This date in history

[HEADING=2]1520[/HEADING]
Montezuma II is murdered as Spanish conquistadors flee the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan during the night.

[HEADING=2]1857[/HEADING]
[Charles Dickens]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/book-review-dickens-christmas-carol-gustave-dore-bh.htm') reads from A Christmas Carol at St. Martin's Hall in London--his first public reading.

[HEADING=2]1859[/HEADING]
Jean Francois Gravelet aka Emile Blondin, a French daredevil, becomes the first man to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

[HEADING=2]1908[/HEADING]
A mysterious explosion, possibly the result of a meteorite, levels thousands of trees in the Tunguska region of Siberia with a force approaching twenty megatons.

[HEADING=3]1917[/HEADING]
Lena Horne, American singer is born.

[HEADING=3]1919[/HEADING]
Susan Hayward, actress is born.

[HEADING=2]1934[/HEADING]
[Adolf Hitler]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/adolph-hitler') orders the purge of his own party in the "Night of the Long Knives."

[HEADING=2]1936[/HEADING]
Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone With the Wind, is published.

[HEADING=2]1960[/HEADING]
Alfred Hitchcock's film, Psycho, opens.

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[HEADING=2]1776[/HEADING]
The [Declaration of Independence]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/declaration-of-independence.htm') is first printed by John Dunlop in Philadelphia.

[HEADING=2]1806[/HEADING]
A Spanish army repels the British during their attempt to retake Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[HEADING=3]1810[/HEADING]
P.T. Barnum, American showman is born.

[HEADING=2]1814[/HEADING]
U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeat a superior British force at [Chippewa]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/the-battle-of-chippewa.htm'), Canada.

[HEADING=2]1832[/HEADING]
The German government begins curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule.

[HEADING=2]1839[/HEADING]
British naval forces bombard Dingai on Zhoushan Island in China and occupy it.

[HEADING=2]1892[/HEADING]
Andrew Beard is issued a patent for the rotary engine.

[HEADING=2]1941[/HEADING]
German troops reach the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.

[HEADING=2]1943[/HEADING]
The [Battle of Kursk]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/the-battle-of-kursk-clash-of-the-tanks.htm'), the largest tank battle in history, begins.

[HEADING=2]1944[/HEADING]
The Japanese garrison on Numfoor, New Guinea, tries to counterattack but is soon beaten back by U.S. forces.

[HEADING=2]1950[/HEADING]
American forces engage the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.

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25 year’s ago on this day in 1996 TWA flight 800 exploded over the ocean killing all 230 people on board.?

We were at Old Ironsides in Boston harbor with the kids when the USCG boats went tearing out to sea. In a motel the night before, never turned on the TV and had no idea until I put the car radio to AM. Nelson DeMille has a conspiracy novel, "Nightfall?"

I was up at the Kings Park Bluff with my daughter. Don't remember why we were there but when we got in the car to head home - the radio was on News Radio 88 & that's how/when I heard about it.

For us locals this does seem like "where were you" for 911, NYC blackout, Moon Landing, JFK shot, OKC bombing, Challenger, etc.

(us oldsters anyway, lol)

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40 years ago today - MTV premiered

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On This Day - August 2, 1876, Famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok was murdered in Deadwood, South Dakota by Jack McCall. James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was born in Illinois, and from his early years was known for being an outstanding marksman. By 1861, Hickok had
headed west to Kansas where he was involved in many escapades and adventures, including joining the Kansas Jayhawkers, surviving a bear attack, and driving freight teams down to New Mexico. Later Hickok became famous for his involvement in several gunfights and duels, including a duel with Davis Tutt that is in many ways emblematic of the classic “wild west” gunfight.
After a series of disagreements between the two of them, Tutt and Hickok faced off against each other in the streets of Springfield, Missouri. At 75 yards, both drew their revolvers in a quick-draw fashion and Tutt was shot through the heart. Hickok was arrested for murder but later acquitted. Hickok later went on to serve as a lawman in several major Kansas towns, being involved in several more gunfights. Wild Bill’s fame began to grow, and his escapades became legendary but greatly exaggerated. At the urging of some of his friends, Wild Bill starred in a play about the American West. However, he quickly found that the theatre was not for him, and he departed the show before it grew to great renown as Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show.
In 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was travelling through Deadwood, South Dakota when he entered a poker game. A man named Jack McCall was playing as well, but he was drunk and loosing badly. Hickok told McCall to quit, and he even offered him money to pay for breakfast. Although Jack accepted the money, he was greatly insulted by Hickok’s gesture. The next day, while Hickok was playing once again, McCall crept up behind him and shot him in the back of the head. Wild Bill was killed instantly. Hickok, seasoned from his many gunfights, never liked to take a seat with his back to the door, but on this occasion he had done so because that was the only chair available. McCall would later be tried and hanged for the crime. According to legend, at the time of his death, the cards Wild Bill was holding was a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights. Ever since then, the combination of those cards together has been known as the Dead Man’s Hand.

42 years ago today

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I was walking across the fort drum motor pool when top called that out to me

[HEADING=2]0048[/HEADING]
[Julius Caesar defeats Gnaius Pompey at Pharsalus]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/caesars-civil-war-battle-of-pharsalus.htm').

[HEADING=2]0480[/HEADING]
The Persian army defeats Leonidas and his Spartan army at the [Battle Thermopylae, Persia]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/battle-of-thermopylae-leonidas-the-hero.htm').

[HEADING=2]1483[/HEADING]
Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor.

[HEADING=2]1549[/HEADING]
England declares war on France.

[HEADING=2]1645[/HEADING]
Settlers in New Amsterdam gain peace with the Indians after conducting talks with the Mohawks.

[HEADING=2]1842[/HEADING]
The Webster-Ashburton treaty fixes the border between Maine and Canada's New Brunswick.

[HEADING=2]1859[/HEADING]
The escalator is patented. However, the first working escalator appeared in 1900. Manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company for the Paris Exposition, it was installed in a Philadelphia office building the following year.

[HEADING=2]1910[/HEADING]
The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine is patented.

[HEADING=2]1930[/HEADING]
First appearance of the animated character Betty Boop ("Dizzy Dishes").

[HEADING=2]1944[/HEADING]
Fictional character Smokey Bear ("Only you can prevent forest fires") created by US Forest Service and the Ad Council.

[HEADING=2]1945[/HEADING]
The B-29 bomber Bock's Car drops a [second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm').

[HEADING=2]1969[/HEADING]
Charles Manson's followers kill actress Sharon Tate and her three guests in her Beverly Hills home.

[HEADING=2]1979[/HEADING]
England's first major nude beach established, at the seaside resort of Brighton.

[HEADING=2]0048[/HEADING]
[Julius Caesar defeats Gnaius Pompey at Pharsalus]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/caesars-civil-war-battle-of-pharsalus.htm').

[HEADING=2]0480[/HEADING]
The Persian army defeats Leonidas and his Spartan army at the [Battle Thermopylae, Persia]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/battle-of-thermopylae-leonidas-the-hero.htm').

[HEADING=2]1483[/HEADING]
Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor.

[HEADING=2]1549[/HEADING]
England declares war on France.

[HEADING=2]1645[/HEADING]
Settlers in New Amsterdam gain peace with the Indians after conducting talks with the Mohawks.

[HEADING=2]1842[/HEADING]
The Webster-Ashburton treaty fixes the border between Maine and Canada's New Brunswick.

[HEADING=2]1859[/HEADING]
The escalator is patented. However, the first working escalator appeared in 1900. Manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company for the Paris Exposition, it was installed in a Philadelphia office building the following year.

[HEADING=2]1910[/HEADING]
The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine is patented.

[HEADING=2]1930[/HEADING]
First appearance of the animated character Betty Boop ("Dizzy Dishes").

[HEADING=2]1944[/HEADING]
Fictional character Smokey Bear ("Only you can prevent forest fires") created by US Forest Service and the Ad Council.

[HEADING=2]1945[/HEADING]
The B-29 bomber Bock's Car drops a [second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm').

[HEADING=2]1969[/HEADING]
Charles Manson's followers kill actress Sharon Tate and her three guests in her Beverly Hills home.

[HEADING=2]1979[/HEADING]
England's first major nude beach established, at the seaside resort of Brighton.

1979 - NUDE BEACH in England,!!!, ya know everyone has to have it shrink down with the COLD water around England., speedos rule... cellfish...
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[HEADING=2]0070[/HEADING]
The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege.

[HEADING=2]1526[/HEADING]
Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent crushes a Hungarian army under Lewis II at the Battle of Mohacs.

[HEADING=2]1776[/HEADING]
[General George Washington]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/george-washington') retreats during the night from Long Island to New York City.

[HEADING=2]1793[/HEADING]
[Slavery]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/slavery-in-america/') is abolished in Santo Domingo.

[HEADING=2]1862[/HEADING]
[Union General John Pope]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/john-pope')'s army is defeated by a smaller Confederate force at the [Second Battle of Bull Run]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/second-battle-of-bull-run').

[HEADING=2]1882[/HEADING]
Australia defeats England in cricket for the first time. The following day a obituary appears in the Sporting Times addressed to the British team.

[HEADING=3]1915[/HEADING]
Ingrid Bergman, Oscar winning actress famous whose films include Casablanca and Anastasia is born.

[HEADING=3]1940[/HEADING]
James Brady, press secretary who was severely wounded during John Hinckley Jr.'s attempt to assassinate US [President Ronald Reagan]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/ronald-reagan').

[HEADING=2]1942[/HEADING]
The American Red Cross announces that Japan has refused to allow safe conduct for the passage of ships with supplies for American prisoners of war.

[HEADING=2]1945[/HEADING]
U.S. airborne troops are landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the occupation of Japan.

[HEADING=2]1949[/HEADING]
USSR explodes its first atomic bomb, "First Lightning."

[HEADING=2]1950[/HEADING]
International Olympic Committee votes to allow West Germany and Japan to compete in 1952 games.

[HEADING=2]1952[/HEADING]
In the largest bombing raid of the Korean War, 1,403 planes of the Far East Air Force bomb Pyongyang, North Korea.

[HEADING=2]1957[/HEADING]
US Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 after [Strom Thurmond]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/strom-thurmond-meets-his-daughter.htm') (Sen-D-SC) ends 24-hour [filibuster]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/a-short-history-of-the-filibuster.htm'), the longest in Senate history, against the bill.

[HEADING=2]1960[/HEADING]
US U-2 spy plane spots SAM (surface-to-air) missile launch pads in Cuba.

[HEADING=2]1964[/HEADING]
Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330).

[HEADING=2]1965[/HEADING]
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5, marking the first time the US set an international duration record for a manned space mission.

[HEADING=2]1966[/HEADING]
The Beatles give their last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco).

[HEADING=2]1977[/HEADING]
Lou Brock (St Louis Cardinals) breaks Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893.

[HEADING=2]1991[/HEADING]
USSR's parliament suspends Communist Party activities in the wake of a failed coup.

[HEADING=2]1995[/HEADING]
[NATO]('http://historynet.wpengine.com/laws-of-war-nato-an-evolving-alliance.htm') launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

[HEADING=2]2005[/HEADING]
Rains from Hurricane Katrina cause a levee breech at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, causing severe flooding.

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