201412 yr comment_708523 Here a great "This day in history" page i check out every day. http://ww2today.com/ Report
February 21, 201511 yr comment_760359 1994--Double Agent Aldrich Ames Arrested CIA operative Aldrich Ames is arrested for selling secrets to the SovietUnion. Ames had access to the names and identities of all U.S. spies inRussia, and by becoming a double agent he was directly responsible forjeopardizing the lives of CIA agents working in the Eastern bloc. Atleast 10 men were killed after Ames revealed their identities, and morewere sent to Russian gulags. Report
March 3, 201511 yr comment_762692 Theodor Geisel better known as Dr Seuss was born on this day Report
March 15, 201511 yr comment_764846 On this day: 44BC: Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas1820: Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state1877: First ever official cricket test match is played; Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia1892: Liverpool F.C. is founded1939: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist1961: South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations1985: First Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com)1990: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union1991: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany2011: Beginning of the Syrian Civil War Report
March 15, 201511 yr comment_764942 1917: Nicholas II, the czar of Russia, is forced to abdicate his throne. 1937: The first hospital in the US was established in Chicago, at Cook County Hospital. 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress to guarantee every American a right to vote. Report
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