THIS DAY IN HISTORY (GENERAL HISTORY)
Chukpike
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December 4Th Events
1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City
1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1982 China adopts its constitution
1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days :lol:
1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
1941 Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office
1899 Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City
1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1982 China adopts its constitution
1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days :lol:
1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
1941 Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office
1899 Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
Chukpike
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December 5Th Events
2009 Tens of thousands in Rome, Italy, participate in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi
1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" final episode shown on BBC
1955 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama in support of Rosa Parks
1944 German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht, Netherlands
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
2009 Tens of thousands in Rome, Italy, participate in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi
1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" final episode shown on BBC
1955 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama in support of Rosa Parks
1944 German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht, Netherlands
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]December 5: General Interest
1945 : Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle
At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission. Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base. They never returned. [/FONT]
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Two hours after the flight began, the leader of the squadron, who had been flying in the area for more than six months, reported that his compass and back-up compass had failed and that his position was unknown. The other planes experienced similar instrument malfunctions. Radio facilities on land were contacted to find the location of the lost squadron, but none were successful. After two more hours of confused messages from the fliers, a distorted radio transmission from the squadron leader was heard at 6:20 p.m., apparently calling for his men to prepare to ditch their aircraft simultaneously because of lack of fuel.
By this time, several land radar stations finally determined that Flight 19 was somewhere north of the Bahamas and east of the Florida coast, and at 7:27 p.m. a search and rescue Mariner aircraft took off with a 13-man crew. Three minutes later, the Mariner aircraft radioed to its home base that its mission was underway. The Mariner was never heard from again. Later, there was a report from a tanker cruising off the coast of Florida of a visible explosion seen at 7:50 p.m.
The disappearance of the 14 men of Flight 19 and the 13 men of the Mariner led to one of the largest air and seas searches to that date, and hundreds of ships and aircraft combed thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and remote locations within the interior of Florida. No trace of the bodies or aircraft was ever found.
Although naval officials maintained that the remains of the six aircraft and 27 men were not found because stormy weather destroyed the evidence, the story of the "Lost Squadron" helped cement the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, an area of the Atlantic Ocean where ships and aircraft are said to disappear without a trace. The Bermuda Triangle is said to stretch from the southern U.S. coast across to Bermuda and down to the Atlantic coast of Cuba and Santo Domingo. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]December 5: General Interest
1945 : Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle
At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission. Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base. They never returned. [/FONT]
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Two hours after the flight began, the leader of the squadron, who had been flying in the area for more than six months, reported that his compass and back-up compass had failed and that his position was unknown. The other planes experienced similar instrument malfunctions. Radio facilities on land were contacted to find the location of the lost squadron, but none were successful. After two more hours of confused messages from the fliers, a distorted radio transmission from the squadron leader was heard at 6:20 p.m., apparently calling for his men to prepare to ditch their aircraft simultaneously because of lack of fuel.
By this time, several land radar stations finally determined that Flight 19 was somewhere north of the Bahamas and east of the Florida coast, and at 7:27 p.m. a search and rescue Mariner aircraft took off with a 13-man crew. Three minutes later, the Mariner aircraft radioed to its home base that its mission was underway. The Mariner was never heard from again. Later, there was a report from a tanker cruising off the coast of Florida of a visible explosion seen at 7:50 p.m.
The disappearance of the 14 men of Flight 19 and the 13 men of the Mariner led to one of the largest air and seas searches to that date, and hundreds of ships and aircraft combed thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and remote locations within the interior of Florida. No trace of the bodies or aircraft was ever found.
Although naval officials maintained that the remains of the six aircraft and 27 men were not found because stormy weather destroyed the evidence, the story of the "Lost Squadron" helped cement the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, an area of the Atlantic Ocean where ships and aircraft are said to disappear without a trace. The Bermuda Triangle is said to stretch from the southern U.S. coast across to Bermuda and down to the Atlantic coast of Cuba and Santo Domingo. [/FONT]
Chukpike
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December 6Th Events
1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
1992 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich
1969 300,000 attend Altamont California rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1957 Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1940 Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
1992 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich
1969 300,000 attend Altamont California rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1957 Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1940 Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
Chukpike
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December 7Th Events
2004 After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company
1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City
1970 West Germany and Poland normalize relations
1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy
1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward)
1934 Wiley Post discovers jet stream
1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
2004 After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company
1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City
1970 West Germany and Poland normalize relations
1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy
1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward)
1934 Wiley Post discovers jet stream
1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
Chukpike
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December 8TH Events
2009 At a ceremony in eastern Shan State, Burma, authorities burn $93 million in seized narcotic drugs
1993 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria
1987 Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1976 U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General
1967 Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK
1962 Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
1952 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1941 U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II
1936 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers
1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court
1776 George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey
2009 At a ceremony in eastern Shan State, Burma, authorities burn $93 million in seized narcotic drugs
1993 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria
1987 Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1976 U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General
1967 Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK
1962 Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
1952 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1941 U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II
1936 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers
1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court
1776 George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey
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John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan apartment building when Mark David Chapman shot him four times at close range with a .38-caliber revolver. Lennon, bleeding profusely, was rushed to the hospital but died en route. Chapman had received an autograph from Lennon earlier in the day and voluntarily remained at the scene of the shooting until he was arrested by police. For a week, hundreds of bereaved fans kept a vigil outside the Dakota--Lennon's apartment building--and demonstrations of mourning were held around the world.
Chukpike
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December 9TH Events
2000 Supreme Court halts Florida Presidential vote recount
1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments :wink:
1990 Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland
1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" :smile:
1967 Jim Morrison (Doors), arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
1963 Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state
1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published :horsie:
2000 Supreme Court halts Florida Presidential vote recount
1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments :wink:
1990 Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland
1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" :smile:
1967 Jim Morrison (Doors), arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
1963 Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state
1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published :horsie:
Chukpike
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December 10Th Events
1994 Nobel Peace prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat
1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered
1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
1963 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show
1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis
1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1915 1,000,000th model T Ford assembled
1907 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature
1994 Nobel Peace prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat
1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered
1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
1963 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show
1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis
1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1915 1,000,000th model T Ford assembled
1907 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature
Chukpike
Banned
December 11Th Events
1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry
1967 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
1941 US declares war on Germany and Italy
1919 Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
1888 French Panama Canal company fails
1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry
1967 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
1941 US declares war on Germany and Italy
1919 Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
1888 French Panama Canal company fails
Chukpike
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December 12Th Events
1997 Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
1988 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
1963 Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1946 U.N. accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1913 "Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
1800 Washington D.C. established as capital of US
1997 Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
1988 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
1963 Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1946 U.N. accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1913 "Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
1800 Washington D.C. established as capital of US
Chukpike
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December 13Th Events
2003 American forces capture Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit
1991 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
1981 Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1978 Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued
1969 Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" (Made in to a movie,pretty funny if you can find it to watch).
1964 In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
1950 James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
1942 Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
1928 Clip-on tie designed
1903 Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
1642 New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
2003 American forces capture Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit
1991 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
1981 Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1978 Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued
1969 Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" (Made in to a movie,pretty funny if you can find it to watch).
1964 In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
1950 James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
1942 Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
1928 Clip-on tie designed
1903 Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
1642 New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
Chukpike
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December 15TH Events
2009 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urged countries to agree on a new U. N. pact aimed at averting climate change and global warming.
1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland.:cheers:
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks.
1983 Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdraw.
1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar.
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all U.S. hostages.
1973 Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland.irate:
1954 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun
1874 1st reigning king to visit U.S. (of Hawaii) received by President Grant
2009 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urged countries to agree on a new U. N. pact aimed at averting climate change and global warming.
1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland.:cheers:
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks.
1983 Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdraw.
1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar.
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all U.S. hostages.
1973 Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland.
irate:1954 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun
1874 1st reigning king to visit U.S. (of Hawaii) received by President Grant
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This day in history ..............
December 16:
1773: The Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
The midnight raid, popularly known as the "Boston Tea Party," was in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny.
When three tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver, arrived in Boston Harbor, the colonists demanded that the tea be returned to England. After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the "tea party" with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group. The British tea dumped in Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was valued at some $18,000.
Parliament, outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, and required colonists to quarter British troops. The colonists subsequently called the first Continental Congress to consider a united American resistance to the British.
December 16:
1773: The Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
The midnight raid, popularly known as the "Boston Tea Party," was in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny.
When three tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver, arrived in Boston Harbor, the colonists demanded that the tea be returned to England. After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the "tea party" with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group. The British tea dumped in Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was valued at some $18,000.
Parliament, outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, and required colonists to quarter British troops. The colonists subsequently called the first Continental Congress to consider a united American resistance to the British.
Chukpike
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December 16TH Events
1994 Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
1991 U.N. reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK
1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters)
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1944 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1915 Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity
1912 Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000
1994 Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
1991 U.N. reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK
1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters)
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1944 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1915 Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity
1912 Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000