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| daib0 | 27 Dec 2015, 10:14 AM Post #1 |
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Friday, December 27, 1675. : King Charles II of England issued a proclamation suppressing coffee houses The first record of a public coffee house can be found in 1475, when the first known coffee shop, the Kiva Han, was opened in the Turkish city of Constantinople (now Istanbul). The popularity of coffee, and coffee houses, quickly spread, with Britain opening its first such establishment in 1652. Coffeehouses were commonly frequented by members of the social upper-class of businessmen. They soon became meeting spots for intellectuals and, as Charles saw it, potential political subversives. Thus, on 27 December 1675, he issued a "Proclamation Suppressing Coffee-Houses". The proclamation sought to prohibit "scandalous papers, books and libels from being read in them" and to prevent the coffee-houses from allowing their patrons freedom of speech or the right to express dissatisfaction with the government. Twelve days later, the edict was withdrawn, on 8 January 1676. Its withdrawal was forced because the proclamation denied basic human rights: it had also become the subject of considerable ridicule. ![]() |
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| daib0 | 27 Dec 2015, 10:19 AM Post #2 |
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Other important events over the last 100 years 2007 Pakistan Benazir Bhutto assassinated Dec. 27th , 2007 : Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in Pakistan by suicide attack. Bhutto, who was the first woman Prime Minister of an Islamic state, was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when the gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb. At least twenty other people died in the attack, and several more were injured. 2002 North Korea Nuclear Program December 27th , 2002 : North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspectors to leave the country and said it would restart producing plutonium for nuclear weapons. 1985 Italy / Austria Terrorist Attack Dec. 27th , 1985 : A twin terrorist attack at Rome and Vienna airports by gunmen on waiting passengers has left more than 100 people injured and reports of 15 fatalities. 1979 Afghanistan Soviet Union Seizes Control Dec. 27th , 1979 : The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, has been replaced by Babrak Karmal. 1965 England Drilling Platform Capsizes December 27th , 1965 : Britain's first off-shore drilling platform in the North Sea has capsized off the north eastern coast when two supporting legs gave way in the rough waters of the North Sea. The death toll is thought to over ten men lost. 1943 Norway World War II Dec. 27th , 1943 : Nazi battleship, The Scharnhorst, was sunk by the British off the coast of Norway. The battleship was a 28,000 ton vessel that probably intended to strike a convoy near Murmansk. |
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