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Today's Date: April 8, 2011
A Day In History......
Each day this thread will be updated with important things that took place on the current day in previous years. If your interested in history you might find it very informing. Who knows, you could find some pretty important things. Take a look yourself! :LOL:
21st Century
1900s
1800s
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A Day In History......
Each day this thread will be updated with important things that took place on the current day in previous years. If your interested in history you might find it very informing. Who knows, you could find some pretty important things. Take a look yourself! :LOL:
21st Century
2008
The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines completes, in Bahrain.
2006
Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
2004
Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sundanese government and two rebel groups.
U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission.
Nineteen Marines are killed when an V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona.
The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines completes, in Bahrain.
2006
Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
2004
Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sundanese government and two rebel groups.
U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission.
Nineteen Marines are killed when an V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona.
1900s
1999
Haryana Gana Parished, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
1992
Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
1990
New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
1989
South Africa: The Democratic Party is formed from the merger of four parties.
The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition of the Left and Progress in Greece.
1987
Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially-charged remarks he made while on "Nightline."
1985
Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
1975
Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
1968
BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a postthumouse George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
1960
The U.S. Senate approves the Civil Rights Act of 1960 despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.
1957
The suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
1953
Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
1952
U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
1950
India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
1946
The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
1943
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilites.
1942
World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
1940
World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships.
1935
The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
1929
Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
1918
World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
1916
In Corona, California, racecar driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
1913
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
1908
Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
1904
The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the "Entente cordiale."
British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after "The New York Times".
Haryana Gana Parished, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
1992
Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
1990
New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
1989
South Africa: The Democratic Party is formed from the merger of four parties.
The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition of the Left and Progress in Greece.
1987
Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially-charged remarks he made while on "Nightline."
1985
Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
1975
Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
1968
BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a postthumouse George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
1960
The U.S. Senate approves the Civil Rights Act of 1960 despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.
1957
The suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
1953
Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
1952
U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
1950
India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
1946
The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
1943
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilites.
1942
World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
1940
World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships.
1935
The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
1929
Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
1918
World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
1916
In Corona, California, racecar driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
1913
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
1908
Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
1904
The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the "Entente cordiale."
British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after "The New York Times".
1800s
1899
Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1895
The Supreme Court of the United States declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
1893
The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
1886
William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1866
Italy and Prussia ally against Austri-Hungary.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
1832
Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
1820
The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1895
The Supreme Court of the United States declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
1893
The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
1886
William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1866
Italy and Prussia ally against Austri-Hungary.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
1832
Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
1820
The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
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2000's are the 21st century
and this is a pretty good post
and this is a pretty good post
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good thread if it is updated well
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cowo8 wrote 2000's are the 21st century
and this is a pretty good post
Thanks, just tell me if you have any suggestions.
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I hope you do update this daily i love history its alway interesting
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Lawl Nice post.
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TTG_Glockyy wrote I hope you do update this daily i love history its alway interesting
I'm glad to hear that! Me too, any suggestions?
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Great post man, tallest building in the world get completed in 2009 or 10 8)
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supremescare wrote good thread if it is updated well
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I'll be sure too. I hope it's useful too.
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sweet. This is gonna be a good thread (:
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