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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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February 2005 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ...
February 3, 2004 Israeli Army Chief of Personnel Major-General Gil Regev told a Knesset committee that the number of soldiers refusing to serve in the territories had dramatically decreased in 2003. ...
February 3, 2003 Record producer Phil Spector was arrested in relation to an investigation into the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old woman in Los Angeles. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: February - Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids attempting to disable Iraqs air defense network. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in February, 2000. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
[edit] Events - 1112 - marriage of Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence, uniting the fortunes of those two states
- 1377 - more than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath).
- 1451 - Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel this far south.
- 1509 - The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
- 1690 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.
- 1706 - Swedish forces defeats a superior Saxon-Russian force by deploying a text book example of a double envelopment during the Battle of Fraustadt.
- 1783 - American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
- 1787 - Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.
- 1807 - A British military force, under Brig-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now capital of Uruguay, following a siege.
- 1809 - Illinois Territory is created.
- 1815 - The first commercial cheese factory is founded (Switzerland).
- 1830 - The sovereignty of Greece was confirmed in a London Protocol.
- 1834 - The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina establishes the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, today known as Wake Forest University.
- 1867 - Prince Mutshito becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan.
- 1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, grants voting rights regardless of race.
- 1900 - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. Former Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebel.
- 1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect a graduated income tax.
- 1916 - Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.
- 1917 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after Germany announces a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
- 1918 - The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long).
- 1923 - Alpha Zeta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia founded at Pennsylvania State University.
- 1930 - The Communist Party of Vietnam was born.
- 1931 - The Napier earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
- 1941 - World War II: The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy, France.
- 1944 - World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
- 1945 - World War II: Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan.
- 1945 - World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17's of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin.
- 1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery.
- 1947 - Coldest ever temperature recorded in North America at Snag, Yukon, -63 degrees Celsius (-81.4 Fahrenheit)
- 1952 - The earliest known tropical storm makes landfall in South Florida.
- 1957 - Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).
- 1959 - The Day The Music Died: A plane crash kills rock-and-roll performers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper.
- 1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
- 1967 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
- 1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
- 1974 - Science fiction author Philip K. Dick reportedly has a gnostic religious experience or theophany, later recounted in his books Valis (1981) and Radio Free Albemuth (1985).
- 1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts, Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make first untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
- 1988 - Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras.
- 1989 - After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa.
- 1989 - A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
- 1991 - In Italy, the Italian Communist Party is dissolved, and split into the Democratic Party of the Left and the Communist Refoundation Party.
- 1997 - Sixth general elections held in Pakistan under 1973 constitution.
- 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
- 1998 - Cavalese cable-car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
- 1999 - In Jammu and Kashmir the political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived.
- 2004 - Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.
- 2007 - The Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
Events The people of Laon, France, proclaim a commune and murder their bishop Salzwedel, Germany is founded The German state of Baden is founded Afonso I becomes Count of Portugal Otto of Ballenstedt is made Duke of Saxony by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Births Deaths October 5 - Sigebert of...
Ramon Berenguer at the castle of Foix. ...
Douce I (also Dulcia or Dolça, called of Rouergue or of Gévaudan) (c. ...
// Events January 17 â Pope Gregory XI enters Rome. ...
Cesena (ancient Caesena) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. ...
The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the major historical states of Italy before the Italian peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). ...
Combatants Papal States Coalition of Italian city-states: Florence Milan Siena Commanders John Hawkwoodα Robert of Genevaβ Otto della guerra αUntil 1377 βFrom 1377 The War of the Eight Saints (1375-1378) was a war between Pope Gregory XI and a coalition of Italian city-states led by Florence, which...
// Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture...
For other uses, see Sultan (disambiguation). ...
Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: Ù
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د ثاÙÙ , Turkish: ), (also known as el-Fatih (اÙÙØ§ØªØ), the Conqueror, in Ottoman Turkish, or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432 â May 3, 1481) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. ...
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// January 8 - The present Royal Netherlands Navy was formed By decree of Maximillian of Austria. ...
Statue of Dias in Cape Town, South Africa Bartolomeu Dias, sometimes Bartolomeu Dias de Novais (pron. ...
Mossel Bay, South Africa (spelt Mosselbaai in Afrikaans) lies along the Indian Ocean, east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of Humansdorp. ...
For other uses, see Cape of Good Hope (disambiguation). ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...
For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The naval Battle of Diu was a critical sea battle that took place on 2-3 February 1509 near the port town of Diu, India , between Portugal and a joint fleet of Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire, the Zamorin of Calicut and the Sultan of Gujarat, with...
Ottoman redirects here. ...
Diu is a city in Diu district in the state of Daman & Diu, India. ...
Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...
This article is about the U.S. state. ...
Paper Money is the second album by the band Montrose. ...
World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...
Events March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia May 23 - Battle of Ramillies September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and...
A pincer movement whereby the blue force doubly envelops the red force. ...
The battle of Fraustadt was fought on February 3, 1706 between Swedish and Russians. ...
1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about military actions only. ...
Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Shays rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. ...
Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme...
Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Sir Samuel Auchmuty, GCB (1756-1822) was a British general. ...
Department Montevideo Department Altitude 43 m Coordinates 34º 53S 56º 10W Founded 1726 Founder Bruno Mauricio de Zabala Population 1,325,968 (2004) (1st) Demonym Montevideano Phone Code +02 Postal Code 10000 Montevideo (IPA: ) is the capital, largest city, and chief port of Uruguay. ...
An anachronous map of the overseas Spanish Empire (1492-1898) in red, and the Spanish Habsburg realms in Europe (1516-1714) in orange. ...
Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Categories: Stub | Illinois history | U.S. historical regions and territories ...
April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ...
Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
London Protocol is a name used to describe several different documents. ...
Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box: Baptist is...
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ...
Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Emperor Mutsuhito Mutsuhito or Mitsuhito (睦仁), the Meiji Emperor (明治天皇, literally wise ruling heaven emperor) (3 November 1852–30 July 1912) was the 122nd Emperor of Japan. ...
Emperor Mutsuhito Mutsuhito or Mitsuhito (睦仁), the Meiji Emperor (明治天皇, literally wise ruling heaven emperor) (3 November 1852–30 July 1912) was the 122nd Emperor of Japan. ...
1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Amendment XV in the National Archives 1870 celebration of the 15th amendment as a guarantee of African American rights 1867 drawing depicting the first vote by African Americans Amendment XV (the Fifteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution provides that governments in the United States may not prevent a citizen...
Ä: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ...
William J. Goebel (January 4, 1856 â February 3, 1900)[3] was a controversial American politician who served as Governor of Kentucky for a few days in 1900 before being assassinated. ...
Frankfort is the capital of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America. ...
In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ...
Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Amendment XVI in the National Archives Amendment XVI (the Sixteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1913. ...
This article describes the government of the United States. ...
Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank Money supply Fiscal policy Spending Deficit Debt Trade policy Tariff Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate Personal Public Banking Regulation An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income...
Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas Politics Portal The Senate Chamber of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. ...
This article is about the capital city of Canada. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
âThe Great War â redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
The Twin Peaks Tunnel is a 2-mile (3. ...
a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ...
Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Alpha Zeta is a professional fraternity for students and industry professionals in the agriculture and natural resources fields. ...
Phi Mu Alpha (ΦÎÎ) Sinfonia is a collegiate social fraternity for men of musicianly character. ...
This article is about the state-related university. ...
Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Communist Party of Vietnam (Äảng Cá»ng sản Viá»t Nam) is the currently ruling, as well as the only legal political party in Vietnam. ...
Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Napier earthquake occurred at 10. ...
For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France Pierre Laval (28 June 1883 â 15 October 1945) was a French politician and four times Prime Minister of France, the final time being under the Vichy government. ...
Vichy (Occitan: Vichèi) is a French commune, situated in the département of Allier and the région of Auvergne. ...
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, in World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan...
The bombing of Dresden, led by Royal Air Force (RAF) and followed by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945, remains one of the more controversial Allied actions of World War II. The exact number of casualties is uncertain, but most historians agree...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the US Army Air Corps (USAAC). ...
The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force (NAF) of the major command (MAJCOM) of Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force and it is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
Type Bicameral Speaker of the House of Representatives House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Steny Hoyer, (D) since January 4, 2007 House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R) since January 4, 2007 Members 435 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party...
Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States...
// Main List Here is a list of cities, towns, villages and unincorporated communities in the Yukon Territory, Canada. ...
For other uses, see Celsius (disambiguation). ...
Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about weather phenomena. ...
Location of metropolitan area in the state of Florida Major cities Miami, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Area - Total - Water 15,896 km² (6,137 mi²) 2,621 km² (1,011 mi²) 16. ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
Political Parties redirects here. ...
Democratic Rally (in French: Rassemblement Démocratique) was a small political party in Senegal led by the CGT leader and former member of the National Assembly Abbas Gueye. ...
Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (in French: Parti Sénégalais de lAction Socialiste) was a political party in Senegal led by Lamine Gueye. ...
Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
For the Weezer song, see Buddy Holly (song). ...
Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Steven Valenzuela, May 13, 1941 â February 3, 1959) was a pioneer of rock and roll and a forefather to the Latin Rock movement. ...
Jiles Perry (J.P.) Richardson, Jr. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
CCCP redirects here. ...
Luna 9 (E-6 series), also known as Lunik 9 (internal name E-6 N. 13), was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Unions Luna program. ...
This article is about Earths moon. ...
Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...
Ronald Joseph Ryan (c. ...
HM Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison built in 1850 and located in Coburg, Victoria. ...
This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ...
Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ...
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic: ; or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a multi-party confederation and is the organization regarded since 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. ...
The Palestinian National Council (PNC) is the parliament in exile of the Palestinian people. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 â March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ...
Gnosticism is a blanket term for various religions and sects most prominent in the first few centuries A.D. General characteristics The word gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνῶσις), referring to the idea that there is special, hidden mysticism (esoteric knowledge...
Look up theophany in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
VALIS is a 1981 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. ...
jacket cover A posthumously published novel by Philip K. Dick, written in 1976, Radio Free Albemuth (originally titled VALISystem A) was his first attempt to deal in fiction with his experiences of early 1974. ...
This article is about the year. ...
NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...
// Crew Vance Brand (flew on Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, STS-41-B & STS-35), Commander Robert L. Gibson (flew on STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, STS-47 & STS-71), Pilot Bruce McCandless II (flew on STS-41-B & STS-31), Mission Specialist Ronald E. McNair (flew on...
McCandless helped develop the MMU and was first to test it on STS-41-B in 1984 Captain Bruce McCandless II (born June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former naval aviator with the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. ...
Robert Lee Stewart is a retired Brigadier General of the United States Army and former NASA astronaut. ...
U.S. astronaut Bruce McCandless uses a manned maneuvering unit A Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is a rocket pack (propulsion backpack that snaps onto the back of the spacesuit) which has been used on spacewalks (EVAs) from NASAs space shuttle, allowing an astronaut to move independently from the shuttle. ...
Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Iran-Contra Affair was a political scandal occurring in 1987 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran, an avowed enemy, and illegally used the profits to continue funding anti-Communist rebels, the Contras, in Nicaragua. ...
Type Bicameral Speaker of the House of Representatives House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Steny Hoyer, (D) since January 4, 2007 House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R) since January 4, 2007 Members 435 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...
Reagan redirects here. ...
The Contras (from the Spanish term La Contra, short for movement of the contrarrevolucionarios) were the armed opponents of Nicaraguas Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle (which ended the Somoza dynasty), and continuing throughout the following decade. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ...
Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 â October 31, 2006), commonly known as PW and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for The Big Crocodile), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. ...
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or StröÃner, (November 3, 1912, Encarnación - August 16, 2006, BrasÃlia) served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ...
The Democratic Party of the Left (Italian: Partito democratico della Sinistra, or PdS) was the evolution in a social-democratic direction of the Italian Communist Party, or PCI. It was founded by Achille Occhetto, last secretary of the PCI and first of the PdS. The logo of the PdS consisted...
The Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is an Italian reformed communist party. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
At the national level, Pakistan elects a bicameral legislature, the Parliament of Pakistan, which consists of a directly-elected National Assembly of Pakistan and a Senate whose members are chosen by elected provincial legislators. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959âFebruary 3, 1998) was convicted of murder in 1984 and sentenced to death. ...
For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the year. ...
Province of Bolzano-Bozen and Province of Trento in Italy Province of Trento. ...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
Trento (Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many of the regions Italian languages/dialects use Trent or Trènt) is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. ...
This article is about the year. ...
This article is about the area administered by India. ...
Political Parties redirects here. ...
Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir), a political party in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard (born April 19, 1951), is the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
The Baghdad market bombing was the detonation of a large truck bomb in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on February 3, 2007. ...
[edit] Births - 1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)
- 1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
- 1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
- 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
- 1747 - Samuel Osgood, American patriot (d. 1813)
- 1754 - George Crabbe, English naturalist (d. 1832)
- 1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
- 1807 - Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate general (d. 1891)
- 1808 - Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar, Princess of Prussia (d. 1877)
- 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)
- 1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
- 1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
- 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
- 1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
- 1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881)
- 1843 - William Cornelius Van Horne, American-born railway pioneer and executive (d. 1915)
- 1859 - Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- 1862 - James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
- 1872 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
- 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (d. 1946)
- 1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
- 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
- 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
- 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978)
- 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
- 1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
- 1899 - João Café Filho, Brazilian president (m.1970)
- 1899 - Doris Speed, English actress (d.1994)
- 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
- 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
- 1905 - Arne Beurling, American mathematician(d. 1986)
- 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
- 1909 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (d. 1989)
- 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1911 - Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
- 1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (d. 1990)
- 1913 - Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
- 1918 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner
- 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician
- 1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
- 1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer
- 1924 - Martial Asselin, French Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Quebec
- 1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist
- 1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian
- 1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
- 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
- 1927 - Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker
- 1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter
- 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, American politician
- 1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer
- 1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director
- 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player
- 1941 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
- 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress
- 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
- 1943 - Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
- 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player
- 1945 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist
- 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
- 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace laureate
- 1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author
- 1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
- 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- 1951 - Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
- 1952 - Fred Lynn, American baseball player
- 1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey players
- 1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
- 1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
- 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
- 1956 - John Jefferson, American football player
- 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
- 1957 - Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver
- 1957 - Steven Stapleton, British musician (Nurse With Wound)
- 1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
- 1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor
- 1959 - Laurence Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure)
- 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
- 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
- 1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor
- 1961 - Jay Adams, American skateboarder
- 1962 - Michele Greene, American actress
- 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress
- 1965 - Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician
- 1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer
- 1968 - Vlade Divac, Serbian professional basketball player
- 1969 - Retief Goosen, professional golfer
- 1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor
- 1970 - Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer
- 1971 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
- 1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- 1971 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
- 1971 - Sean Dawkins, former American football wide reciever
- 1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player
- 1973 - Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
- 1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress
- 1974 - Konrad Gałka, Polish swimmer
- 1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian hockey player
- 1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
- 1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player
- 1977 - Daddy Yankee , nominated reggaeton singer/rapper.
- 1978 - Adrian R'Mante, American actor
- 1978 - Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
- 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer
- 1981 - Maurice Ross, English footballer
- 1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
- 1982 - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
- 1983 - Hillary Scott, American pornographic actress
- 1983 - Silambarasan Rajendar,famous south Indian actor
- 1989 - Ryne Sanborn, American actor
- 1989 - Slobodan Rajković , Serbian footballer
- 1990 - Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper
- 1991 - Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, British racing driver
Events Ashikaga Takauji granted title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan. ...
Jeanne de Bourbon (February 3, 1338 - February 6, 1377) was the Queen of France, due to her marriage to King Charles V. Jeanne was daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabelle de Valois. ...
Charles V the Wise (French: Charles V le Sage) (January 21, 1338 â September 16, 1380) was king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ...
Events March - John Wyclif tried to gain public favour by laying his theses before parliament, and then made them public in a tract. ...
1677 (MDCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (February 3, 1677 - December 7, 1723), also called Giovanni Santini, was a Czech architect of the baroque. ...
Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ...
Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...
Richard Rawlinson (February 3, 1690 - April 6, 1755) was an English clergyman and antiquary. ...
1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1721 (MDCCXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von Seydlitz (February 3, 1721 - August 27, 1773), Prussian soldier, one of the greatest cavalry generals of history, was born at Kalkar in the duchy of Cleves, where his father, a major of Prussian cavalry, was stationed. ...
Year 1773 (MDCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1747 (MDCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747â August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman from Andover, Massachusetts. ...
Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
George Crabbe (December 24, 1754 - February 3, 1832) was an English poet and naturalist. ...
Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Antonio José de Sucre (February 3, 1795 â June 4, 1830) was a South American independence leader. ...
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Joseph E. Johnston Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 â March 21, 1891) was a career U.S. Army officer and one of the most senior generals in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. ...
Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... |