Today in History

Oct 04 John V. Atanasoff born, 1903
Oct 04 Crimean war begins, 1853
Oct 04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957
Oct 04 Independence Day in Lesotho
Oct 04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970
Oct 04 Belgium's declaration of independance, 1830
Oct 04 Dierendag
Oct 04 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) François.
Oct 04 Sème à la saint François,
Ton blé aura plus de poids.
Oct 04 Ferenc
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Oct 03 Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong
Oct 03 Francisco Morazan's Birthday in Honduras
Oct 03 German Reunification Day
Oct 03 National Foundation Day in South Korea
Oct 03 U.N. Day in Barbados
Oct 03 Day of German Unity in Germany
Oct 03 Bonne fête aux Gérard !
Oct 03 Tag der deutschen Einheit
Oct 03 Offizielles Ende der DDR :-), 1990
Oct 03 Helga
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Oct 02 Aristotle dies of indigestion, 322 BC
Oct 02 Mohandas K. Gandhi born at Porbandar, Kathiawad, India, 1869
Oct 02 First robotics-based CAM, 1939
Oct 02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
Oct 02 Anniversary of Guinean Independence in Guinea
Oct 02 N'oubliez pas les Léger !
Oct 02 À la saint Léger,
Faut s'purger !
Oct 02 Petra
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Oct 01 Jimmy Carter, 39th President of United States, born in Plains, Georgia,
1924
Oct 01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958
Oct 01 Armed Forces Day in South Korea
Oct 01 Labour Day in Australia (ACT, NSW and SA only)
Oct 01 Queen's Birthday in Western Australia
Oct 01 Independence Day in Nigeria
Oct 01 National Liberation Day (2 days) in China
Oct 01 Public Holiday in Botswana
Oct 01* Labour Day (ACT, NSW, SA)
Oct 01 Kraj ljetnog vremena
Oct 01 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Thérèse.
Oct 01 Verkündigung der Urteile im Nürnberger Hauptkriegsverbrecherprozeß, 1946
Oct 01 Ablösung von Bundeskanzler Schmidt durch Kohl, 1982
Oct 01 Malvin
Oct 01 День дипломатического работника
Oct 01 День милиции
Oct 01 День победы русской армии под командованием Петра Первого над шведами в Полтавском сражении (1709 год)
Oct 01 День Макоши
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Sep 30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
1888
Sep 30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
Sep 30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
Sep 30 Botswana Day in Botswana
Sep 30 Queen's Birthday (WA)
Sep 30 Bonne fête aux Jérôme !
Sep 30 À la saint Jérôme,
Hoche tes pommes.
Sep 30 Jeromos
Sep 30 День пожарной охраны
Sep 30* День машиностроителя
Sep 30 День памяти жертв политических репрессий
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Sep 29 Gene Autry born, 1907
Sep 29 St Michael and all angels
Sep 29 Michaelmas
Sep 29 Battle of Boqueron in Paraguay
Sep 29 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Michel.
Sep 29 N'oubliez pas les Raphaël !
Sep 29 Pluie de saint Michel sans orage
D'un hiver doux est le présage.
Sep 29 Münchner Abkommen, 1938
Sep 29 Mihály
Sep 29 День Кащея
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Sep 28 Michelangelo Buonarroti born in Caprese, Italy, 1573
Sep 28 Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) born in Rome, 106BC
Sep 28 Seymour Cray born, 1925
Sep 28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
Sep 28 A Greek soldier runs 26 miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon,
490BC
Sep 28 Frodo wounded at Weathertop
Sep 28 Confucius' Day in Taiwan
Sep 28 Bonne fête aux Venceslas !
Sep 28 Vencel
Sep 28 День пограничника
Sep 28 Воздвижение Креста Господня
Sep 28 Успение Пресвятой Богородицы
Sep 28 Успение Златогорки
Sep 28 Успення Пресвятої Богородиці
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Sep 27 Thomas Nast born, 1840
Sep 27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
Sep 27 Feast of Finding the True Cross in Ethiopia
Sep 27 Día Nacional de la Conciencia Ambiental
Sep 27 N'oubliez pas les Vincent !
Sep 27 Adalbert
Sep 27 Международный день театра
Sep 27 День внутренних войск
Sep 27 Общероссийский день библиотек
Sep 27 День молодежи
Sep 27 День кино
Sep 27 День спасателя
Sep 27 День снятия блокады города Ленинграда (1944 год)
Sep 27 Отбор жертв Перуну, русалии
Sep 27 Воздвиження Чесного Хреста
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Sep 26 Johnny Appleseed born, 1774
Sep 26 T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot born in St. Louis, 1888
Sep 26 National Day in Maldives
Sep 26 Revolution Anniversary Day in Yemen
Sep 26 Bela Bartok dies in New York, 1945
Sep 26 George Gershwin is born in Brooklyn, NY, 1898
Sep 26 Bureflux (50th of the Season of Bureaucracy)
Sep 26 Bonne fête aux Côme !
Sep 26 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Damien.
Sep 26 Bela Bartok in New York gestorben, 1945
Sep 26 Jusztina
Sep 26 День памяти погибших в радиационных авариях и катастрофах
Sep 26 Всемирный день информации
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Sep 25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981
Sep 25 Army Day in Mozambique
Sep 25 Referendum Day in Rwanda
Sep 25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980
Sep 25 Prins Johan Friso (1968)
Sep 25 N'oubliez pas les Hermann !
Sep 25 À la saint Firmin
L'hiver est en chemin.
Sep 25 Eufrozina, Kende
Sep 25 Татьянин день. Студенческий праздник
Sep 25 День таможенника
Sep 25 Коляда (сдвинутое зимнее солнцестояние)
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Sep 24 F. Scott Fitzgerald born, 1896
Sep 24 Anniversary of the Third Republic in Ghana
Sep 24 Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau
Sep 24 National Day in Saudi Arabia
Sep 24 Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic
Sep 24 Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago
Sep 24 Heritage Day in South Africa
Sep 24 Belgrano venció a los realistas en la Batalla de Tucumán, 1812
Sep 24 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Thècle.
Sep 24 Gellért, Mercédesz
Sep 24 День славянской письменности и культуры
Sep 24 Международный день ООН
Sep 24 День взятия турецкой крепости Измаил русскими войсками под командованием А.В. Суворова (1790 год)
Sep 24 День Велеса
Sep 24 Heritage Day in South Africa
Sep 24 Mahidol Day (วันมหิดล) in Thailand
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Sep 23 Augustus (Gaius Octavius) Caesar born in Rome, 63 BC
Sep 23 Euripides born in Salamis, Greece, 480 BC
Sep 23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
Sep 23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first US Baseball club, 1845
Sep 23 US Vice President Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952
Sep 23 Grito de Lares in Puerto Rico
Sep 23* Autumnal Equinox in Japan
Sep 23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969
Sep 23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949
Sep 23 Nace Mariano Moreno, secretario de la Primera Junta, 1778
Sep 23 Se promulga la ley que establece el voto femenino, 1947
Sep 23 Bonne fête aux Constant !
Sep 23 Septembre se nomme
Le mai de l'automne.
Sep 23* Herbstanfang
Sep 23 Tekla
Sep 23 Anniversary Day (South Canterbury)
Sep 23 День защитника Отечества
Sep 23 День победы Красной Армии над кайзеровскими войсками Германии (1918 год)
Sep 23 День разгрома советскими войсками немецко-фашистских войск в Курской битве (1943 год)
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Sep 22 President Garfield dies of wounds in Baltimore, 1881
Sep 22 US President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
Sep 22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas US President Nixon, 1974
Sep 22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
Sep 22 Independence Day in Mali
Sep 22 National Sovereignty Day in Haiti
Sep 22* Autumnal Equinox in Japan
Sep 22 Se inaugura en la Argentina la comunicación telegráfica, 1875
Sep 22 N'oubliez pas les Maurice !
Sep 22 Semis de saint Maurice,
Récolte à ton caprice.
Sep 22 Móric
Sep 22 День памяти и скорби (Начало Великой Отечественной Войны, 1941 год)
Sep 22 День государственного флага
Sep 22 День энергетика
Sep 22 Ярилин День
Sep 22* Поворот к зиме (осеннее равноденствие)
Sep 22* Autumnal Equinox
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Sep 21 H.G. (Herbert George) Wells born in Bromley, England, 1866
Sep 21 Louis Joliet born, 1645
Sep 21 St Matthew
Sep 21 Independence Day in Belize
Sep 21 3rd Quarter Day - Fall (Autumnal) Equinox
Sep 21* Poèetak jesena
Sep 21* Automne
Sep 21 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Matthieu.
Sep 21 Si Matthieu pleure au lieu de rire,
Le vin en vinaigre vire.
Sep 21* Õszi napéjegyenlõség
Sep 21 Máté, Mirella
Sep 21 День инженерных войск
Sep 21 День работников налоговых органов
Sep 21 День победы русских полков во главе с великим князем Дмитрием Донским над монголо-татарскими войсками в Куликовской битве (1380 год)
Sep 21 Рождество Пресвятой Богородицы
Sep 21* Зимнее солнцестояние
Sep 21* Летнее солнцестояние
Sep 21 День Стрибога
Sep 21 День Сварога и Семаргла
Sep 21 Різдво Пресвятої Богородиці
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Sep 20 Upton (Beall) Sinclair born, 1878
Sep 20 Harlan Herrick runs first FORTRAN program, 1954
Sep 20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for US President, 1884
Sep 20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, 1848
Sep 20 First meeting of the US National Research Council, 1916
Sep 20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519
Sep 20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973
Sep 20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
Sep 20 Bonne fête aux Davy !
Sep 20 Friderika
Sep 20 День работника органов безопасности
Sep 20* Весенние равноденствие
Sep 20 National Youth Day (วันเยาวชนแห่งชาติ) in Thailand
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Sep 19 New Zealand women get the right to vote, 1893
Sep 19 Army Day in Chile
Sep 19 Simon and Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981
Sep 19 W. Churchill's speech suggesting United States of Europe, 1946
Sep 19 N'oubliez pas les Émilie !
Sep 19 Qui sème à la saint Janvier
De l'an récolte le premier.
Sep 19 Vilhelmina
Sep 19 Богоявление или Крещение Господне
Sep 19 Преображение Господне
Sep 19 Богоявлення або Хрещення Господнє
Sep 19 Преображення Господнє
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Sep 18 Greta Garbo born, 1905
Sep 18 Jimi Hendrix dies from an overdose, 1970
Sep 18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi
Sep 18 Frodo and company rescued by Bombadil
Sep 18 Independence Day in Chile and Zimbabwe
Sep 18 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) born in Fort Lee, Virginia, 1952
Sep 18 Nace en Buenos Aires Armando Discépolo, 1887
Sep 18* Prinsjesdag
Sep 18 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Nadège.
Sep 18 Aufnahme von Bundesrepublik und DDR in die UNO, 1973
Sep 18 Jimi Hendrix in Paris gestorben, 1970
Sep 18 Diána
Sep 18 День налоговой полиции
Sep 18 Международный день музеев
Sep 18 День победы русских воинов князя Александра Невского над немецкими рыцарями на Чудском озере (Ледовое побоище, 1242 год)
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Sep 17 Battle of Antietam, 1862
Sep 17 National Heroes Day in Angola
Sep 17* Respect for the Aged Day in Japan
Sep 17 Bonne fête aux Renaud !
Sep 17 Bruch der Sozialliberalen Koalition, 1982
Sep 17 Zsófia
Sep 17 Международный день телекоммуникаций
Sep 17 Международный день студентов
Sep 17 День ракетных войск стратегического назначения
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Sep 16 Allen Funt born in Brooklyn, NY, 1914
Sep 16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630
Sep 16 Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore unite to become Malaysia, 1963
Sep 16 Cherokee Strip Day in Oklahoma
Sep 16 Independence Days in Mexico and Papua New Guinea
Sep 16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925
Sep 16 N'oubliez pas les Édith !
Sep 16 Edit
Sep 16* День работников леса
Sep 16 День морской пехоты
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Sep 15 Agatha Christie born in Torquay, England, 1890
Sep 15 ACM founded, 1947
Sep 15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959
Sep 15 The US Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the US State Department, 1789
Sep 15 Black riders enter the Shire
Sep 15 Foundation of Panama in Panama
Sep 15 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Roland.
Sep 15 La rosée de saint Albin
est, dit-on, rosée de vin.
Sep 15 Wahl von Konrad Adenauer (CDU) zum Bundeskanzler, 1949
Sep 15 Nürnberger Gesetze, 1935
Sep 15 Enikõ, Melitta
Sep 15 Сретение Господне
Sep 15 День Триглава
Sep 15 Стрітення Господнє
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