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Search for "Home Financing" 0046 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus. 0337 Julius I is elected pope. 1189 Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England 1508 Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1577 King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots 1626 Huguenot rebels & the French sign Peace of La Rochelle 1651 Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris 1659 UK hist date of first known cheque to be drawn 1670 Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, dies. 1685 James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. 1693 Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA 1716 England & Netherlands renew alliance 1778 England declares war on France 1778 France officially recognizes the new nation known as the United States of America. 1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 1815 NJ issues first US railroad charter (John Stevens) 1815 New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens. 1817 The Argentinian San Martn crosses the Andes with an army in order to liberate Chile from Spanish rule. 1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. 1820 86 free black colonists sail from New York NY to Sierra Leone, Africa 1820 The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia. 1832 First appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland 1832 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1840 Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand. 1843 The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). 1851 Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Düsseldorf 1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1861 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships 1861 First meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America 1862 American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry. 1862 General Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee 1862 Naval Engagement at Tennessee River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle 1862 Victory for General Ulysses S Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson; Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant 1864 Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia 1865 First day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run) 1865 Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief 1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1869 Harper's Weekly publishes first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers 1891 The first great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1899 The U.S. Senate ratifies a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, ending the Spanish-American War. 1900 Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. 1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organized in New York NY 1904 Russian-Japanese war began 1911 First old-age home opened in Prescott AZ where are the golf courses? 1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1911 Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911 1918 Britain grants women (30 & over) the vote 1919 5-day Seattle general strike starts 1920 Saarland administrated by League of Nations 1921 "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released 1922 Achille Ratti becomes Pope Pius XI. 1922 Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI 1922 The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. 1922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1926 The National Football League agrees that college players cannot play in the NFL until they graduate. 1929 Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night" 1932 Fascist coup in the Memel territory 1933 -90ºF (-68ºC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record) 1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 meters (112 feet), in Pacific hurricane near Manila 1933 President von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 1933 The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution goes into effect, which changes the start of congressional, vice-presidential, and presidential terms from March to January. 1934 February 6, 1934 political crisis in France. The far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, an attempted coup against the Third Republic. 1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the first time 1935 First election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1936 4th Winter Olympics games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1936 Olympic Games: Winter Olympic Games - IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 1936 Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook" 1937 K Elizabeth Ohi becomes first Japanese-US female lawyer 1939 Spanish government flees to France 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed 1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya 1943 HMCS Louisburg (Corvette) torpedoed in the Mediterranean 1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" 1943 The first Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz 1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder 1947 Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket 1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia 1948 First radio-controlled airplane flown 1950 Personal posting - February 06, 1950 Brenda was Born 1951 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 1951 Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security 1951 The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. 1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of Canada at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario. 1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie 1953 US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted 1955 Personal posting - Mike's birthday 1956 Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing 1956 French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers 1956 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) 1958 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1958 Eight players of Manchester United were killed in the Munich air disaster. 1959 At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. 1959 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow 1959 Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit. 1959 US first successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile 1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC 1964 France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1965 Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1 1967 Cultural Revolution in Albania 1967 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1968 10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France 1968 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam 1968 Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1970 Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs Australia at Durban 1971 The First time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard) 1973 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution 1973 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edmonton 1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100 km due to oil crisis 1974 US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon 1977 Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 meter over 16 buses, near Paris 1978 Muriel Humphrey fills the U.S. senate seat of her late husband, Minnesota senator and former U.S. Vice President, Hubert Humphrey. 1978 Snowstorm hits New England (54" (137cm)) 1978 The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour. 1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto 1981 "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV 1981 Beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon 1982 "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart 1982 Number one hit on UK music charts - Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love 1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army 1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings 1989 Lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government 1992 The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence. 1993 Former tennis great Arthur Ashe dies in New York at age 49. 1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 Actor Joseph Cotten dies in Los Angeles at age 88. 1994 José Maria Figueres elected President of Costa Rica 1994 Martti Ahtisaari elected President of Finland 1995 Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter 1995 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket 1996 A Birgen Air Boeing 757 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Dominican killing 189. 1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence 1997 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm 1998 "Africa: The Serengeti" becomes the first DVD to include separate language tracks 1998 In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna. 1998 Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. 2004 In Russia, a suicide-attack in a Moscow metro kills 40 commuters, and injures a hundred and twenty-nine. 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