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2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ...
September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat...
September 7, 2004 The United States Congress returns from its summer vacation. ...
September 7, 2003 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israels Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declares that Hamas leaders are marked for death and wont have a moments rest, after Israel failed in an attempt to kill the top-ranking members of Hamas with a 550-pound bomb dropped on a...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2002. ...
September 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events September 4 - Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine September 5 - Perus attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in September, 2000. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
Events - 1251 BC - A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
- 70 - A Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1776 - World's first submarine attack: the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
- 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
- 1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1821 - The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.
- 1822 - Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga river in São Paulo.
- 1860 - Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1876 - In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.
- 1893 - The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become the first Italian football club, is established by British expats.
- 1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
- 1907 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered-heavier-than-air-craft.
- 1911 - French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
- 1915 - Former cartoonist Johnny Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.
- 1921 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1922 - In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
- 1927 - The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by GovernorAntônio Carlos.
- 1927 - The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1929 - Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives were lost.
- 1936 - The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940 - World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
- 1942 - Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
- 1942 - First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1943 - World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River (Taman Peninsula) bridgehead in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. The move signals the beginning of full retreat of German forces along the Eastern Front.
- 1945 - Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.
- 1963 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Pirahna on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970 - An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
- 1970 - Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1970 - Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1977 - The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The US agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- 1978 - While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from in a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
- 1979 - The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- 1986 - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
- 1988 - Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
- 1996 - American rapper Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive by.
- 1997 - The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
- 1998 - Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
- 1999 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
- 2004 - Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005 - First presidential election was held in Egypt.
Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC Decades: 1300s BC 1290s BC 1280s BC 1270s BC 1260s BC - 1250s BC - 1240s BC 1230s BC 1220s BC 1210s BC 1200s BC Events and trends September 7, 1251 BC - A solar eclipse at this date might mark the birth...
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Thebes (Demotic Greek: Îήβα â ThÃva; Katharevousa: â Thêbai or ThÃvai) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. ...
This article is about the year 70. ...
For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...
This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
For other uses, see Titus (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...
// Events May 12 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. ...
The Third Crusade (1189â1192), also known as the Kings Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. ...
The Battle of Arsuf was a battle of the Third Crusade in which Richard I of England defeated Saladin at Arsuf. ...
Richard I (8 September 1157 â 6 April 1199) was King of England and ruler of the Angevin Empire from 6 July 1189 until his death. ...
Saladin, properly known as Salah al-Dīn Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Arabic: , Kurdish: ) (c. ...
Arsuf (also known as Arsur or Apollonia) was a Crusader city and fortress located in what is now Israel, about 15 kilometres north of Tel Aviv. ...
For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Turtle (disambiguation). ...
This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
For other uses, see Admiral (disambiguation). ...
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (March 8, 1726 - August 5, 1799) was a British admiral. ...
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Eagle. ...
New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City. ...
For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting...
Combatants Austria[a] Portugal Prussia[a] Russia[b] Sicily[c] Sardinia Spain[d] Sweden[e] United Kingdom French Empire Holland[f] Italy Etruria[g] Naples[h] Duchy of Warsaw[i] Confederation of the Rhine[j] Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Denmark-Norway[k] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack...
Combatants First French Empire Russian Empire Commanders Napoleon I Mikhail Kutuzov Strength 82,400 infantry 26,700 cavalry 14,900 artillery troops with 587 guns[1] 72,000 infantry 17,300 cavalry 14,500 artillery troops with 637 guns[2] Casualties ~6,600 killed ~21,400 wounded [3] ~43,000...
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica â 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Alexander I of Russia (Russian: ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ I ÐÐ°Ð²Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ / Aleksandr I Pavlovich) (December 23, 1777 â December 1?, 1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. ...
The Battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812 (August 26 in the Old Style Russian calendar)), also called the Battle of the Moskova, was the largest single-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars and arguably the greatest battle in human history up to that date, involving nearly quarter a million soldiers. ...
Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) 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). ...
King Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway, or domestically Karl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 – March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte (1711–1780), procurator at Pau, and Jeanne St. ...
The Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is a term sometimes, but erroneously, used to refer to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of...
County District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2003-) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ...
Year 1821 (MDCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Capital Bogotá Created 1819 Dissolved 1830 Demonym Colombian Departments of the Republic Great Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, was a short-lived republic in South America consisting of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. ...
A map displaying todays federations. ...
This article is about the South American independence leader. ...
For other uses, see President (disambiguation). ...
Francisco de Paula Santander (April 2, 1792 - May 6, 1840), was one of the military and political leaders during Colombias (then known as New Granada) independence struggle (1810-1819). ...
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ...
1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (pron. ...
This article is about the city. ...
1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ...
The Lady Elgin was a steamship wrecked in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois in 1860. ...
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday 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...
Atlanta redirects here. ...
Animated map of secession, Civil War and re-admission: States of the Union Territories of the Union (including occupied territory) States of the Confederacy Territories claimed by Confederacy During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the twenty-three states of the United States...
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âGeneral Shermanâ redirects here. ...
Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ...
Northfield is a city in Rice County, Minnesota. ...
For other persons named Jesse James, see Jesse James (disambiguation). ...
Jesse and Frank James, 1872 The James-Younger Gang was a legendary 19th century gang of American outlaws that included Jesse James. ...
An ochlocracy from The Simpsons Ochlocracy (Greek: οÏλοκÏαÏία or ohlokratÃa; Latin: ochlocratia) is government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of constitutional authorities. ...
Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Genoa Cricket and Football Club (IPA: , pronounced JEH-noa) is a professional football club based in the city of Genoa in Italy. ...
Soccer redirects here. ...
Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants Eight-Nation Alliance (ordered by contribution): Empire of Japan Russian Empire British Empire French Third Republic United States German Empire Kingdom of Italy Austro-Hungarian Empire Righteous Harmony Society Qing Dynasty (China) Commanders Edward Seymour Alfred Graf von Waldersee Ci Xi Strength 20,000 initially 49,000 total 50...
The Treaty of 1901, known as the Xinchou Treaty (è¾ä¸æ¡çº¦) in China, and more commonly known as Boxer Protocol or Peace Agreement between the Great Powers and China, was a peace treaty signed on September 7, 1901 between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance: the United Kingdom...
Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
This article is about the aviator. ...
(Redirected from 14 Bis) Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat. ...
Flying machine redirects here. ...
Bagatelle (from French by way of the Italian bagattella, a trifle) is a game, the object of which is to get a number of balls past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes. ...
Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Cunard Line, formerly Cunard White Star Line, is a British cruise line, operator of ocean liners RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) and RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2). ...
RMS Lusitania was a British luxury ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. ...
This article is about the city in England. ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For other uses, see Wright (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Aviator (disambiguation). ...
Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
A poet (from the ancient Greek ÏοιηÏηÏ, poïêtes (artisan) ; ÏοιÎÏ, poieÅ) is a person who writes poetry. ...
Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 â November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ...
For other uses, see Mona Lisa (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the museum. ...
Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ...
Rapunzel, from an edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, illustrated by Johnny Gruelle Johnny Gruelle (December 24, 1880 - January 8, 1938) was an artist, political cartoonist, and writer of childrens books. ...
Raggedy Ann meets Raggedy Andy for the first time; illustrated by Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. ...
Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Atlantic City redirects here. ...
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from the states of the United States of America. ...
Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aydın is the capital city of the Aydın Province in Turkey. ...
Aydın is the capital city of the Aydın Province in Turkey. ...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais or UFMG) is a public university (and therefore it does not charge any tuition for the enrolled students) located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ...
Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region State Minas Gerais Founded 1901 Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1897 Government - Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area - City 330. ...
For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ...
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Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Näsijärvi is a lake in southern Finland. ...
Tampere ( , IPA: ; Swedish: Tammerfors ) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ...
Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Binomial name (Harris, 1808) The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. ...
Binomial name (Harris, 1808) The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. ...
Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 5 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 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...
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Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The Treaty of Craiova was signed on September 7, 1940 between Romania and Bulgaria. ...
Southern Dobruja (Южна ÐобÑÑджа (Yuzhna Dobrudzha) in Bulgarian, Dobrogea de sud or Cadrilater in Romanian) is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising the administrative districts named for its two principal cities of Dobrich and Silistra. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ...
Languages Historical Jewish languages Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, others Liturgical languages: Hebrew and Aramaic Predominant spoken languages: The vernacular language of the home nation in the Diaspora, significantly including English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian Religions Judaism Related ethnic groups Arabs and other Semitic groups For the Jewish religion, see Judaism. ...
Kolomyia (Ukrainian: , Polish: , Russian: , German: ) is a town and a raion (district) centre in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in Ukraine, at the Prut River. ...
The (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: âsecret state policeâ) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ...
Belzec was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. ...
The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet. ...
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was a heavy bomber made for United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, and has the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to be engaged in combat during WWII. It was developed in parallel with the Boeing B...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Houston redirects here. ...
Kuban (Russian: ) is a river in Russia, in the Northern Caucasus region. ...
Kerch Strait. ...
Motto: ÐÑоÑвеÑание в единÑÑве(Russian) Protsvetanie v edinstve(transliteration) Prosperity in unity Anthem: ÐÐ¸Ð²Ñ Ð¸ гоÑÑ Ñвои волÑебнÑ, Родина(Russian) Nivy i gory tvoi volshebny, Rodina(transliteration) Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Location of Crimea (red) with respect to Ukraine (light blue). ...
Eastern Front may refer to one of the following. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea,[1] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces and is one of seven uniformed services. ...
Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Khrushchev redirects here. ...
CCCP redirects here. ...
Central Committee most commonly refers to the central executive unit of a communist party, whether ruling or non-ruling. ...
For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ...
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL). ...
Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark CountyGR6. ...
Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Peopleâs Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
Anthem Thanh niên Hà nh Khúc (Call to the Citizens) Capital Saigon Language(s) Vietnamese Government Republic Last President¹ Duong Van Minh Last Prime minister Vu Van Mau Historical era Cold War - Regime change June 14, 1955 - Dissolution April 30, 1975 Area - 1973 173,809 km² 67,108...
Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located just outside of Valley Forge National Historic Park in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, Pennsylvania. ...
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in his fourth term of office. ...
Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ...
For other persons named Donald Sutherland, see Donald Sutherland (disambiguation). ...
Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...
For other meanings, see Amman (disambiguation) and Ammann. ...
William Lee Shoemaker, (August 19, 1931 _ October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ...
John Eric Longden, born February 14, 1907 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England - died February 14, 2003 in Banning, California, was a Hall of Fame jockey. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
Map of Panama, with Panama canal The Torrijos-Carter Treaties (sometimes referred to in the singular as the Torrijos-Carter Treaty), are a pair of treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D. C. on September 7, 1977, abrogating the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty signed in 1903. ...
The Panama Canal is a waterway in Central America which joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. ...
United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
View of the old Waterloo Bridge from Whitehall stairs, John Constable, 18 June 1817 Waterloo Bridge granite stone in Canberra, Australia. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
For the Pearl Jam song, see Dissident (song). ...
Georgi Ivanov Markov Georgi Ivanov Markov (Bulgarian: ) (March 1, 1929 - September 11, 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident. ...
Castor beans Ricin (pronounced ) is a protein toxin that is extracted from the castor bean (Ricinus communis). ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
ESPN (formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
The Chrysler Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925â1998. ...
The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administrationâsee text) in the United Kingdom. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. ...
Look up black in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Main article: Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches. ...
Genesis (Greek: ÎÎνεÏιÏ, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ...
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 â December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, and was the President of the military junta from 1973 to 1981. ...
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Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...
Abdul Ahad Mohmand (b. ...
An Afghan or an Afghani is the name used to describe a person from the country of Afghanistan. ...
Layers of Atmosphere - not to scale (NOAA)[1] Outer space, sometimes simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. ...
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The Space Shuttle Discovery as seen from the International Space Station. ...
Crew Launched: Anatoly Solovyev (1) Viktor Savinykh (1) Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov (1) - Bulgaria Landed: Vladimir Lyakhov (3) Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1) - Afghanistan Mission Parameters Mass: 7000 kg Perigee: 173 km Apogee: 241 km Inclination: 51. ...
For other uses, see Mir (disambiguation). ...
The International Space Station in 2007 A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 â September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
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Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
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For the music producer/manager, see Larry Page (British singer and manager). ...
Sergey Mikhailovich Brin (Russian: ; born August 21, 1973) is a Russian-born American entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. ...
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Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...
This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ...
This article is about the capital of Greece. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2004. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Births - 786 - Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842)
- 1438 - Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
- 1524 - Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1674 - Ernest Augustus (d. 1728)
- 1683 - Mary Anne of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1754)
- 1694 - Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
- 1705 - Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1707 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
- 1726 - François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1740 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
- 1777 - Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
- 1810 - Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
- 1815 - John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
- 1817 - Louise of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark (d. 1898)
- 1818 - Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1819 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
- 1831 - Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
- 1836 - August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- 1842 - Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
- 1851 - Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
- 1855 - William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
- 1860 - Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1866 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
- 1867 - Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
- 1870 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer (d. 1938)
- 1870 - Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
- 1876 - C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
- 1877 - Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1887 - Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
- 1908 - Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
- 1908 - Michael DeBakey, Internationally recognized pioneer of modern medicine.
- 1909 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist leader during the Cold War (d. 1998)
- 1912 - David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1914 - Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer
- 1914 - James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
- 1917 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1919 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Al Caiola, American guitarist
- 1921 - Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 - 2000)
- 1922 - Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
- 1923 - Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
- 1925 - Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
- 1926 - Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1927 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian judge
- 1927 - Eric Hill, British children's Author
- 1930 - Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
- 1930 - Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (d. 1993)
- 1934 - Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon
- 1934 - Mary Bauermeister, German artist
- 1936 - Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1936 - Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1937 - John Phillip Law, American actor
- 1937 - Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
- 1937 - Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
- 1940 - Dario Argento, Italian film director
- 1942 - Alan Oakes, British Footballer
- 1943 - Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German Schlager singer
- 1943 - Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada
- 1944 - Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
- 1945 - Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1949 - Gloria Gaynor, American singer
- 1949 - Barry Siegel, American journalist
- 1950 - Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1951 - Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
- 1951 - Mark Isham, American composer
- 1952 - Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1952 - Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
- 1953 - Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
- 1954 - Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- 1954 - Michael Emerson, American actor
- 1955 - Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1955 - Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1956 - Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956 - Diane Warren, American song writer
- 1957 - Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar and Culture Club) (d. 1997)
- 1961 - LeRoi Moore, American Saxophonist(Dave Matthews Band)
- 1961 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French Pianist
- 1962 - Jennifer Egan, American novelist
- 1963 - Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
- 1965 - Andreas Thom, German footballer
- 1965 - Uta Pippig, German athlete
- 1965 - Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
- 1965 - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
- 1967 - Toby Jones, British actor
- 1969 - Darren Bragg, American baseball player
- 1969 - Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
- 1969 - Little Jimmy Urine, American singer (Mindless Self Indulgence)
- 1969 - Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
- 1970 -
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