General Snipbits - Date with Destiny
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In AD 70, the Destruction of Jerusalem under Titus took place. |
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The Great Fire of London started today in 1666; it destroyed 13,000 buildings in four days. |
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1: In 1783, Britain recognized US independence with the signing of a Paris peace Treaty
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Geronimo, the Apache chief, Last of the famous Indians who fought for their freedom finally surrendered to the US army in 1886: |
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World war Two legless fighter pilot and POW escapee Douglas Bader died today in 1982. One of the true heroes of the twentieth century. |
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It was in 1989, due to a computer error, that 41,000 Parisians received letters charging them with murder, extortion, and organized prostitution instead of traffic violations. |
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Grace Darling's and her father rescued the crew of the Forfarshire, a steamer wrecked off the Northumberland coast; she subsequently became a national heroine in 1838. |
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In 1664, the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British who renamed it New York in 1669. |
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Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, famous Russian novelist; writer of 'War And Peace' born today in 1828: |
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Former Norwegian premier, Vidkun Quisling who had collaborated with the Germans during World War II, was sentenced to death today in 1945: |
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It was in 1973, a military junta, with US support, overthrew the elected government of Chile. More details @ The Truth About Pinochet- Chile's legacy of torture and murder. |
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The cave of Lascaux France, containing prehistoric wall paintings, were discovered this day in 1940:. |
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In 1759; The British defeated the French at the Battle of Quebec, completing the British conquest of North America. See the General Wolfe History pages for further details. |
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The Soviet Lunik II became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon in 1959; details at Russian Life Online. |
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Still in the 20th centaury in 1935, The Nuremberg Race laws were passed in Germany, outlawing Jews and making the swastika the country's official flag.
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In 1859, David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi) in Africa..
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Police made 1,314 arrests during sit-down demonstrations by CND members in Trafalgar Square, London in 1961:
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Jimi Hendrix, US rock guitarist and possibly the best guitar player that ever lived, died today in 1970. |
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Back in time, 1356 to be exact; Edward the Black Prince of England defeated the French (again) at the Battle of Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War. |
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1996: More than eight lbs/3.6 kg of heroin were discovered on Colombian President Samper's official jet, 12 hours before he was scheduled to fly to New York City to address the UN General Assembly on Colombia's strategy in the war against drugs. |
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Stonehenge was sold at auction to Mr C H Chubb for £6,600 in 1915. The purchaser; Mr Chubb presented it to the nation three years later. |
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Argentina leader Juan Perón was deposed in a military coup today in 1955.
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1846 and the German astronomer Johann Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
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In 1998, the Iranian government announced that it was disavowing the fatwa issued on the life of the writer Salman Rushdie by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. The death sentence on the writer had stood for ten years.
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England's King Harold II defeated the King of Norway, Harald Hardrada, at the The Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
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Bob Dylan made his debut in New York's Greenwich Village, at Gerdie's Folk City today in 1961.
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It was today in 1826, that the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first passenger rail service, opened in England, with its first steam locomotive traveling at 10 mph.
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The First International History was founded in London, in 1864 when Karl Marx proposed the formation of an International Working Men's Association.
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In 1399 the first English monarch to abdicate, Richard II was replaced by Bolingbroke who ascended the throne as Henry IV.
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Sir Alexander Fleming - Biography announced his discovery of penicillin in today 1928. |
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