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[Conkerinu]

June 1st

 

1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state in the United States.

1796 - Tennesses became the 15th state in the United States.

 

 

wait...what?

[Road2Victory]

June 1st

1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state in the United States.
1796 - Tennesses became the 15th state in the United States.

wait...what?

Hertt just forgot that Tennessee is the 16th state

[Aduro Finis]

On July 23rd:

Fredrick II is crowned King of the Romans

William Austin Burt patents the typewriter

The comet Hale-Bopp is discovered

 

Also, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman (RIP) were born today, while Amy Winehouse and Ulysses S. Grant died today.

[Road2Victory]

Cool

[Lord Lee]

August 2nd:
1790 - The first U.S. census was completed and reported a population of 3,929,214.
1909 - The first Lincoln penny was issued.
1943 - PT-109, a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. JFK's actions to save crew members that day made him a war hero.
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, starting the Persian Gulf War.

[Lord Lee]

August 10th:
1821 - Missouri became the 24th state in the United States.
1846 - The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson.
1921 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio.
1944 - U.S. forces siezed Guam from Japan.
1948 - Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television.
1988 - President Reagan signed a bill that awarded $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment.
1993 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.

[Road2Victory]

August 6th and August 9th 1945, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively. Forgot to include these. 

[Theophilos]

1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is established

[Theophilos]

1099 - At the Battle of Ascalon 1,000 Crusaders, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, route an Egyptian relief column heading for Jerusalem.

[Road2Victory]

1687
At the Battle of Mohacs, Hungary, Charles of Lorraine defeats the Turks.


1762 
The British capture Cuba from Spain after a two month siege.



1791
Black slaves on the island of Santo Domingo rise up against their white masters.



1812
British commander the Duke of Wellington occupies Madrid, Spain, forcing out Joseph Bonaparte.



1863
Confederate raider William Quantrill leads a massacre of 150 men and boys in Lawrence, Kansas.



1864
After a week of heavy raiding, the Confederate cruiser Tallahassee claims six Union ships captured.



1896
Gold is discovered near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. After word reaches the United States in June of 1897, thousands of Americans head to the Klondike to seek their fortunes.



1898
The Spanish American War officially ends after three months and 22 days of hostilities.



1908
Henry Ford’s first Model T rolls off the assembly line.



1922
The home of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C. is dedicated as a memorial.



1935
President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Bill.



1941
French Marshal Henri Philippe Petain announces full French collaboration with Nazi Germany.

1961
The erection of the Berlin Wall begins, preventing access between East and West Germany.

1969
American installations at Quan-Loi, Vietnam, come under Viet Cong attack.



1972
As U.S. troops leave Vietnam, B-52’s make their largest strike of the war.



1977
Steven Biko, leader of the black consciousness movement in South Africa, is arrested.



1977
Space shuttle Enterprise makes its first free flight and landing.



1978
Tel al-Zaatar massacre at Palestinian refuge camp during Lebanese Civil War.



1979
Massive book burnings by press censors begin in Iran.



1981
Computer giant IBM introduces its first personal computer.



1985
Highest in-flight death toll as 520 die when  Japan Airlines Flight 123  crashes into Mount Takamagahara.



1992
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is concluded between the United States, Canada and Mexico, creating the world’s wealthiest trade bloc.



2000
Russian Navy submarine K-141 Kursk explodes and sinks with all hands during military exercises in the Barents Sea.



2005
An LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) sniper mortally wounds Sri Lanka’s foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, at the minister’s home.



2012
Summer Olympics come to a close in London.

[Lord Lee]

1900 - International forces entered Beijing in an effort to suppress the Boxer Rebellion.
1935 - The Social Security Act became law.
1945 - Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.
1947 - Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.
2003 - The largest blackout in North American history hit the Northeast.

[Road2Victory]

1945 - V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone)
1947 - Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000
1947 - Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain
1948 - 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain

2010 - 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games, first ever Youth Olympics, officially starts in Singapore.
2011 - 93rd PGA Championship: Keegan Bradley shoots a 272 at Atlanta Athletic Club
2012 - 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan
2012 - Hungary falls back into recession as GDP falls by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2012 following a fall of 1.0% in the first quarter
2013 - 14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq
2013 - 638 people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt
2126 - Comet Swift-Tuttle approaches close to Earth

[Road2Victory]

1945-VJ Day (con) depending on the time zone. 

[Theophilos]

1493 - Maximilian succeeds his father Frederick III as Holy Roman Emperor

[Road2Victory]

1936
Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca is shot by Franco’s troops after being forced to dig his own grave.



1942
A raid on Dieppe, France by British and Canadian commandos is repulsed by the German Army.



1944
In an effort to prevent a communist uprising in Paris, Charles DeGualle begins attacking German forces all around the city.



1950
Edith Sampson becomes the first African-American representative to the United Nations.



1957
The first balloon flight to exceed 100,000 feet takes off from Crosby, Minnesota.



1965
US forces destroy a Viet Cong stronghold near Van Tuong, in South Vietnam.



1974
US Ambassador to Cyrus Rodger P. Davies assassinated by a sniper of Greek Cypriot paramilitary group EOKA-B during a demonstration outside the embassy in Nicosia.



1976
Gerald R Ford, who had become President of the United States after Richard Nixon resigned, wins Republican Party’s presidential nomination at Kansas City convention.



1987
Hungerford Massacre in the UK; armed with semi-automatic rifles and a handgun Michael Ryan kills 16 people before committing suicide. In response, Parliament passed the Firearms (Amendment) Act of 1988 banning ownership of certain classes of firearms.



1988
Cease fire begins in 8-year war between Iran and Iraq.



1991
Communist hard-liners place President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest in an attempted coup that failed two days later.



2002
A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.



2003
Shmuel Hanavi bus bombing: suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, some of them children, and wounds 130. Islamist militant group Hamas claims responsibility for the attack.



2004
Google Inc. stock begins selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market, with an initial price of $85; the stock ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.



2005
Toronto Supercell: A series of thunderstorms spawn several tornadoes and cause flash floods in Southern Ontario. Losses exceed $500 million Canadian dollars, the highest ever in the province.



2010
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends; the last US combat brigade, 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, leaves the country. Six brigades remain to train Iraqi troops.

[GoldenKnight]

Great information

[Road2Victory]

Yup

[Lord Lee]

August 21st:
1680 - Pueblo Native Americans drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, N.M.
1831 - Nat Turner led an insurrection of slaves in Virginia.
1858 - The famous debates between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln began in Illinois.
1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia.
1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state in the United States.
1989 - Lord Lee of Leetopia was born!

[Road2Victory]

The year 1989?   I was born 8 years later  

[Lord Lee]

jeez, I can't even imagine how strong my nation would be if I'd kept up with the one I made back in high school. unfortunately my friends quit playing and we were rogue nations trading with each other and defending each other so once they stopped I got wrecked. I was the only one who enjoyed text-based adventure games and this is basically a mathematicians version so I got left out in the cold.