Opinion - The Korea Times

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Today is Wednesday, November 2, the 306th day of 2011. There are 59 days left in the year. 1648 ― 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia 1917 ― Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine 1917 ― Lansing-Ishii Agreement; U.S. recognizes Japan's privileges in China 1920 ― KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on the air as first commercial radio station 1936 ― First high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London 1956 ― Hungary appeals for U.N. assistance against Soviet invasion 1962 ― JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 1976 ― Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter (D) defeats incumbent Gerald R. Ford (R) in race for Presidency 1983 ― President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day 1988 ― Computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and six universities

Nov 1, 2011

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Today is Tuesday, November 1, the 305th day of 2011. There are 60 days left in the year. 79 ― Pompei buried by Mt. Vesuvius 1512 ― Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, first exhibited 1604 ― William Shakespeare's tragedy ``Othello" first presented 1834 ― First published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) 1922 ― Ottoman Empire abolished 1936 ― Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an ``axis" 1951 ― First atomic explosion witnessed by troops in New Mexico 1969 ― Beatles' ``Abbey Road," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks 1979 ― Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler 1993 ― European Union comes into existence

Oct 31, 2011

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011

Today is Monday, October 31, the 304th day of 2011. There are 61 days left in the year. 1517 ― Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg Church-Protestant Reformation 1793 ― Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror 1815 ― Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp 1908 ― 4th Olympic Games end in London 1922 ― Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1940 ― Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto 1952 ― First thermonuclear bomb detonated, in Marshall Islands 1954 ― Algerian Revolution against French begins 1968 ― President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam 1969 ― George Harrison's ``Something" is released in U.K.

Oct 30, 2011

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 29, the 302nd day of 2011. There are 63 days left in the year. 539 B.C. ― Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia 1787 ― The opera ``Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1863 ― International Commission of the Red Cross founded (Nobel Prize; 1917, 1944, 1963) 1923 ― Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) 1929 ― ``Black Tuesday," stock market crashes triggers ``Great Depression" 1960 ― Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6 1987 ― Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented fourth different weight boxing title 1988 ― 2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics 1988 ― China announces a herbal male contraceptive

Oct 28, 2011

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011

Today is Friday, October 28, the 301st day of 2011. There are 64 days left in the year. 1492 ― Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba 1636 ― Harvard University (Boston) established 1886 ― Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC 1900 ― After over five months the Paris Olympic Games close 1904 ― St. Louis police try a new investigation method of fingerprinting 1918 ― Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up 1922 ― Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1940 ― Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1962 ― Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis 1965 ― Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion

Oct 27, 2011

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011

Today is Thursday, October 27, the 300th day of 2011. There are 65 days left in the year. 1916 ― First published reference to ``jazz" appears (Variety Magazine) 1920 ― League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva 1925 ― Water skis patented by Fred Waller 1938 ― DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called ``nylon" 1941 ― Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1954 ― Walt Disney's first TV show, ``Disneyland," premieres on ABC 1969 ― Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders 1978 ― Begin and Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize 1982 ― China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1987 ― South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

Oct 26, 2011

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011

Today is Wednesday, October 26, the 299th day of 2011. There are 66 days left in the year. 1863 ― Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva, Switzerland 1863 ― Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer 1881 ― Shootout at the OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az. 1905 ― First Soviet (Workers’ Council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1916 ― Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) 1948 ― President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents 1955 ― Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president 1971 ― U.N. votes to replace Taiwan with China

Oct 25, 2011

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011

Today is Tuesday, October 25, the 298th day of 2011. There are 67 days left in the year. 1918 ― Canadian steamship ``Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die 1945 ― Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek 1951 ― Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjeom 1960 ― First electronic wristwatch placed on sale, NYC 1962 ― 110th member of the U.N. admitted (Uganda) 1962 ― American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 ― Stevenson demands USSR Amb. Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying ``I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1963 ― Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden 1971 ― Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World 1990 ― N.Y. Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)

Oct 24, 2011

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011

Today is Monday, October 24, the 297th day of 2011. There are 68 days left in the year. 1648 ― Peace of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire 1836 ― The match is patented 1857 ― World's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England 1871 ― Mob in L.A. hangs 18 Chinese 1929 ― ``Black Thursday," beginning of stock market crash 1939 ― Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (Wilmington, Del.) 1940 ― 40-hour workweek goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1945 ― United Nations Charter becomes effective 1956 ― Soviet troops invade Hungary 1968 ― Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on bail

Oct 23, 2011

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 22, the 295th day of 2011. There are 7- days left in the year. 1797 ― Andre Jacques Garnerin makes first parachute jump from balloon (Paris) 1906 ― 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia 1928 ― President Hoover speaks of ``American system of rugged individualism" 1938 ― First Xerox copy made 1962 ― JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1973 ― Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to the Yom Kippur War 1979 ― Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in N.Y. for medical treatment 1980 ― New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1981 ― Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified 1981 ― U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion

Oct 21, 2011

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