Post by MacBeth on Mar 6, 2009 6:50:05 GMT -5
In 1834, the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto.
In 1836, the Alamo was seized by Santa Ana, 3,000 versus 147 not being a fair fight. The holdouts suffered unnecessary (but legend-worthy and song-worthy) deaths, disobeying direct orders by remaining, and losing their arms and cannon to the Mexicans
In 1853, Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy.
In 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
In 1918, the US naval vessel "Cyclops" vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1933, a nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.
In 1957, the former British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent state of Ghana.
In 1967, the daughter of Josef Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, appeared at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and declared her intention to defect to the West.
In 1978, Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, is shot and paralyzed.
In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
In 1997, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
In 1999, the emir of Bahrain (Sheik Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa), a key Western ally who had ruled for nearly four decades, died shortly after a meeting with Defense Secretary William Cohen; he was 65.
In 2004, President George W. Bush backed off on plans to require frequent Mexican travelers to the U.S. to be fingerprinted and photographed before crossing the border. A water taxi capsized in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, killing five people.
In 2006, Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota. (The ban was rejected by the state's voters in November).
In 2007, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
In 1836, the Alamo was seized by Santa Ana, 3,000 versus 147 not being a fair fight. The holdouts suffered unnecessary (but legend-worthy and song-worthy) deaths, disobeying direct orders by remaining, and losing their arms and cannon to the Mexicans
In 1853, Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy.
In 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and could not sue for his freedom in federal court.
In 1918, the US naval vessel "Cyclops" vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1933, a nationwide bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt went into effect.
In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.
In 1957, the former British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent state of Ghana.
In 1967, the daughter of Josef Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, appeared at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and declared her intention to defect to the West.
In 1978, Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, is shot and paralyzed.
In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
In 1997, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.
In 1999, the emir of Bahrain (Sheik Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa), a key Western ally who had ruled for nearly four decades, died shortly after a meeting with Defense Secretary William Cohen; he was 65.
In 2004, President George W. Bush backed off on plans to require frequent Mexican travelers to the U.S. to be fingerprinted and photographed before crossing the border. A water taxi capsized in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, killing five people.
In 2006, Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation banning most abortions in South Dakota. (The ban was rejected by the state's voters in November).
In 2007, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.