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" The British traitor known as Lord Haw-Haw was hanged in 1949 and Alaska was admitted to the Union in 1959, both on this day.",
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" Edmund Spenser died on this day in 1599.",
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" On this day in 1841 Hong Kong was ceded to the British and in 1896 George Burns was born.",
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" On this day in 1879 the battle of Rorke&#039,s Drift took place between the British and the Zulu.",
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" On this day in 1890 Boris Pasternak was born and in 1837 Alexander Pushkin died.",
" In 1858 Bernadette Soubrious saw the apparition of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes. In 1975 Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to lead the British Conservative Party.",
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" It&#039,s Valentine&#039,s day. Richard II and Captain James Cook were both murdered on this day.",
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" Charles Russell, founder of the Jehovah&#039,s Witnesses, was born on this day in 1852.",
" Marion Anderson was born on this day in 1902.",
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" The architect Sir Christopher Wren died in 1723 on this day.",
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" In 1933 on this day the Reichstag in Berlin burned.",
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" On this day in 1854 the Crimean War began.",
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" In 1968 on this day Martin Luther King was assasinated.",
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" On this day in 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht was signed.",
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" On this day in 1521 Martin Luther appeared before the Diet of Worms.",
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" On this day in 1775 the American revolution began in Lexington, Mass.",
" The painter Miro was born on this day in 1893.",
" On this day in 1819 Baron von Richthofen was shot down and killed and was succeeded by Hermann Goering as squadron commander.",
" Niloli Lenin was born on this day in 1870 as was Robert Oppenheimer (1904).",
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" Born on this day was Karl Marx (1818)the German philosopher.  Also born on this day was Soren Kierkegaard (1813), the founder of existentialism.",
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" On this day in 1915 the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine. In 1945 all remaining German forces surrendered to the Allies.",
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" The fighter Joe Lewis was born on this day in 1914.",
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" Ho Chi Min was born on this day (1890). Ann Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 after the King lost his over her lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour.",
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" An SOS signal was transmitted in an emergency for the first time on this date in 1909.",
" In 1847 John Franklin died in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage.",
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" William Butler Yeats was born on this day in 1865.",
" On this day in 1645 Charles I lost the battle at Naseby to Cromwell&#039,s forces and thus the Civil War.",
" On this day in 1215 the Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede by John I.",
" Julius Plucker was born on this day in 1801. He discoverec cathode rays.",
" On this date in 1775 the English won the battle of Bunker Hill.",
" On this day in 1815 Napoleon lost to Wellington at Waterloo.",
" Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on this day in in 1953.",
" On this date in 1789 the French National Assembly took the Oath of the Tennis Court, the first act of the Frenc Revolution.",
" Jean-Paul Sarte was born on this day in 1905.",
" In 1553 John Fisher, the Bishiop of Rochester, was beheaded for reusing to swear the supremacy of Henry VIII.",
" Dr. Alfred Kinsey was born on this day in 1894.",
" In 1314 on this date Robert Bruce defeated Edward II at Bannockburn, securing independence for Scotland.",
" In 1876 Colonel George Armstrong Custer was killed along with his men at the Little big Horn. In 1950 the Korean War began.",
" In 1541 the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro was murdered by his followers.",
" Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons, was assassinated on this say in 1844.",
" On this day in 1914 the Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated, initiating World War I. In 1919 the peace treaty was signed.",
" Nelson Eddy, the singer, was born on this day in 1901.",
" On this day in 1971 the three Russian astronauts in Soyuz II were found dead on landing."
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" John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on this Independance Day in 1826 and James Monroe died on this day in 1831.",
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" In 1709 on this day, Charles XII of Sweeden was defeated by Peter the Great at Poltava in a battle that changed the future of Europe.",
" On this day in 1553 Lady Jane Grey began her thirteen day reign as Queen of England. Don&#039,t blink or you&#039,ll miss it.",
" In 1962 on this day Telstar was launched, bringing the first live television from the US to Europe. And so the French were stuck with us.",
" In 1804 Vice-President Aron Burr shot and killed the Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton won by loosing.",
" George Eastman was born on this day in 1854. Smile!",
" The French revolutionary Paul Marat was murdered in his bath on this day in 1793.",
" Geral Ford, the first unelected president, was born on this day in 1913. In 1881 William Bonney was killed by his foarmer friend Pat Garrett.",
" The painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on this day in 1606.",
" Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered on this day in 1918 by the Bolsheviks.  In 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded.",
" On this day in 1453, the Hundered Years War ended with the defeat of Henry VI at Castillion. About time.",
" In 1936 on this day the Spanish Civil War began, the tryouts for WWII. Very sad I think.",
" On this day in 1545 Henry VIII watched his flagship Mary Rose capsize and sink.  Then again, in 1553 his daughter Mary became queen of England.",
" On this day in 1969 Armstrong and Aldrin became the first men to land on the moon. Cool.",
" On this day in 1969 Niel Armstrong became the first man to step on the moon. I was watching a small TV in a hot dog stand at some figure eight races.",
" On this day in 1934 John Dillinger was shot and killed in Chicago by FBI agents.",
" On this day in 1865 William Booth founded the Salvation Army.",
" In 1898 the aviator Amelia Earhart was born.",
" In 1978, on this day, the first test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born.",
" This is Liberian independence day.  Liberia was the first African colony to gain independence (1847).",
" The Korean war ended on this day in 1953.",
" On this day in 1914 World War I began and thus the worlds population began to drop noticeably.",
" Robert Shumann and Vincent van Gogh both died from suicide on this day. No lithium in those days.",
" Born on this day were Henry Ford, Henry Moore, and Gerald Moore (the pianist) in 1863, 1898, and 1899 respectively.",
" Milton Friedman, the economist, was born on this day in 1912. Check your wallet."
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" It&#039,s Picnic Day (Aus.).",
" We dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945.",
"Louis Leaky the anthropologist and Margaretha Zelle the spy (Mata Hari) were born on this day (1903 and 1876 respectively).",
" Ernst Lawrence, the physicist was born on this day (1901).",
" Leonidas ended his days at Thermopyle on this day in 480 B.C.and the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945.  Richard Nixion became president of the U.S.",
"The warship Vasa capsized in Stackholm Harbor on this day in 1628.",
" Andrew Carnegie died on this day in 1919.  E-mail me if you have a personal memory of this event.",
" Construction began on the Berlin Wall on this day in 1961.",
" It&#039,s the anniversary of the Battle of Blenheim (1704).",
" On this day in 1945 Japan surrendered to the Allies and in 1947 Pakistan became an independent state.",
" It&#039,s VJ Day.",
" It&#039,s Bennington Battle Day.",
" It&#039,s Admission Day (Hawaii).",
" Antonio Salieri was born on this day in 1750. Don&#039,t slander the man without a trial.",
" It&#039,s the birthday of Bill Clinton (1945).",
" It&#039,s appreciate your manager day.",
" Leon Trotsky died of an assassin&#039,s wounds on this day in 1940.",
" Richard III died at Bosworth Field in 1485. (Yes, Janie, there really was a Richard III.)",
" Arnold Toynbee, who coined the phrase <em>industrial revolution</em>, was born on this day in 1852.",
"The city of Pompeii was buried by Mount Vesuvius on this day in AD 79.",
" Ivan IV &#40,the Terrible&#41, was born on this day in 1530.",
" Artillary was first used in action by Europeans on this day in 1346.",
" It&#039,s Lyndon B. Johnson&#039,s birthday, a Texas holiday.",
" It&#039,s Raksha Bandhan &#040,Hindu&#041,.",
" John Lock &#040,philosopher&#041,, Aguste Dominique Ingres, &#040,painter&#041, and Charlie Parker &#040,musician&#041, were all born on this day. Wow.",
" It&#039,s Huey P. Long Day. Hell, why not.",
" DuBose Heyward, author of Porgy and Bess, was born on this day in 1885."
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" Its Sri Krishna Jayanti (Hindu).",
" Jesse James and John Cage were born on this day in 1847 and 1912 respectivly.",
" The Mayflower set sail from a Devon port for the west in 1620 and Hendrik Verwoird, the South African Prime Minister, was murdered on this day in 1966.",
" The first submarine was used in combat, in 1776 against the Brittish.",
"Richard I (Cour de Lion) and Peter Sellers were born on this day in 1157 and 1925 respectively.",
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" On this day the Austrian Empire ended in 1919.",
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" It&#039,s a new moon tonight.",
" It&#039,s First Parkash Granth Sahib Ji (Sikh).",
" On this date in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated and, in 1912, the Titanic hit an iceburg. Perhaps its a good day to stay home.",
" Born on this day were Leonardo DaVinci (1452), Theodore Rousseau (1812), Henry James (1843), and Bessie Smith (1894). In counterpoint, the Titanic sank (1912) while its band played on.",
" Sradhas begins (Hindu).",
" On this date in 1862 the battle of Antitum ended.",
" Samuel Johnson (lexographer) and Greta Garbo (actress) were both born on this day in 1709 and 1905 respectivly. Two extremes in the use of the language.",
" On this day, in 1356, Edward, the Black Prince, defeated John II at Poitiers. Do we care at this point?",
" On this day Gothe witnessed the Prussian defeat at the battle of Valmy (1792).",
" Girolamo Savonarola, the visionary reformer who was hanged and burned at the stake and H. G. Wells, the visionary author, were both born in this day in 1452 and 1886 respectivly.",
" In 1586 the poet-soldier Sir Phillip Sidney died in battle, reportedly giving his water bottle to another soldier with the words &quot,Thy necessity is yet greater than mine&quot,.",
" The Hungarian born Baroness Orczy, creator of the Scatlet Pimpernel, was born on this day in 1865.",
" On this day in 1975 Halston and Scott became the first to set foot on top of Mt. Everest via the south-west face.",
" Poet Samuel Butler died on this day in 1680 in poverty. His tombstone reads <em>He asked for bread and received a stone</em>.",
" Francis Drake, in the <i>Golden Hind</i> became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe in 1580 and  Robert Blakeley was born on this day.",
" It&#039,s Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu).",
"  The first international was founded on this day in 1864, at a public meeting.",
" On this day in 1839 the first regular police patrols were initiated in London.  They were called <em>bobbies</em> after Sir Robert Peal, who introduced the bill in parliament to reorganize the police department.",
" On this day in 1938 the Munich agreement was signed by Chamberlin, Hitler, Daladier, and Mussolini.  Subsequently, in 1924, Truman Capote was born."
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" James Earl Carter and Julie Andrews were both born on this day in 1934 and 1935 respectively.",
" The comanders in chief of both the Allied and German armies in WW1 were born on this day.  The were Ferdinand (Marshall) Foch (1851) and Paul von Hindenburg (1847). Also born on this day were Mahatma Ghandi (1869) and Groucho Marx (1890).  Go fugure.",
" Author Gore Vidal was born on this day in 1925.",
" On This very day, in 1957, the Russians launche Sputnik I, the first man made satellite. This caused the US military to crate the Internet, and created the resolve to send men to the moon, among other things. See Mr. Gates, competition is good.",
" The first aviators to die in battle did so on this day in 1914.",
" In 1536, on this day, William Tyndale who was the English translator of the New Testament, was strangled then burned at the stake for heresy. In 1981, President Sadat of Egypt was assasinated by Muslim extremists. So what's the lesson here?",
" William Laud, the Archbishiop of Canturbry executed for treason, was born on this day in 1573.",
" On this day in 1912 the First Balkan War began (from which WWI arose).",
" John Lennon was born on this day in 1940.",
" It&#039,s Lief Erikson Day.",
" Elanore Roosevelt was born on this day in 1884. In 1899 the Boer War began",
" It&#039,s Columbus Day. Not a big day for many Indian locals.",
" Asuj Navratras begins (Hindu).",
" It&#039,s Thanksgiving in Canada.",
" On this day in 1585 the Gregorian calendar was adopted.",
" In 1555  on this day Bishops Latimer and and Ridley were burned at the stake for heresy (<em>We shall this day light a candle...in England , as I trust shall never be put out.</em>)   Marie Antoinette was guillotined in Paris in 1793.  The Nazies Franck, Frick, Jodl, Kaltenbrunner, Keitel, Ribbontrop, Rosenburg, Sauckel, Streicher, and Seyss-Inquart were hanged for war crimes in 1945. Also, Oscar Wild was born in 1853",
" Arthur Miller was born on this day in 1915.",
" It&#039,s Alaska Day. I can#039t afford to go either.",
" Tom Taylor was born on this day in 1817. His most remembered work is the play <em>Our American Cousin</em>",
" Charles Ives was born on this day in 1875. He later went on to tame the visual excesses of nature.",
"It&#039,s Dassehra (Hindu).",
" Doris Lessing was born on this day in 1919.",
" The United Nations was born on this day in 1945.",
" It&#039,s United Nations Day.",
" In 1415, on this day, Henry V led his army to victory at Agincourt. In 1854, with similar odds and opposite outcome, Lord Cardigan led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava.  Wyatt Earp led the fight at the OK Corral and Shortly thereafter retired to Colton, California. A win, a loss and a draw.",
"  Domenicao Scarlatti was born on this day in 1685. Our ears are the better for it.",
" It#039,s the anniversary of the death of Spanish theologian Michael Servetus, whom the righteous John Calvin ordered burned at the stake.",
" Francis Bacon (1909) and Jonas Salk (1914) were both born on this day. Salk probably did me more good",
" It&#039,s Karva Chauth Vrat (Hindu).",
" In 1925 on this day John Baird transmitted the first moving image (a 15 year old office boy).",
" It&#039,s Halloween. Not as scary as real history can be."
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" If you know something interesting that happened on this day, let me know.",
" On this day in 1947 Howard Huges flew his H.4 Hercules flying-boat, the only time it ever flew.",
" Henry Stanley met David Livingstone at Ujiji on this day in 1871.",
" It&#039,s Will Rogers Day.",
" It&#039,s the Melbourne Cup Day (Aus.). Please get out there and vote.",
" Adolfe Sax, inventor of the saxophone and John Sousa, the band leader, were born on this day in 1814 and 1854 respectively.",
" On this day in 1917  the Communists came to power in Russia (Oct. 25 on the Julian calendar) and Leon Trotsky was born in 1875.  Happy birthday Leon.",
" Edmund Halley was born on this day in 1656.",
" On this day in 1989 the Berlin wall began to be torn down. It was a stupid idea anyway.",
" It&#039,s Diwali (Hindu festival of lights).",
" It&#039,s Veterans Day and Remembrance Day (Canada).",
" It&#039,s the day of the Sikh festival of the Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as Guru.",
" Born on this day was John Peel, the hero of the famous hunting song.",
" Both Claude Monet and Joseph McCarthy, the witch-hunting politician who&#039,s sinister actions also launched Richard Nixion&#039,s political career, were born in 1840 and 1909 respectively. Sorry Claude.",
" Born on this day was Aneurin Bevan,  the British politician who introduced the national health service.",
" Born on this day were Tiberius (42 BC), the English reformer John Bright (1811) and Simon Kaufman (1889).",
" The actor Lee Strasberg was born on this day in 1901.",
" On this day in 1477 William Caxton published the first dated book. So he#039,s up there with Tim Lee.",
" It&#039,s Discovery Day.",
" On this day in 1917 tanks were deployed for the first time en masse at the battle of Cambri.",
" Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) and Coleman Hawkins (saxaphonist) were both born on this day in 1694 and 1904 respectivly. Wow.",
" On this day in 1963 the U. S. president John Kennedy was assassinated. I was eating lunch (a peanut butter sandwich) at an outside picnic table in the lunch area of my junior high school (Davis Elementary).  It was sunny, just a few clouds.",
" Born on this day were William Bonney (Billy the Kid) and the English actor William Pratt (Boris Karloff), both in 1859. For some, bad attitude is just a front.",
" Tasmania was discovered on this day in 1642. Cool.",
" Andrew Carnegie was born on this day in 1835. He did more good and bad than most people.",
" On this day in 1789 the harvest of 1623 was first celebrated. The day of the week was Thursday and Thanksgiving has been celebrated on Thursday ever since.",
" Chainm Weitzman was born on this day in 1874.",
" It&#039,s Thanksgiving Day.",
" Yugoslavia proclaimed itself a republic in 1945 on this day.",
" Johnathan Swift was born on this day (1667). So was Samuel Clemens (1835). Good day for taking a hard look around."
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" It&#039,s the 1st Sunday of Advent.",
" John Brown was hanged for treason on this day in 1859.",
" Born on this day in 1596 was Niccolo Amati the violin maker.",
" Samuel Butler was born on this day in 1835.",
" In 1791 Wolfgang A. Motzart died in Vienna, George A. Custer was Born (1831). Tough day.",
" In 1877 on this day, Thomas Edison was born.  Ira Gershwin was born in 1896.",
" It&#039,s Delaware Day.",
" In 65 BC the poet Horace was born and on this day in 1660 the first woman appeared in a Shakespearean play, as Desdemona.",
" John Milton and Joel Chandler (Brer Rabbit) were both born on this day in 1608 and 1748 respectivly. John has a lot in common with Calfiornians, while Joel, ...well, he coulda been from Booklyn.",
" Born on this day were Emily Dickenson and composer Cesar Franck. They both were dead five years before being published or performed.",
" Giovanni de Mdeici, the man who excommunicated Martin Luther, was born on this day in 1475.",
" Born on this day were Edward G. Robinson (1893) and Frank Sinatra (1915). Good day for MGM.",
" The first Victoria Cross was awarded on this day in 1914 to a submariner.",
" In 1911 on this day, Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. If he had waited a bit, he could have taken a plane.",
" It&#039,s the day of the Sikh festival of the Martyrdom Guru Teg Bahadur Ji.",
" On this day in 1775 the Boston Tea Party took place and Jane Austen was born.",
" Orville Wright made his famous flight on this day in 1903.",
" In 1912 the Piltdown man was first presented to the scientific community. This is an event related to both Richard Nixon and the X Files.",
" Edith Piaf was born on this day in 1915.",
" George Galvin was born on this day in 1890.",
" Today in 1620 those a party from the Mayflower first landed at Plymouth Rock. Did't work out for the locals.",
" In 1938 the first Coelacanth was caught in the Bay of Chalumna.",
" On this day the Japanese prime minister Tojo and the chief of the secret police in Russia, Lavrenti Beria, were shot in 1948 and 1953 respectivly.",
" The last day to spend your money.",
" It&#039,s Christmas (Feast of the Nativity).",
" It&#039,s Boxing Day (Canada).",
" Marlene Detrich was born on this day in 1901.",
" Earl Hines was born on this day in 1905.",
" Thomas Becket was murdered on this day in 1170.",
" Rudyard Kipling was born on this day in 1865.",
" It&#039,s the last day of the year.  Be careful out there."
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