It Happened Today...
Apr 10, 2017 05:17:09 #
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
And you thought the Nazis did it first...
1858 "Big Ben", a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast in the Tower of Westminster
Still ringing today.
1912 RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage
"Full speed ahead!"
1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
...And the horrors of Nazism were revealed for the world to see.
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
(Ah, ah, ah, ah-Choo!) (Bless you)
1998 The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish goverments
Only took 800 years!
And you thought the Nazis did it first...
1858 "Big Ben", a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast in the Tower of Westminster
Still ringing today.
1912 RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage
"Full speed ahead!"
1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
...And the horrors of Nazism were revealed for the world to see.
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
(Ah, ah, ah, ah-Choo!) (Bless you)
1998 The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish goverments
Only took 800 years!
Apr 10, 2017 06:07:32 #
Larry the Legend wrote:
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compel... (show quote)
You forgot the ASPCA. It was founded today in 1866.
Apr 10, 2017 06:45:12 #
Loki wrote:
You forgot the ASPCA. It was founded today in 1866.
Why, yes it was. And that's not all:
American Revolution
1778 John Paul Jones sets out to raid British ships
Automotive
1879 Hertz rental car founder born
Civil War
1865 General Lee gives final address to troops
Cold War
1971 U.S. table tennis team visits communist China
Crime
1834 A torture chamber is uncovered by arson
Disaster
1963 Atomic submarine sinks in Atlantic
General Interest
1919 Zapata assassinated in Mexico
1942 Bataan Death March begins
1972 Chaplin receives Oscar
Hollywood
1953 First color 3-D film opens
Literary
1906 The Gift of the Magi is published
Music
1970 Paul McCartney announces the breakup of the Beatles
Old West
1933 Civilian Conservation Corps created
Presidential
1933 FDR creates Civilian Conservation Corps
Sports
2005 Tiger Woods wins fourth Masters
Vietnam War
1970 Poll reveals that public approval of Vietnam policy is down
1972 B-52s begin bombing North Vietnam
World War I
1918 Congress of Oppressed Nationalities closes in Rome
World War II
1941 Croatia declares independence
Apr 10, 2017 08:16:12 #
Larry the Legend wrote:
Why, yes it was. And that's not all: br br Ameri... (show quote)
Yep. todayinhistory.com
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