Famous Events:
1651 - Great Earthquake at Cuzco Peru, which results in damage of more than half buildings in the city.
1870 - 1st black to vote in US ( Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ )
1878 - Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title. Nicknamed as 'Galveston Giant'.
1889 - 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)
1903 - Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ). According to witness, he was the 1st one, who flew & landed a powered machine (plane), some 9 months before wright bros.
1917 - US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands.
1933 - 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1933 - German Republic gives power to Hitler
1935 - Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1986 - 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
2008 - Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service
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1651 - Great Earthquake at Cuzco Peru, which results in damage of more than half buildings in the city.
1870 - 1st black to vote in US ( Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ )
1878 - Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title. Nicknamed as 'Galveston Giant'.
1889 - 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)
1903 - Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ). According to witness, he was the 1st one, who flew & landed a powered machine (plane), some 9 months before wright bros.
1917 - US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands.
1933 - 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1933 - German Republic gives power to Hitler
1935 - Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1986 - 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
2008 - Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service
Thankx for reading this page. Apologies me, if found any error. Please show yours support by the meant of following this blog. Have a nice day !!
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