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On this day in history 1567 - Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots 1619 - René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy. 1630 - Failed palace revolution in France against Richelieu 1674 - Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1697 - English parliament accept army reduction 1793 - France ends forced worship of God 1834 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1836 - Louis Napoleon banished to America 1847 - The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. 1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1911 - Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) 1917 - New soviet government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during October Revolution 1918 - German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland 1918 - Independence of Poland proclaimed by Józef Pilsudski 1923 - German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany 1928 - Emperor Hirohitos official coronation as Emperor of Japan 1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives. 1942 - US-British troops occupies Oran, Algeria 1944 - German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany 1944 - US 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery 1944 - Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands 1954 - Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington 1966 - Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier (Taoiseach) 1975 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC 1978 - Israels top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1980 - Poland acknowledges Solidarity union 1980 - Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr 1982 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened 1989 - Germans begin demolishing Berlin Wall 2012 - Israeli counter strike on Palestinian militants in Gaza kills 5 and injure 30
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:31:00 +0000

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