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06-20-14, 11:07 AM | #167 |
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1632 - Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
1782 - Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol 1941 - German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas 1963 - Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income
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06-21-14, 10:15 AM | #168 |
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1813: The French are defeated at Vitoria Spain
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06-21-14, 10:26 AM | #169 |
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1547 - Great fire in Moscow
1854 - First Victoria Cross won during bombardment of Bomarsund in the Aland Islands (Crimean War) 1913 - Tiny Broadwick is first woman to parachute from an airplane
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06-22-14, 01:44 AM | #170 |
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1772 - Slavery was outlawed in England.
1911 - King George V of England was crowned. 1915 - Austro-German forces occupied Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat. 1945 - During World War II, the battle for Okinawa officially ended after 81 days. 1946 - Jet airplanes were used to transport mail for the first time.
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06-22-14, 06:36 AM | #171 |
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168 BC - Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War.
1812 - Upon learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura Secord walks 32 km to warn the British troops, which results in a British surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams 1815 - 2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo) 1865 - 1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace
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06-23-14, 06:41 AM | #172 |
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2013: 34-year-old aerialist Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk a high wire across the Little Colorado River Gorge
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06-23-14, 07:07 AM | #173 |
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1314: Bannockburn
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06-23-14, 05:53 PM | #174 |
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06-24-14, 04:16 AM | #175 |
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6/24: big moments in military history-a banner year??
1812: Napoleon invades Russia with the Grande Armee
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1314 - Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland.
1340 - The English fleet defeated the French fleet at Sluys, off the Flemish coast. 1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea. 1940 - France signed an armistice with Italy.
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06-24-14, 08:09 AM | #177 |
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1397 - Sultan Bajezid I releases captured crusaders for ransom
1540 - English King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court 1917 - Russian Black Sea fleet mutinies at Sebastopol 1939 - Pan Am's 1st US to England flight
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06-24-14, 12:00 PM | #178 |
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behind every great man there is a greater woman!?
1509: Henry VIII is crowned king and wife #1 Catherine of Aragon crowned Queen Consort.
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06-25-14, 02:30 AM | #179 |
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6/25 Good ideas and bad planning=great art!
1864: On this day, troops begin digging a tunnel toward the Rebels at Petersburg,
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1910 - The U.S. Congress authorized the use of postal savings stamps.
1917 - The first American fighting troops landed in France. 1920 - The Greeks took 8,000 Turkish prisoners in Smyrna. 1941 - Finland declared war on the Soviet Union. 1999 - Germany's parliament approved a national Holocaust memorial to be built in Berlin.
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