Cuzin Jims Thought for the Day: My parents were so poor that they got married just to get the rice. Today in history On Nov. 25, 1744, Austrian forces pillaged Prague and killed the Jews living there. In 1758, name in honor of British statesman William Pitt, the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., was founded. In 1783, British forces withdrew from New York City, their last military position in the United States. In 1792, the first issue of The Farmers Almanac was published. In 1834, one of New York Citys finest restaurants, Delmonicos, began providing a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie - for 12 cents. In 1863, during the US Civil War, the Battle of Missionary Ridge began in Tennessee. In 1864, a Confederate plot to burn New York City was foiled; and Confederate forces retreated from the battle at Sandersville, Ga. In 1867, Alfred Nobel patented dynamite. In 1876, in retaliation for its defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, US Calvary troops sacked Chief Dull Knifes sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River. In 1897, Spain granted autonomy to Puerto Rico. In 1912, the American College of Surgeons was formed in Springfield, Illinois. In 1920, the first Thanksgiving Day parade in the US was held in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1936, Germany and Japan signed the anti-Komintern pact. In 1937, the Paris Worlds Fair closed. In 1940, Woody Woodpecker debuted with the release of Walter Lantzs Knock Knock, and the first flights of the de Havilland Mosquito and the Martin B-26 Marauder occurred. In 1941, German Jews living in the Netherlands were declared to be stateless. In 1944, a German V-2 rocket struck a Woolworths store in Deptford, England, killing 160 shoppers. In 1948, the 16-inch coastal artillery guns were removed from San Francisco, Calif. In 1949, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared on US music charts. In 1955, racial segregation on busses and trains traveling between US states was outlawed. In 1957, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a mild stroke. In 1958, Sengal became an autonomous state within the French Community. In 1960, the last installment of Amos n Andy was broadcast on CBS Radio. In 1971, D.B. Cooper parachuted with $200,000 from a civilian airliner over the state of Washington. In 1974, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was outlawed by Britain. In 1975, Suriname gained its independence from the Netherlands. In 1979, Israel returned the Alma oil fields, in the Gulf of Suez, to Egypt. In 1982, the Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed an entire city block. In 1986, the King Fahd Causeway was officially opened, helping to stimulate a link between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. In 1995, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women resoultion was passed by the United Nations. And in 2005, Polands minister of defense opened the nations Warsaw Pact files, showing Soviet maps of possible nuclear strikes on Western Europe as well as the possible nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities and 2 million of its citizens by Soviet-controlled forces. The parting shots Londons taxi drivers have been hiring private detectives in their war on the controversial cab-booking application, Uber. Consumers across most of America will see their health insurance premiums go up next year for popular plans inder President Obamas health care law, known as Obamacare.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:18:00 +0000
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