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December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
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17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ...
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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. ...
November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year. ...
67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...
Ongoing events ⢠Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal ⢠Al Jazeera bombing memo ⢠Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak ⢠Black sites scandal ⢠Conservative leadership race (UK) ⢠Fuel prices ⢠Irans nuclear program ⢠Jilin chemical plant explosions ⢠Kashmir earthquake ⢠Malawi food crisis ⢠Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal ⢠New Delhi bombings investigation ⢠Niger food crisis ⢠North Indian cyclone...
November 23, 2004 CBS News anchor Dan Rather resigns from CBS Evening News effective in March 2005. ...
November 23, 2003 A BBC Correspondent programme, based on computer-generated images, suggests that the Warren Commissions controversial magic bullet theory, in which is was claimed that the same bullet hit President John F. Kennedy and Governor John Connally during Kennedys assassination in 1963, was correct. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2002. ...
November 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December November - The Doha Declaration slightly relaxes the grip of international intellectual property. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in November, 2000. ...
November 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December November 5 - United States v. ...
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 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
[edit] Events - 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to examine the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1227 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
- 1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
- 1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
- 1531 - The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
- 1644 - Areopagitica by John Milton is published.
- 1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.
- 1844 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins - Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
- 1867 - The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from jail.
- 1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.
- 1876 - Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
- 1889 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.
- 1895 - The first ever Backyard Brawl rivalry match-up between Pitt Panthers and West Virginia Mountaineers takes place.
- 1903 - Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.
- 1903 - Opera tenor Enrico Caruso makes his American debut in New York City with the Metropolitan Opera in Rigoletto.
- 1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico.
- 1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
- 1936 - The first edition of Life is published.
- 1943 - World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
- 1943 - World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
- 1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded.
- 1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
- 1955 - The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
- 1959 - General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for a "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals."
- 1962 - United Airlines Flight 297 crashes killing all 17 on-board.
- 1963 - The first episode of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, airs on the BBC.
- 1971 - The representatives of the People's Republic of China first attended the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, as China's representatives (See China and the United Nations).
- 1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
- 1979 - In Dublin, Ireland, Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
- 1980 - A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.
- 1981 - Iran-Contra Affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1984 - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie throws a game-winning 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 47-45. It is one of the most famous plays in American college football history.
- 1985 - Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid.
- 1990 - The first all woman expedition to the south pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
- 1993 - Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
- 1996 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 123.
- 1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
- 1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh.
- 2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
- 2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country.
- 2007 - MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.
- 2007 - A boating accident claims the lives of several contestants in the 2007 Cambodia Tonle Sap competition, including Reuben Kee.
- 2007 - Zachary Lycans proposes to Abbie Poteet and she accepts the offer. They agree to marry on December 29th 2007.
Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. ...
Charlemagne (left) and Pippin the Hunchback. ...
For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...
Infobox Pope| English name=Leo III| image= | birth_name=Unknown| term_start=December 27, 795 | term_end=June 12, 816| predecessor=Adrian I| successor=Stephen IV| birth_date=Date of birth unknown| birthplace=Rome, Italy| dead=dead|death_date=June 12, 816| deathplace=Place of death unknown| other=Leo}} Pope Leo III (died June 12...
January 11 first mention of city of Požega in a charter of Andrew II of Hungary March 19 - Pope Gregory IX succeeds Pope Honorius III as the 178th pope. ...
The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ...
Leszek I the White. ...
The Piast dynasty is a line of Kings and dukes that ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state up to 1370. ...
Coat of arms of GÄ
sawa. ...
For broader historical context, see 1240s and 13th century. ...
For other uses, see Seville (disambiguation). ...
United arms of Castile and León which Ferdinand first used. ...
1499 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Contemporary painting of Warbeck Perkin Warbeck (c. ...
For other uses, see Tower of London (disambiguation) Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is an historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Edward IV (April 28, 1442 â April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470â1471. ...
January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die. ...
The second war of Kappel (Zweiter Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1531 between the Protestant and the Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the reformation in Switzerland. ...
// Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ...
First page of the 1644 edition of Areopagitica Areopagitica: A speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England is a prose tract or polemic by John Milton, published November 23, 1644, at the height of the English Civil War. ...
For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ...
Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ...
Blaise Pascal (pronounced ), (June 20 [[1624 // ]] â August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ...
Jan. ...
Here is listed rulers, usually dukes, who ruled both Schleswig and Holstein, starting from the first Holstein count who received Danish Sønderjylland = Schleswig, until both provinces were lost to Germany; and afterwards, titular dukes. ...
Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Ulysses S. Grant Braxton Bragg Strength Military Division of the Mississippi (56,359 effectives)[1] Army of Tennessee (44,010)[1] Casualties 5,824 (753 killed, 4,722 wounded, 349 missing)[1] 6,667 (361 killed, 2,160 wounded, 4...
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 â July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869â1877). ...
âChattanoogaâ redirects here. ...
Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861âApril 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Religion...
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). ...
Monument in Kilrush The Manchester Martyrs, also known as The Three Fenians, were Irish nationalists who were executed for the murder of a policeman during a prison break. ...
This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Dumbarton (Dùn Breatainn in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ...
This article is about the country. ...
A model of a vessel of the clipper type, the four-masted barque named Belle Ãtoile A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. ...
Cutty sark is 18th century Scots for short chemise or short undergarment[1]. Hyphenated, Cutty-sark was a nickname for a fictional character created by Robert Burns, and from there it became part of an idiom - Weel done, Cutty-sark! (Well done, Cutty-sark!) in colloquial English, especially Scottish English. ...
Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. ...
1869 Tobacco label featuring Boss Tweed. ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) 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). ...
A Zodiac jukebox A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. ...
This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) 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 Julian calendar). ...
William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau, Koning der Nederlanden en Groothertog van Luxemburg in Dutch) (February 19, 1817 â November 23, 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke...
For other uses, see Wilhelmina (disambiguation). ...
Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For the rivalry between Millsaps College and Mississippi College, see The Backyard Brawl (Millsaps-Mississippi). ...
The sports teams of the University of Pittsburgh or Pitt are known as the Panthers and have a legendary history in all sports, especially basketball and football. ...
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. ...
Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
James Hamilton Peabody (August 21, 1852 in Orange County, Vermont - November 23, 1917 in Cañon City, Colorado) was a governor of the American state of Colorado, and is noted for his public service in Cañon City. ...
Downtown Cripple Creek The city of Cripple Creek is a former gold mining camp on the southern slopes of Pikes Peak. ...
For the song Caruso by Lucio Dalla, see Caruso (song). ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
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Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ...
Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the geographical area. ...
The Abyssinia Crisis was a pre-WW2 diplomatic crisis originating in the conflict between Italy and Ethiopia (then called Abyssinia by the British). ...
Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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...
Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera house in what used to be West Berlin. ...
This article is about the capital of Germany. ...
Location of Charlottenburg in Berlin Charlottenburg palace Charlottenburg is an area of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. ...
Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera house located in Berlin, Germany (in what was formerly West Berlin). ...
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...
Map of the Tarawa atoll Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. ...
Butaritari Atoll is an atoll of 10 islands in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati. ...
Atoll in the western Pacific Ocean Photo: www. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Workers Party of South Korea (Korean: ) was a communist party in South Korea 1946-1949. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Linear graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today Logarithmic graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices created by nineteenth-century...
The 1929 stock market crash devastated economies worldwide The Wall Street Crash refers to the stock market crash that occurred on October 29, 1929, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, leading eventually to the Great Depression. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). ...
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
For other uses, see Strasburg. ...
For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ...
The Ural Mountains, (Russian: Ура́льские го́ры = Ура́л) also known simply as the Urals, are a mountain range that run roughly north and south through western Russia. ...
Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
United Airlines Flight 297 was a scheduled flight from Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey to Washington, D.C. with 17 on board. ...
For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ...
A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...
This article is about the television series. ...
An Unearthly Child (also known as 100,000 BC, among other titles, see below) is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963. ...
For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...
Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ...
UN and U.N. redirect here. ...
âSecurity Councilâ redirects here. ...
Chinas seat in the United Nations has been occupied by the Peoples Republic of China since October 25, 1971. ...
Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Apnea (British spelling - apnoea) is the absence of external breathing. ...
Jacques Mayol (April 1, 1927 â December 22, 2001) was the holder of many world records in free diving. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the historical army of the Irish Republic (1919â1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919â21, and the Irish Civil War 1922â23. ...
Thomas McMahon (b. ...
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900â27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ...
Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 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. ...
Reagan redirects here. ...
CIA redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Contra. ...
This article is about the year. ...
For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private research university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ...
Douglas Richard Doug Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football quarterback. ...
A Hail Mary pass or Hail Mary play in American football is a forward pass made in desperation, with only a very small chance of success. ...
Gerard Phelan played wide receiver for the Boston College Eagles. ...
This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. ...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
This article is about the year. ...
EgyptAir Flight 648 was a Boeing 737 airliner hijacked in 1985 by the terrorist Abu Nidal Organization. ...
This article is about the capital of Greece. ...
For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ...
Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ...
Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...
For other uses, see South Pole (disambiguation). ...
Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...
Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts, and first woman to win the Turner Prize. ...
The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ...
The 1994 K Foundation award was an award given by the K Foundation to the worst artist of the year. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a flight that flew on an Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Nairobi, Kenya - Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo - Lagos, Nigeria - Abidjan, Côte dIvoire route. ...
WTO redirects here. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Sâmdech (Lord) Hun Sen, (born April 4, 1951) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia and is married to Bun Rany. ...
Prince Norodom Ranariddh (born January 2, 1944) is the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk and a half brother of Norodom Sihamoni. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (born October 29, 1938) is the current president of Liberia and Africas first elected female head of state. ...
The following is a list of Presidents of the Republic of Liberia, made up of the 24 heads of state in the history of Liberia. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...
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. ...
For the Microsoft desktop environment, see Windows Explorer. ...
The Southern Ocean is the body of water encircling the continent of Antarctica. ...
For other uses, see Iceberg (disambiguation). ...
Location of the South Shetlands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula. ...
NASA satellite image of the Tonle Sap (the Great Lake) The Tonlé Sap (meaning Large Fresh Water River but more commonly translated as Great Lake) is a combined lake and river system of huge importance to Cambodia. ...
Reuben Kee En Rui (simplified Chinese: 纪æ©ç; pinyin: Ji En Rui; (July 9, 1984 - November 23, 2007) was a Singaporean dragon-boat paddler, composer and part-time model. ...
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. ...
December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ...
[edit] Births - 912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
- 1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
- 1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
- 1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
- 1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
- 1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
- 1632 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
- 1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)
- 1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766)
- 1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
- 1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
- 1749 - Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (d. 1800)
- 1760 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (d. 1797)
- 1785 - Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
- 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
- 1820 - Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884)
- 1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
- 1859 - Billy The Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881(?))
- 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
- 1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- 1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
- 1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
- 1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
- 1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
- 1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
- 1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943)
- 1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
- 1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
- 1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
- 1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
- 1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
- 1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. 1948)
- 1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
- 1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. 2006)
- 1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000)
- 1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1914 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Michael Gough, English actor
- 1915 - John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
- 1920 - Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
- 1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
- 1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
- 1923 - R.L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. 2007)
- 1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
- 1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British-born anthropologist (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
- 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (d. 1990)
- 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
- 1927 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar
- 1928 - Jerry Bock, American Broadway composer
- 1929 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
- 1930 - Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
- 1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish traveller and author
- 1931 - Gloria Lynne, American singer
- 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
- 1934 - Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor
- 1934 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
- 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- 1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
- 1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
- 1939 - Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player
- 1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor
- 1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress
- 1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
- 1943 - Sue Nicholls, British actress
- 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer
- 1944 - James Toback, American writer and director
- 1945 - Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter
- 1945 - Steve Landesberg, American actor
- 1945 - Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
- 1946 - Bobby Rush, American politician
- 1946 - Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
- 1946 - Diana Quick, English actress
- 1948 - Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
- 1950 - Chuck Schumer, American politician
- 1951 - David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
- 1952 - Bill Troiano, musician
- 1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer
- 1954 - Bruce Hornsby, American musician
- 1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
- 1954 - Ross Brawn, British engineer
- 1955 - Steven Brust, American author
- 1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
- 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
- 1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1960 - Robin Roberts, American television reporter
- 1963 - Joe Ahearne, British television director
- 1963 - Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
- 1964 - Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
- 1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
- 1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor
- 1966 - Jerry Kelly, American professional golfer
- 1968 - Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer
- 1968 - Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
- 1969 - Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
- 1970 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
- 1970 - Oded Fehr, Israeli actor
- 1971 - Lisa Arch, American actress
- 1972 - Chris Adler, American musician (Lamb of God)
- 1973 - Trick Daddy, American rapper
- 1974 - Jamie Sharper, American football player
- 1974 - Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1976 - Page Kennedy, American actor
- 1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
- 1977 - Adam Eaton, American baseball player
- 1978 - Kayvan Novak, English actor
- 1979 - Kelly Brook, English actress/model
- 1980 - David Britz, American nano-technologist
- 1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
- 1982 - Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player
- 1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
- 1982 - Vlad Ivanovski, Macedonian Tripod
- 1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
- 1992 - Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer (Hannah Montana)
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// Events May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku, emperor of Japan Emperor ChūkyŠbriefly reigns over Japan Former Emperor Go-Toba leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the Kamakura Shogunate Emperor Go-Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan January - Mongol Army under Jochi captures the city of...
Alfonso X and his court. ...
// Events War and politics King Charles II of Naples is captured in a naval battle off Naples by Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon. ...
Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ...
Comte Jean de Dunois (Jean dOrléans) (November 23, 1402 - November 24, 1468) was the bastard of Louis dOrléans (Duc dOrléans 1372-1407) and Mariette dEnghien. ...
August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia. ...
Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ...
After his elder Brother John and nephew Humphrey had died in the 1430s, the title of Earl of Arundel passed to William, the next male heir. ...
Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ...
// Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey...
Prospero Alpini, or Prosper Alpinus (November 23, 1553 - February 6, 1617), was an Italian physician and botanist. ...
Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ...
Year 1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
John Wallis John Wallis (November 22, 1616 - October 28, 1703) was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of modern calculus. ...
Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ...
See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen...
Jean Mabillon (November 23, 1632-December 27, 1707) was a Benedictine monk and scholar, considered the founder of palaeography and diplomatics. ...
Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ...
Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ...
Anthonie Heinsius (1640 - 1720) was a Dutch statesman during his period of reign 1688 - 1720 as the Grand Pensionary of Holland. ...
// Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...
// Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ...
Thomas Birch (November 23, 1705 - January 9, 1766), English historian, son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, was born at Clerkenwell. ...
1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Pierre Charles Le Monnier (November 23, 1715 â May 31, 1799) was a French astronomer. ...
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// Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused...
Spranger Barry (November 23, 1719 – January 10, 1777), British actor, was born in Dublin, the son of a silversmith, to whose business he was brought up. ...
Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) 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). ...
Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ...
Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749âJanuary 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of South Carolina. ...
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