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In 1918, the
Arab
forces of Emir Faisal, with British officer T E
Lawrence, captured Damascus from the Turks in WW1.
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2nd |
Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders in 1187,
after its 88-year occupation by the Franks:
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3rd |
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and
Slovenes was renamed Yugoslavia in 1929.
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4th |
It's 1995 and French troops have landed in the
Comoros Islands, and archipelago in
the Indian Ocean, and overturned a six-day coup led by the 66-year old
former French mercenary Bod Denard.
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5th |
In 1936,
The
Jarrow March, of unemployed shipyard workers, started its southward journey
to London.
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6th |
The
Orient-Express completed its first run from Paris to Constantinople (now
Istanbul) in nearly 78 hours back in 1883. It now takes 108
hours, but that's progress.
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7th |
Grey whales trapped under ice in Alaska became the focus of an
international rescue effort in 1988. Read more in the 'Dolphin
and Whale Gateway'
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8th |
The
Battle of Loos, in World War I, ended in 1915, with thousands dead on
each side.
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9th |
The first
Luddites riots, against the introduction of machinery
for spinning cotton, began in Manchester in 1779:
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10th |
In 190,
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
formed the Women's Social and Political Union to fight for women's
emancipation in Britain.
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11th |
Pope Leo X conferred the title of
'Defender of the Faith'
(Fidei
Defensor) on England's Henry VIII for his book supporting Catholic
principles (as long as they never affected him) in 1521.
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12th |
In 1492;
Christopher Columbus
his first land in discovering the New World, calling it San Salvador.
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13th |
The cornerstone of the White House, Washington, DC, was laid
by President George Washington.
The Cornerstone Of The White House Was Laid in 1792:
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14th |
A
Mass Wedding
took place in Seoul, South Korea, when 5,837 couples were married
simultaneously in 1982.
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15th |
Britain and Iceland ended 'The Cod
War'
in 1973, with agreement on fishing rights
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16th |
1946 and thankfully the Nazi war criminals, including von Ribbentrop, Rosenberg, and
Streicher, were hanged at Nuremberg. Details at
'Execution of Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg Trials'.
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17th |
1931, and US gangster
Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison for
income-tax evasion, the only charge that could be sustained against him.
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18th |
The Edict of Nantes, granting religious freedom to the
Huguenots
was revoked in 1685. by King Louis XIV of France.
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19th |
Sir Thomas Browne,
English author and physician born this day in 1605.
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20th |
It was in 1935, that Mao Zedong's
long march ended in Yenan, north China.
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21st |
Disaster struck in Wales in 1966, when the Welsh village of
Aberfan was engulfed by a collapsed
slagheap, killing 144, including 116 children.
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22nd |
US President Kennedy announced that Soviet missile bases had been installed
in Cuba, leading up to the 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis.
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23rd |
Its 1946 and the first meeting of the
United Nations General Assembly took
place in New York.
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24th |
Today in 1929, share values on the stock market, New York,
crashed starting with 'Black Thursday', leading to the great
'Wall Street
Crash'.
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25th |
Lord Cardigan led the
Charge of the Light Brigade
during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War this day in1854.
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26th |
The wild west hosted The legendary 'Gunfight
At The OK Corral'
that took place in Tombstone, Arizona; 1881.
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27th |
Another famous Welshman born this day in Swansea 1905;
Dylan Thomas,
poet and playwright.
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28th |
Harvard University,
the first in the USA, was founded in 1636.
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29th |
Sir Walter Ralegh, English navigator, courtier, and once
favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded at Whitehall for treason in 1618.
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30th |
'Quakers' the more common name for the
The
Religious Society of Friends,
came into being during a court case in 1650, at which George Fox, the founder, told
the magistrate to 'quake and tremble at the word of God'.
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31st |
In 1995, five million Quebecers said 'no' to separatism, but referendum
results showed the province was as divided as ever, with 50.6% voting
against and 49.4% voting in favour of separatism. More details in 'Quebec's
Separatist Fire Appears Ready to Flicker Out'. |
