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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 19, 2009 22:36:52 GMT
In 1860m the discovery of the planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
7 September
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Post by peach on Jan 21, 2009 0:52:11 GMT
7 September 1533, Queen Elizabeth I England was born, (1558-1603) daughter of Henry VIII.
22 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 21, 2009 13:27:43 GMT
In 1933, Wiley Post was the first person to fly solo around the world, traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
16 October
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 21, 2009 16:08:33 GMT
456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
January 28
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 21, 2009 17:40:57 GMT
1813 - Pride and Prejudice first published in the UK
19 September
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Post by peach on Jan 21, 2009 22:56:44 GMT
19 September, 1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens
23 November
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 22, 2009 20:12:51 GMT
1889 - the first jukebox went into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
1 May
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 22, 2009 22:58:51 GMT
1970 - Protests erupt in Seattle, Washington, following the announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country.
June 2
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 22, 2009 23:34:28 GMT
1953 - the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (the first to be televised).
12 August
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Post by dreamer on Jan 22, 2009 23:37:41 GMT
june 2 - 1946 the birth of the Italian Republic (and of my brother in 1958)
GE2 you've stolen my answer when I was writing it (and in the meanwhile I lost the line)
well, august 12 - 1898 Hawaii is annexed to the US.
november 2
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Post by peach on Jan 23, 2009 2:12:00 GMT
2 November, 1470 King Edward V of England (1483); deposed, or murdered? by Richard III
10 September
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 23, 2009 17:03:35 GMT
2000 - The musical Cats closes on Broadway.
October 12
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 23, 2009 21:05:49 GMT
1823 - Charles Macintosh, of Scotland, sold the first raincoat.
6 November
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Post by tipou on Jan 24, 2009 0:35:18 GMT
Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum. (but, why?)
february 21st
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Post by peach on Jan 24, 2009 1:41:02 GMT
21 February 1947, E H Land demonstrates 1st instant developing camera in New York City.
1 March
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