Wednesday, March 30, 2011

March 31'2011 - Thursday

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 )



1878Jack 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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