Tag: today
group name: todayinhistory
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January 15, 2007 03:22 AM EST --
0708 - Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later)
0946 - Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded/ousted
1346 - Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand
1535 - Henry VIII declares . . . more
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August 27, 2006 10:12 PM EDT --
August 27, 1883 After 3 massive explosions spanning 16 hours, the volcanic island of Krakatoa suffers a final, inconceivably destructive blast. The resulting noise is reported to have been . . . more
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August 23, 2006 05:42 AM EDT --
August 23, 1305 - Braveheart, aka Scottish patriot William Wallace, was hanged, his corpse was then given a "spa treatment" - disemboweled, drawn, and quartered. His head was later displayed . . . more
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August 11, 2006 04:44 PM EDT --
1984 - Not realizing that his weekly radio address is already on the air, President Ronald Reagan quips into his live microphone: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've . . . more
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August 21, 2006 08:07 PM EDT --
August 21, 1964 - The ruler of Transylvania, Erzsebet Bathory, dies at the age of 54. She had sought immortality by killing young virgins and then bathing in their blood. (See Everyone......killing virgins . . . more
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March 23, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
1026 - Koenraad II crowned himself king of Italy.
1066 - The 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1490 - The first dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" was published. . . . more
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August 24, 2006 03:58 AM EDT --
August 24, 79 A.D. The lovely city of Pompeii becomes buried by the wrath of Mt.Vesuvius. (In the form of black rain! neat-o) Tens of thousands of people perished. (Not so neat-o) Thank God we have humanitarians . . . more
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July 06, 2006 11:11 PM EDT --
Louis Reard's latest swimsuit creation, the two-piece Bikini, goes on sale in Paris.
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August 18, 2006 08:26 PM EDT --
August 18, 1503 - Pope Alexander VI was the father of 7 illegitimate children, as well as choosing as his lover the lovely 16 old Guilia Farnese. A portrait of Guilia dressed as the Virgin Mary appeared . . . more
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September 10, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
Septerber 10, 1993 - The sci-fi show, the X-Files premieres on the extremely fair and balanced Fox network. On that day, 7.4 million homes tune in for the science fiction / conspiracy / detective / just . . . more
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August 20, 2006 04:05 PM EDT --
August 20, 1986 - After hearing the news the he may be fired, Pat Sherril, a part-time letter carrier decides to take matters into his own hands. He proposes a different solution. He calmly . . . more
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September 21, 2006 01:39 AM EDT --
Septerber 20, 1990 - Ten months prior to the crazed Bobbitt "hot-dog" hacking incident, a delightful Los Angeles resident named Aurelia Macias castrates her husband's you know whats! with . . . more
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September 09, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
Elvis Presley makes his 1st ever appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, performing 4songs for guest host Charles Laughton. Ed himself! had vowed never to have Mr. Presley on his show, but Mr. Sullivan was . . . more
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October 15, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
October 15, 1981 - Mearth is born!!! Yes, that's right, she's an alien child, the child of the neurotic Mork and his human concubine Mindy.
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August 28, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
August 28, 1995 - The famous designer, Calvin Klein, withdraws his ad campaign after drawing wide criticism for mimicking the look and feel of child pornography. Although all the models . . . more
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November 03, 2006 08:37 PM EST --
November 4, 1909 - The Income tax law is signed.
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September 03, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
September 3, 1941 - In the lovely city of Auschwitz, pathetic Germans conduct a live trial on approximately 600 Russian prisoners of war and 298 other sick prisoners to test the lethality of an insecticide . . . more
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July 12, 2006 07:01 AM EDT --
On July 12th, 1843 Mormon founder Joseph Smith informs his followers of a divine revelation instructing them to take multiple wives in the practice of "plural marriage" (Later becomes known as . . . more
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September 06, 2006 05:24 PM EDT --
September 6, 1951 - While enjoying himself during a drinking party in Mexico City, author William S. Burrougs tells his wife Joan to balance a glass of gin on her head. After taking careful aim with . . . more
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September 04, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
September 4, 1976 - My hero George Duyba Bush, (for the record - NOT MY HERO!) is arrested in the hamlet of Kennebunkport, Maine for driving with a blood-alcohol level of over 0.10 percent. He subsquently . . . more
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