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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Today is Tuesday, November 9, the 313th day of 2010. There are 52 days left in the year. 1799 ― Napoleon becomes dictator (first consul) of France 1858 ― First performance of NY Symphony Orchestra 1904 ― First airplane flight to last more than five minutes 1918 ― Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I 1927 ― Giant Panda discovered, China 1963 ― 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1976 ― U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1989 ― East Berlin opens its borders 1984 ― Vietnam Veterans Memorial (``3 Servicemen”) completed 1990 ― President Bush announces ``doubling” of U.S. forces in Gulf

Nov 8, 2010

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Today is Monday, November 8, the 312th day of 2010. There are 53 days left in the year. 1789 _ Bourbon Whiskey, first distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon, Ky.) 1793 _ Louvre in Paris opens 1895 _ Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays 1950 _ First jet-plane battle of Korean War 1956 _ U.N. demands USSR leave Hungary 1960 _ Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.-D) beats V.P. Richard R. Nixon (R) for U.S. president 1968 _ Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John 1990 _ 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the Persian gulf 1990 _ Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian Peninsula 1994 _ Republicans regain control of U.S. Congress

Nov 7, 2010

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Today is Saturday, November 6, the 310th day of 2010. There are 55 days left in the year. 1572 ― Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia 1813 ― Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain 1860 ― Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th President 1913 ― Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1917 ― Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace 1918 ― Republic of Poland proclaimed 1952 ― 1st hydrogen bomb exploded (by US at Eniwetok Atoll) 1975 ― 1st appearance of the Sex Pistols 1985 ― Exploratory well at Ranger TX, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil 1993 ― Next transit of Mercury

Nov 5, 2010

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Today is Friday, November 5, the 309th day of 2010. There are 56 days left in the year. 1492 ― Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba 1605 ― Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1875 ― Susan B. Anthony arrested for attempting to vote 1895 ― First U.S. patent granted for auto (George B. Selden) 1917 ― Gen. Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for first time 1917 ― Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville, Ky., ordinance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1940 ― FDR (D) wins unprecedented third term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1978 ― Iranian P.M. Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1987 ― Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 1987 ― Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana

Nov 4, 2010

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Today is Thursday, November 4, the 308th day of 2010. There are 57 days left in the year. 1845 ― First nationally observed uniform election day in U.S. 1866 ― Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia 1873 ― Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown 1922 ― Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt 1946 ― U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization formed 1956 ― 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1963 ― John Lennon utters his infamous ``Rattle your jewelry" line at the Royal Command Variety Performance (``The people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands... and if the rest of you would just rattle your jewelry.") 1979 ― 500 Iranian students seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 1986 ― Democrats gain control over the U.S. Senate 1990 ― Iraq says it is preparing for a ``dangerous war"

Nov 3, 2010

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Today is Wednesday, November 3, the 307th day of 2010. There are 58 days left in the year. 1679 ― Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet 1839 ― First opium war ― two British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1885 ― Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1918 ― Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves 1918 ― Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WWI 1931 ― First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured 1936 ― President FDR wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon (R) 1956 ― ``Wizard of Oz" first televised (CBS-TV) 1957 ― USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), first animal in orbit 1979 ― 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran)

Nov 2, 2010

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Today is Tuesday, November 2, the 306th day of 2010. There are 59 days left in the year. 1648 ― 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia 1824 ― Popular presidential vote first recorded; Jackson beats J.Q. Adams 1904 ― British newspaper, ``The Daily Mirror," begins publishing 1917 ― Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine 1917 ― Lansing-Ishii Agreement; U.S. recognizes Japan's privileges in China 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 U.S. presidency 1988 ― Computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and six universities

Nov 1, 2010

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Today is Monday, November 1, the 305th day of 2010. 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) 1894 ― Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris 1939 ― First animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed 1951 ― First atomic explosion witnessed by troops in New Mexico 1960 ― Benelux treaty goes into effect 1969 ― Beatles' ``Abbey Road," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks 1993 ― European Union comes into existence

Oct 31, 2010

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2010

Today is Saturday, October 30, the 303rd day of 2010. There are 62 days left in the year. 1270 ― Eighth and last crusade is launched 1905 ― ``October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties 1938 ― Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of ``War of the Worlds" 1939 ― USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland 1944 ― Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen 1953 ― Dr. Albert Schweitzer and Gen. George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize 1961 ― Soviet Union tests a 58-megaton hydrogen bomb 1974 ― Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire lotto jackpot 1991 ― Middle East peace conference begins in Madrid, Spain

Oct 29, 2010

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010

Today is Wednesday, October 27, the 300th day of 2010. There are 65 days left in the year. 1904 ― World's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel 1916 ― First published reference to ``jazz" appears (Variety) 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 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, 2010

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