Post by MacBeth on May 1, 2009 5:56:54 GMT -5
In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.
In 1776, Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati, the secret society which controls your mind as part of its plot to overthrow organized religion and control the global economy. If you don't believe it, ask yourself what novus ordo seclorum is doing on your dollar bill.
In 1786, Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.
In 1863, the Confederate Congress decrees that captured Negro soldiers from the Union Army are to be summarily put to death, on the grounds that they have already "incited servile insurrection."
In 1884, construction began on the first skyscraper, a 10-story structure in Chicago built by the Home Insurance Co. of New York.
In 1886, the first of May is designated "International Workers Day," in commemoration of Chicago's Haymarket riots of 1886.
In 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition opened to the public in Chicago.
In 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
In 1909, Walter Reed General Hospital (later a part of Walter Reed Army Medical Center) in Washington, D.C., admitted its first patients.
In 1931, New York's 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated.
In 1941, the Orson Welles film "Citizen Kane" premiered in New York.
In 1948, the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
In 1963, James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and a Sherpa guide reached the summit.
In 1971, Amtrak went into service, combining and streamlining the operations of 18 intercity passenger railroads.
In 1978, Ernest Morial was inaugurated as the first black mayor of New Orleans.
In 1982, the 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville, Tenn.
In 1999, despite protests, the National Rifle Association held its annual meeting in Denver 11 days after the Columbine shootings. The Liberty Bell 7, the Mercury space capsule flown by Gus Grissom, was found in the Atlantic 300 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral, Fla., 38 years after it sank.
In 2003, Commander in Chief George W. Bush rides shotgun aboard a Navy S-3B Viking jet, lands on the USS Abraham Lincoln, marking the first time a president has boarded an aircraft carrier by plane. Underneath a large "Mission Accomplished." sign, he announces that major combat operations in Iraq have ended.
In 2004, attackers stormed the offices of Houston-based ABB Lumps Global Inc. in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, killing six Westerners and a Saudi; all four attackers were killed after an hour-long police chase in which they dragged the body of an American from the bumper of their car.
In 2008, President George W. Bush imposed new sanctions against property owned or controlled by the military junta in Myanmar. Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler, died in Altenahr, Germany, at age 90.
In 1776, Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati, the secret society which controls your mind as part of its plot to overthrow organized religion and control the global economy. If you don't believe it, ask yourself what novus ordo seclorum is doing on your dollar bill.
In 1786, Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.
In 1863, the Confederate Congress decrees that captured Negro soldiers from the Union Army are to be summarily put to death, on the grounds that they have already "incited servile insurrection."
In 1884, construction began on the first skyscraper, a 10-story structure in Chicago built by the Home Insurance Co. of New York.
In 1886, the first of May is designated "International Workers Day," in commemoration of Chicago's Haymarket riots of 1886.
In 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition opened to the public in Chicago.
In 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
In 1909, Walter Reed General Hospital (later a part of Walter Reed Army Medical Center) in Washington, D.C., admitted its first patients.
In 1931, New York's 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated.
In 1941, the Orson Welles film "Citizen Kane" premiered in New York.
In 1948, the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
In 1963, James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and a Sherpa guide reached the summit.
In 1971, Amtrak went into service, combining and streamlining the operations of 18 intercity passenger railroads.
In 1978, Ernest Morial was inaugurated as the first black mayor of New Orleans.
In 1982, the 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville, Tenn.
In 1999, despite protests, the National Rifle Association held its annual meeting in Denver 11 days after the Columbine shootings. The Liberty Bell 7, the Mercury space capsule flown by Gus Grissom, was found in the Atlantic 300 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral, Fla., 38 years after it sank.
In 2003, Commander in Chief George W. Bush rides shotgun aboard a Navy S-3B Viking jet, lands on the USS Abraham Lincoln, marking the first time a president has boarded an aircraft carrier by plane. Underneath a large "Mission Accomplished." sign, he announces that major combat operations in Iraq have ended.
In 2004, attackers stormed the offices of Houston-based ABB Lumps Global Inc. in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, killing six Westerners and a Saudi; all four attackers were killed after an hour-long police chase in which they dragged the body of an American from the bumper of their car.
In 2008, President George W. Bush imposed new sanctions against property owned or controlled by the military junta in Myanmar. Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler, died in Altenahr, Germany, at age 90.