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Post by muchtrouble on Jan 17, 2016 19:53:27 GMT
January 17th
In 1893 the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, died in Freemont, Ohio, at the age of 70.
Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Lili'uokalani to abdicate.
In 1950, the Great Brink's Robbery took place as seven masked men held up the Brink's garage in Boston, stealing $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks and money orders. (The entire gang was caught, but only part of the loot was recovered.)
In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of home video cassette recorders to tape television programs for private use did not violate federal copyright laws.
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Post by squirt on Jan 19, 2016 0:29:30 GMT
On This Date
By The Associated Press 1778 English navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands. 1782 Lawyer and statesman Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, N.H. 1788 The first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay to establish a penal colony. 1862 John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, died in Richmond, Va., at age 71. 1871 William I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor in Versailles, France. 1892 Oliver Hardy of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Ga. 1904 Actor Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England. 1911 The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor. 1943 The Soviets announced that they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. 1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. 1991 Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in business. 1993 The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time. 2005 The world's largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France. 2011 The first director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver, died at age 95.
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Post by muchtrouble on Jan 20, 2016 15:38:37 GMT
January 19th
In 1807, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
In 1915, Germany carried out its first air raid on Britain during WWI as a pair of Zeppelins dropped bombs on Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn.
In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television and news reels for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Post by muchtrouble on Jan 20, 2016 15:49:56 GMT
January 20th
In 1649, King Charles I went on trial, accused of high treason(he was found guilty and executed by month's end.)
In 1942, Nazi officials held the notorious Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for the extermination of Jews.
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term.
In 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Post by squirt on Feb 10, 2016 22:08:05 GMT
1763
Treaty of Paris signed, ending the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada and all its North American territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britain.
1837
Russian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.
1840
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.
1942
Glenn Miller received the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo."
1962
The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
1967
The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.
1996
IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.
2005
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.
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Post by likeaneagle on Mar 11, 2016 13:44:22 GMT
1957 great things happened that year !!!! Bamber and I were born......
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