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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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On April 13, 1919, British forces killed hundreds of Indian nationalists in the Amritsar Massacre...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 13, 2012
    #561
  2. m0rpheus

    m0rpheus Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Guelph ON
    On this day in music,
    04/13/1951 - Max Weinburg of the E Street Band and band leader of The Max Weinburg 7 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (also The Tonight Show) is born

    04/13/1965 - The Beatles record Help! at Abbey Road Studios

    04/13/1974 - Elton John's "Benny and the Jets" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

    04/13/1985 - USA for Africa started a four week run at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 with "We Are The World"
     
    m0rpheus, Apr 13, 2012
    #562
  3. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On April 14, 1956, Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, CA, demonstrated the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 14, 2012
    #563
  4. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On April 15, 1871, "Wild Bill" Hickok became the marshal of Abilene, Kansas...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 15, 2012
    #564
  5. m0rpheus

    m0rpheus Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Guelph ON
    04/15/2001 - Punk icon Joey Ramone dies after a long battle with lymphatic cancer

     
    m0rpheus, Apr 15, 2012
    #565
  6. Bear Cub

    Bear Cub Goes down smooth.

    Location:
    At the bar, eyeing the pretty one.
    April 16, 2007 - A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
     
    Bear Cub, Apr 16, 2012
    #566
  7. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on April 16, 1818, the U. S. Senate ratified Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 16, 2012
    #567
  8. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On April 17th in 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
     
    Tully Mars, Apr 17, 2012
    #568
  9. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on April 17, 1824, Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 17, 2012
    #569
  10. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On April 18, 1775, American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that "the Regulars are coming out." Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 18, 2012
    #570
  11. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on April 8th in 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires. About 700 people died.
     
    Tully Mars, Apr 18, 2012
    #571
  12. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On April 19th in 1995, a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, and injuring 500. Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the bombing and sentenced to death.
     
    Tully Mars, Apr 19, 2012
    #572
  13. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on April 19, 1713, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issued the Pragmatic Sanction, which gave women the rights of succession to Hapsburg possessions...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 19, 2012
    #573
  14. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On April 20th in 1971, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools
     
    Tully Mars, Apr 20, 2012
    #574
  15. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on April 20, 1999, 13 people were killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, when two teenagers opened fire on them with shotguns and pipebombs. The two gunmen then killed themselves...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 20, 2012
    #575
  16. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On April 23th in 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for assassinating New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment.
     
    Tully Mars, Apr 23, 2012
    #576
  17. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on April 23, 1348, the first English order of knighthood was founded. It was the Order of the Garter...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 23, 2012
    #577
  18. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    On April 24, 1916, Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rebellion against British occupation forces. They were overtaken several days later...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 24, 2012
    #578
  19. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On April 25th iIn 1945, during World War II, United States and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, in central Europe, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany.
     
    Tully Mars, Apr 25, 2012
    #579
  20. uncle phil

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

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on April 25, 1792, the guillotine was first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier...
     
    uncle phil, Apr 25, 2012
    #580
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