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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Today is Monday, November 2, the 306th day of 2009. There are 59 days left in the year. 1824 _ Popular presidential vote first recorded; Jackson beats J.Q. Adams 1841 _ Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan 1904 _ British newspaper, ``The Daily Mirror," begins publishing 1917 _ Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine 1936 _ First high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London 1956 _ Hungary appeals for U.N. assistance against Soviet invasion 1956 _ Israel captures Gaza and Sheham 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 1983 _ President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin Luther King day

Nov 1, 2009

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009

Today is Saturday, October 31, the 304th day of 2009. 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 _ Fourth Olympic games end in London 1922 _ Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1952 _ First thermonuclear bomb detonated-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. 1988 _ Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia

Oct 30, 2009

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009

Today is Thursday, October 29, the 302nd day of 2009. 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 Community of the Red Cross founded 1923 _ Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) 1929 _ ``Black Tuesday," stock market crashes triggers ``Great Depression" 1945 _ First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented 1966 _ National Organization of Women founded 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, 2009

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009

Today is Wednesday, October 28, the 301st day of 2009. There are 64 days left in the year. 1492 _ Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba 1636 _ Harvard University (Boston) established 1886 _ Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC 1900 _ After over five months the Paris Olympic games close 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 1970 _ U.S. & USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts

Oct 27, 2009

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009

Today is Tuesday, October 27, the 300th day of 2009. There are 65 days left in the year. 1904 _ World's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC subway 1916 _ First published reference to ``jazz" appears (Variety) 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 1979 _ Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide 1982 _ China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1987 _ South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

Oct 26, 2009

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009

Today is Monday, October 26, the 299th day of 2009. There are 66 days left in the year. 1863 _ Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva 1863 _ Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer 1905 _ First Soviet (Workers' Council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1949 _ President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents 1955 _ Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president 1956 _ U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved 1962 _ Beatles tape ``Please Please Me" &``Ask Me Why" 1964 _ Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show 1971 _ U.N. votes to replace Taiwan with China 1975 _ Anwar Sadat became first Egyptian president to officially visit the U.S.

Oct 25, 2009

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009

Today is Saturday, October 24, the 297th day of 2009. There are 68 days left in the year. 3963 B.C. _ Origin of Hevelius' Mundane Era 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 1901 _ First woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor) 1929 _ ``Black Thursday," beginning of stock market crash 1940 _ 40-hour workweek goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1945 _ United Nations Charter becomes effective 1956 _ Soviet troops invade Hungary

Oct 23, 2009

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

Today is Friday, October 23, the 296th day of 2009. There are 69 days left in the year. 1884 _ First world series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0 1954 _ Britain, England, France and USSR agree to end occupation of Germany 1956 _ First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast 1956 _ Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary 1958 _ Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1973 _ Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1973 _ U.N.'s revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted 1983 _ Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 U.S. personnel in Beirut 1990 _ Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages 1991 _ Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills two women

Oct 22, 2009

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009

Today is Thursday, October 22, the 295th day of 2009. There are 70 days left in the year. 1928 _ President Hoover speaks of ``American system of rugged individualism" 1938 _ First Xerox copy made 1953 _ Laos gains full independence from France 1954 _ West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1962 _ JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1963 _ 225,000 students boycott Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest 1973 _ Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to the Yom Kippur War 1975 _ Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1980 _ New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1981 _ U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion

Oct 21, 2009

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009

Today is Wednesday, October 21, the 294th day of 2009. There are 71 days left in the year. 2137 B.C. _ First recorded total eclipse of the sun China 1520 _ Magellan entered the strait which bears his name 1805 _ Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies 1879 _ Thomas Edison perfects the carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1945 _ Women in France allowed to vote for first time 1950 _ Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1967 _ Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon 1970 _ 777 Unification Church couples wed in Korea 1977 _ U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1988 _ Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering charges

Oct 20, 2009

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