Famous Historical Events:
1973 - Swaziland suspends constitution
1980 - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
1983 - Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1991 - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1991 - US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1992 - Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2010 - A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
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1713 - Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France; Netherland loses Orange Princedom
1787 - Philadelphia's Free African Society forms, whose goal was to create a non-denominational religious organization that served the spiritual, economic and social needs of Philadelphia’s African-American community.
1858 - 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
1892 - George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter. It was much smaller, lighter, and cheaper than other typewriters. It also featured a type wheel that was easily removed to change the typeface.
1896 - Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter but failed. Their work paved a foundation of Igor Sikorsky design. Additionally Paul Corno’s copter design (1907) also helps Igor.
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1911 - 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1938 - 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1946 - Syria gains independence from France. It is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Later they officially announced a flag for their country.
1951 - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1). Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union.
1973 - France recognizes North Vietnam after UN accord peace.
1973 - Sudan adopts constitution
1787 - Philadelphia's Free African Society forms, whose goal was to create a non-denominational religious organization that served the spiritual, economic and social needs of Philadelphia’s African-American community.
1858 - 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
1892 - George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter. It was much smaller, lighter, and cheaper than other typewriters. It also featured a type wheel that was easily removed to change the typeface.
1896 - Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter but failed. Their work paved a foundation of Igor Sikorsky design. Additionally Paul Corno’s copter design (1907) also helps Igor.
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1911 - 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1938 - 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1946 - Syria gains independence from France. It is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Later they officially announced a flag for their country.
1951 - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1). Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union.
1973 - France recognizes North Vietnam after UN accord peace.
1973 - Sudan adopts constitution
1973 - Swaziland suspends constitution
1980 - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
1983 - Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1991 - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1991 - US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1992 - Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2010 - A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
Thankx for reading this page. Apologizes me for error, if any. Please show your support by following this blog daily. Hopes for frenz support. Have a nice day !
