Post by MacBeth on Apr 20, 2009 5:56:03 GMT -5
In 1233, Pope Gregory IX places the Inquisition, in existence since 1227, under the aegis of the Dominican Order. Torture is apparently sometimes necessary to save souls, and the office continues to exist today as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
In 1792, France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
In 1836, Congress voted to establish the Wisconsin Territory.
In 1914, attempting to put down a coal miner strike, the Colorado National Guard machine-guns its way into a tent city in Ludlow, Colorado, and sets it on fire. Twenty people are killed, among them twelve children trapped in an underground cellar. The massacre sparks ten days of open revolt, ended by the imposition of federal troops.
In 1940, RCA publicly demonstrated its new electron microscope.
In 1945, during World War II, allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
In 1949, scientists at the Mayo Clinic announced they'd succeeded in synthesizing a hormone found to be useful in treating rheumatoid arthritis; the substance was named "cortisone."
In 1968, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada.
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
In 1972, the manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon.
In 1978, a Korean Air Lines Boeing 707 crash-landed in northwestern Russia after being fired on by a Soviet interceptor after entering Soviet airspace. Two passengers were killed.
In 1980, the first Cubans sailing to the United States as part of the massive Mariel boatlift reached Florida.
In 1988, gunmen who'd hijacked a Kuwait Airways jumbo jet were allowed safe passage out of Algeria under an agreement that freed the remaining 31 hostages and ended a 15-day siege in which two passengers were slain.
In 1999, after their homemade timebombs fail to detonate in the school cafeteria, the heavily-armed duo of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold decide to prowl through Columbine High School, indiscriminately gunning down classmates. A total of 15 are killed in their shooting spree. Contrary to news reports, their selection of victims is apparently random; they aren't hunting for jocks or blacks. Nor do they execute that Christian girl -- Valeen Schnurr in fact manages to crawl away and live to tell her story. They are not goths, they aren't gay, nor were they ever members of that dorky clique calling themselves the "Trenchcoat Mafia." They don't even listen to Marilyn Manson. Harris and Klebold are just a couple of extremely pissed-off kids with an arsenal.
In 2004, a judge ordered Multnomah County, Ore., to stop issuing gay marriage licenses - but also ordered the state to recognize the 3,000 licenses already granted in the county.
In 2005, President George W. Bush signed a bill making it harder for debt-ridden people to wipe clean their financial slates by declaring bankruptcy.
In 2008, before a full house at Yankee Stadium, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final Mass in the United States, blessing his enormous U.S. flock and telling Americans to use their freedoms wisely. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward during a visit to Iraq.
In 1792, France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
In 1836, Congress voted to establish the Wisconsin Territory.
In 1914, attempting to put down a coal miner strike, the Colorado National Guard machine-guns its way into a tent city in Ludlow, Colorado, and sets it on fire. Twenty people are killed, among them twelve children trapped in an underground cellar. The massacre sparks ten days of open revolt, ended by the imposition of federal troops.
In 1940, RCA publicly demonstrated its new electron microscope.
In 1945, during World War II, allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
In 1949, scientists at the Mayo Clinic announced they'd succeeded in synthesizing a hormone found to be useful in treating rheumatoid arthritis; the substance was named "cortisone."
In 1968, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada.
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
In 1972, the manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon.
In 1978, a Korean Air Lines Boeing 707 crash-landed in northwestern Russia after being fired on by a Soviet interceptor after entering Soviet airspace. Two passengers were killed.
In 1980, the first Cubans sailing to the United States as part of the massive Mariel boatlift reached Florida.
In 1988, gunmen who'd hijacked a Kuwait Airways jumbo jet were allowed safe passage out of Algeria under an agreement that freed the remaining 31 hostages and ended a 15-day siege in which two passengers were slain.
In 1999, after their homemade timebombs fail to detonate in the school cafeteria, the heavily-armed duo of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold decide to prowl through Columbine High School, indiscriminately gunning down classmates. A total of 15 are killed in their shooting spree. Contrary to news reports, their selection of victims is apparently random; they aren't hunting for jocks or blacks. Nor do they execute that Christian girl -- Valeen Schnurr in fact manages to crawl away and live to tell her story. They are not goths, they aren't gay, nor were they ever members of that dorky clique calling themselves the "Trenchcoat Mafia." They don't even listen to Marilyn Manson. Harris and Klebold are just a couple of extremely pissed-off kids with an arsenal.
In 2004, a judge ordered Multnomah County, Ore., to stop issuing gay marriage licenses - but also ordered the state to recognize the 3,000 licenses already granted in the county.
In 2005, President George W. Bush signed a bill making it harder for debt-ridden people to wipe clean their financial slates by declaring bankruptcy.
In 2008, before a full house at Yankee Stadium, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final Mass in the United States, blessing his enormous U.S. flock and telling Americans to use their freedoms wisely. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward during a visit to Iraq.
