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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 11, 2009 14:00:06 GMT
In 1923, that date was the first of 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia. Phew!
15 April
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 11, 2009 16:02:06 GMT
1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
11 May
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 11, 2009 18:06:32 GMT
1949 - Siam officially changed its name to Thailand.
24 June
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Post by tipou on Jan 11, 2009 18:11:26 GMT
national holiday in quebec: st. john the baptist day! yeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
july 24th
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Post by peach on Jan 11, 2009 18:33:30 GMT
24 July, 1967 Beatles sign a petition in The Times to legalize marijuana
10 August
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Post by tipou on Jan 11, 2009 18:41:34 GMT
oh really? did not know that. hmmm. clever brits.
the "son of sam" was actually arrested on august 10, 1977, thus starting a still undending series of bad jokes about postal workers (which he had been at one point).
september 28th
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Post by peach on Jan 11, 2009 19:22:45 GMT
30 September, 1974 John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC) ( I heard his broadcast too!! One of the best NY rock stations ever)
4 September
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 12, 2009 12:44:47 GMT
1998 - Google was founded.
30 December
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 12, 2009 16:01:25 GMT
1862 - The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. (Yay Navy History!)
Jan 27
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 12, 2009 17:08:23 GMT
In 1996, Germany first observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
1 April
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Post by tipou on Jan 12, 2009 18:57:16 GMT
oh! look at that! The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
jan 12
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 12, 2009 20:13:49 GMT
1995 - Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan.
November 2
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 12, 2009 20:59:28 GMT
In 1570, a tidal wave in the North Sea devastated the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
28 July
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Post by peach on Jan 13, 2009 0:21:11 GMT
28 July, 1851 a total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph.
15 October
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 13, 2009 0:48:14 GMT
1964 - death of Cole Porter
22 February
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