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Bhelliom
07-15-2005, 10:31 AM
1099 the Musling citizens of Jerusalem surrendered their city to the armies of the First Crusade. The Crusaders showed infinite Christian forgiveness and massacred thousands of unarmen men, women, and children.

1205 Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude & subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus

1606 Rembrandt was born

1783 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France

1795 "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured

1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard

1878 the first telephone exchange in the British Empire was opened in Hamilton, Ontario

1939 Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight

1942 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz

1952 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins

1961 Spain accept equal rights for men & women

1986 Colombia Records dropped country star Johnny Cash after 28 years. He had not had a solo top 10 hit since 1981. He was a member of the Highwaymen quartet and the hit the top of the country charts in 1985.

1992 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed

1995 Jews take Jerusalem

1997 Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, was gunned down outside his Miami Beach home

2005 Nickatilynx returns from vactaion to resume his reign of terror on Oprano. Smaller Opranonauts run in fear.


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