This day in history.....
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Inkara1
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Well, see, back then, we still felt like we owed them some help for helping us earn our independence... and sending us the statue of liberty. But now that we've bailed them out of German occupation twice and took over Vietnam for them, I think our obligation's been more than paid off.
Mare
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August 25th
1839: U.S. Coast Guard officers board L'Amistad, a ship anchored off Long Island. They find the African slaves on the ship have revolted against their captors and taken control of the vessel.
1847: Liberia, the colony established in west Africa for freed U.S. slaves, is proclaimed an independent republic under the presidency of Joseph Roberts.
1883: The small volcanic island of Krakatoa in Indonesia begins to erupt. The eruptions, which nearly destroy the island, cause tidal waves that kill thousands of people on the larger islands of Java and Sumatra.
1896: Armenians in Constantinople revolt against the Ottoman Empire, leading to a three-day massacre of more than 6,000 Armenians.
1920: Eight days after Tennessee became the final state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the amendment is formally adopted, giving American women the right to vote.
1977: The province of Québec, under the leadership of premier René Lévesque, passes a law extending the requirements for the use of French as the province's official language.
1839: U.S. Coast Guard officers board L'Amistad, a ship anchored off Long Island. They find the African slaves on the ship have revolted against their captors and taken control of the vessel.
1847: Liberia, the colony established in west Africa for freed U.S. slaves, is proclaimed an independent republic under the presidency of Joseph Roberts.
1883: The small volcanic island of Krakatoa in Indonesia begins to erupt. The eruptions, which nearly destroy the island, cause tidal waves that kill thousands of people on the larger islands of Java and Sumatra.
1896: Armenians in Constantinople revolt against the Ottoman Empire, leading to a three-day massacre of more than 6,000 Armenians.
1920: Eight days after Tennessee became the final state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the amendment is formally adopted, giving American women the right to vote.
1977: The province of Québec, under the leadership of premier René Lévesque, passes a law extending the requirements for the use of French as the province's official language.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Mare said:
*sigh*
Like it or not, the institution of slavery was legal in 1839 America. Thus, there were no "captors".
For the 5,917th time, I do not support slavery. But it was legal when this occurred. Revisionist historical rewriting does not change that sad fact.
I choose to view events in their proper context. Shoot me.
Mare
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August 28th
1850: Composer and pianist Franz Liszt conducts the premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin in Weimar, Germany.
1955: Fourteen-year-old African American Emmett Till is abducted and later murdered by two white men in Mississippi, after he allegedly flirts with a white woman.
1963: Over 200,000 people participate in the March on Washington, demanding full civil rights for black Americans. The day culminates in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legendary "I Have a Dream" speech.
1968: Police in Chicago, Illinois, violently attack protesters against the Vietnam War who have filled the streets outside the Democratic National Convention.
430: Saint Augustine, one of the most influential theologians in the history of the Catholic church, dies at Hippo at the age of 75.
1850: Composer and pianist Franz Liszt conducts the premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin in Weimar, Germany.
1955: Fourteen-year-old African American Emmett Till is abducted and later murdered by two white men in Mississippi, after he allegedly flirts with a white woman.
1963: Over 200,000 people participate in the March on Washington, demanding full civil rights for black Americans. The day culminates in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legendary "I Have a Dream" speech.
1968: Police in Chicago, Illinois, violently attack protesters against the Vietnam War who have filled the streets outside the Democratic National Convention.
430: Saint Augustine, one of the most influential theologians in the history of the Catholic church, dies at Hippo at the age of 75.
Mare
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August 29th
1831: English chemist Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, the production of an electric current by change in magnetic intensity, which is the principle of the electric generator.
1842: Under the Treaty of Nanking, which ends the First Opium War, China cedes Hong Kong to Britain and opens five of its ports to British trade.
1897: The first Zionist Congress, called by journalist Theodor Herzl to organize a movement for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, meets in Basel, Switzerland.
1952: 4'33", a piece by avant-garde composer John Cage in which the performer's silence elevates the incidental noise of the concert hall to the status of music, has its debut in Woodstock, New York.
1957: South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond ends a record filibuster in the Senate, holding the floor for over 24 hours to delay a vote on a civil rights bill that eventually passes the Senate.
1966: The Beatles play their final live concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The band continues to record together until their breakup in 1970.
1831: English chemist Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, the production of an electric current by change in magnetic intensity, which is the principle of the electric generator.
1842: Under the Treaty of Nanking, which ends the First Opium War, China cedes Hong Kong to Britain and opens five of its ports to British trade.
1897: The first Zionist Congress, called by journalist Theodor Herzl to organize a movement for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, meets in Basel, Switzerland.
1952: 4'33", a piece by avant-garde composer John Cage in which the performer's silence elevates the incidental noise of the concert hall to the status of music, has its debut in Woodstock, New York.
1957: South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond ends a record filibuster in the Senate, holding the floor for over 24 hours to delay a vote on a civil rights bill that eventually passes the Senate.
1966: The Beatles play their final live concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The band continues to record together until their breakup in 1970.
Mare
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August 30
1800: A planned slave revolt near Richmond, Virginia, led by former slave Gabriel Prosser, is foiled by a thunderstorm and betrayed by participants. Prosser and his main conspirators are captured and hanged.
1928: Indian nationalist Jawarhalal Nehru organizes the Independence of India League to challenge British rule in India.
1983: Aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger, astronaut Guion Bluford becomes the first African American to go into space.
1991: Long overshadowed by his rival Carl Lewis, American Mike Powell breaks Bob Beamon's 1968 world record in the long jump, leaping 8.95 m (29.36 ft) at the track and field World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
1993: After leaving NBC for CBS, comedian David Letterman debuts his new late-night talk show, the Late Show with David Letterman.
30 BC: Under the threat of being taken prisoner by Roman emperor Octavian, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisons herself. According to legend, she dies by allowing an asp to bite her.
1800: A planned slave revolt near Richmond, Virginia, led by former slave Gabriel Prosser, is foiled by a thunderstorm and betrayed by participants. Prosser and his main conspirators are captured and hanged.
1928: Indian nationalist Jawarhalal Nehru organizes the Independence of India League to challenge British rule in India.
1983: Aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger, astronaut Guion Bluford becomes the first African American to go into space.
1991: Long overshadowed by his rival Carl Lewis, American Mike Powell breaks Bob Beamon's 1968 world record in the long jump, leaping 8.95 m (29.36 ft) at the track and field World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
1993: After leaving NBC for CBS, comedian David Letterman debuts his new late-night talk show, the Late Show with David Letterman.
30 BC: Under the threat of being taken prisoner by Roman emperor Octavian, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisons herself. According to legend, she dies by allowing an asp to bite her.
Mare
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August 31
1867: Stricken by paralysis, poet Charles Baudelaire dies in Paris, France, at the age of 46.
1897: American inventor Thomas Edison receives a U.S. patent for his motion-picture camera, known as the Kinetoscope, amid rival claims by inventors of similar machines.
1928: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), a musical collaboration between dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, starring Lotte Lenya, premieres in Berlin, Germany.
1962: Trinidad and Tobago (previously members of the West Indies Federation) join as an independent nation within the British Commonwealth.
1980: The Polish government comes to an agreement with striking workers at the Gdansk shipyard, leading to the recognition of Solidarity as Communist Poland's first legal trade union.
1997: Princess Diana of England dies along with her companion, department store heir Dodi Fayed, when their car crashes in Paris while evading photographers.
1867: Stricken by paralysis, poet Charles Baudelaire dies in Paris, France, at the age of 46.
1897: American inventor Thomas Edison receives a U.S. patent for his motion-picture camera, known as the Kinetoscope, amid rival claims by inventors of similar machines.
1928: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), a musical collaboration between dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, starring Lotte Lenya, premieres in Berlin, Germany.
1962: Trinidad and Tobago (previously members of the West Indies Federation) join as an independent nation within the British Commonwealth.
1980: The Polish government comes to an agreement with striking workers at the Gdansk shipyard, leading to the recognition of Solidarity as Communist Poland's first legal trade union.
1997: Princess Diana of England dies along with her companion, department store heir Dodi Fayed, when their car crashes in Paris while evading photographers.
Mare
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September 1
1443: The Japanese dramatist Zeami Motokiyo, perhaps the greatest of the No dramatists, dies. Motokiyo wrote nearly half of the classic No repertoire, as well as essays on the theater.
1807: Former American vice president Aaron Burr is acquitted on charges of treason, in his alleged attempt to set up an independent republic in Spanish territory in the Southwest.
1923: A major earthquake nearly destroys the city of Yokohama, Japan, as well as much of nearby Tokyo. Over 100,000 people die in the quake.
1939: Nazi Germany begins World War II with its invasion of Poland. The invasion will lead Britain and France to declare war on Germany two days later.
1972: Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the world chess championship when he defeats Soviet champion Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1983: In one of the last major incidents of the Cold War, a Soviet fighter plane shoots down Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing all 269 on board, after it strays into Soviet air space.
1443: The Japanese dramatist Zeami Motokiyo, perhaps the greatest of the No dramatists, dies. Motokiyo wrote nearly half of the classic No repertoire, as well as essays on the theater.
1807: Former American vice president Aaron Burr is acquitted on charges of treason, in his alleged attempt to set up an independent republic in Spanish territory in the Southwest.
1923: A major earthquake nearly destroys the city of Yokohama, Japan, as well as much of nearby Tokyo. Over 100,000 people die in the quake.
1939: Nazi Germany begins World War II with its invasion of Poland. The invasion will lead Britain and France to declare war on Germany two days later.
1972: Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the world chess championship when he defeats Soviet champion Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1983: In one of the last major incidents of the Cold War, a Soviet fighter plane shoots down Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing all 269 on board, after it strays into Soviet air space.
Mare
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September 2nd
1666: The Great Fire of London starts in a baker's shop. The fire devastates the city, destroying many buildings, including Saint Paul's Cathedral and the Guildhall.
1864: Union armies led by General William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta, Georgia. They will burn much of the city before beginning their march to the Atlantic Ocean.
1945: On board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japanese officials make their formal surrender to the United States, ending the conflict between the two countries in World War II.
1945: Viet Minh forces, led by Ho Chi Minh, declare the independence of Vietnam from France, beginning an eight-year colonial war that will result in a partitioned country.
1969: Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam and architect of Vietnamese independence, dies at the age of 79.
31 BC: The forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra are decisively defeated near Actium by the Roman army of Octavian (later known as Augustus), allowing Octavian to consolidate his rule of the Roman empire.
1666: The Great Fire of London starts in a baker's shop. The fire devastates the city, destroying many buildings, including Saint Paul's Cathedral and the Guildhall.
1864: Union armies led by General William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta, Georgia. They will burn much of the city before beginning their march to the Atlantic Ocean.
1945: On board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japanese officials make their formal surrender to the United States, ending the conflict between the two countries in World War II.
1945: Viet Minh forces, led by Ho Chi Minh, declare the independence of Vietnam from France, beginning an eight-year colonial war that will result in a partitioned country.
1969: Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam and architect of Vietnamese independence, dies at the age of 79.
31 BC: The forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra are decisively defeated near Actium by the Roman army of Octavian (later known as Augustus), allowing Octavian to consolidate his rule of the Roman empire.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
1864: Union armies led by General William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta, Georgia. They will burn much of the city before beginning their march to the Atlantic Ocean.
As I throw another log into Hell to keep Sherman nice and warm. 
As I throw another log into Hell to keep Sherman nice and warm.
Mare
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September 3rd
1658: Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, leader of the English Revolution of Parliament against the monarchy, dies on the anniversary of his greatest military victories, at Dunbar in 1650 and Worcester in 1651.
1783: The Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain on one side and France, Spain, and the United States on the other, ending the American Revolution.
1838: Disguised as a sailor, Frederick Bailey escapes from slavery on a train bound from Baltimore to Philadelphia. After settling in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he takes the free name Frederick Douglass.
1939: Two days after Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, France and Britain enter World War II by declaring war on Germany.
1967: Voters in South Vietnam elect military leader Nguyen Van Thieu as president under a new constitution. He will remain in power until the last days before the Communist takeover of South Vietnam in 1975.
1976: The U.S. Viking 2 spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars, where it analyzes the soil and climate and sends back some of the first close-up photographs of the planet.
1658: Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, leader of the English Revolution of Parliament against the monarchy, dies on the anniversary of his greatest military victories, at Dunbar in 1650 and Worcester in 1651.
1783: The Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain on one side and France, Spain, and the United States on the other, ending the American Revolution.
1838: Disguised as a sailor, Frederick Bailey escapes from slavery on a train bound from Baltimore to Philadelphia. After settling in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he takes the free name Frederick Douglass.
1939: Two days after Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, France and Britain enter World War II by declaring war on Germany.
1967: Voters in South Vietnam elect military leader Nguyen Van Thieu as president under a new constitution. He will remain in power until the last days before the Communist takeover of South Vietnam in 1975.
1976: The U.S. Viking 2 spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars, where it analyzes the soil and climate and sends back some of the first close-up photographs of the planet.
Mare
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September 4th
1781: Spanish colonists found a settlement in southern California known as El Pueblo Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, later shortened to Los Angeles.
1881: American electrical engineer Thomas Alva Edison supplies electricity to the first customers of the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company in New York City.
1886: Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache who had led raids on white settlers for ten years after the U.S. government attempted to move the Apache to a reservation, surrenders to U.S. general Nelson A. Miles.
1957: Arkansas governor Orval Faubus uses the Arkansas National Guard to block the entry of nine African American students into Little Rock's segregated Central High School.
1972: At the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, American swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal of the Games, as part of the U.S. 400-m relay team.
1781: Spanish colonists found a settlement in southern California known as El Pueblo Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, later shortened to Los Angeles.
1881: American electrical engineer Thomas Alva Edison supplies electricity to the first customers of the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company in New York City.
1886: Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache who had led raids on white settlers for ten years after the U.S. government attempted to move the Apache to a reservation, surrenders to U.S. general Nelson A. Miles.
1957: Arkansas governor Orval Faubus uses the Arkansas National Guard to block the entry of nine African American students into Little Rock's segregated Central High School.
1972: At the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, American swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal of the Games, as part of the U.S. 400-m relay team.
Mare
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September 4th
1774: Delegates from all of the 13 American colonies except Georgia meet as the First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1877: Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is killed by a U.S. soldier while in custody, allegedly after he resists his confinement.
1905: Russia and Japan sign the Treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire, ending the Russo-Japanese War. The treaty gives the victorious Japanese a territorial stake on the Asian mainland.
1916: D. W. Griffith's epic motion picture Intolerance opens in New York City.
1957: Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, based on Kerouac's friendship with Neal Cassidy, is published. The novel becomes one of the best known works of the Beat Generation.
1972: At the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, Palestinian terrorists murder 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation in a hostage-taking attempt that ends in a firefight with German police.
1774: Delegates from all of the 13 American colonies except Georgia meet as the First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1877: Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is killed by a U.S. soldier while in custody, allegedly after he resists his confinement.
1905: Russia and Japan sign the Treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire, ending the Russo-Japanese War. The treaty gives the victorious Japanese a territorial stake on the Asian mainland.
1916: D. W. Griffith's epic motion picture Intolerance opens in New York City.
1957: Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, based on Kerouac's friendship with Neal Cassidy, is published. The novel becomes one of the best known works of the Beat Generation.
1972: At the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, Palestinian terrorists murder 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation in a hostage-taking attempt that ends in a firefight with German police.
Mare
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September 7th
1837: Already one of the few U.S. colleges to admit African Americans, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Ohio becomes the first U.S. college to admit women to its regular college program.
1899: U.S. secretary of state John Hay circulates a letter arguing for an Open Door policy with regard to trade with China, rather than one that would carve up China into European spheres of influence.
1901: Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.S. president William McKinley at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies eight days later.
1926: The Kuomintang Chinese nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-shek reach Hankou at the confluence of the Han and the Yangtze rivers; Hankou becomes the Kuomintang capital.
1941: The Nazi government requires that all Jews in German-occupied territories wear the yellow star of David for identification.
1998: Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who often adapted Western literary works and forms to Japanese subjects, dies at the age of 88.
1837: Already one of the few U.S. colleges to admit African Americans, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Ohio becomes the first U.S. college to admit women to its regular college program.
1899: U.S. secretary of state John Hay circulates a letter arguing for an Open Door policy with regard to trade with China, rather than one that would carve up China into European spheres of influence.
1901: Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.S. president William McKinley at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies eight days later.
1926: The Kuomintang Chinese nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-shek reach Hankou at the confluence of the Han and the Yangtze rivers; Hankou becomes the Kuomintang capital.
1941: The Nazi government requires that all Jews in German-occupied territories wear the yellow star of David for identification.
1998: Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who often adapted Western literary works and forms to Japanese subjects, dies at the age of 88.
Mare
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September 7th
1822: Brazil declares independence from Portugal.
1860: Red Shirt troops led by Italian nationalist Guiseppe Garibaldi take Naples, one of the final steps leading to the unification of Italy under King Victor Emmanuel II the following year.
1892: Gentleman Jim Corbett knocks out James L. Sullivan in the first heavyweight championship bout fought under the Marquess of Queensbury rules, which require the fighters to wear gloves.
1901: The Peace of Beijing formally ends the Boxer Uprising in China. Under the agreement, China pays an indemnity to the European powers and lowers trade barriers.
1977: U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties, which return the Panama Canal to Panamanian control in 2000.
1979: ESPN, the first all-sports cable network in the United States, begins broadcasting.
1986: Two years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, South African clergyman Desmond Tutu is named Archbishop of Cape Town, becoming the first black leader of South Africa's Anglican church.
1822: Brazil declares independence from Portugal.
1860: Red Shirt troops led by Italian nationalist Guiseppe Garibaldi take Naples, one of the final steps leading to the unification of Italy under King Victor Emmanuel II the following year.
1892: Gentleman Jim Corbett knocks out James L. Sullivan in the first heavyweight championship bout fought under the Marquess of Queensbury rules, which require the fighters to wear gloves.
1901: The Peace of Beijing formally ends the Boxer Uprising in China. Under the agreement, China pays an indemnity to the European powers and lowers trade barriers.
1977: U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties, which return the Panama Canal to Panamanian control in 2000.
1979: ESPN, the first all-sports cable network in the United States, begins broadcasting.
1986: Two years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, South African clergyman Desmond Tutu is named Archbishop of Cape Town, becoming the first black leader of South Africa's Anglican church.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
1979: ESPN, the first all-sports cable network in the United States, begins broadcasting.
September 8, 1979: American women start bitching about their men watching ESPN all the time. Within years, a suitable alternative calling itself The Lifetime Network and featuring only movies in which the man was wrong will begin broadcasting, filling a much needed void.
September 8, 1979: American women start bitching about their men watching ESPN all the time. Within years, a suitable alternative calling itself The Lifetime Network and featuring only movies in which the man was wrong will begin broadcasting, filling a much needed void.
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
A little-known Oberlin fact...Oberlin let African Americans ans women attend solely for financial purposes. Seems thay were low on money, and had to do something to get out of the red, so they let in the blacks.
Before anyone gets upset over that, I attended Oberlin...