Month in History - January, 2002 [Archive]

The Historian

01-11-02, 11:43PM

Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 12, 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman
elected to the U.S. Senate. 
 On this date: 
In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
In 1773, the first public museum in America was established, in
Charleston, S.C.
In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal
to give women the right to vote.
In 1942, President Roosevelt created the National War Labor
Board.
In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces began a huge
offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not
discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
In 1964, leftist rebels in Zanzibar began their successful
revolt against the government.
In 1966, President Johnson said in his State of the Union
address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until
Communist aggression there was ended.
In 1971, the groundbreaking situation comedy ``All in the
Family'' premiered on CBS television.
In 1986, the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that
included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R.
Chang-Diaz.
 
Thought for Today: ``Love is the strongest force the world
possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable.'' - Mohandas K.
Gandhi, Indian spiritual leader (1869-1948).
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Amaurote

01-12-02, 05:05AM

Was Hattie Caraway a Republican?

Those crazy Zanzibarians - always revolting. The shortest war on record was a result of a British-Zanzibar dispute in the late 19th century. The Caliph went anglophobic and declared war on the British Empire. Destroyers immediately opened fire on his palace and the Caliph surrendered in about 15 minutes. Those were the days when terrorists mainly stocked grapefruit as opposed to semtex, and when everyone thought that naval supremacy could win you any military campaign, even one in the heart of the Sahara desert.

Amaurote

01-12-02, 09:19AM

Full story:

"On 25 August 1896, Sultan Hamid bin Thuwaini died, and two hours later, an usurper broke into the Palace and declared himself ruler. In a show of Victorian Gunboat Diplomacy, the Royal Navy was asked to evict him. At precisely 9 o' clock on the 27th, three warships opened fire and in 45 minutes reduced the Palace to rubble, and deposed the usurper. The bombardment has since been called the "Shortest War in History" as verified by the Guinness Book of Records."

Some of the other sources show 38 minutes, but in any event it depends on how narrowly you define "war". Pretty nebulous, but interesting all the same.

Diva

01-12-02, 09:23AM

That's incredible, Am! What happened afterwards? Who took over? Was there much to take over?

Amaurote

01-12-02, 10:57AM

I'm not certain, Diva, but it was probably turned into a Protectorate - a sneaky way of exploiting a country with a navy and "advisors" without assuming overall responsibility. The same rule applied to 19th century Egypt, which was simultaneously "protected" by both the French and the British until civil war broke out in the Sudan, stoked by the Mahdi.

Then again, it's a well-tested stratagem: Truman had "advisors" all over Vietnam before US troops went in on the ground, and Stalin's "advisors" in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia were running the show throughout most of the Spanish Civil War. So it goes.

Redallnite

01-12-02, 07:24PM

There are 353 days left in the year!!!:kissy: :cheesy:

Redallnite

01-12-02, 08:30PM

It's even Howard Sterns birthday

The Historian

01-13-02, 03:22AM

Today in History: 

Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 13, 1794, President Washington approved a measure adding
two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the
admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. (The number of
stripes was later reduced to 13 again.)
 On this date: 
In 1864, composer Stephen Foster died in New York.
In 1893, Britain's Independent Labor Party (a precursor to the
current Labor Party) held its first meeting.
In 1898, Emile Zola's famous defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus,
``J'accuse,'' was published in Paris.
In 1941, novelist James Joyce died in Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1962, comedian <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ernie%20Kovacs&cs=nw">Ernie Kovacs</a> died in a car crash in west Los
Angeles.
In 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member
as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by
President Lyndon Johnson.
In 1976, Sarah Caldwell became the first woman to conduct at New
York's Metropolitan Opera (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Metropolitan%20Opera%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Metropolitan%20Opera&cs=nw">web sites</a>) House as she led a performance of ``La
Traviata.''
In 1978, former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in
Waverly, Minn., at age 66.
In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.'s 14th
Street Bridge after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River,
killing 78 people.
In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation's first
elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond. 

 Thought for Today: ``The whole secret of life is to be
interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.''
- Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, English author
(1717-1797).
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Amaurote

01-13-02, 05:37AM

Originally posted by The Historian
In 1941, novelist James Joyce died in Zurich, Switzerland.

And not before time.

The Historian

01-14-02, 02:40AM

Today in History: 

Today is Monday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2002. There are 351
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
Fifty years ago, on Jan. 14, 1952, NBC's ``Today'' show
premiered, with Dave Garroway as the host.
 On this date: 
In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut - the
``Fundamental Orders'' - was adopted.
In 1742, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who observed the
comet that now bears his name, died at age 85.
In 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England
ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1858, French emperor Napoleon III escaped an attempt on his
life.
In 1898, author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as
``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://search.movies.yahoo.com/search/movies/title?search=title&p=%22Alice%20in%20Wonderland%22">Alice in Wonderland</a>'' creator Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford,
England, less than two weeks before his 66th birthday.
In 1900, Puccini's opera ``Tosca'' received a mixed reception at
its world premiere in Rome.
In 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
In 1953, Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by
the country's Parliament.
In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama
with a pledge of ``segregation forever.''
In 1969, 25 crew members of the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise
were killed in an explosion that ripped through the ship off
Hawaii.
 Ten Years Ago: Historic Mideast peace talks continued in
Washington, with Israel and Jordan holding their first-ever formal
negotiations, and the Israelis continuing exchanges with
Palestinian representatives.
 Five Years Ago: The House ethics committee's ranking Democrat,
Jim McDermott of Washington state, removed himself from the
investigation of Speaker Newt Gingrich, bowing to pressure that
built quickly concerning his role in the handling of an illegally
taped phone call involving the House leader.
 One Year Ago: The matchup for Super Bowl 35 was decided as the
New York Giants shut out the Minnesota Vikings, 41-to-0, to win the
NFC championship and the Baltimore Ravens beat the Oakland Raiders,
16-to-3, to gain the AFC title.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Amaurote

01-14-02, 11:59AM

Napoleon III was always escaping attempts on his life. It was his favourite hobby, in fact. In the end, he actually installed extra columns in his palace so that the would-be assassins would have somewhere respectable to lurk.

Diva

01-14-02, 01:29PM

You're kidding? Hahahahaha! I always thought of him as just paranoid... Not paranoid with a sense of humor.

Redallnite

01-14-02, 09:16PM

That historian took my count down?? :mad:

Diva

01-14-02, 10:36PM

Wahat are you compl... er... talking about, Red?

The Historian

01-15-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2002. There are 350
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was
born in Atlanta.
 On this date: 
In 1559, England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster
Abbey.
In 1844, the University of Notre Dame received its charter from
the state of Indiana.
In 1870, the Democratic party was represented as a donkey for
the first time in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly.
In 1892, the rules of basketball were published for the first
time, in Springfield, Mass., where the game originated.
In 1919, pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski became the
first premier of the newly created republic of Poland.
In 1942, Jawaharlal Nehru succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as head
of India's National Congress Party.
In 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Pentagon%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Pentagon&h=c">web sites</a>), now the
headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Department%20of%20Defense%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Executive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Defense__DOD_/">web sites</a>).
In 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League
defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League in
the first Super Bowl, 35-to-10.
In 1973, President Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S.
offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace
negotiations.
In 1976, Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her
attempt on the life of President Ford in San Francisco.
 Ten Years Ago: The Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918,
effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the
republics of Croatia and Slovenia.
 Five Years Ago: A bitterly divided Israeli Cabinet agreed to
withdraw troops from most of Hebron and rural West Bank areas,
approving an accord wrapped up hours earlier by Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Benjamin%20Netanyahu%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Benjamin%20Netanyahu&cs=nw">web sites</a>) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Yasser%20Arafat%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=yasser+arafat">web sites</a>). The crews
of the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir had a
raucously joyful meeting, hours after their spacecraft had docked.
 One Year Ago: President-elect Bush marked the Martin Luther King
Jr. holiday at an elementary school in Houston, where he promised
wary black Americans: ``My job will be to listen not only to the
successful, but also to the suffering.''
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The Historian

01-16-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2002. There are 349
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 16, 1920, Prohibition began in the United States as the
18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect. (It was
repealed by the 21st Amendment.)
 On this date: 
In 1547, Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
In 1883, the U.S. Civil Service Commission was established.
In 1919, Nebraska, Wyoming and Missouri became the 36th, 37th
and 38th states to ratify Prohibition, which went into effect a
year later.
In 1942, actress <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Carole%20Lombard&cs=nw">Carole Lombard</a>, her mother and about 20 other
people were killed when their plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nev.,
while returning from a war-bond promotion tour.
In 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied
Invasion Force in London.
In 1964, the musical ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800075818">Hello, Dolly!</a>'' opened on Broadway,
beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
In 1967, Alan S. Boyd was sworn in as the first secretary of
transportation.
In 1981, in Northern Ireland, Protestant gunmen shot and wounded
Irish nationalist leader Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her
husband.
In 1989, three days of rioting erupted in Miami when a police
officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that
also claimed the life of a passenger.
In 1991, the White House announced the start of Operation Desert
Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. (Because of the time
difference, it was early Jan. 17 in the Persian Gulf when the
attack began.)
 Ten Years Ago: Officials of the government of El Salvador (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22El%20Salvador%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=el+salvador+news">web sites</a>) and
rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil
war that had left at least 75,000 people dead. Four days of Middle
East peace talks recessed in Washington, D.C.
 Five Years Ago: Entertainer <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Bill%20Cosby&cs=nw">Bill Cosby</a>'s only son, Ennis, was
shot to death in Los Angeles in an apparent roadside robbery
attempt. In Atlanta, two bomb blasts an hour apart rocked a
building containing an abortion clinic, injuring six people.
Israeli soldiers dismantled their military headquarters in Hebron,
marking the beginning of the end of Israel's 30-year-old rule in
the West Bank city.
 One Year Ago: Confirmation hearings for Attorney
General-designate John Ashcroft (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22John%20Ashcroft%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=John%20Ashcroft&cs=nw">web sites</a>) opened in Washington with Senate
Democrats throwing jabs at him over abortion and civil rights.
Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Democratic%20Republic%20of%20Congo%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Democratic%20Republic%20of%20Congo&cs=nw">web sites</a>), was
killed in a shooting at his home. Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett
were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on their first try.
Leonard Woodcock, former head of the United Auto Workers (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%20Auto%20Workers%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=United%20Auto%20Workers&cs=nw">web sites</a>) union,
died in Ann Arbor, Mich., at age 89.
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The Historian

01-17-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2002. There are 348
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
Twenty-five years ago, on Jan. 17, 1977, convicted murderer Gary
Gilmore, 36, was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the
first U.S. execution in a decade.
 On this date: 
In 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.
In 1893, the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B.
Hayes, died in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70.
In 1893, Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of
businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to
abdicate.
In 1945, Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World
War II.
In 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving
tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet
custody.
In 1946, the U.N. Security Council held its first meeting.
In 1961, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned
against the rise of ``the military-industrial complex.''
In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Judicial_Branch/Supreme_Court/">web sites</a>) ruled, 5 to 4, that the private
use of home video cassette recorders to tape television programs
did not violate federal copyright laws.
In 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California,
killing at least 61 people.
In 1995, more than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake
with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe, Japan.
 Ten Years Ago: President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) laid a wreath at the crypt of
Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Eight Protestant laborers were
killed in an IRA bombing in Northern Ireland.
 Five Years Ago: Speaker Newt Gingrich agreed to submit to a
reprimand by the House and pay a $300,000 penalty as punishment for
his ethics violations. Israel handed over its military headquarters
in Hebron to the Palestinians, ending 30 years of Israeli
occupation of the West Bank city. A court in Ireland granted the
first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.
 One Year Ago: Faced with an electricity crisis, California used
rolling blackouts to cut off power to hundreds of thousands of
people. Gov. Gray Davis (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Gov.%20Gray%20Davis%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Gov.%20Gray%20Davis&cs=nw">web sites</a>) signed an emergency order authorizing the
state to buy power.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-18-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Friday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2002. There are 347
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his
expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald
Amundsen had beaten them to it. (Scott and his party perished
during the return trip.)
 On this date: 
In 1788, the first English settlers arrived in Australia's
Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.
In 1862, the 10th president of the United States, John Tyler,
died in Richmond, Va., at age 71.
In 1892, comedian Oliver Hardy was born in Harlem, Ga.
In 1919, the World War I Peace Congress opened in Versailles,
France.
In 1936, author Rudyard Kipling died in Burwash, England.
In 1943, during World War II, the Soviets announced they'd
broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
In 1943, a wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the
United States, aimed at reducing bakeries' demand for metal
replacement parts, went into effect.
In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the ``Boston
Strangler'' but later recanted, was convicted in Cambridge, Mass.,
of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life,
DeSalvo was killed by a fellow inmate in 1973. Last month, DNA
tests failed to link DeSalvo to the last Boston Strangler victim,
casting the killer's identity further in doubt.)
In 1970, Mormon president David McKay died at the age of 96.
In 1996, <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Lisa%20Marie%20Presley&cs=nw">Lisa Marie Presley</a>-Jackson filed for divorce from
<a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/1/1077/">Michael Jackson</a>.
 Ten Years Ago: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented
its Golden Globe awards (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Golden%20Globe%20awards%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Golden+Globe+Awards">web sites</a>), considered a forerunner of the Academy
Awards (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Academy%0AAwards%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Academy%20Awards&cs=nw">web sites</a>); no clear favorite emerged as the Walt Disney animated film
``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://search.movies.yahoo.com/search/movies/title?search=title&p=%22Beauty%20and%20the%20Beast%22">Beauty and the Beast</a>,'' ``Bugsy,'' ``JFK'' and ``The Prince of
Tides'' were honored.
 Five Years Ago: Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas, who
rebounded from cancer to briefly become the Democratic front-runner
for president in 1992, died in Boston of pneumonia at age 55.
 One Year Ago: President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>), in a farewell from the Oval
Office, told the nation that ``America has done well'' during his
presidency, with record-breaking prosperity and a cleaner
environment. Electricity-strapped California saw a second day of
rolling blackouts. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson revealed an
extramarital affair that resulted in the birth of a daughter.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-20-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Sunday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2002. There are 345
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage
for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy
Carter to Ronald Reagan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Ronald%20Reagan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ronald%20Reagan&cs=nw">web sites</a>).
 On this date: 
In 1801, John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United
States.
In 1841, the island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. (It
returned to Chinese control in July 1997.)
In 1887, the U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl
Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
In 1896, comedian George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum in New
York City.
In 1920, movie director <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Federico%20Fellini&cs=nw">Federico Fellini</a> was born in Rimini,
Italy.
In 1936, Britain's King George V died; he was succeeded by
Edward VIII.
In 1942, Nazi officials held the notorious Wannsee conference,
during which they arrived at their ``final solution'' that called
for exterminating Jews.
In 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in
honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1986, Britain and France announced plans to build the Channel
Tunnel.
In 1990, actress Barbara Stanwyck died in Santa Monica, Calif.,
at age 82.
 Ten Years Ago: A French Airbus A-320 crashed near Strasbourg,
killing 87 people. A German court convicted two former East German
border guards of the last killing at the Berlin Wall.
 Five Years Ago: President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) and Vice President Gore were
sworn in for second terms of office. In his inaugural address,
Clinton called for an end to ``the politics of petty bickering and
extreme partisanship.''
 One Year Ago: George Walker Bush became America's 43rd president
after one of the most turbulent elections in U.S. history. Hundreds
of thousands of protesting Filipinos forced President Joseph
Estrada (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Joseph%0AEstrada%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Joseph%20Estrada&cs=nw">web sites</a>) to step down; Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Gloria%20Macapagal%20Arroyo%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Gloria%20Macapagal%20Arroyo&cs=nw">web sites</a>) was
sworn in as the new president. Michelle Kwan (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Michelle%20Kwan%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Michelle%20Kwan&cs=nw">web sites</a>) won her fourth
straight U.S. Figure Skating Championship title while Timothy
Goebel (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Timothy%0AGoebel%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Timothy%20Goebel&cs=nw">web sites</a>) won his first men's title.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Bane

01-20-02, 11:47AM

LOL, I know what you mean aussie, I actually cant think of what he looks like young..

Redallnite

01-20-02, 05:54PM

Just watch American Movie Classic duh... you might even see him as a child.:moon:

The Historian

01-22-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2002. There are 343
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Roe%20v.%20Wade%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Roe%20v.%20Wade&cs=nw">web sites</a>)
decision, which legalized abortion using a trimester approach.
 On this date: 
In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria died at age 82.
In 1905, thousands of demonstrating Russian workers were fired
on by Imperial army troops in St. Petersburg on what became known
as ``Red Sunday'' or ``Bloody Sunday.''
In 1917, President Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe,
calling for ``peace without victory.'' (By April, however, America
also was at war.)
In 1922, Pope Benedict XV died; he was succeeded by Pius XI.
In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces began landing at
Anzio, Italy.
In 1953, the Arthur Miller drama ``The Crucible'' opened on
Broadway.
In 1970, the first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the
Boeing 747 began in New York and ended in London some 61/2 hours
later.
In 1972, Britain, Denmark, Ireland and Norway joined the
European Economic Community.
In 1973, former President Lyndon Johnson died at age 64.
In 1995, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy died at the Kennedy compound at
Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.
 Ten Years Ago: President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) named Andrew H. Card Jr. to be
transportation secretary. The space shuttle Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>) blasted off
with seven astronauts.
 Five Years Ago: The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Madeleine%20Albright%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Madeleine%20Albright&cs=nw">web sites</a>) as the
nation's first female secretary of state and former Republican
Senator William Cohen as defense secretary.
 One Year Ago: On the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision
legalizing abortion, President Bush signed a memorandum reinstating
full abortion restrictions on U.S. overseas aid. Four of the seven
convicts who had broken out of a Texas prison the previous month
were captured southwest of Denver; a fifth inmate killed himself.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-23-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2002. There are 342
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 23, 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced
his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
 On this date: 
In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day
Washington, D.C.
In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
In 1920, the Dutch government refused demands from the
victorious Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany.
In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming
Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
In 1964, the 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the
poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
In 1968, North Korea (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22North%20Korea%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=North%20Korea&cs=nw">web sites</a>) seized the U.S. Navy (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22U.S.%20Navy%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=U.S.%20Navy&cs=nw">web sites</a>) ship Pueblo, charging
its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11
months later.)
In 1973, President Nixon announced an accord had been reached to
end the Vietnam War.
In 1977, 25 years ago, the TV mini-series ``Roots,'' based on
the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
In 1985, debate in Britain's House of Lords was carried on live
television for the first time.
In 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in his native
Spain at age 84.
 Ten Years Ago: Forty-seven nations, including the United States,
agreed on a massive global humanitarian effort to rescue millions
of hungry people in the former Soviet Union.
 Five Years Ago: Cancer experts who were supposed to settle a
furious controversy over whether women should start having
mammograms at age 40 or age 50 decided instead to leave the
decision up to patients.
 One Year Ago: California energy officials eked sufficient power
out of tight West Coast electricity supplies to avoid rush hour
blackouts as lawmakers scrambled to make longer-term deals to buy
power. Five Falun Gong (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Falun%20Gong%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Falun%20Gong&cs=nw">web sites</a>) followers set themselves on fire in China's
Tiananmen Square; one died.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-24-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2002. There are 341
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 24, 1942, a special court of inquiry into America's lack
of preparedness for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor placed much
of the blame on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C.
Short, the Navy and Army commanders.
 On this date: 
In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's
Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush
of '49.
In 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by
Robert Baden-Powell.
In 1924, the Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed
Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader (however, it
has since been renamed St. Petersburg).
In 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
In 1972, the Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare
benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through
Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris
over parts of northern Canada.
In 1987, gunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen,
Jesse Turner and Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh (all were
later released).
In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was put to death
in Florida's electric chair.
In 1993, retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall died in
Bethesda, Md., at age 84.
 Ten Years Ago: The state of Arkansas executed convicted
cop-killer Rickey Ray Rector after Gov. Bill Clinton refused to
intervene. A judge in El Salvador (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22El%20Salvador%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=el+salvador+news">web sites</a>) sentenced an army colonel and a
lieutenant to 30 years in prison for their part in the 1989
massacre of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter.
 Five Years Ago: The White House released guest lists showing
that in the year and a half before his re-election, President
Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%0AClinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) invited more than 400 of his party's top financial
supporters to coffee klatches for informal chats about his
policies. Publix Super Markets, accused of relegating women to
dead-end, low-paying jobs, agreed to pay $81.5 million to settle a
class-action lawsuit.
 One Year Ago: The last two of seven escaped convicts from Texas
were captured in Colorado after 42 days on the run; four others
were captured earlier, and one committed suicide. Lucent
Technologies said it would eliminate up to 16,000 jobs.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-25-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Friday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2002. There are 340
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 25, 1961, President Kennedy held the first presidential
news conference carried live on radio and television.
 On this date: 
In 1787, Shays' Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden
farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at
Springfield, Mass.
In 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New
York World completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, six
hours and 11 minutes.
In 1890, the United Mine Workers of America was founded.
In 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell,
inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
In 1946, the United Mine Workers rejoined the American
Federation of Labor.
In 1947, American gangster Al Capone died in Miami Beach, Fla.,
at age 48.
In 1959, American Airlines opened the jet age in the United
States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing
707.
In 1971, <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Charles%20Manson&cs=nw">Charles Manson</a> and three women followers were convicted
in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of
seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.
In 1981, the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days
arrived in the United States.
In 1990, actress <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Ava%20Gardner&cs=nw">Ava Gardner</a> died in London at age 67.
 Ten Years Ago: Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations
met in Garden City, N.Y., agreeing to intensify their cooperation
to stimulate the world's sluggish economy, while leaving it to each
country to decide how.
 Five Years Ago: Responding to recent cases of deadly food
poisoning, President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) said in his weekly radio address that
he would seek $43 million to implement a state-of-the-art early
warning system for food contamination. Astrologer Jeane Dixon died
in Washington, D.C., at age 79.
 One Year Ago: A jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., found 13-year-old
Lionel Tate guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a
6-year-old family friend (Tate had said he accidentally killed the
girl while imitating moves by pro wrestlers).
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-26-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Saturday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2002. There are 339
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 26, 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led
by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney.
 On this date: 
In 1802, Congress passed an act calling for a library to be
established within the U.S. Capitol.
In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state.
In 1861, Louisiana seceded from the Union.
In 1870, Virginia rejoined the Union.
In 1911, the Richard Strauss opera ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://search.movies.yahoo.com/search/movies/title?search=title&p=%22Der%20Rosenkavalier%22">Der Rosenkavalier</a>''
premiered in Dresden, Germany.
In 1942, the first American expeditionary force to go to Europe
during World War II went ashore in Northern Ireland.
In 1950, India officially proclaimed itself a republic as
<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Rajendra%20Prasad&cs=nw">Rajendra Prasad</a> took the oath of office as president.
In 1962, the United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific
instruments on the moon, but the probe missed its target by some
22,000 miles.
In 1979, former Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller died in New
York at age 70.
In 1998, President Clinton (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Clinton%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=President+Clinton+&h=c">web sites</a>) forcefully denied having an affair
with a White House intern, telling reporters, ``I did not have
sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.''
 Ten Years Ago: On CBS' ``60 Minutes,'' Democratic presidential
candidate Bill Clinton, appearing with his wife, Hillary,
acknowledged ``causing pain in my marriage,'' but said past
problems were not relevant to the campaign. The Washington Redskins
won Super Bowl XXVI, defeating the Buffalo Bills 37-24. Actor Jose
Ferrer died in Coral Gables, Fla.
 Five Years Ago: The Green Bay Packers beat the New England
Patriots 35-21 to win their first Super Bowl in 29 years.
 One Year Ago: Lacrosse coach Diane Whipple was attacked and
killed by two huge dogs outside her apartment in San Francisco; the
dogs' owners are facing trial in connection with her death. A
devastating earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing more
than 13,000 people. Joseph Kabila was sworn in as Congo's
president, following the assassination of his father, Laurent
Kabila.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Jake

01-26-02, 01:27PM

Well wishes on your holiday, mate. I know Im a day late your time, but the wish is just as strong.

The Historian

01-27-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Sunday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2002. There are 338
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. ``Gus'' Grissom, Edward
H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test
aboard their Apollo 1 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
 On this date: 
In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg,
Austria.
In 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote ``<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/movie/*http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800340626">Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland</a>'' under the pen name Lewis Carroll, was
born in Cheshire, England.
In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric
incandescent lamp.
In 1901, opera composer Giuseppe Verdi died in Milan, Italy, at
age 87.
In 1944, the Soviet Union announced the end of the deadly German
siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
In 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps
Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as
an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.
In 1967, more than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the
orbiting of nuclear weapons.
In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
In 1977, the Vatican (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Vatican%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Vatican&cs=nw">web sites</a>) reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban
on female priests.
 Ten Years Ago: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
and Gennifer Flowers accused each other of lying in a renewed
dispute over her assertion that they'd had a 12-year affair. Aileen
Wuornos, a Florida prostitute, was convicted of slaying the first
of seven men she'd admitted killing, claiming self-defense.
 Five Years Ago: Switzerland's ambassador to the United States,
Carlo Jagmetti, resigned after outraging Jewish groups and their
supporters by likening his country's Nazi gold crisis to a war that
had to be won.
 One Year Ago: Two Dartmouth College professors, Half and Susanne
Zantop, were murdered at their Hanover, N.H., home in what
prosecutors said was a robbery committed by two teen-agers. (One
suspect, James Parker, pleaded guilty in the death of Susanne
Zantop and agreed to testify against Robert Tulloch, who plans to
use an insanity defense.) Ten people were killed when a plane
bringing people home from Oklahoma State University's basketball
game against Colorado crashed in a field outside Denver. Jennifer
Capriati upset three-time winner Martina Hingis (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/tennis/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Martina%20Hingis%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/tennis/*http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news/hingis00.html">profile</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/tennis/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Martina%20Hingis%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news_photos&cs=nw">photos</a>) 6-4, 6-3 to win the
Australian Open (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Australian%20Open%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Australian%20Open&cs=nw">web sites</a>) title and her first Grand Slam tournament
championship. Lynn Swann and Ron Yary were both elected to the Pro
Football Hall of Fame on in their 14th year of eligibility.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

ozblonde

01-27-02, 09:13PM

Im sure their familys dont find it that amusing aussie.:( Some times your not really that sensitive are you

The Historian

01-28-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Monday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2002. There are 337
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73
seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew
members.
 On this date: 
In 1547, England's King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his
9-year-old son, Edward VI.
In 1596, English navigator Sir Francis Drake died off the coast
of Panama; he was buried at sea.
In 1853, Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti was born in Havana.
In 1902, 100 years ago, the Carnegie Institute was established
in Washington, D.C.
In 1909, the United States ended direct control over Cuba.
In 1915, the Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress.
In 1916, Louis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Wilson to
the Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member.
In 1945, during World War II, Allied supplies began reaching
China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
In 1980, six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage
at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of
Canadian diplomats.
In 1982, Italian anti-terrorism forces rescued U.S. Brig. Gen.
James L. Dozier, 42 days after he had been kidnapped by the Red
Brigades.
 Ten Years Ago: President George H.W. Bush, in his State of the
Union address, proposed tax breaks and business incentives to
revive the economy, and announced dramatic cuts in the U.S. nuclear
arsenal. A multinational Middle East peace conference opened in
Moscow.
 Five Years Ago: O.J. Simpson's fate was placed in the hands of a
civil court jury that was charged with deciding whether Simpson
should be held liable for the slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and
Ronald Goldman. (The jury found that Simpson was liable, and
ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages.)
 One Year Ago: Only a week after naming a record-setting 37 new
cardinals, Pope John Paul (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Pope%20John%20Paul%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Pope%20John%20Paul&cs=nw">web sites</a>) II announced five more cardinals - two
Germans, and one each from South Africa, Bolivia and Ukraine. The
Baltimore Ravens' brazen defense backed up its bragging, beating
the New York Giants 34-to-7 in the Super Bowl.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

Jake

01-28-02, 12:05PM

On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.
I remember this day well. Until this past September, it was the saddest moment in my history for me. I know there is risks and that they chose to go, but it doesn't matter when you're staring up at white smoke.

Diva

01-28-02, 12:09PM

Originally posted by Jake

I remember this day well. Until this past September, it was the saddest moment in my history for me. I know there is risks and that they chose to go, but it doesn't matter when you're staring up at white smoke.
Has it been that long? I remember it also. I remember sitting down and watching, waiting to see parachutes. Waiting to see the top part where they were hit the ocean and then have them imerge. All the while knowing that they were mist.

The Historian

01-29-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2002. There are 336
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 29, 1820, Britain's King George III died insane at
Windsor Castle, ending a reign that had seen both the American and
French revolutions.
 On this date: 
In 1843, the 25th president of the United States, William
McKinley, was born in Niles, Ohio.
In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem ``The Raven'' was first
published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
In 1850, Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill
on slavery which included the admission of California into the
Union as a free state.
In 1861, Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.
In 1900, the American League, consisting of eight baseball
teams, was organized in Philadelphia.
In 1936, the first members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including
Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
In 1958, actors <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Paul%20Newman&cs=nw">Paul Newman</a> and Joanne Woodward were married.
In 1963, the first members of football's Hall of Fame were named
in Canton, Ohio.
In 1963, poet Robert Frost died in Boston.
In 1979, President Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier
Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of
diplomatic relations.
 Ten Years Ago: Russian President Boris Yeltsin unveiled an
ambitious plan to cut nuclear weapons spending and said his
republic's weapons would no longer be aimed at any U.S. targets. A
multinational Middle East peace conference ended in Moscow with
participants sounding upbeat. President Bush (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</a>) presented a $1.2
trillion budget plan.
 Five Years Ago: Threatened with lawsuits across the country,
America Online agreed to give refunds to customers who weren't able
to log on because of the overwhelming demand created by AOL's flat
$19.95-a-month rate.
 One Year Ago: President Bush promised to ``act boldly and
swiftly'' to address the nation's energy problems, and directed
Vice President Dick Cheney (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Dick%20Cheney%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=dick+cheney">web sites</a>) to head a task force to develop an
energy strategy. DaimlerChrysler announced it was eliminating
26,000 jobs at its money-losing Chrysler division.
 Courtesy AP and Yahoo.com

The Historian

01-30-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2001. There are 335
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 30, 1968, during the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive
began as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South
Vietnamese provincial capitals.
 On this date: 
In 1649, England's King Charles I was beheaded.
In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y.
In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
In 1933, the first episode of the ``Lone Ranger'' radio program
was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit.
In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi
was murdered by a Hindu extremist.
In 1962, two members of the ``Flying Wallendas'' high-wire act
were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a
performance in Detroit.
In 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned
spacecraft carrying television cameras that was to crash-land on
the moon.
In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to
death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known
as ``Bloody Sunday.''
In 1979, the civilian government of Iran announced it had
decided to allow Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who'd been living in
exile in France, to return.
In 1981, an estimated two million New Yorkers turned out for a
ticker-tape parade honoring the freed American hostages from Iran.
 Ten Years Ago: President George H.W. Bush and other world
leaders gathered for an unprecedented U.N. Security Council summit
to coordinate policy on peacekeeping, disarmament and quelling
aggression. The space shuttle Discovery (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Discovery%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=space%20shuttle%20discovery">web sites</a>) landed in California,
ending an eight-day mission. Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey
announced his resignation.
 Five Years Ago: The Marine Corps opened an investigation of two
videotaped hazing incidents in 1991 and 1993 known as ``blood
pinnings'' in which elite paratroopers had golden jump pins beaten
into their chests. (The 1993 incident led to a recommended
discharge for a sergeant.)
 One Year Ago: Republicans pushed John Ashcroft (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22John%20Ashcroft%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=John%20Ashcroft&cs=nw">web sites</a>)'s attorney
general nomination to the Senate floor by a narrow 10-8 Judiciary
Committee (<a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Judiciary%0ACommittee%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</a> - <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Judiciary%20Committee&cs=nw">web sites</a>) vote; all but one Democrat voted against him.
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The Historian

01-31-02, 03:00AM

Today in History: 

Today is Thursday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2002. There are 334
days left in the year.
 Today's Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 31, 1950, President Truman announced he had ordered
development of the hydrogen bomb.
 On this date: 
In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the ``Gunpowder
Plot'' against the English Parliament and King James I, was
executed.
In 1797, composer Franz Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria.
In 1865, Robert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of all the
Confederate armies.
In 1917, Germany served notice it was beginning a policy of
unrestricted submarine warfare.
In 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt devalued the dollar in
relation to gold.
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began invading
Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall
Islands.
In 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first
successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer 1.
In 1971, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and
Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the
moon.
In 1990, McDonald's Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant
in Moscow.
In 2000, an Alaska Airlines jet plummeted into the Pacific
Ocean, killing all 88 people aboard.
 Ten Years Ago: Leaders of the U.N. Security Council's member
states held an unprecedented summit, after which they issued a
declaration on collective security, arms control and nuclear
non-proliferation.
 Five Years Ago: Three days of deliberations in the O.J. Simpson
civil trial in Santa Monica, Calif., were scrapped and the jury
ordered to start again after the only black woman on the panel was
replaced because of misconduct.
 One Year Ago: A Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands
convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the 1988 bombing of
Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The state of Georgia
hoisted its new flag above its statehouse, one featuring a smaller
Confederate battle emblem. Michel Navratil, one of the last known
survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, died in Montpellier,
France, at age 92.
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