Subject: On this day
Posted by: Professer
Date: Jan 18 08
Heres novel idea of what happened on this day back in time.
Remember that todays 18th January tomorrow is 19th and so on.
Posted by: Professer
Date: Jan 18 08
Heres novel idea of what happened on this day back in time.
Remember that todays 18th January tomorrow is 19th and so on.
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March 17th 1968: Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent More than 200 people have been arrested after thousands of demonstrators clashed in an anti-Vietnam war protest outside the United States embassy in London. The St John Ambulance Brigade said it treated 86 people for injuries. Fifty were taken to hospital including up to 25 police officers. The trouble followed a big rally in Trafalgar square, when an estimated 10,000 demonstrated against American action in Vietnam and British support for the United States. The mood at the rally was described as good humoured. The violence broke out when the protesters marched to the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. The embassy was surrounded by hundreds of police. They stood shoulder to shoulder to cordon off the part of the square closest to the embassy. Tensions rose as the crowd refused to back off and mounted officers rode at the demonstrators. The protesters broke through the police ranks onto the lawn of the embassy, tearing up the plastic fence and uprooting parts of a hedge. During a protracted battle, stones, earth, firecrackers and smoke bombs were thrown. One officer was treated for a reported serious spinal injury, another for a neck injury. One officer had his hat knocked off and was struck continuously on the back of the head with a stick from a banner as he clung, head down, to his horse's neck. Earlier the actress Vanessa Redgrave was allowed to enter the embassy with three supporters to deliver a protest. She had been one of the speakers at the rally in Trafalgar Square. Labour MP Peter Jackson, has said he will be tabling a private question for answer by the Home Secretary about what he called "police violence". He told The Times newspaper: "I was particularly outraged by the violent use of police horses, who charged into the crowd even after they had cleared the street in front of the embassy." Reply #81. Mar 17 08, 1:55 AM |
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March 18th 1992: South Africa votes for change White South Africans have backed an overwhelming mandate for political reforms to end apartheid and create a power-sharing multi-racial government. In a landslide victory for change, the government swept the polls in all four provinces, and all but one of 15 referendum regions. It won 68.6% of the vote in a record turn-out, which, in some districts exceeded 96%. Reply #82. Mar 18 08, 1:57 AM |
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19th March 1982: Argentine flag hoisted on S Georgia A group of Argentines have landed at the British colony of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic and planted their nation's flag. About 50 Argentines are reported to have arrived at Leith Harbour, on South Georgia, about 1,400 miles east of the Falklands archipelago off the Argentine coast. South Georgia is a dependency of the disputed Falklands Islands which Britain claimed in 1833. The British Antarctic survey team at Grytviken, on South Georgia, reported their arrival today. Reply #83. Mar 19 08, 2:00 AM |
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20th March 1974: Kidnap attempt on Princess Anne Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips have escaped an apparent kidnap attempt in which four people were wounded. The royal couple were returning to Buckingham Palace along Pall Mall when their chauffer-driven Rolls-Royce was forced to halt by another car which blocked their route. A man appeared from a light coloured vehicle and fired six shots, all of which it is said were not directed at the royal couple, but left four people in hospital. Reply #84. Mar 20 08, 12:35 AM |
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21st March 1999: Comedy genius Ernie Wise dies One of Britain's most loved and most successful comedians, Ernie Wise, has died aged 73. The news of his death at about 0700 GMT in the Nuffield Hospital, in Wexham Park, near Slough, has plunged the world of show business into mourning. He was being cared for at the hospital after returning to the UK this month following a triple bypass operation in Florida in January. It is understood the hospital reported he was well at 0615 but Mrs Wise was called 15 minutes later because his condition had deteriorated. By the time she arrived at his bedside, her husband of 46 years, had died. Reply #85. Mar 21 08, 1:50 AM |
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22nd March 1956: King convicted for bus boycott Civil rights leader, the Reverend Martin Luther King, has been convicted of organising an illegal boycott by black passengers of buses in the US state of Alabama. Mr King, 27, was fined $500 (£178) and ordered to pay an equal amount in costs. However, his lawyers immediately gave notice of their intention to appeal and the fine was converted into a prison sentence of 386 days, suspended until the appeal hearing. Archaic law The 17-week-old boycott in the town of Montgomery was sparked by the arrest of a black woman, Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on 1 December last year. The town's segregation laws stipulate separate areas on buses for blacks and whites and require blacks to give up their seats for whites if necessary. Black travellers have long complained of being called racist names by bus drivers and being forced to stand even if seats were vacant in the whites-only section. Mrs Parks, 42, was not the first to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat but she was a well-known and respected figure in Montgomery's black community. Four days after her arrest an almost universal boycott of the town's buses by black passengers began which has seriously diminished the companies' revenues. Mr King was found guilty under an archaic law dating from 1921 designed to break trade union action. The law carries a maximum penalty of $1,000 and six months in prison. Reply #86. Mar 22 08, 1:54 AM |
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Born 22nd March: 1599 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter 1887 - Chico Marx, American comedian and actor 1910 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist 1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor 1912 - Karl Malden, American actor 1920 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor 1923 - Marcel Marceau, French Mime 1930 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist 1930 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist 1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor 1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress 1936 - Roger Whittaker, British singer 1943 - George Benson, American musician 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer 1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player 1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor 1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater 1973 - Beverley Knight, English singer 1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress Reply #87. Mar 22 08, 9:29 AM |
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March 23rd 1983: Reagan launches Cold War into space President Reagan has unveiled plans to combat nuclear war in space. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) proposes a defensive shield, using laser or particle beam technology to "intercept and destroy" incoming missiles as they travel through the stars. Defense analysts have described it as the first major attempt to move away from the 30 year-old Cold War strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) - where the threat of nuclear attack acts as a deterrent. In a televised address from the White House the US leader said: "We seek neither military superiority nor political advantage. Our only purpose - one all people share - is to search for ways to avert the danger of nuclear war." Reply #88. Mar 23 08, 2:00 AM |
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And here's a nice selection of death and destruction for 23rd March: 1775 Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" in Richmond, Virginia. 1801 Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. 1821 Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence. 1857 Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City. 1903 The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful aeroplanes. 1908 American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by two Korean assassins, and dies in hospital two days later. 1919 Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement. 1931 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused. 1933 The Reichstag makes Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. 1982 Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando García, is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Montt. 1994 At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Colosio is assassinated by Mario Martínez. 1994 Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing 75. 1994 A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, and then crashes, killing 24 US Army soldiers on the ground. 1999 Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis Argaña. 2003 In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company and 18 US Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 2005 The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. 2005 A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers. 2007 Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne Australia. 2007 Iranian Navy seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters. Reply #89. Mar 23 08, 7:50 PM |
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24th March 1989: Exxon Valdez creates oil slick disaster An oil tanker has run aground on a reef off the Alaskan coast, releasing gallons of crude oil into the sea. The Exxon Valdez got into trouble in Prince William Sound when it hit Bligh Reef, splitting its side open and releasing oil, with reports of an eight-mile (1.61km) slick. High winds are affecting attempts to suck the slick from the sea's surface and residents have reported poor air quality as emergency crews try to burn off the top layer of oil. Booms, which are acting like necklaces on the surface of the sea to contain the oil, are failing to do the job. Environmentalists are also battling to save sea ducks, which number up to 10 million in the area. Ducks and seals have been discovered drenched in oil near the tanker. The Coast Guard is dropping chemicals in an attempt to break up the slick but local officials say Exxon is responding too slowly. Reply #90. Mar 24 08, 2:03 AM |
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March 25th 1975: National Front rallies against Europe Members of an extreme right-wing UK party, flanked by 2,000 police officers, have marched through north London in protest against integration with Europe. Beating drums and chanting "we're going to get the reds", National Front members marched through Islington waving placards. Extra police were drafted in amid fears violence may flare as on previous National Front demonstrations. The march, held in protest of the EEC, drew about 400 National Front supporters. There were fears of a counter-demonstration against the far-right protesters but there were no violent outbursts. Reply #91. Mar 25 08, 2:10 AM |
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26th March 1979: Israel and Egypt shake hands on peace deal Israel and Egypt have ended 30 years of war with an historic peace treaty brokered by the United States. The ceremony on the White House lawn in Washington was broadcast live on television. The two leaders sealed the deal with a firm handshake, watched by a smiling President Jimmy Carter. Both President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, described the ceremony as an "historic turning point". Reply #92. Mar 26 08, 2:00 AM |
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27th March 1963: Railways to be slashed by a quarter Large parts of the British railway system are uneconomic and under-used, a far-reaching report has declared. The report, from the chairman of the British Transport Commission, Dr Richard Beeching, says only half the network's routes carry enough traffic to cover the cost of operating them. British Rail is currently running at a loss of £140m a year, and Dr Beeching has made it his job to "make the railways pay". Reply #93. Mar 27 08, 12:44 AM |
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March 28th 1965: Thousands join Dr King in Alabama rally Dr Martin Luther King has taken a crowd of nearly 25,000 people to the steps of the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama to highlight black grievances. The procession marks the end of a five-day march which started in Selma last week and it brings to a close a month of civil rights protests in Alabama. Troops policed the roads surrounding the capital and army helicopters hovered overhead as the crowd swelled to nearly 25,000. Dr King, who addressed the protesters from a podium in the square, described the trek as "one of the greatest marches in the history of America". "Our aim is not to humiliate and defeat the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding," he added. Dr King tried to present a petition of black grievances to Governor George Wallace but he refused to meet the delegation. The civil rights leader said he would ask trade unions to refuse to transport or use the state's products and he urged the Federal Government and the Treasury to withdraw all assistance from the area. Reply #94. Mar 28 08, 2:04 AM |
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28th March Births 1138 Moses Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher 1840 Emin Pasha, politician 1868 Maxim Gorky, Russian author 1890 Paul Whiteman, American bandleader 1902 Dame Flora Robson, English actress 1909 Nelson Algren, American writer 1921 Dirk Bogarde, English actor 1935 Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster 1942 Neil Kinnock, British statesman 1944 Ken Howard, American actor 1955 Reba McEntire, American singer and actress 1968 Nasser Hussain, English cricketer 1972 Nick Frost, English comedian and actor Deaths 1881 Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer 1941 Virginia Woolf, English writer 1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist 1944 Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist 1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th President of the US 1985 Marc Chagall, Russian born painter 1987 Maria von Trapp, Austrian born singer 1987 Patrick Troughton, British actor 2004 Peter Ustinov, British actor 2005 Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist 2006 Caspar Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense Reply #95. Mar 28 08, 6:40 PM |
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March 28th, 1990, Michael Jordan scores his career high of 69 points in an overtime win of his team, the Chicago Bulls vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. He also grabbed a career high of 18 rebounds, amount which he`ll go onto repeat later in his career. Reply #96. Mar 28 08, 7:51 PM |
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March 29th 1971: Calley guilty of My Lai massacre Lieutenant William Calley has been found guilty of murder at a court martial for his part in the My Lai massacre which claimed the lives of 500 South Vietnamese civilians. The 27-year-old commander could receive the death penalty or life imprisonment after the massacre which saw US soldiers open fire on civilians in My Lai and neighbouring villages in central Vietnam in March 1968. Lieutenant Calley was in charge of Charlie Company, a unit of the American Division's 11th Infantry Brigade, who were on a mission to root out the communist 48th Viet Cong Battalion fighters. Brutal killings The Viet Cong were not in the village and instead more than 500 unarmed civilians were brutally killed in an unprovoked attack by US troops. Lieutenant Calley will be sentenced in the next few days after the verdict was announced at Fort Benning, Georgia today. Reply #97. Mar 29 08, 2:01 AM |
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March 30th 1951: Rosenbergs guilty of espionage An American electrical engineer and his wife have been found guilty by New York's Federal Court of passing atomic secrets to the Russians. Julius Rosenberg, 33, and his 35-year-old wife, Ethel, were accused of stealing technical information from the atom research centre in Los Alamos and turning it over to the KGB. A radar expert, Morton Sobell, has also been found guilty of the same charges. The court heard the Rosenbergs, who have two young sons, were involved in a complicated spy ring, which also included Mrs Rosenberg's brother, David Greenglass, former Soviet vice-consul Arkadi Yakovlev, and Philadelphia chemist, Harry Gold. Greenglass, a machinist at the Los Alamos research centre during World War II, said he had been asked by the Rosenbergs, both committed Communists and members of the Young Communist League, to obtain information about the atomic bomb. Greenglass told the court he was unaware he was working on the atomic bomb project until his brother-in-law, Julius Rosenberg, told him. The court heard the information was passed to Harry Gold, who turned it over to the Russians. Gold, who is now serving a 30-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to espionage, had also worked as a go-between for British scientist Klaus Fuchs, it was revealed. Fuchs was jailed for 14 years in 1950 after admitting that he had been passing atomic secrets to the Russians for many years. Arkadi Yakovlev, also allegedly involved in the spy ring, escaped trial after fleeing to Russia before the American authorities could catch up with him. In pronouncing guilty verdicts, Judge Kaufman, presiding over the trial, said: "That citizens should lend themselves to the destruction of their own country by the most destructive weapon known is so shocking that I cannot find words to describe the loathsome offence." The couple, who have consistently denied any involvement in the spy ring, will be sentenced on 5 April. Reply #98. Mar 30 08, 1:27 AM |
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31st March 1959: Dalai Lama escapes to India The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, has crossed the border into India after an epic 15-day journey on foot from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, over the Himalayan mountains. There had been no news of his safety or whereabouts since he left Lhasa on 17 March with an entourage of 20 men, including six Cabinet ministers. Many thought he had been killed in the fierce Chinese crackdown that followed the Tibetan uprising earlier this month. Reply #99. Mar 31 08, 12:57 AM |
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1ST April 1957: BBC fools the nation The BBC has received a mixed reaction to a spoof documentary broadcast this evening about spaghetti crops in Switzerland. The hoax Panorama programme, narrated by distinguished broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, featured a family from Ticino in Switzerland carrying out their annual spaghetti harvest. It showed women carefully plucking strands of spaghetti from a tree and laying them in the sun to dry. But some viewers failed to see the funny side of the broadcast and criticised the BBC for airing the item on what is supposed to be a serious factual programme. Others, however, were so intrigued they wanted to find out where they could purchase their very own spaghetti bush. Exotic delicacy Spaghetti is not a widely-eaten food in the UK and is considered by many as an exotic delicacy. Mr Dimbleby explained how each year the end of March is a very anxious time for Spaghetti harvesters all over Europe as severe frost can impair the flavour of the spaghetti. Cant believe it was that far back Reply #100. Apr 01 08, 11:38 AM |
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