Post by MacBeth on Jan 27, 2009 6:54:53 GMT -5
In 1343, a papal bull by Clement VI expresses the doctrine that indulgences gain their validity and power from the accumulation of merit in the manifestation of the Catholic Church.
In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
In 1943, some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in the first all-American air raid against Germany during World War II.
In 1944, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
In 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat.
In 1967, more than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons. Astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages just released by Iran at the White House.
In 1997, Pat Boone goes heavy metal.
In 1999, the Republican-controlled Senate blocked dismissal of the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton and then voted for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses _ but by margins well short of the two-thirds needed to oust the president.
In 2004, John Kerry won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. A jury in New York heard opening arguments in the trial of Martha Stewart, who was accused of lying about a stock sale. (She was convicted in March 2004 and sentenced to five months in prison.)
In 2006, Western Union delivered its last telegram.
In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
In 1943, some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in the first all-American air raid against Germany during World War II.
In 1944, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
In 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat.
In 1967, more than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons. Astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages just released by Iran at the White House.
In 1997, Pat Boone goes heavy metal.
In 1999, the Republican-controlled Senate blocked dismissal of the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton and then voted for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses _ but by margins well short of the two-thirds needed to oust the president.
In 2004, John Kerry won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. A jury in New York heard opening arguments in the trial of Martha Stewart, who was accused of lying about a stock sale. (She was convicted in March 2004 and sentenced to five months in prison.)
In 2006, Western Union delivered its last telegram.