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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. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

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    October 23, 1993:

    JAYS REPEAT WORLD SERIES WIN
    Toronto Ontario - Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning to give Toronto an 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series; defending champions take the Series 4-2; first team to win the World Series on Canadian soil.
     
    CaptainBob, Oct 23, 2011
    #181
  2. uncle phil

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

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    On October 24, 1945, Pierre Laval of France and Vidkum Abraham Quisling of Norway were executed. The two men were recognized as the two most prominent collaborators of the Nazis...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 24, 2011
    #182
  3. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Also on October 24th in 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 24, 2011
    #183
  4. uncle phil

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

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    On October 25, 1854, he Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties. Later it was revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 25, 2011
    #184
  5. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Also on October 25th in 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 25, 2011
    #185
  6. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

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    On October 25, 1768:
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    Charlottetown PEI-
    Port La Joie, the major town in Prince Edward Island, is renamed Charlottetown in honour of Queen Charlotte.
     
    CaptainBob, Oct 25, 2011
    #186
  7. uncle phil

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

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    On October 26, 1972, U. S. National security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 26, 2011
    #187
  8. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Also on October 26th, in 1994, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 26, 2011
    #188
  9. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    On October 27th in 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 27, 2011
    #189
  10. uncle phil

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

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    Also on October 27, 1659, William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson became the first Quakers to be executed in America...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 27, 2011
    #190
  11. uncle phil

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

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    On October 28, 1919, the U. S. Congress enacted the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passing of the 21st Amendment to the U. S. Constitution...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 28, 2011
    #191
  12. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    ^^^^ Dumb bastards

    Also on October 28th in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 28, 2011
    #192
  13. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

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    October 28, 1830:

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    Dresden Ontario - Josiah Henson 1789-1883 arrives in Upper Canada from Maryland with his wife (in the picture) and four children on the Underground Railway. The escaped American slave becomes pastor of a local church and starts a technical school. He is the model for the hero of Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, the book that Abraham Lincoln said started the US Civil War.
     
    CaptainBob, Oct 28, 2011
    #193
  14. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    On October 29 in 1929, Black Tuesday descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as America’s Great Depression began.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 29, 2011
    #194
  15. uncle phil

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

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    Also on October 29, 1973, O.J. Simpson, of the Buffalo Bills, set two NFL records. He carried the ball 39 times and he ran 157 yards putting him over 1,000 yards at the seventh game of the season...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 29, 2011
    #195
  16. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

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    Kingston, eh?
    October 29, 1929:

    CANADIAN EXCHANGES FOLLOW WALL STREET SOUTH
    Canada - Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchange share prices plummet in their worst drop ever, as the New York market crash spreads quickly around the Globe. The Calgary Stock Exchange closes for a few hours, but reopens when traders think the situation is only temporary. World governments quickly impose tariffs to protect their native industries from dumping, but this causes a collapse in world trade and leads to the Great Depression.
     
    CaptainBob, Oct 29, 2011
    #196
  17. uncle phil

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

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    On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 30, 2011
    #197
  18. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    Also on October 30th in 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain his world heavyweight title.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 30, 2011
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  19. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

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    On October 31st in 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards.
     
    Tully Mars, Oct 31, 2011
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  20. uncle phil

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

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    Also on October 31, 1926, magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. His appendix had been damaged twelve days earlier when he had been punched in the stomach by a student unexpectedly. During a lecture Houdini had commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows...
     
    uncle phil, Oct 31, 2011
    #200
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