Bhelliom
07-07-2005, 12:30 PM
1456 Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted
1543 French troops invade Luxembourg
1550 Chocolate introduced
1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung
1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship
1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published
1846 US annexs California
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1875 Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri
1891 Travelers checks patents
1898 US annexes Hawaii
1923 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II
1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania
1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings
1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
1961 James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters
1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"
1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce)
1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City
1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court
1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500
1997 Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open
2005 Terrorist Bombings in London, England still going on
Enjoy your day... at least you're not Joan D'arc
1543 French troops invade Luxembourg
1550 Chocolate introduced
1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung
1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship
1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published
1846 US annexs California
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1875 Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri
1891 Travelers checks patents
1898 US annexes Hawaii
1923 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II
1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania
1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings
1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
1961 James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters
1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"
1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce)
1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City
1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court
1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500
1997 Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open
2005 Terrorist Bombings in London, England still going on
Enjoy your day... at least you're not Joan D'arc