WillDekkard
02-21-2010, 04:22 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- February 21st
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* 362 Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
* 1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery.
* 1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed.
* 1543 Battle of Wayna Daga A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
* 1613 Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
* 1743 The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson" takes place in London.
* 1804 The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
* 1842 John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
* 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto.
* 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Valverde fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
* 1874 The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper.
* 1878 The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
* 1885 The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
* 1913 Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
* 1916 World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
* 1918 The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
* 1919 Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
* 1921 Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
* 1925 The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
* 1937 Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
* 1937 The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
* 1945 World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
* 1947 In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera," the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
* 1948 NASCAR is incorporated.
* 1952 The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
* 1952 In Dhaka, East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) police open fire on a procession of students that was demanding the establishment of Bengali as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "International Mother Language Day" by UNESCO.
* 1953 Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule.
* 1958 The Peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
* 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
* 1970 Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zόrich, Switzerland.
* 1971 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
* 1972 President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
* 1972 The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
* 1973 Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
* 1974 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
* 1975 Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
* 1995 Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
* 2004 The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
* 2007 Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.
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- February 21st
c/p from Wikipedia
* 362 Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
* 1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery.
* 1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed.
* 1543 Battle of Wayna Daga A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
* 1613 Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
* 1743 The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson" takes place in London.
* 1804 The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
* 1842 John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
* 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto.
* 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Valverde fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
* 1874 The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper.
* 1878 The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
* 1885 The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
* 1913 Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
* 1916 World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
* 1918 The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
* 1919 Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
* 1921 Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
* 1925 The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
* 1937 Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
* 1937 The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
* 1945 World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
* 1947 In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera," the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
* 1948 NASCAR is incorporated.
* 1952 The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
* 1952 In Dhaka, East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) police open fire on a procession of students that was demanding the establishment of Bengali as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "International Mother Language Day" by UNESCO.
* 1953 Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule.
* 1958 The Peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
* 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
* 1970 Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zόrich, Switzerland.
* 1971 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
* 1972 President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
* 1972 The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
* 1973 Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
* 1974 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
* 1975 Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
* 1995 Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
* 2004 The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
* 2007 Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.
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