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10-15-16, 09:17 AM | #1561 |
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1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile.
1917 Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris. 1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6. 1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe. 1942 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 Germans die. 1980 George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids. 1990 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize.
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10-15-16, 12:36 PM | #1562 | |
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37 AD: Nero is born. He lasted approx. 30 years, fiddled around; killed his mom (Three attempts! one tough mama!!??)...and his first two wives!
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10-16-16, 08:38 AM | #1563 |
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1813 Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria & Russia.
1940 Warsaw Ghetto is formed by German Governor-General Hans Frank. 1943 Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz. 1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials. 1962 Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba. 1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power.
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10-18-16, 08:38 AM | #1564 |
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1867 US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.
1922 British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded, later called British Broadcasting Corporation.
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10-18-16, 10:48 AM | #1565 | |
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What happened to October 17th ... a day forgotten except for birthdays and their last day on earth, uh?
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10-18-16, 02:28 PM | #1566 |
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Never realised I hadn't posted
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10-19-16, 06:48 AM | #1567 |
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1781 British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends.
1812 Napoleon's forces begin their retreat from Moscow. 1926 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle. 1950 UN forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.
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10-19-16, 12:33 PM | #1568 | |
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10-20-16, 09:21 AM | #1569 |
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1864 US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen sets out on a race to the South Pole. 1918 In order to secure an armistice, Germany agrees to further concessions.
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10-20-16, 11:17 AM | #1570 |
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That means we should give thanks for Thanksgiving today then, right?
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10-20-16, 01:15 PM | #1571 |
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!ONLY IF IT'S A PAID DAY-OFF HOLIDAY!
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10-21-16, 06:36 AM | #1572 |
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1805 Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson shot and killed during battle.
1854 Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War. 1944 World War II: US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall. 1948 UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons.
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10-21-16, 11:13 AM | #1573 | |
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George III:"We have lost more than we have gained."[
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10-21-16, 11:56 AM | #1574 |
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The naval victory at the Battle of Trafalgar was important and kept Napoleon from invading England.
However the Napoleonic Wars continued for another ten years after Trafalgar.
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10-21-16, 12:09 PM | #1575 |
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1966 - 116 children and 28 adults are killed when heavy rainfall caused a colliery spoil tip to slide onto the town of Aberfan, in Wales, destroying a primary school and several houses.
A radio news report from Gareth Bowen, the father of future BBC war and Middle East reporter Jeremy Bowen: https://audioboom.com/posts/5190367-...berfan-in-1966 Last edited by Oberon; 10-21-16 at 12:20 PM. |
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