Annotation of src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history, Revision 1.64
1.2 millert 1: /*
2: * History
3: *
1.64 ! jasper 4: * $OpenBSD: calendar.history,v 1.63 2006/10/17 12:59:49 jmc Exp $
1.2 millert 5: */
6:
7: #ifndef _calendar_history_
8: #define _calendar_history_
9:
1.1 deraadt 10: 01/01 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba
1.2 millert 11: 01/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959
1.1 deraadt 12: 01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947
1.55 jasper 13: 01/02 Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve
14: Niagara Falls, 1929
15: 01/03 Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers
16: over Italy, 1925
17: 01/03 Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British
18: Prime Minister in the 20th Century, 1988
19: 01/04 Burma becomes independent from United Kingdom, 1948
1.1 deraadt 20: 01/05 Twelfth night
1.55 jasper 21: 01/06 Maria Montessori opens her first school in Rome, 1907
22: 01/07 First transatlantic telephone call, 1927
23: 01/08 Monaco gains its independence, 1297
1.1 deraadt 24: 01/09 Plough Monday
25: 01/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946
26: 01/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776
27: 01/11 Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of Albania
28: 01/11 De Hostos' Birthday in Puerto Rico
29: 01/11 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal
1.55 jasper 30: 01/12 Batman the TV series debuts on ABC, 1966
31: 01/13 Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance, 1930
1.6 mickey 32: 01/14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day
1.55 jasper 33: 01/15 Angola becomes an independent state, 1975
34: 01/16 The Medici family are made official bankers of the Papacy, 1412
35: 01/17 Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the
36: Antarctic Circle, 1773
37: 01/18 The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time, 1896
38: 01/19 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant, 1978
1.1 deraadt 39: 01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...)
1.55 jasper 40: 01/21 First commercial flight with a Concorde, 1976
41: 01/22 British colonists reach New Zealand, 1840
42: 01/23 The Royal Exchange opens in London, 1571
43: 01/23 The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in
44: the Netherlands, 1579
45: 01/24 Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement, 1908
46: 01/25 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits
47: the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, 1791
1.3 deraadt 48: 01/26 Sydney Aust. settled, 1788
1.1 deraadt 49: 01/27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973
1.55 jasper 50: 01/28 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the
51: Panama Railway, 1855
52: 01/29 Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, the last monarch of
53: Hawaii, 1891
1.1 deraadt 54: 01/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948
1.55 jasper 55: 01/31 Irving Langmuir invented tungsten filament lamp, 1881
56: 01/31 Dmitry Mendeleev established optimal alcohol-water mixture ratio
57: in his PhD work on alcohol-water mixtures, 1865
1.9 pjanzen 58: 02/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979
1.55 jasper 59: 02/02 Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament, 1933
60: 02/03 The first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland, 1815
1.1 deraadt 61: 02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969
1.2 millert 62: 02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnaped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974
1.55 jasper 63: 02/05 Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of
64: the United Arab Republic, 1958
65: 02/06 Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, founding document of New Zealand, 1840
66: 02/07 The British Labour Party is formed, 1900
1.1 deraadt 67: 02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq
1.55 jasper 68: 02/09 Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation, 1621
69: 02/10 New Delhi becomes the capital of India, 1931
70: 02/11 Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of
71: the Kalmar Union, 1814
72: 02/12 China adopts the Gregorian calendar, 1912
1.56 steven 73: 02/13 France tests its first atomic bomb in Algeria, 1960
1.1 deraadt 74: 02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945
75: 02/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970
76: 02/16 Nylon patented, 1937
1.55 jasper 77: 02/17 The first ship passes through the Suez Canal, 1867
78: 02/18 Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech, 1943
79: 02/19 Serfdom is abolished in Russia, 1861
80: 02/20 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia
81: for 15 years, 2001
1.1 deraadt 82: 02/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties
1.55 jasper 83: 02/22 Start of the Czechoslovak Revolution, 1948
1.1 deraadt 84: 02/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
85: 02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
1.55 jasper 86: 02/25 The Democratic Republic of Georgia occupied by Bolshevist Russia, 1921
87: 02/26 Final radio broadcast of Dragnet, 1957
1.1 deraadt 88: 02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189
89: 02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972
1.55 jasper 90: 03/01 The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded, 1565
91: 03/02 Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam, 1946
92: 03/03 Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire, 1878
93: 03/04 Emile Berliner invents the microphone, 1877
94: 03/05 Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, 1836
95: 03/06 The aspirin is registered as a trademark of Bayer, 1899
96: 03/07 Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for
97: women's voting rights in Kuwait, 2005
98: 03/08 The first case of Spanish flu occurs, killing 50 million to 100 million
99: people worldwide, 1918
100: 03/09 The Barbie doll debuts, 1959
101: 03/10 Republic of Cote d'Ivoire becomes a colony of France, 1893
102: 03/11 Ceasefire declared in the war between Iran and Irak, 1988
103: 03/12 The first bottles of Coca Cola were sold, 1894
1.1 deraadt 104: 03/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894
1.55 jasper 105: 03/14 The kingdom of Cyprus is sold by the ruling Queen to Venice, 1489
1.1 deraadt 106: 03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874
1.55 jasper 107: 03/15 Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by
108: several senators, 44BC
109: 03/16 Largest coordinated worldwide virgil against the Iraq War, 2003
110: 03/17 Invention of the rubber band, 1845
1.64 ! jasper 111: 03/17 Ukrainian Nationalist Republic declared, 1917
1.56 steven 112: 03/18 In the Pyramid of Cheops a 4.400 year old mummy is found, 1989
1.1 deraadt 113: 03/19 Swallows return to Capistrano
114: 03/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980
1.56 steven 115: 03/21 Henry V becomes the king of England, 1413
1.55 jasper 116: 03/22 First motion picture displayed by Auguste and Louis Lumière, 1895
117: 03/23 The first Islamic replublic in the world is Pakistan, 1956
1.1 deraadt 118: 03/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900
1.55 jasper 119: 03/25 The first Bed-In for Peace by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1969
120: 03/26 The driving test is introduced, in the United Kingdom, 1934
1.1 deraadt 121: 03/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958
122: 03/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979
1.55 jasper 123: 03/29 The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all work places, 2004
1.1 deraadt 124: 03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858
1.55 jasper 125: 03/31 The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated, 1889
1.1 deraadt 126: 04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day.
1.55 jasper 127: 04/02 Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia, 1930
1.56 steven 128: 04/03 First publication of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, 1896
129: 04/04 NATO established, 1949
1.55 jasper 130: 04/05 Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, 1614
1.1 deraadt 131: 04/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830
132: 04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943
133: 04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod
1.55 jasper 134: 04/08 The Venus de Milo is found on the island of Melos, 1820
135: 04/09 The first public exhibition of art opens in Paris, 1667
136: 04/10 The Belfast Agreement is signed, on Good Friday, 1998
137: 04/11 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan, 1868
138: 04/12 Great Britain adops the Union Jack as their national flag, 1606
1.1 deraadt 139: 04/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos
140: 04/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912
1.56 steven 141: 04/15 Insulin first becomes generally available for use by diabetics, 1923
1.55 jasper 142: 04/16 Syria becomes an independent Republic, 1946
1.1 deraadt 143: 04/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961
1.55 jasper 144: 04/18 The League of Nations is dissolved after 27 years, 1946
1.1 deraadt 145: 04/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay
146: 04/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943
1.55 jasper 147: 04/20 In Bulgaria, the April Uprising takes place, 1876
148: 04/21 Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus, 753BC
149: 04/22 The first Earth Day is celebrated, 1970
1.45 mickey 150: 04/23 Bavarian co-rulers Duke Wilhelm IV and Duke Ludwig X proclaimed the
151: weighty and consequential Bavarian Beer Purity Law
152: (later Reinheitsgebot), 1516
1.55 jasper 153: 04/24 The Greek enter Troy with the Trojan Horse, 1184BC
154: 04/25 Integrated circuit patented by Robert Noyce, 1961
1.2 millert 155: 04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564,
1.7 pjanzen 156: birthdate less certain
1.2 millert 157: 04/27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521
1.55 jasper 158: 04/28 President of France, Charles de Gaulle resigns, 1969
1.1 deraadt 159: 04/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913
1.55 jasper 160: 04/30 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide, 1945
1.1 deraadt 161: 05/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god
1.43 mickey 162: 05/01 Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati of Bavaria, 1776
1.55 jasper 163: 05/02 The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness monster is reported, 1933
164: 05/03 Jamaica is spotted by Christopher Columbus, 1494
165: 05/04 Christopher Columbus sets foot on Jamaica, 1494
166: 05/05 Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire, 1260
1.54 jasper 167: 05/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1937
1.56 steven 168: 05/07 Germany surrenders after World War II, 1945
1.55 jasper 169: 05/08 The first games of the Italian Football League are played, 1898
170: 05/09 The first parliament of Australia opens in Melbourne, 1901
1.1 deraadt 171: 05/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940
172: 05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933
1.55 jasper 173: 05/11 Thailand is no longer known as Siam, 1949
174: 05/12 Tunisia becomes a French protectorate, 1881
175: 05/13 Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after
176: having been accused of treason, 1619
1.1 deraadt 177: 05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
178: 05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948
1.56 steven 179: 05/15 The civil war in Finland ends, 1918
1.55 jasper 180: 05/16 Root beer invented by Charles Elmer Hires, 1866
1.1 deraadt 181: 05/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982
182: 05/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay
183: 05/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804
1.55 jasper 184: 05/19 The Legion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte, 1802
185: 05/20 The first modern atlas issued by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
1.1 deraadt 186: 05/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile
1.55 jasper 187: 05/22 The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony,
188: is abolished, 1840
1.1 deraadt 189: 05/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960
190: 05/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador
191: 05/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830
1.55 jasper 192: 05/26 John Calvin and his followers are expelled from Geneva, 1538
193: 05/27 The pop-up toaster patented by Charles Strite, 1919
194: 05/28 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication, 1936
1.1 deraadt 195: 05/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953
196: 05/29 First food stamps issued, 1961
1.55 jasper 197: 05/30 Beginning of the civil war over Biafra, 1967
198: 05/31 Yom Kippur War comes to an end by the signing of a disengagement
199: agreement by Syria and Israel, 1974
1.57 jasper 200: 06/01 In a referendum the Dutch reject the European Constitution, 2005
201: 06/02 Denmark rejects the Maastricht Treaty in a close-call referendum, 1992
1.8 pjanzen 202: 06/03 Last Star Trek episode first aired ("Turnabout Intruder"), 1969
1.24 david 203: 06/03 Edward White becomes the first American to perform a "Space Walk", 1965
1.28 mickey 204: 06/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070
1.57 jasper 205: 06/05 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem, 70
1.1 deraadt 206: 06/06 First drive-in movie, 1933
207: 06/06 Normandy landing, 1944
1.57 jasper 208: 06/07 The first act of civil disobedience by Gandhi, 1893
209: 06/08 The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa, 1866
210: 06/09 The Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, 68
1.1 deraadt 211: 06/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.
212: 06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC
1.57 jasper 213: 06/12 Nelson Mandela in sentenced to life in prison, 1964
214: 06/13 Much of Vancouver, British Columbia, is devastated by a fire, 1886
1.1 deraadt 215: 06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834
216: 06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215
217: 06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford
218: that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop,
219: 1878
1.57 jasper 220: 06/16 Henry Ford launched the Ford Motor Company, 1903
1.1 deraadt 221: 06/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967
1.57 jasper 222: 06/18 Winston Churchill delivers his "Finest Hour" speech, 1940
1.35 mickey 223: 06/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893
1.1 deraadt 224: 06/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953
225: 06/20 Victoria crowned, 1837
226: 06/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948
227: 06/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge
1.57 jasper 228: 06/22 The June Days Uprising in Paris begins, 1848
1.1 deraadt 229: 06/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772
1.56 steven 230: 06/23 Harriet, Darwin's turtle died at the age of 176 years, 2006
1.57 jasper 231: 06/24 The capital of Jamaica, Kingston, is founded, 1664
1.1 deraadt 232: 06/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876
233: 06/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950
1.28 mickey 234: 06/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498
1.1 deraadt 235: 06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959
1.57 jasper 236: 06/27 The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London, 1967
1.48 jasper 237: 06/28 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated in Sarajevo,
238: marking the beginning of World War I, 1914
239: 06/28 World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
1.57 jasper 240: 06/29 The Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom, 1976
1.49 jasper 241: 06/30 Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity, 1905
1.34 mickey 242: 06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908
1.1 deraadt 243: 06/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960
1.49 jasper 244: 07/01 Warsaw Pact officially dissolved, 1991
245: 07/01 The first day on the Somme marked the beginning of the
246: Battle of the Somme, 1916
247: 07/01 Hong Kong becomes a special administrative region of the People's
248: Republic of China, 1997
249: 07/02 Vermont abolishes slavery, as the first state, 1777
1.1 deraadt 250: 07/03 Dog days begin
251: 07/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845
1.53 mickey 252: 07/05 Bikini demonstrated for the first time, 1946
1.1 deraadt 253: 07/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917
254: 07/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949
1.58 jasper 255: 07/08 A UFO is believed to have crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, 1947
256: 07/09 The African Union gets established, 2002
257: 07/10 Most of London gets burned down in a severe fire, 1212
258: 07/11 Mongolia gains independence from China, 1921
1.1 deraadt 259: 07/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933
260: 07/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908
1.58 jasper 261: 07/14 Storming of the Bastille by the citizens of Paris, 1789
1.60 jasper 262: 07/15 First item sold via Amazon.com, 1995
1.58 jasper 263: 07/16 End of the civil war in Rwanda, 1994
1.1 deraadt 264: 07/17 Disneyland opens, 1955
1.58 jasper 265: 07/18 "Mein Kampf" is published, 1925
266: 07/19 France declares war on Prussia, marking the beginning of the
267: Franco-Prussian war, 1870
268: 07/20 Ford Motor Company ships their car, 1903
1.1 deraadt 269: 07/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954
1.58 jasper 270: 07/22 Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly around the world, 1933
1.1 deraadt 271: 07/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904
272: 07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925
1.58 jasper 273: 07/25 First test-tube baby born, 1978
274: 07/26 Potsdam Declaration signed, 1945
275: 07/27 The last Citroen 2CV made, 1990
1.4 mickey 276: 07/28 Potato introduced in Europe by Sir Thomas Harriot, 1586
1.58 jasper 277: 07/29 Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 1836
278: 07/30 Elvis Presley performes for the first time in public, 1954
279: 07/31 First U.S. patent issued, 1790
1.1 deraadt 280: 08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
281: this day
1.59 jasper 282: 08/02 Hitler becomes the Fuehrer of Germany, 1934
1.1 deraadt 283: 08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492
284: 08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
285: 08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892
286: 08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964
287: 08/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914
1.59 jasper 288: 08/05 Nelson Mandela is jailed, 1962
1.1 deraadt 289: 08/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945
290: 08/06 Caricom in Barbados
1.59 jasper 291: 08/07 Jack the Ripper makes his first kill, 1888
1.1 deraadt 292: 08/08 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945
293: 08/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914
294: 08/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC
1.59 jasper 295: 08/10 Major terrorist plot to destroy aircrafst disrupted by
296: Scotland Yard, 2006
1.1 deraadt 297: 08/11 Dog days end
298: 08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
1.59 jasper 299: 08/12 Cleopatra commits suicide, 30BC
1.1 deraadt 300: 08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961
301: 08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934
1.59 jasper 302: 08/14 France introduces motor vehicle registration, 1893
1.1 deraadt 303: 08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947
304: 08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898
1.59 jasper 305: 08/17 Indonesian Declaration of Independence, 1945
306: 08/18 Power blackout on Java, Indonesia, affects almost
307: 100 million people, 2005
1.1 deraadt 308: 08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856
1.59 jasper 309: 08/20 First commercial radio station airs in Detroit, Michigan, 1920
310: 08/21 Lourvre employee steals the "Mona Lisa", 1911
1.1 deraadt 311: 08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets
312: 08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963
313: 08/22 St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565
314: 08/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927
315: 08/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960
1.56 steven 316: 08/25 General de Gaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944
1.1 deraadt 317: 08/26 Women get the vote, 1920
318: 08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
319: 08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
1.59 jasper 320: 08/28 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay, 1609
321: 08/29 Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, 1831
1.1 deraadt 322: 08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842
323: 08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960
324: 08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru
325: 08/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963
326: 08/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983
327: 08/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888
328: 08/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926
1.41 mickey 329: 08/31 Independent union "Solidarnosc" born, Gdansk, 1980
1.1 deraadt 330: 09/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972
331: 09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
332: 09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
333: 09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
1.61 jasper 334: 09/04 Napoleon III is deposed and the Third Republic is declared, 1870
335: 09/05 St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland, 1980
1.1 deraadt 336: 09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
337: 09/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland
1.61 jasper 338: 09/07 Brazil declares its independence from Portugal, 1822
1.1 deraadt 339: 09/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888
1.61 jasper 340: 09/09 John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph, 1839
1.1 deraadt 341: 09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
1.61 jasper 342: 09/11 World Wide Fund (WWF) founded, 1961
1.1 deraadt 343: 09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
1.42 sturm 344: 09/12 Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938
1.1 deraadt 345: 09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
1.7 pjanzen 346: 09/13 British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, 1788
1.1 deraadt 347: 09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122
348: 09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943
349: 09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
1.61 jasper 350: 09/15 The Nazi's adopt a new national flag with the swastika, 1935
351: 09/16 General Motors is founded, 1908
1.44 mickey 352: 09/17 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859
1.1 deraadt 353: 09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862
354: 09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi
1.61 jasper 355: 09/19 Walt Disney releases Steamboat Willie, 1928
1.1 deraadt 356: 09/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519
1.61 jasper 357: 09/21 J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published, 1937
1.1 deraadt 358: 09/22 Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953
359: 09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
1.2 millert 360: 09/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
1.61 jasper 361: 09/24 The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England, 1664
362: 09/25 Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking era, 1066
363: 09/26 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic, 1973
1.1 deraadt 364: 09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
365: 09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
366: 09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon,
367: 490BC
368: 09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
369: 1888
370: 09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
371: 09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
1.62 jasper 372: 10/01 Austria issues the world's first postcards, 1869
373: 10/02 Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec, 1535
374: 10/03 O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of murder, 1995
1.1 deraadt 375: 10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853
1.62 jasper 376: 10/05 Portugal declares itself a republic, 1910
1.1 deraadt 377: 10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853
378: 10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
379: 10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973
380: 10/07 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic
381: 10/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
382: 10/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974
1.62 jasper 383: 10/08 San Marino adopts its written constitution, 1600
1.1 deraadt 384: 10/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876
385: 10/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba
386: 10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea
387: 10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976
388: 10/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962
389: 10/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492
1.45 mickey 390: 10/12 Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of
391: Saxony-Hildburghausen, Oktoberfest, 1810
1.1 deraadt 392: 10/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960
393: 10/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920
394: 10/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943
395: 10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066
1.62 jasper 396: 10/15 Edison Electric Light Company begins operation, 1878
397: 10/16 The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney
398: and his brother, Roy Disney, 1923
399: 10/17 Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion, 1931
1.63 jmc 400: 10/18 The Grand Ole Opry opens its doors, 1925
1.1 deraadt 401: 10/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949
402: 10/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812
403: 10/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973
404: 10/20 OPEC embargo, 1973
405: 10/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879
406: 10/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959
1.62 jasper 407: 10/22 Laos gains independence from France, 1953
1.1 deraadt 408: 10/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944
409: 10/23 Swallows leave Capistrano
1.22 mickey 410: 10/23 South African troops invade Angola in support of UNITA and FNLA, 1975
1.62 jasper 411: 10/24 Founding of the United Nations, 1945
1.1 deraadt 412: 10/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971
413: 10/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978
1.62 jasper 414: 10/27 Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of
415: a global economic meltdown, 1997
1.1 deraadt 416: 10/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492
417: 10/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312
1.62 jasper 418: 10/29 Leibniz makes the first use of the "long s" for integral, 1675
419: 10/30 Communist Party of Australia founded in Sydney, 1920
1.1 deraadt 420: 10/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517
1.2 millert 421: 11/01 Austria-Hungary become two separate nations, 1918
1.1 deraadt 422: 11/01 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950
423: 11/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940
424: 11/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783
425: 11/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954
426: 11/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956
427: 11/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605
428: 11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R.
429: 11/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837
430: 11/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805
1.64 ! jasper 431: 11/08 Invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the
! 432: Stockholm Bloodbath, 1520
1.1 deraadt 433: 11/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927
434: 11/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888
435: 11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871
1.64 ! jasper 436: 11/11 First broadcast of Sesame Street, 1970
1.1 deraadt 437: 11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan
1.64 ! jasper 438: 11/13 St. Brice's Day massacre by order of Ethelred, king of England, 1002
! 439: 11/14 Czechoslovakie becomes a republic, 1918
! 440: 11/15 First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, 1920
1.1 deraadt 441: 11/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
1.64 ! jasper 442: 11/17 Elizabeth I of England succeeds Queen Mary I of England, 1558
1.1 deraadt 443: 11/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952
1.64 ! jasper 444: 11/19 Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company, 1916
! 445: 11/20 Nuremberg Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin, 1945
! 446: 11/21 Birmingham Pub Bombings by the IRA kill 21 people, 1974
! 447: 11/22 John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, 1963
! 448: 11/23 The first edition of Life is published. 1936
! 449: 11/24 Alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by
! 450: Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas, 1963
1.1 deraadt 451: 11/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867
1.64 ! jasper 452: 11/26 Last flight ever with a Concorde made over Bristol, UK, 2003
1.1 deraadt 453: 11/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895
1.52 mickey 454: 11/27 Friction match invented by englishman John Walker, Sweden, 1826
1.64 ! jasper 455: 11/28 Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, 1912
1.1 deraadt 456: 11/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922
1.64 ! jasper 457: 12/01 Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, 1913
! 458: 12/02 Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French, 1852
1.1 deraadt 459: 12/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910
1.9 pjanzen 460: 12/03 First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967
1.1 deraadt 461: 12/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971
1.64 ! jasper 462: 12/04 People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution, 1982
1.1 deraadt 463: 12/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776
1.64 ! jasper 464: 12/06 London becomes the world's first city with motorised cabs, 1897
1.1 deraadt 465: 12/07 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941
1.64 ! jasper 466: 12/08 Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum, 1991
1.1 deraadt 467: 12/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884
468: 12/10 Metric system established in France, 1799
469: 12/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year
1.64 ! jasper 470: 12/11 The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, 1931
1.1 deraadt 471: 12/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901
472: 12/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769
1.64 ! jasper 473: 12/14 Portugal joins the United Nations, 1955
1.1 deraadt 474: 12/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976
475: 12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891
1.64 ! jasper 476: 12/16 Pokemon episode (Electric Soldier Porygon) triggers attacks of
! 477: photosensitive epilepsy in hundreds of Japanese children, 1997
! 478: 12/17 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published, 1843
! 479: 12/18 Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea, 1961
! 480: 12/19 Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the
! 481: German Army, 1941
! 482: 12/20 Cheka founded, 1917
! 483: 12/21 Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France, 1958
! 484: 12/22 First freight train is operated in Roorkee in India, 1851
! 485: 12/23 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories, 1947
! 486: 12/24 Hong Kong falls to the Japanese Imperial Army, 1941
! 487: 12/25 Christian holiday Christmas Day celebrated
! 488: 12/25 Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors, 1643
1.1 deraadt 489: 12/26 DPMA founded, 1951
490: 12/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845
1.64 ! jasper 491: 12/28 Spain recognizes independence of Mexico, 1836
1.1 deraadt 492: 12/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890
1.29 mickey 493: 12/29 Edison receives patent for Radio, 1891
1.64 ! jasper 494: 12/30 Soviet Ukrainian Republic declared, 1917
! 495: 12/30 Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations, 1993
1.1 deraadt 496: 12/31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland
1.30 mickey 497: 12/31 Windows tax in England, 1695
498: 12/31 First supersonic commercial flight by Tu-144, 1968
1.2 millert 499:
500: #endif /* !_calendar_history_ */