Post by MacBeth on Aug 20, 2009 8:55:04 GMT -5
In 1191, Crusaders massacre 3,000 bound Muslim prisoners at Acre, after a breakdown in negotiations over payment of their ransom. The killings take place in full view of the army from which they were taken.
In 1615, Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 arrives in Huronia, Ontario with ten Indians and Etienne Brulé, to back Hurons against Iroquois; winters in Huronia; estimates population at 30,000.
In 1619, the first group of twenty Africans is brought to Jamestown, Virginia.
In 1834, slavery outlawed in the British Empire, including British North America; estimated 770,280 slaves become free; 30 years before it was outlawed in the US, after the Union victory in the Civil War.
In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped.
In 1904, Dublin’s Abbey Theatre is founded, an outgrowth of the Irish Literary Theatre founded in 1899 by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory.
In 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.
In 1920, pioneering American radio station 8MK in Detroit (later WWJ) began daily broadcasting.
In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Leon Trotsky dies while in exile in Mexico after the Stalinist assassin Jacques Mornard stabs him in the head with a pickaxe. Mornard receives the Order of Lenin (Orden Lenina) upon his release from a Mexican prison. Radar is used for the first time, by the British during the Battle of Britain
In 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
In 1955, hundreds of people were killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure.
In 1968, in response to the reforms in Czechoslovakia known as Prague Spring, Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union invade Czechoslovakia to re-establish a state loyal to the Soviets.
In 1975, Canada signs the Treaty of Helsinki with the US, Russia and 32 other countries; ratifies Europe's post war boundaries and guarantees human rights.
In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12-inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages, samples of music and sounds of nature.
In 1979, Diana Nyad succeeded in her third attempt at swimming from the Bahamas to Florida.
In 1986, rather than submit to being fired, part-time letter carrier Pat Sherrill shoots 14 coworkers at his Edmond, Oklahoma post office.
In 1988, Iran and Iraq agree to a United Nations-sponsored cease-fire, ending their eight-year war.
In 1989, Born Free conservationist George Adamson and two assistants are gunned down by Somali poachers at Kampi Ya Simba, Kenya.
In 1999, in a highly unusual move, the CIA pulled the security clearances for former Director John Deutch for keeping secret files on an unsecured home computer. Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan. (The merger resulted in creation of the Mizuho Financial Group.)
In 2004, Democrats labored to deflect attacks on John Kerry's war record with fresh television ads touting his fitness for national command. In Athens, Michael Phelps matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the Olympic pool with a stirring comeback in the 100-meter butterfly, then removed himself from further competition.
In 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal to put a U.S. missile defense base in Poland.
In 1615, Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 arrives in Huronia, Ontario with ten Indians and Etienne Brulé, to back Hurons against Iroquois; winters in Huronia; estimates population at 30,000.
In 1619, the first group of twenty Africans is brought to Jamestown, Virginia.
In 1834, slavery outlawed in the British Empire, including British North America; estimated 770,280 slaves become free; 30 years before it was outlawed in the US, after the Union victory in the Civil War.
In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped.
In 1904, Dublin’s Abbey Theatre is founded, an outgrowth of the Irish Literary Theatre founded in 1899 by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory.
In 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.
In 1920, pioneering American radio station 8MK in Detroit (later WWJ) began daily broadcasting.
In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Leon Trotsky dies while in exile in Mexico after the Stalinist assassin Jacques Mornard stabs him in the head with a pickaxe. Mornard receives the Order of Lenin (Orden Lenina) upon his release from a Mexican prison. Radar is used for the first time, by the British during the Battle of Britain
In 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
In 1955, hundreds of people were killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure.
In 1968, in response to the reforms in Czechoslovakia known as Prague Spring, Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union invade Czechoslovakia to re-establish a state loyal to the Soviets.
In 1975, Canada signs the Treaty of Helsinki with the US, Russia and 32 other countries; ratifies Europe's post war boundaries and guarantees human rights.
In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12-inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages, samples of music and sounds of nature.
In 1979, Diana Nyad succeeded in her third attempt at swimming from the Bahamas to Florida.
In 1986, rather than submit to being fired, part-time letter carrier Pat Sherrill shoots 14 coworkers at his Edmond, Oklahoma post office.
In 1988, Iran and Iraq agree to a United Nations-sponsored cease-fire, ending their eight-year war.
In 1989, Born Free conservationist George Adamson and two assistants are gunned down by Somali poachers at Kampi Ya Simba, Kenya.
In 1999, in a highly unusual move, the CIA pulled the security clearances for former Director John Deutch for keeping secret files on an unsecured home computer. Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan. (The merger resulted in creation of the Mizuho Financial Group.)
In 2004, Democrats labored to deflect attacks on John Kerry's war record with fresh television ads touting his fitness for national command. In Athens, Michael Phelps matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the Olympic pool with a stirring comeback in the 100-meter butterfly, then removed himself from further competition.
In 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal to put a U.S. missile defense base in Poland.