Post by MacBeth on Jul 14, 2009 5:31:41 GMT -5
In 1099, in the First Crusade, a force of European Christians conquers the walled city of Jerusalem, massacring thousands of its inhabitants.
In 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
In 1798, during the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry relayed to Japanese officials a letter from President Millard Fillmore, requesting trade relations. (Fillmore's term of office had already expired by the time the letter was delivered.)
In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
In 1900, European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.
In 1902, one day after workmen noticed a large crack in the structure, the Belltower of St. Mark's collapses into a hill of white dust. Ten years later, the city of Venice erects an exact duplicate of the tower on the same spot.
In 1908, the short film "The Adventures of Dollie," the first movie directed by D.W. Griffith, opened in New York.
In 1921, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Mass., of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti were executed six years later.)
In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. Nazi Germany promulgates the Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health–the begining of the Euthanasia program.
In 1951, the George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first national park honoring an African American.
In 1958, a coup in Iraq led by Gen. 'Abd al-Karim Kassem overthrows the country's monarchy, kills King Faisal II, and declares Iraq a republic.
In 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.
In 1969, El Salvador's defeat of the Honduras soccer team in Mexico City inflamed passions between the two countries to such an extent that the countries began warring with each other on this date. 2,000 people died during four days of hostilities known as the "Futbol War".
In 1978, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation, and sentenced to 13 years at hard labor. (Sharansky was released in 1986.)
In 1997, the international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb, to 20 years in prison for turning on his Muslim and Croat neighbors in a deadly campaign of terror and torture.
In 1999, Iranian hard-liners answered a week of pro-democracy rallies with one of their own, sending 100,000 people into the streets of Tehran. Race-based school busing in Boston came to an end after 25 years. Major league umpires voted to resign Sept. 2 and not work the final month of the season. (The strategy collapsed, with baseball owners accepting the resignations of 22 umpires.)
In 2003, newspaper columnist Robert Novak reveals that Valerie Plame Wilson is a covert CIA agent, touching off a scandal that results in the conviction of a leading U.S. government official.
In 2004, the US Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. (Forty-eight senators voted to advance the measure - 12 short of the 60 needed - and 50 voted to block it.)
In 2008, President George W. Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling which had stood since his father was president. The New Yorker magazine featured what they described as a satirical cover showing Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim and his wife, Michelle, as a terrorist. (The Obama campaign called the cover "tasteless and offensive.")
In 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
In 1798, during the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry relayed to Japanese officials a letter from President Millard Fillmore, requesting trade relations. (Fillmore's term of office had already expired by the time the letter was delivered.)
In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
In 1900, European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.
In 1902, one day after workmen noticed a large crack in the structure, the Belltower of St. Mark's collapses into a hill of white dust. Ten years later, the city of Venice erects an exact duplicate of the tower on the same spot.
In 1908, the short film "The Adventures of Dollie," the first movie directed by D.W. Griffith, opened in New York.
In 1921, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Mass., of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti were executed six years later.)
In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. Nazi Germany promulgates the Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health–the begining of the Euthanasia program.
In 1951, the George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first national park honoring an African American.
In 1958, a coup in Iraq led by Gen. 'Abd al-Karim Kassem overthrows the country's monarchy, kills King Faisal II, and declares Iraq a republic.
In 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.
In 1969, El Salvador's defeat of the Honduras soccer team in Mexico City inflamed passions between the two countries to such an extent that the countries began warring with each other on this date. 2,000 people died during four days of hostilities known as the "Futbol War".
In 1978, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation, and sentenced to 13 years at hard labor. (Sharansky was released in 1986.)
In 1997, the international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb, to 20 years in prison for turning on his Muslim and Croat neighbors in a deadly campaign of terror and torture.
In 1999, Iranian hard-liners answered a week of pro-democracy rallies with one of their own, sending 100,000 people into the streets of Tehran. Race-based school busing in Boston came to an end after 25 years. Major league umpires voted to resign Sept. 2 and not work the final month of the season. (The strategy collapsed, with baseball owners accepting the resignations of 22 umpires.)
In 2003, newspaper columnist Robert Novak reveals that Valerie Plame Wilson is a covert CIA agent, touching off a scandal that results in the conviction of a leading U.S. government official.
In 2004, the US Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. (Forty-eight senators voted to advance the measure - 12 short of the 60 needed - and 50 voted to block it.)
In 2008, President George W. Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling which had stood since his father was president. The New Yorker magazine featured what they described as a satirical cover showing Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim and his wife, Michelle, as a terrorist. (The Obama campaign called the cover "tasteless and offensive.")