Post by MacBeth on Jul 21, 2009 6:01:47 GMT -5
In 1773, Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Jesuit order of priests. The ban remains in effect until 1814, when the Jesuits are revived by Pope Pius VII.
In 1831, Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians.
In 1861, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia, resulting in a Confederate victory.
In 1896, Mary Church Terrell founds the National Association of Colored Women in Washington, D.C.
In 1906, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is vindicated of his earlier court-martial for spying for Germany.
In 1919, the British House of Lords ratifies the Versailles Treaty.
In 1925, the so-called "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.)
In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order establishing the Veterans Administration.
In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II.
In 1949, the U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
In 1954, France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.
In 1955, during the Geneva summit, President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented his "open skies" proposal under which the United States and the Soviet Union would trade information on each other's military facilities.
In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the first female prime minister in the world. She holds the position for the majority of the next two decades.
In 1961, Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a suborbital pattern around the Earth, flying aboard the Liberty Bell 7.
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module. The NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, was christened by first lady Mamie Eisenhower at Camden, New Jersey.
In 1970, Egypt completes the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, a major Soviet-funded project that creates Lake Nasser and provides much of the country's electrical power.
In 1972, In Milwaukee, George Carlin is arrested for obscenity and disorderly conduct for performing his "Seven Dirty Words" routine in front of a group of wheelchair-bound children. He is released after posting $150 bail.
In 1980, draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year-old men.
In 1994, Britain's Labor Party elected Tony Blair its new leader, succeeding the late John Smith.
In 2004, President George W. Bush sketched out a second-term domestic agenda, telling campaign donors he would shift focus to improving high school education and expanding access to health care.
In 2008, in a face-to-face meeting with Iraq's leaders, Barack Obama gained fresh support for the idea of pulling all U.S. combat forces out of the war zone by 2010. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian security forces.
In 1831, Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians.
In 1861, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia, resulting in a Confederate victory.
In 1896, Mary Church Terrell founds the National Association of Colored Women in Washington, D.C.
In 1906, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is vindicated of his earlier court-martial for spying for Germany.
In 1919, the British House of Lords ratifies the Versailles Treaty.
In 1925, the so-called "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.)
In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order establishing the Veterans Administration.
In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II.
In 1949, the U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
In 1954, France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.
In 1955, during the Geneva summit, President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented his "open skies" proposal under which the United States and the Soviet Union would trade information on each other's military facilities.
In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the first female prime minister in the world. She holds the position for the majority of the next two decades.
In 1961, Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a suborbital pattern around the Earth, flying aboard the Liberty Bell 7.
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module. The NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, was christened by first lady Mamie Eisenhower at Camden, New Jersey.
In 1970, Egypt completes the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, a major Soviet-funded project that creates Lake Nasser and provides much of the country's electrical power.
In 1972, In Milwaukee, George Carlin is arrested for obscenity and disorderly conduct for performing his "Seven Dirty Words" routine in front of a group of wheelchair-bound children. He is released after posting $150 bail.
In 1980, draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year-old men.
In 1994, Britain's Labor Party elected Tony Blair its new leader, succeeding the late John Smith.
In 2004, President George W. Bush sketched out a second-term domestic agenda, telling campaign donors he would shift focus to improving high school education and expanding access to health care.
In 2008, in a face-to-face meeting with Iraq's leaders, Barack Obama gained fresh support for the idea of pulling all U.S. combat forces out of the war zone by 2010. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian security forces.