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henric
04-04-2013, 08:48 AM
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1147 – First historical record of Moscow.
1287 – King Wareru founds Kingdom of Ramannadesa, and proclaims independence from Pagan Empire
1581 – Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
1721 – Sir Robert Walpole takes office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
1812 – U.S. President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
1818 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
1850 – The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
1850 – Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1859 – Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
1865 – American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Kiev.
1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
1905 – In India, the an earthquake hits the Kangra valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
1913 – The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
1930 – The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
1933 – U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
1939 – Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
1944 – World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
1945 – World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
1945 – World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1958 – The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
1960 – France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1965 – The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
1967 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
1968 – AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
1973 – A C-141, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, made its last flight of Operation Homecoming.
1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift – A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans – 172 die.
1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
1979 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
1979 – The 2nd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
1983 – Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1994 – Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
2002 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
2002 – In what are known as the Society Murders, Matthew Wales kills his parents in Melbourne, Australia.
2007 – 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.

henric
04-04-2013, 08:51 AM
Today's Canadian Headline...


1949 CANADA JOINS NATO
Washington DC - Canada signs the North Atlantic Treaty with Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the U.S.; becomes founding member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO members pledge to defend each other in event of Soviet attack.

1957
Cairo Egypt - Herbert Norman 1909-1957 Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, jumps from the roof of his apartment building to his death after suspicions he was a possible Communist sympathizer were released by a US Senate Subcommittee; a friend of Lester Pearson, he was a Party member in his youth; allegations against him have so far proven groundless, or at least not made public.

1994 Normandy France - French organizers reverse cancellation of long-standing hotel reservations for over 100 Canadian Army veterans at the 50th anniversary ceremonies marking the D Day landings. Huge public outcry after vets bumped to accommodate US TV news crews and other VIPs.
1990 New York City - Toronto's Alannah Myles has a Billboard hit with Black Velvet; peaks at #1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
1990 Paris France - OECD says Canada pays $117,000 for every farm job it saves by subsidizing agriculture; farm support programs raise output 17%.
1990 Albany New York - New York State passes law requiring environmental impact statements on Canadian projects before buying additional power from Hydro-Quebec.
1988 Kansas City, Missouri - Toronto Blue Jay George Bell hits three home runs in opening day game against the Royals' Bret Saberhagen; a major league first.
1986 Edmonton Alberta - Oiler Wayne Gretzky gets three assists to break his own single-season record for assists; also sets single season NHL record with his 213th point.
1966 Kenya - Canada starts five-year, $350,000 project to help increase wheat production in Kenya; an environmental fiasco.
1960 New York City - Ottawa's Paul Anka has a Billboard hit with Puppy Love; peaks at #2 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
1947 Montreal Quebec - Founding of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with headquarters in Montreal.
1942 Sri Lanka - RCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour.
1939 Ottawa Ontario - Canada recognizes the government of General Francisco Franco of Spain, following the end of the Spanish Civil War.
1918 Ottawa Ontario - Cabinet passes wartime order-in-council stipulating that every male between 16 and 60 be regularly employed.
1917 Victoria BC - British Columbia gives women the provincial vote.
1902 Oxford England - British financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.
1896 Vancouver BC - News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.
1894 Ottawa Ontario - John Sparrow David Thompson 1845-1894 hosts Canada-Newfoundland Confederation Conference in Ottawa until April 16; the Dominion will not join Canada until 1949.
1893 Toronto Ontario - Opening of the new Ontario Legislature in Queen's Park; built on the site of a lunatic asylum..
1887 London England - Opening of the first Colonial Conference in London; forerunner of Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferences.
1858 Langley BC - Start of the Fraser River gold rush in British Columbia.
1827 London England - William Parry 1790-1855 leaves England for the Arctic on the 'Hecla'; James Ross (1800-1862) second- in-command.
1784 Saint John New Brunswick - Andrew Stockton marries loyalist girl in what was then called Parrtown; New Brunswick's first wedding on record.

End of C/P.