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| daib0 | 17 Dec 2015, 08:49 AM Post #1 |
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1969 - Arrival of the mass globalization era! Some 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, live on Tonight Show. ![]() |
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| daib0 | 17 Dec 2015, 08:54 AM Post #2 |
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Other events in recent in history North Korea 2011 North Korea North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il Dies 17th December, 2011 North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il, reportedly died after suffering a heart attack according to state media in the tightly controlled and highly isolated Communist country. His death signaled the possibility for increased instability as the transition of power within the country took place. In the days and weeks after Kim Jong-il's death, his youngest son Kim Jong-un was given various important titles such as "the Great Successor", leading to to what most suspect will be his eventual rise to leadership in the country. Citizens reportedly took to the streets in public displays of mourning and were shown through the state media. Peru 1996 Peru Hostages Japanese Embassy 17th Dec. , 1996 14 Peruvian guerrillas who were members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) take hundreds of people hostage at a party at the official residence of Japan's ambassador to Peru in Lima. After 4 months of unsuccessful negotiations, the group of remaining hostages was freed via a raid by Peruvian Armed Forces commandos, during which one hostage, two commandos, and all the MRTA militants were killed. Belgium 1944 World War II Day 2 Battle of the Bulge December 17th, 1944 The Germans mount a series of counter attacks and are attacking with paratroops, tanks and aircraft along the 70-mile front guarded by American forces in the Ardennes region with some success allowing them to re cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium Germany 1942 World War II Mass Executions of Jews 17th Dec. , 1942 News is filtering out of German occupied Europe of atrocities and the mass executions of Jews by killing squads and in Poland, Jewish ghettoes were being "systematically emptied" except for the able-bodied who were being sent to labour camps. U.S. 1903 U.S.A Orville and Wright December 17th, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. . The craft is referred to as an airship and Orville and Wright are looking for buyers for their machine which is capable of speeds up to 10 mph. |
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| daib0 | 17 Dec 2015, 08:57 AM Post #3 |
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Going back further 1895 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C. 1895 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) 1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 1892 Tsjaikovski's ballet "Nutcracker," premieres in St. Petersburg 1887 Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris 1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate 1875 Violent bread riots in Montreal 1865 Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres 1864 Battle of Franklin, TN 1862 General U.S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee 1860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County 1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire 1821 Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons 1819 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain 1798 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins 1792 Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city 1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1790 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1788 Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov 1777 France recognizes independence of English colonies in America 1777 ,George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pennsylvania 1745 Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland 1728 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1718 England declares war on Spain 1638 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine 1587 Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands 1572 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 1526 Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia 1526 Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition 283 St. Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
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