Post by MacBeth on Oct 16, 2009 12:44:19 GMT -5
In 1701, Yale University is founded as The Collegiate School of Kilingworth, Connecticut by Congregationalists who consider Harvard too liberal.
In 1793, deposed French queen Joséphe Jeanne Marie Antoinette sits in an open cart, enduring three hours of public ridicule as she is slowly driven around the streets of Paris. Finally, she is taken to the guillotine. Before she loses her head, Antoinette tells the crowd: "Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your Father."
In 1820, Cape Breton Island officially rejoins Nova Scotia.
In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry in western Virginia, where they seized a U.S. arsenal in hopes of sparking a slave revolt. (In the siege that followed, 10 of Brown's men were killed and five escaped. Brown and six followers ended up being captured; all were executed.)
In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic, in the New York borough of Brooklyn. (The clinic ended up being raided by police and Sanger was arrested.)
In 1939, the comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner," by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, opened on Broadway.
In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
In 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb.
In 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos perform a raised-fist Black Power salute during the 200-meter dash medals ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics. Despite being two of the fastest men on Earth (Smith won the gold and Carlos the bronze), the pair are promptly kicked off the U.S. team for their political statement. The British Government announces plans to outlaw almost all handguns following Dunblane massacre in March.
In 1970, Anwar Sadat was elected president of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- declares 'a state of apprehended insurrection' and imposes the War Measures Act before dawn, after Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte was found murdered. Canadian troops are ordered to protect public figures, and police round up and interview 497 possible suspects, arresting 250, including Michel Chartrand, and searching 170 homes, in an attempt to break the FLQ cell structure and find British diplomat James Cross, also kidnapped by the terrorists. The Act lets Cabinet overrule civil rights and authority. It is the first time emergency powers have been used in peacetime, and the only use of the 1914 statute during a domestic crisis; it could be invoked when the Cabinet perceived the existence of 'war, invasion or insurrection, real or apprehended'. Chronology of the day: 04:00 am - Proclamation of the War Measures Act; 11:00 am - government issues special emergency regulations; 5:00 pm - Premier Robert Bourassa approves the proclamation of an emergency; 8:00 pm - Mayor Jean Drapeau approves the government's action; 10:15 pm - Pierre Trudeau addresses the nation.
In 1973, Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, who negotiated a cease-fire in the Vietnam War, were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize; Tho declined the award. Israeli General Ariel Sharon crosses the Suez Canal and begins to encircle two Egyptian armies.
In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.
In 1984, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1991, George Hennard crashes his pickup truck through the window of Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. Then he hops out and begins shooting the patrons with a Glock 17 semiauto and a Ruger P89. Before ultimately killing himself next to the restaurant's bathrooms, Hennard manages to kill 23 people and wound 19 others.
In 1996, 84 are killed and more than 180 injured in Guatemala City when 47,000 soccer fans attempt to squeeze into 36,000 seats at Mateo Flores Stadium.
In 1998, British police arrested former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in London.
In 1999, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in the Mojave Desert shook three states and derailed an Amtrak train, but caused no serious damage or injuries. Hurricane Irene rumbled up the East Coast. A New York Air National Guard plane rescued Dr. Jerri Nielsen from a South Pole research center after she'd spent five months isolated by the Antarctic winter, which forced her to treat herself for a breast lump.
In 2002, President George W. Bush signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq.
In 2004, the Soyuz spacecraft was forced to manually dock with the international space station after it closed in on the station at a dangerously high speed.
In 2008, a volatile Wall Street pulled off another stunning U-turn, transforming a 380-point loss for the Dow Jones industrial average into a 401-point gain.
In 1793, deposed French queen Joséphe Jeanne Marie Antoinette sits in an open cart, enduring three hours of public ridicule as she is slowly driven around the streets of Paris. Finally, she is taken to the guillotine. Before she loses her head, Antoinette tells the crowd: "Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your Father."
In 1820, Cape Breton Island officially rejoins Nova Scotia.
In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry in western Virginia, where they seized a U.S. arsenal in hopes of sparking a slave revolt. (In the siege that followed, 10 of Brown's men were killed and five escaped. Brown and six followers ended up being captured; all were executed.)
In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic, in the New York borough of Brooklyn. (The clinic ended up being raided by police and Sanger was arrested.)
In 1939, the comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner," by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, opened on Broadway.
In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
In 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb.
In 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos perform a raised-fist Black Power salute during the 200-meter dash medals ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics. Despite being two of the fastest men on Earth (Smith won the gold and Carlos the bronze), the pair are promptly kicked off the U.S. team for their political statement. The British Government announces plans to outlaw almost all handguns following Dunblane massacre in March.
In 1970, Anwar Sadat was elected president of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- declares 'a state of apprehended insurrection' and imposes the War Measures Act before dawn, after Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte was found murdered. Canadian troops are ordered to protect public figures, and police round up and interview 497 possible suspects, arresting 250, including Michel Chartrand, and searching 170 homes, in an attempt to break the FLQ cell structure and find British diplomat James Cross, also kidnapped by the terrorists. The Act lets Cabinet overrule civil rights and authority. It is the first time emergency powers have been used in peacetime, and the only use of the 1914 statute during a domestic crisis; it could be invoked when the Cabinet perceived the existence of 'war, invasion or insurrection, real or apprehended'. Chronology of the day: 04:00 am - Proclamation of the War Measures Act; 11:00 am - government issues special emergency regulations; 5:00 pm - Premier Robert Bourassa approves the proclamation of an emergency; 8:00 pm - Mayor Jean Drapeau approves the government's action; 10:15 pm - Pierre Trudeau addresses the nation.
In 1973, Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, who negotiated a cease-fire in the Vietnam War, were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize; Tho declined the award. Israeli General Ariel Sharon crosses the Suez Canal and begins to encircle two Egyptian armies.
In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.
In 1984, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1991, George Hennard crashes his pickup truck through the window of Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. Then he hops out and begins shooting the patrons with a Glock 17 semiauto and a Ruger P89. Before ultimately killing himself next to the restaurant's bathrooms, Hennard manages to kill 23 people and wound 19 others.
In 1996, 84 are killed and more than 180 injured in Guatemala City when 47,000 soccer fans attempt to squeeze into 36,000 seats at Mateo Flores Stadium.
In 1998, British police arrested former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in London.
In 1999, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in the Mojave Desert shook three states and derailed an Amtrak train, but caused no serious damage or injuries. Hurricane Irene rumbled up the East Coast. A New York Air National Guard plane rescued Dr. Jerri Nielsen from a South Pole research center after she'd spent five months isolated by the Antarctic winter, which forced her to treat herself for a breast lump.
In 2002, President George W. Bush signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq.
In 2004, the Soyuz spacecraft was forced to manually dock with the international space station after it closed in on the station at a dangerously high speed.
In 2008, a volatile Wall Street pulled off another stunning U-turn, transforming a 380-point loss for the Dow Jones industrial average into a 401-point gain.