Post by MacBeth on Jul 18, 2009 7:55:51 GMT -5
In A.D. 64, two-thirds of the city of Rome burns. The emperor Nero rebuilds the city afterward but remains unpopular and is driven from Rome four years later.
In 1290, after having imprisoned and ransomed 3,000 of them in 1287, King Edward I issues an edict expelling all Jews from England. The nation's Jewry, which financed the crusade against the Saracens, had by this time outlived their usefulness as bankers and were given until the end of October to emigrate
In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.
In 1870, at the end of Vatican I, Catholic popes are proclaimed infallible by chapter four of the papal bull Pastor Aeternus. His declarations on matters of faith are protected from error by the Holy Spirit.
In 1872, Britain enacted voting by secret ballot.
In 1877, inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time.
In 1918, American and French forces launched a counteroffensive against the Germans during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I.
In 1925, Max Amann publishes Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), the book Adolf Hitler had dictated while under house arrest. The work happens to be just as tedious as its original title, Four and Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity, and Cowardice.
In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
In 1935, Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.
In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa.
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a Presidential Succession Act which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.
In 1969, a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard; although Kennedy managed to escape the submerged vehicle, his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. He fails to report the accident until the next morning. (Kennedy subsequently pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended two-month jail sentence.)
In 1994, a bomb hidden in a van destroyed a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85.
In 1999, authorities looking into the disappearance of the plane carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister-in-law announced that the "search and rescue" operation had become "search and recovery."
In 2003, Tte body of British scientist David Kelly, a weapons expert at the center of a storm over British intelligence on Iraq, was found, an apparent suicide.
In 2004, a spokesman said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would not apologize for mocking certain lawmakers as "girlie men," despite criticisms from Democrats that the remark was sexist and homophobic.
In 2005, an unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Ala., to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.
In 1290, after having imprisoned and ransomed 3,000 of them in 1287, King Edward I issues an edict expelling all Jews from England. The nation's Jewry, which financed the crusade against the Saracens, had by this time outlived their usefulness as bankers and were given until the end of October to emigrate
In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.
In 1870, at the end of Vatican I, Catholic popes are proclaimed infallible by chapter four of the papal bull Pastor Aeternus. His declarations on matters of faith are protected from error by the Holy Spirit.
In 1872, Britain enacted voting by secret ballot.
In 1877, inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time.
In 1918, American and French forces launched a counteroffensive against the Germans during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I.
In 1925, Max Amann publishes Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), the book Adolf Hitler had dictated while under house arrest. The work happens to be just as tedious as its original title, Four and Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity, and Cowardice.
In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
In 1935, Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.
In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa.
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a Presidential Succession Act which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.
In 1969, a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard; although Kennedy managed to escape the submerged vehicle, his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. He fails to report the accident until the next morning. (Kennedy subsequently pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended two-month jail sentence.)
In 1994, a bomb hidden in a van destroyed a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85.
In 1999, authorities looking into the disappearance of the plane carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister-in-law announced that the "search and rescue" operation had become "search and recovery."
In 2003, Tte body of British scientist David Kelly, a weapons expert at the center of a storm over British intelligence on Iraq, was found, an apparent suicide.
In 2004, a spokesman said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would not apologize for mocking certain lawmakers as "girlie men," despite criticisms from Democrats that the remark was sexist and homophobic.
In 2005, an unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Ala., to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.