Post by MacBeth on Jul 22, 2009 5:32:03 GMT -5
In 1587, a second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
In 1796, Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
In 1814, five Indian tribes in Ohio make peace with the United States and declare war on Britain.
In 1894, the first automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen, France.
In 1917, Aleksandr Kerensky is named prime minister of the Russian Provisional Government established after the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II. He only lasts in office until the Bolshevik revolution that fall.
In 1929, inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. made an unsuccessful mass escape attempt.
In 1933, American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world as he returned to New York's Floyd Bennett Field after traveling for seven days, 18 3/4 hours.
In 1934, bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, where he had just watched the Clark Gable movie "Manhattan Melodrama."
In 1937, the Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
In 1938, the Third Reich issues special identity cards for Jewish Germans.
In 1942, the Nazis began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp.
In 1943, American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily, during World War II.
In 1946, Jewish extremists blew up a wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 90 people.
In 1975, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to restore the American citizenship of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
In 1983, Samantha Smith and her parents returned home to Manchester, Maine, after completing a whirlwind tour of the Soviet Union.
In 1994, In court, O.J. Simpson pleads "absolutely, 100% not guilty" of savagely killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald Goldman.
In 2004, the September 11th commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the devastating attacks of 9/11, but stopping short of blaming President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton. The Army Inspector General's office released a report on abuses by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report found 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse and 39 deaths.
In 2008, tropical Storm Dolly spun into a hurricane as it headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border. European Union foreign ministers agreed to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to pressure him to share power with the opposition.
In 1796, Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
In 1814, five Indian tribes in Ohio make peace with the United States and declare war on Britain.
In 1894, the first automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen, France.
In 1917, Aleksandr Kerensky is named prime minister of the Russian Provisional Government established after the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II. He only lasts in office until the Bolshevik revolution that fall.
In 1929, inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. made an unsuccessful mass escape attempt.
In 1933, American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world as he returned to New York's Floyd Bennett Field after traveling for seven days, 18 3/4 hours.
In 1934, bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, where he had just watched the Clark Gable movie "Manhattan Melodrama."
In 1937, the Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
In 1938, the Third Reich issues special identity cards for Jewish Germans.
In 1942, the Nazis began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp.
In 1943, American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily, during World War II.
In 1946, Jewish extremists blew up a wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 90 people.
In 1975, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to restore the American citizenship of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
In 1983, Samantha Smith and her parents returned home to Manchester, Maine, after completing a whirlwind tour of the Soviet Union.
In 1994, In court, O.J. Simpson pleads "absolutely, 100% not guilty" of savagely killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald Goldman.
In 2004, the September 11th commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the devastating attacks of 9/11, but stopping short of blaming President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton. The Army Inspector General's office released a report on abuses by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report found 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse and 39 deaths.
In 2008, tropical Storm Dolly spun into a hurricane as it headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border. European Union foreign ministers agreed to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to pressure him to share power with the opposition.