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henric
05-30-2014, 11:25 PM
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1279 BC – Ramesses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
526 – A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River – Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
1578 – Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich in England to Frobisher Bay in Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
1669 – Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
1775 – American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
1790 – Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
1795 – French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
1805 – French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock.
1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
1854 – The civil death procedure is abolished in France.
1859 – The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
1862 – American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) – Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
1864 – American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant and George Meade.
1866 – In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
1879 – Gilmores Garden in New York, New York is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
1884 – The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria
1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1902 – Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
1909 – The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, convenes for the first time.
1910 – The creation of the Union of South Africa.
1911 – The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched.
1911 – The President of Mexico Porfirio Dνaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Jutland – The British Grand Fleet under the command of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty engage the Imperial German Navy under the command of Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
1921 – Tulsa race riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
1924 – The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Beijing government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
1929 – The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
1935 – A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
1941 – A Luftwaffe air raid on Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
1941 – Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
1961 – The Union of South Africa becomes the Republic of South Africa.
1961 – In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
1962 – The West Indies Federation dissolves.
1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
1970 – The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
1971 – In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
1973 – The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
1977 – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.
1981 – The burning of Jaffna library in Sri Lanka. It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
1985 – 1985 United States–Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
1989 – A group of six members of the guerrilla group Tϊpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) of Peru, shoot dead eight transsexuals, in the city of Tarapoto.
1991 – Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
2010 – In international waters, armed Shayetet 13 commandos, intending to force the flotilla to anchor at the Ashdod port, boarded ships trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, resulting in nine civilian deaths.
2013 – The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
2013 – A powerful EF5 tornado devastates El Reno, Oklahoma, killing nine people, becoming the widest tornado in recorded history, with an astounding diameter of 2.6 miles (4.2 km).

henric
05-30-2014, 11:28 PM
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Today's Canadian Headline...


1578 STREETS OF LONDON PAVED WITH GOLD
Harwich England - Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 sails with fleet of 15 ships to build a settlement at Frobisher Bay and mine the 'gold' ore found a year earlier; will discover Hudson Strait; the 2,000 tons of 'gold' ore he mines will prove to be worthless pyrites, and used to pave the streets of London.

1866
Fort Erie Ontario - John O'Neill 1834-1878 leads about 800 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo to threaten Canadian garrisons, occupy Fort Erie, capture the Buffalo & Lake Huron Railroad and cut telegraph lines. The Fenians were dedicated to freeing Ireland from the English, by force if necessary; here's a cartoon of the time.


In Other Events...

1991 Oka Quebec - Chief George Martin of Kahnesatake Mohawk Reserve fails to block members from voting 526-21 for direct election of a new band council.
1990 Edmonton Alberta - Premier Don Getty announces that Alberta will privatize 50% of $3 billion giant, Alberta Government Telephones (AGT); Albertans given first right to buy shares.
1990 Ottawa Ontario - Assembly of First Nations Chief George Erasmus says First Nations pleased with Supreme Court ruling requiring governments to bargain on native rights and land claims, and not ignore treaty obligations.
1990 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- invites Premiers to Ottawa June 3 to try and save the Meech Lake Accord; refuses full First Ministers Conference; says Senate reform main obstacle.
1990 Montreal Quebec - Quebec Superior Court convicts two Columbians and a New Yorker of attempting to smuggle and traffic $200 million of cocaine through New Brunswick in April 1988; given 10-25 year sentences.
1988 Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons passes one bill giving all federal employees the right to a smoke-free workplace, and another banning virtually all tobacco advertising, effective Jan 1, 1989.
1987 Edmonton Alberta - Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup.
1985 Ontario - Tornadoes hit central Ontario communities of Barrie, Grand Valley, Orangeville, and Tottenham, killing 12, injuring hundreds and damaging or destroying at least 1,000 buildings.
1977 Beijing China - Canadian Wheat Board sells China 3 million tonnes (110 million bushels) of wheat; valued at $330 million.
1976 Quebec - Ottawa averts national strike by 2,200 controllers over use of French in Quebec air traffic control.
1975 Orillia Ontario - Raynell Andreychuck the first woman appointed President of the National Council of the YMCA.
1972 Ottawa Ontario - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- announces new awards for bravery and merit for civilians and members of the Armed Forces; plus new level to the Order of Canada.
1971 Halifax Nova Scotia - Sandra Oxner, age 29, appointed first female judge of Nova Scotia Magistrate's Court.
1970 Quebec - 2,500 employees in 54 Quebec private hospitals strike for higher wages.
1969 Ottawa Ontario - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- officially opens the National Arts Centre on Confederation Square.
1968 Montreal Quebec - Pierre Grondin 1925- heads 27 member surgical team at the Montreal Heart Institute in performing Canada's first heart transplant, and the world's 18th, on Albert Murphy, a 58-year-old retired butcher; died 46 hours after start of operation.
1967 Ottawa Ontario - Opening of Sir John Carling Building, new Department of Agriculture headquarters.
1967 Ottawa Ontario - Queen Elizabeth II 1926- gives twelve white swans to the City of Ottawa as her Confederation gift; flown from England to Canada.
1964 Moscow Russia - Canadian Press sends its first resident correspondent to Soviet Union.
1962 Peterborough Ontario - Queen's Park announces plans for building Trent University at Peterborough; Ontario's 14th university slated to open Sept, 1964.
1954 Winnipeg Manitoba - CBWT-TV Winnipeg goes on the air; first prairie television station.
1954 Ottawa Ontario - Emergency Powers Act expires; gave Cabinet wide control over Canadian economy; later replaced by War Measures Act.
1943 Edmonton Alberta - Ernest Charles Manning 1908- succeeds William Aberhart as Social Credit Premier of Alberta.
1928 Halifax Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia abolishes its Legislative Council; Quebec now the only province with an upper house.
1902 Vereeniging South Africa - Treaty of Vereeniging ends Boer War; cost Canada almost $3 million; 7,368 Canadians served with British forces.
1877 Brantford Ontario - Brantford incorporated as a city.
1877 London England - Canadian medical degrees became acceptable to Britain.
1862 Victoria BC - Incorporation of the Bank of British Columbia.
1831 Bellot Strait NWT - James Ross discovers Bellot Strait dividing Somerset Island from mainland of Boothia Peninsula; the northernmost point of the North American continent.
1794 Ontario - Upper Canada passes Alien Act, to guard against anti-British sentiment.
1793 Ontario - Upper Canada Assembly passes Act making it possible for public servants to perform marriages.
1790 BC - Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca; claims area for Spain on Aug. 1.
1577 Harwich England - Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 sets sail from Harwich on the Gabriel (20 tons), Michael (25 tons) and Ayde (a 10 ton pinnace); will reach Labrador coast July 28, then Frobisher Bay.

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