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On This Day in History

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Tully Mars, Aug 1, 2011.

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  1. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On November 16, 1969, the U. S. Army announced that several had been charged with the massacre and the subsequent cover-up in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 16, 2011
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  2. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 16, 1885:

    Regina Saskatchewan -
    Louis Riel 1844-1885 hanged in Mounted Police barracks in Regina; before dying, he gives exclusive interview to journalist Nicholas Flood Davin, who entered prison disguised as a priest. Just after eight in the morning, the hangman appears in the doorway of his cell; Riel asks, 'Mr. Gibson, you want me? I am ready'; after receiving absolution from the priest, he ascends the scaffold; as he and the priest are reciting the words of the Lord's Prayer, the trap door drops. Riel's body is sent to St-Boniface and interred in the cemetery in front of the Cathedral.

    [​IMG]
     
    CaptainBob, Nov 16, 2011
    #242
  3. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    a little backstory...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel
     
    uncle phil, Nov 16, 2011
    #243
  4. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 17, 1968, NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, "Heidi," on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 17, 2011
    #244
  5. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 17, 1623:

    Quebec Quebec - Canada's first highway is built, connecting the Lower and Upper Towns of Quebec.
     
    CaptainBob, Nov 17, 2011
    #245
  6. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On November 18, 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 18, 2011
    #246
  7. Zweiblumen

    Zweiblumen Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Iceland
    but it turned out that this was just a pr. stunt. Mickey is a rat :rolleyes:
     
    Zweiblumen, Nov 18, 2011
    #247
  8. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
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    On November 19, 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made man's second landing on the moon...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 19, 2011
    #248
  9. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 19, 1869:

    CANADA SHOPS THE BAY
    London England - The Hudson's Bay Company owners approve the deed of surrender of their Rupert's Land territory to Canada. The terms are £300,000 cash, land around HBC posts and 1/20th of the Prairie fertile belt (some 2.8 million hectares of farmland); to come into effect December 1.
     
    CaptainBob, Nov 19, 2011
    #249
  10. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On November 20th in 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
     
    Tully Mars, Nov 20, 2011
    #250
  11. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 20, 1942:

    Dawson Creek BC - Opening of 2,450 km (1,523 mile) long Alcan Military Highway, or Alaska Highway; from Dawson Creek, BC to Fairbanks, Alaska; road built to supply Pacific North West and Alaska in case of Japanese invasion.
     
    CaptainBob, Nov 20, 2011
    #251
  12. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    Also on November 20, 1947, Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 20, 2011
    #252
  13. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On November 21st in 1964, New York’s Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened.
     
    Tully Mars, Nov 21, 2011
    #253
  14. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
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    Also on November 21, 1877, Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 21, 2011
    #254
  15. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On November 22nd in 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. A suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States.
     
    Tully Mars, Nov 22, 2011
    #255
  16. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on November 22, 1928, in Paris, "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel was first performed publicly...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 22, 2011
    #256
  17. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

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    Wolf 359
    On November 22, 1963, both C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley died.
     
    Speed_Gibson, Nov 22, 2011
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  18. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    On November 23, 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon...
     
    uncle phil, Nov 23, 2011
    #258
  19. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on November 23rd in 1943, during World War II, United States forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
     
    Tully Mars, Nov 23, 2011
    #259
  20. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    November 23, 1815:

    Montreal Quebec - Montreal installs first street lamps, fueled by whale oil; first streetlights in Canada.
     
    CaptainBob, Nov 23, 2011
    #260
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