Famous Historical Events:
1854 - San Salvador, Central America, destroyed by earthquake, 800 Lives Lost and $12,000,000 of Property Destroyed.
1862 - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1871 - German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1900 - US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel
1924 - Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
1939 - Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1945 - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1947 - Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
1948 - Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
1956 - 1st solar powered radios go on sale
1964 - 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1964 - Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
1966 - Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1972 - Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
2007 - Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
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1853 - The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
1854 - San Salvador, Central America, destroyed by earthquake, 800 Lives Lost and $12,000,000 of Property Destroyed.
1862 - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1871 - German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1900 - US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel
1924 - Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
1939 - Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1945 - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1947 - Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
1948 - Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
1956 - 1st solar powered radios go on sale
1964 - 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1964 - Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
1966 - Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1972 - Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
2007 - Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
Thankx for reading this page. Please show your support by following this blog. Apologizes me for error, if any. Comments & Suggestions are welcome. Have a nice day !
