Opinion - The Korea Times

MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011

Today is Monday, May 9, the 129th day of 2011. There are 236 days left in the year. 1336 ― Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux 1502 ― Columbus left Spain on his fourth and final trip to New World 1766 ― John Byron back in England after trip around the world 1788 ― English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade 1899 ― Lawn mower patented 1914 ― President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day 1944 ― First eye bank opens (NYC) 1965 ― Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert 1989 ― Journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press 1997 ― First .U.S ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam

May 8, 2011

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011

Today is Saturday, May 7, the 127th day of 2011. There are 238 days left in the year. 1824 ― Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna 1832 ― Greece becomes independent republic 1840 ― Tornado strikes Natchez, Miss., kills 317 1912 ― Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize, established by Joseph Pulitzer, in several categories 1942 ― Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed 1947 ― General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution 1954 ― U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1966 ― Mamas & Papas ``Monday, Monday" hits No. 1 1975 ― President Ford declares an end to ``Vietnam Era" 1983 ― August Hoffman perform record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups

May 6, 2011

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011

Today is Friday, May 6, the 126th day of 2011. There are 239 days left in the year. 1527 ― Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance 1536 ― King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church 1851 ― Dr. John Gorrie patents a ``refrigeration machine" 1940 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (``Grapes of Wrath”) 1941 ― Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia 1950 ― Liz Taylor's first marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr.) 1974 ― West German chancellor Willy Brandt resigns 1994 ― Chunnel linking England and France officially opens 1994 ― Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa 1997 ― Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

May 5, 2011

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011

Today is Thursday, May 5, the 125th day of 2011. There are 240 days left in the year. 1494 _ Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica on his second voyage to the New World 1834 _ Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz 1904 _ Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0) 1912 _ Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing 1920 _ U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal 1925 _ Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases) 1947 _ Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (``All the King's Men”) 1962 _ ``West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album 1979 _ Voyager 1 passes Jupiter 2000 _ Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon

May 4, 2011

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011

Today is Wednesday, May 4, the 124th day of 2011. There are 241 days left in the year. 1626 ― Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons 1715 ― French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella (Paris France) 1834 ― Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 1878 ― Phonograph shown for first time at Grand Opera House 1896 ― First edition of London Daily Mail 1924 ― German Republic election fascists and communists win 1932 ― Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary 1953 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1959 ― First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win 1979 ― First woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)

May 3, 2011

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011

Today is Tuesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2011. There are 242 days left in the year. 1494 ― Jamaica discovered by Christopher Columbus; he names it ``St. Iago” 1621 ― Francis Bacon accused of bribery 1802 ― Washington, D.C. incorporates as a city 1808 ― Goya's ``Executions of the 3rd of May" 1937 ― Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for ``Gone With the Wind" 1947 ― Japan forms a constitutional democracy 1962 ― Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 1963 ― Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ``I have a dream" speech 1971 ― Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in three days 1997 ― Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue

May 2, 2011

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011

Today is Monday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2011. There are 243 days left in the year. 1536 ― King Henry VIII accuses Anna Boleyn of adultery and incest 1932 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth) 1933 ― In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions 1945 ― Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1964 ― Beatles' ``Second Album" goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for five weeks 1980 ― Pink Floyd's ``Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1982 ― Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1994 ― Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides 1997 ― Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating 1997 ― Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber

May 1, 2011

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2011

Today is Saturday, April 30, the 120th day of 2011. There are 245 days left in the year. 311 _ Emperor Galerius recognizes Christians legally in the Roman Empire 1006 _ Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed 1772 _ John Clais patents first scale 1789 _ George Washington inaugurated as first President of U.S. 1808 _ First practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri 1871 _ Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1904 _ Ice cream cone makes its debut 1935 _ World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul 1961 _ Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize 1978 _ ``Elvis The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace NYC after 101 performances

Apr 29, 2011

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011

Today is Friday, April 29, the 119th day of 2011. There are 246 days left in the year. 1429 ― Joan of Arc leads Orleans France, to victory over English 1661 ― Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan 1784 ― Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) 1813 ― Rubber is patented 1852 ― First edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published 1856 ― End of Crimean War 1892 ― Charlie Reilly is baseball's first pinch hitter 1945 ― U.S. liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany 1946 ― 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1957 ― First military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Apr 28, 2011

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011

Today is Thursday, April 28, the 118th day of 2011. There are 247 days left in the year. 1686 ― First volume of Isaac Newton's ``Principia" published 1770 ― Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia 1914 ― W.H. Carrier patents air conditioner 1932 ― Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced 1964 ― Japan joins OECO 1967 ― Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title 1969 ― Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France 1969 ― King Crimson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts 1975 ― Last Americans evacuated from Saigon 1995 ― Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die

Apr 27, 2011

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