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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

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    January 18, 1940:

    Toronto Ontario - Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn 1896-1953 condemns Mackenzie King's conduct of the war as inadequate; gives PM excuse to dissolve Parliament and call election. The cartoon shows King asking Hepburn, a fellow Liberal, "What side are you on?'

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    CaptainBob, Jan 18, 2012
    #381
  2. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On January 19th in 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
     
    Tully Mars, Jan 19, 2012
    #382
  3. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on January 19, 1953, sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U. S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 19, 2012
    #383
  4. paddyjoe

    paddyjoe curious

    Location:
    ROC boy gone south
    Janis Joplin would've been 69 today.....
     
    paddyjoe, Jan 19, 2012
    #384
  5. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    January 19, 1649:

    Quebec Quebec - The first executioner in Canada, a pardoned criminal, performs his first assignment at Quebec on a 16 year old girl found guilty of theft.
     
    CaptainBob, Jan 19, 2012
    #385
  6. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    On January 19, 1952 the 118 mile long New Jersey Turnpike toll road was completed.
     
    Lindy, Jan 19, 2012
    #386
  7. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On January 20, 1942, Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 20, 2012
    #387
  8. paddyjoe

    paddyjoe curious

    Location:
    ROC boy gone south
    Dr. "Bones" McCoy would have turned 92 today
     
    paddyjoe, Jan 20, 2012
    #388
  9. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On January 21, 1908, the Sullivan Ordinance was passed in New York City making smoking by women illegal. The measure was vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 21, 2012
    #389
  10. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On January 22, 1666, Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India that built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz-i-Mahal...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 22, 2012
    #390
  11. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    January 22, 1992:

    Cape Canaveral Florida -
    Roberta Bondar, a Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, blasts into Space from the Kennedy Space Center on an eight-day flight aboard the shuttle Discovery with six other astronauts. Here she is performing some on-board experiments. Bondar, an MD in Neurology and a PhD in Astrophysics, is Canada's first woman astronaut.

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    CaptainBob, Jan 22, 2012
    #391
  12. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On January 23, 1968, North Korea seized the U. S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 23, 2012
    #392
  13. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On January 24th in 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
     
    Tully Mars, Jan 24, 2012
    #393
  14. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on January 24, 1922, Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 24, 2012
    #394
  15. CaptainBob

    CaptainBob Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Kingston, eh?
    January 24, 1978:

    SOVIET SATELLITE FIREBALL OVER NWT
    NWT - Nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radiation; Canadian Armed Forces launches large operation to recover debris.
     
    CaptainBob, Jan 24, 2012
    #395
  16. paddyjoe

    paddyjoe curious

    Location:
    ROC boy gone south
    today would mark John Belushi's 63rd birthday......
     
    paddyjoe, Jan 24, 2012
    #396
  17. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On January 25th in 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
     
    Tully Mars, Jan 25, 2012
    #397
  18. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on January 25, 1881, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and others signed an agreement to organize the Oriental Telephone Company...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 25, 2012
    #398
  19. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On January 26th in 1950, India officially proclaimed itself a republic as Rajendra Prasad took the oath of office as president.
     
    Tully Mars, Jan 26, 2012
    #399
  20. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on January 26, 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey...
     
    uncle phil, Jan 26, 2012
    #400
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