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1.1 ! root 1: 01/01 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba ! 2: 01/01 Castro expells Cuban President Batista, 1959 ! 3: 01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947 ! 4: 01/01 First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902 ! 5: 01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north) ! 6: 01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913 ! 7: 01/05 Fellowship enters Moria (LOTR) ! 8: 01/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940 ! 9: 01/05 Twelfth night ! 10: 01/06 Millard Fillmore's birthday (let's party!) ! 11: 01/08 Battle of New Orleans ! 12: 01/09 Fellowship reaches Lorien (LOTR) ! 13: 01/09 Plough Monday ! 14: 01/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 ! 15: 01/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776 ! 16: 01/11 Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of Albania ! 17: 01/11 De Hostos' Birthday in Puerto Rico ! 18: 01/11 Milk delivered in bottles for first time, 1878 ! 19: 01/11 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal ! 20: 01/11 Surgeon General condemned cigarettes, 1964 ! 21: 01/11 The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1963 ! 22: 01/14 The first "Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park, 1967 ! 23: 01/16 Prohibition begins, 1920 ! 24: 01/17 Passing of Gandalf (LOTR) ! 25: 01/18 Grey whale migration, California ! 26: 01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...) ! 27: 01/24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922 ! 28: 01/24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848 ! 29: 01/26 Sydney Aust. settled, 1778 ! 30: 01/27 Grissom, White and Chaffe burned to death in Apollo 1, 1967 ! 31: 01/27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973 ! 32: 01/28 First ski tow, Woodstock VT, 1914 ! 33: 01/28 Space Shuttle Challenger (51-L) explodes 74 seconds after liftoff ! 34: killing Scobee, Smith, McNair, Resnick, Jarvis, Onizuka and McAuliffe, ! 35: 1986 ! 36: 01/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948 ! 37: 01/30 Tet Offensive, 1968 ! 38: 01/31 "Ham" the chimpanzee soars into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, 1961 ! 39: 01/31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered ! 40: 01/31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp ! 41: 02/01 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954 ! 42: 02/01 Forces lead by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979 ! 43: 02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969 ! 44: 02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974 ! 45: 02/07 Fellowship leaves Lorien (LOTR) ! 46: 02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq ! 47: 02/09 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934 ! 48: 02/12 Lincoln's real birthday ! 49: 02/12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969 ! 50: 02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945 ! 51: 02/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970 ! 52: 02/16 Nylon patented, 1937 ! 53: 02/16 Stephen Decatur burns US frigate in Tripoli, 1804 ! 54: 02/17 Death of Boromir (LOTR) ! 55: 02/18 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930 ! 56: 02/19 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, 1945 ! 57: 02/20 John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times, 1962 ! 58: 02/20 Meriadoc & Pippin meet Treebeard (LOTR) ! 59: 02/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties ! 60: 02/21 First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1878 ! 61: 02/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965 ! 62: 02/22 Passing of King Ellesar (LOTR) ! 63: 02/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971 ! 64: 02/24 Ents destroy Isengard (LOTR) ! 65: 02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868 ! 66: 02/26 Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (LOTR) ! 67: 02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 ! 68: 02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972 ! 69: 02/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704 ! 70: 03/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft ! 71: in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 ! 72: 03/02 Blackthorn winds (New England) (Does anyone know what this is?) ! 73: 03/04 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C. ! 74: 03/05 Frodo & Samwise encounter Shelob (LOTR) ! 75: 03/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1939 ! 76: 03/08 Deaths of Denethor & Theoden (LOTR) ! 77: 03/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894 ! 78: 03/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907 ! 79: 03/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley OH ! 80: 03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874 ! 81: 03/15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25, 1966 ! 82: 03/16 First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight, 1926 ! 83: 03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by U.S. infantrymen ! 84: 03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926 ! 85: 03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped ! 86: 03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965 ! 87: 03/18 Destruction of the Ring (LOTR) ! 88: 03/19 Swallows return to Capistrano ! 89: 03/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980 ! 90: 03/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900 ! 91: 03/25 Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911 ! 92: 03/26 Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937 ! 93: 03/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958 ! 94: 03/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 ! 95: 03/29 Flowering of the Mallorn (LOTR) ! 96: 03/29 Swedish settled Christiana (Wilmington) DE, 1638 ! 97: 03/30 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867 ! 98: 03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 ! 99: 03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 ! 100: 04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day. ! 101: 04/04 Gandalf visits Bilbo (LOTR) ! 102: 04/04 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968 ! 103: 04/04 NATO Established, 1949 ! 104: 04/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830 ! 105: 04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 ! 106: 04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod ! 107: 04/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 ! 108: 04/12 Columbia launched, 1981 ! 109: 04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861 ! 110: 04/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981 ! 111: 04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 ! 112: 04/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos ! 113: 04/14 Lincoln shot, 1865 ! 114: 04/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 ! 115: 04/15 Ray Kroc opens first McDonalds in Des Plaines, IL, 1955 ! 116: 04/16 Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, 1865 ! 117: 04/17 An unexpected party (LOTR) ! 118: 04/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961 ! 119: 04/18 Einstein's Death, 1955 ! 120: 04/18 First Laundromat opens, Fort Worth Texas, 1934 ! 121: 04/18 San Francisco earthquake, 1906 ! 122: 04/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay ! 123: 04/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943 ! 124: 04/20 Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of busing, 1971 ! 125: 04/21 Lyrid meteor shower ! 126: 04/23 Crowning of King Ellesar (LOTR) ! 127: 04/23 Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954 ! 128: 04/26 William Shakespeare baptised in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564, ! 129: birthdate unknown ! 130: 04/27 Magellan killed in Phillippines, 1521 ! 131: 04/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913 ! 132: 05/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god ! 133: 05/03 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington, 1971 ! 134: 05/04 Four Kent State students are shot down by the National Guard, 1970 ! 135: 05/05 John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, Dayton, TN, 1925 ! 136: 05/07 Germany surrenders after WWII, 1945 ! 137: 05/08 Beginning of ostrich mating season ! 138: 05/08 US institutes mining of Haiphong Harbor, 1972 ! 139: 05/09 94 degrees, New York, 1979 ! 140: 05/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940 ! 141: 05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933 ! 142: 05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 ! 143: 05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948 ! 144: 05/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854 ! 145: 05/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982 ! 146: 05/17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974 ! 147: 05/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay ! 148: 05/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 ! 149: 05/19 Arwen leaves Lorian to wed King Ellesar (LOTR) ! 150: 05/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile ! 151: 05/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956 ! 152: 05/22 US Civil War ends, 1865 ! 153: 05/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960 ! 154: 05/23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953 ! 155: 05/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador ! 156: 05/25 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK, 1980 ! 157: 05/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830 ! 158: 05/26 Congress sets first immigration quotas, 1924 ! 159: 05/27 Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1937 ! 160: 05/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953 ! 161: 05/29 First food stamps issued, 1961 ! 162: 05/30 US Marines sent to Nicaragua, 1912 ! 163: 06/02 Native Americans "granted" citizenship, 1924 ! 164: 06/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070 ! 165: 06/05 Robert Kennedy assasinated, 1968 ! 166: 06/05 US leaves the Gold Standard, 1933 ! 167: 06/06 First drive-in movie, 1933 ! 168: 06/06 Normandy landing, 1944 ! 169: 06/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C. ! 170: 06/10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971 ! 171: 06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC ! 172: 06/11 Sauron attacks Osgilliath (LOTR) ! 173: 06/13 Bilbo returns to Bag End (LOTR) ! 174: 06/13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System ! 175: 06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 ! 176: 06/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752 ! 177: 06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215 ! 178: 06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford ! 179: that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop, ! 180: 1878 ! 181: 06/16 "The Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago, 1980 ! 182: 06/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967 ! 183: 06/17 Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in, 1972 ! 184: 06/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953 ! 185: 06/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893 ! 186: 06/20 Victoria crowned, 1837 ! 187: 06/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948 ! 188: 06/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge ! 189: 06/22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964 ! 190: 06/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772 ! 191: 06/23 Wedding of Ellesar & Arwen (LOTR) ! 192: 06/24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1970 ! 193: 06/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876 ! 194: 06/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950 ! 195: 06/26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 ! 196: 06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959 ! 197: 06/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 ! 198: 06/27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915 ! 199: 06/27 Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East, 1971 ! 200: 06/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978 ! 201: 06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia, 1908 ! 202: 06/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960 ! 203: 07/01 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863 ! 204: 07/03 Dog days begin ! 205: 07/04 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863 ! 206: 07/04 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776 ! 207: 07/04 Gandalf imprisoned by Suruman (LOTR) ! 208: 07/04 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776 ! 209: 07/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845 ! 210: 07/06 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928 ! 211: 07/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 ! 212: 07/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949 ! 213: 07/08 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776 ! 214: 07/08 Liberty Bell cracks while being rung at funeral of John Marshall, 1835 ! 215: 07/09 10-hour working day set by law, NH, 1847 ! 216: 07/10 134 degrees in Death Valley, 1913 ! 217: 07/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933 ! 218: 07/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908 ! 219: 07/16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945 ! 220: 07/17 Disneyland opens, 1955 ! 221: 07/18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927 ! 222: 07/19 Five Massachusetts women executed for witchcraft, 1692 ! 223: 07/20 Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon, 1969 ! 224: 07/21 First Train Robbery, Jesse James gets $3000 near Adair, Iowa, 1873 ! 225: 07/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954 ! 226: 07/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 ! 227: 07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 ! 228: 07/24 The ring comes to Bilbo (LOTR) ! 229: 07/26 Bilbo rescued from Wargs by Eagles (LOTR) ! 230: 07/30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956 ! 231: 07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948, ! 232: later JFK ! 233: 08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on ! 234: this day ! 235: 08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492 ! 236: 08/03 Funeral of King Theoden (LOTR) ! 237: 08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 ! 238: 08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892 ! 239: 08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 ! 240: 08/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914 ! 241: 08/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945 ! 242: 08/06 Caricom in Barbados ! 243: 08/06 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890 ! 244: 08/08 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945 ! 245: 08/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914 ! 246: 08/08 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency, 1974 ! 247: 08/08 The Great Train Robbery -- $7,368,000, 1963 ! 248: 08/09 Helter Skelter... the Charles Manson murders take place, 1969 ! 249: 08/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC ! 250: 08/09 US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 ! 251: 08/10 Chicago incorporated as a village of 300 people, 1833 ! 252: 08/10 US and Panama agree to transfer the canal in the year 2000, 1977 ! 253: 08/11 Dog days end ! 254: 08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954 ! 255: 08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days) ! 256: 08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977 ! 257: 08/12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972 ! 258: 08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961 ! 259: 08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934 ! 260: 08/14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935 ! 261: 08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947 ! 262: 08/15 Hurricane hits Plimoth Plantation, 1635 ! 263: 08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 ! 264: 08/17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891 ! 265: 08/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed ! 266: 08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite, ! 267: marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960 ! 268: 08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856 ! 269: 08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets ! 270: 08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963 ! 271: 08/22 St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 ! 272: 08/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927 ! 273: 08/24 "Alice's Restaurant" premieres in New York and Los Angeles, 1969 ! 274: 08/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960 ! 275: 08/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814 ! 276: 08/25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 ! 277: 08/26 Women get the vote, 1920 ! 278: 08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912 ! 279: 08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883 ! 280: 08/28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963 ! 281: 08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; ! 282: Nova Cygni 1975. ! 283: 08/29 Suruman enters the Shire (LOTR) ! 284: 08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842 ! 285: 08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 ! 286: 08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru ! 287: 08/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963 ! 288: 08/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983 ! 289: 08/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888 ! 290: 08/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 ! 291: 09/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972 ! 292: 09/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 ! 293: 09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752 ! 294: 09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945 ! 295: 09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino ! 296: 09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 ! 297: 09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774 ! 298: 09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620 ! 299: 09/06 First Star Trek episode (The Man Trap) aired 1966 ! 300: 09/06 Pres. McKinley shot, 1901 ! 301: 09/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland ! 302: 09/08 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966) ! 303: 09/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888 ! 304: 09/08 President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974 ! 305: 09/09 California becomes the 31st state, 1850 ! 306: 09/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776 ! 307: 09/10 Gandalf escapes from Orthanc (LOTR) ! 308: 09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857 ! 309: 09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943 ! 310: 09/12 Germany annexes Sudentenland, 1938 ! 311: 09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922 ! 312: 09/13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City, 1788 ! 313: 09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 ! 314: 09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943 ! 315: 09/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778 ! 316: 09/14 Frodo & Bilbo's birthday (LOTR) ! 317: 09/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629 ! 318: 09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940 ! 319: 09/15 Black riders enter the Shire (LOTR) ! 320: 09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959 ! 321: 09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department, 1789 ! 322: 09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630 ! 323: 09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862 ! 324: 09/18 Frodo and company rescued by Bombadil (LOTR) ! 325: 09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi ! 326: 09/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for President, 1884 ! 327: 09/20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of ! 328: Science, 1848 ! 329: 09/20 First meeting of the National Research Council, 1916 ! 330: 09/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519 ! 331: 09/20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973 ! 332: 09/22 Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953 ! 333: 09/22 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 ! 334: 09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenaes President Nixon, 1974 ! 335: 09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949 ! 336: 09/23 Phillippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972 ! 337: 09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball club, 1845 ! 338: 09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952 ! 339: 09/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981 ! 340: 09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825 ! 341: 09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678 ! 342: 09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon, ! 343: 490BC ! 344: 09/28 Frodo wounded at Weathertop (LOTR) ! 345: 09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4), ! 346: 1888 ! 347: 09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846 ! 348: 09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946 ! 349: 10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958 ! 350: 10/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967 ! 351: 10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853 ! 352: 10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957 ! 353: 10/04 Sputnik 1, world's first orbiting satellite launched, 1957 ! 354: 10/05 Frodo crosses bridge of Mitheithel ! 355: 10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853 ! 356: 10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981 ! 357: 10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973 ! 358: 10/07 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic ! 359: 10/07 Georgia Tech. beats Cumberland Univ. 222-0, 1916 ! 360: 10/07 Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel sent to prison on fraud charges, 1977 ! 361: 10/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 ! 362: 10/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974 ! 363: 10/08 Great Chicago Fire, 1871 ! 364: 10/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876 ! 365: 10/10 Agnew resigns, 1973 ! 366: 10/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba ! 367: 10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea ! 368: 10/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. (1984) ! 369: 10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973 ! 370: 10/11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975 ! 371: 10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976 ! 372: 10/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811 ! 373: 10/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962 ! 374: 10/11 First broadcast of Saturday Night Live, 1975 ! 375: 10/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 ! 376: 10/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960 ! 377: 10/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920 ! 378: 10/12 Native Americans discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 ! 379: 10/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943 ! 380: 10/13 U.S. Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress ! 381: 10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066 ! 382: 10/14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947 ! 383: 10/15 First draft card burned, 1965 ! 384: 10/16 Boromir reaches Rivendell (LOTR) ! 385: 10/17 Council of Elrond (LOTR) ! 386: 10/18 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor org., 1648 ! 387: 10/18 Soviets anounce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959 ! 388: 10/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949 ! 389: 10/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812 ! 390: 10/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973 ! 391: 10/20 OPEC embargo, 1973 ! 392: 10/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879 ! 393: 10/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959 ! 394: 10/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 ! 395: 10/23 Earth created at 6:30 AM, 4004BC. ! 396: 10/23 Swallows leave Capistrano ! 397: 10/25 End of War of the Ring (LOTR) ! 398: 10/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971 ! 399: 10/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978 ! 400: 10/27 New York's Boss Tweed is arrested on fraud charges, 1871 ! 401: 10/27 The first New York Subway is opened, 1904 ! 402: 10/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492 ! 403: 10/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312 ! 404: 10/28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts, 1636 ! 405: 10/28 Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe's Island, 1886 ! 406: 10/29 Stock Market Crash, 1929 ! 407: 10/30 Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, 1938 ! 408: 10/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517 ! 409: 11/01 Austria-Hungary become two seperate nations, 1918 ! 410: 11/01 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950 ! 411: 11/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 ! 412: 11/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783 ! 413: 11/03 Beef rises to 3 cents a pound, IL, 1837 ! 414: 11/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954 ! 415: 11/03 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing spacedog Laika ! 416: 11/04 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran, 1979 ! 417: 11/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956 ! 418: 11/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605 ! 419: 11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R. ! 420: 11/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837 ! 421: 11/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805 ! 422: 11/09 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965 ! 423: 11/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 ! 424: 11/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888 ! 425: 11/09 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League, 1921 ! 426: 11/09 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, 1933 ! 427: 11/10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstartions near White House, 1917 ! 428: 11/10 Cpt. Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865 ! 429: 11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871 ! 430: 11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889 ! 431: 11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan ! 432: 11/12 U.S. first exports oil to Europe, 1861 ! 433: 11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon ! 434: price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request ! 435: from McDonald's), 1971 ! 436: 11/15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896 ! 437: 11/16 Bilbo reaches the Lonely Mountain (LOTR) ! 438: 11/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 ! 439: 11/17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966 ! 440: 11/17 Richard Nixon says "I am not a crook.", 1973 ! 441: 11/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952 ! 442: 11/18 Local standard time zones established for US, 1883 ! 443: 11/19 Gettysburg Address delivered, 1863 ! 444: 11/21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973 ! 445: 11/22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963 ! 446: 11/23 First broadcast of Dr. Who (longest running TV series), 1963 ! 447: 11/24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby, 1963 ! 448: 11/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867 ! 449: 11/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895 ! 450: 11/27 Friction match invented, England, 1826 ! 451: 11/27 Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts ! 452: 11/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922 ! 453: 12/01 First national corn-husking championship, Alleman IA, 1924 ! 454: 12/01 Martin Luther King Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery buses, 1955 ! 455: 12/01 Rosa Parks refuses to move to back of the bus (Montgomery, AL), 1953 ! 456: 12/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 ! 457: 12/03 First successful human heart transplant lead by Dr. Barnard, 1967 ! 458: 12/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971 ! 459: 12/04 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC, 1783 ! 460: 12/05 Death of Smaug (LOTR) ! 461: 12/05 End of Prohibition, 1933 (at least the alcohol part) ! 462: 12/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776 ! 463: 12/05 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed, ending Prohibition, 1933 ! 464: 12/07 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941 ! 465: 12/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 ! 466: 12/10 Metric system established in France, 1799 ! 467: 12/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year ! 468: 12/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901 ! 469: 12/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972 ! 470: 12/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769 ! 471: 12/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south) ! 472: 12/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976 ! 473: 12/15 Bill of Rights adopted, 1791 ! 474: 12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 ! 475: 12/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890 ! 476: 12/16 Fellowship begins Quest (LOTR) ! 477: 12/20 U.S. buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi. ! 478: 12/21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in less than 80 days ! 479: 12/24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865 ! 480: 12/26 DPMA founded, 1951 ! 481: 12/27 APT report published, 1956 ! 482: 12/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845 ! 483: 12/28 Comet Kohoutek at perihelion, 1973 ! 484: 12/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890 ! 485: 12/30 First Los Angeles freeway dedicated, 1940 ! 486: 12/31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland ! 487: 12/31 Winterland closes its doors, 1978
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