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1.2       millert     1: /*
                      2:  * History
                      3:  *
1.70    ! mbalmer     4:  * $OpenBSD: calendar.history,v 1.69 2007/04/22 10:48:04 pedro 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
1.65      jasper    109: 03/16  Largest coordinated worldwide vigil against the Iraq War, 2003
1.55      jasper    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
1.67      jasper    117: 03/22  World Day for Water
1.55      jasper    118: 03/23  The first Islamic replublic in the world is Pakistan, 1956
1.1       deraadt   119: 03/24  Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900
1.55      jasper    120: 03/25  The first Bed-In for Peace by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1969
                    121: 03/26  The driving test is introduced, in the United Kingdom, 1934
1.1       deraadt   122: 03/27  Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958
                    123: 03/28  Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979
1.55      jasper    124: 03/29  The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all work places, 2004
1.1       deraadt   125: 03/30  Pencil with eraser patented, 1858
1.55      jasper    126: 03/31  The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated, 1889
1.1       deraadt   127: 04/01  People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day.
1.55      jasper    128: 04/02  Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia, 1930
1.56      steven    129: 04/03  First publication of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, 1896
                    130: 04/04  NATO established, 1949
1.55      jasper    131: 04/05  Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, 1614
1.1       deraadt   132: 04/06  Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830
                    133: 04/07  Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943
                    134: 04/07  Alewives run, Cape Cod
1.55      jasper    135: 04/08  The Venus de Milo is found on the island of Melos, 1820
                    136: 04/09  The first public exhibition of art opens in Paris, 1667
                    137: 04/10  The Belfast Agreement is signed, on Good Friday, 1998
                    138: 04/11  The Shogunate is abolished in Japan, 1868
1.68      miod      139: 04/12  Great Britain adopts the Union Jack as their national flag, 1606
1.1       deraadt   140: 04/13  Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos
                    141: 04/14  Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912
1.56      steven    142: 04/15  Insulin first becomes generally available for use by diabetics, 1923
1.55      jasper    143: 04/16  Syria becomes an independent Republic, 1946
1.1       deraadt   144: 04/17  Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961
1.55      jasper    145: 04/18  The League of Nations is dissolved after 27 years, 1946
1.1       deraadt   146: 04/19  Landing of the "33" in Uruguay
                    147: 04/19  Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943
1.55      jasper    148: 04/20  In Bulgaria, the April Uprising takes place, 1876
                    149: 04/21  Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus, 753BC
1.69      pedro     150: 04/22  Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to
                    151:        sight Brazil, 1500
1.55      jasper    152: 04/22  The first Earth Day is celebrated, 1970
1.45      mickey    153: 04/23  Bavarian co-rulers Duke Wilhelm IV and Duke Ludwig X proclaimed the
                    154:        weighty and consequential Bavarian Beer Purity Law
                    155:        (later Reinheitsgebot), 1516
1.55      jasper    156: 04/24  The Greek enter Troy with the Trojan Horse, 1184BC
                    157: 04/25  Integrated circuit patented by Robert Noyce, 1961
1.2       millert   158: 04/26  William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564,
1.7       pjanzen   159:        birthdate less certain
1.2       millert   160: 04/27  Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521
1.55      jasper    161: 04/28  President of France, Charles de Gaulle resigns, 1969
1.1       deraadt   162: 04/29  Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913
1.55      jasper    163: 04/30  Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide, 1945
1.1       deraadt   164: 05/01  Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god
1.43      mickey    165: 05/01  Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati of Bavaria, 1776
1.55      jasper    166: 05/02  The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness monster is reported, 1933
                    167: 05/03  Jamaica is spotted by Christopher Columbus, 1494
                    168: 05/04  Christopher Columbus sets foot on Jamaica, 1494
                    169: 05/05  Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire, 1260
1.54      jasper    170: 05/06  Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1937
1.56      steven    171: 05/07  Germany surrenders after World War II, 1945
1.66      mickey    172: 05/08  Herbert Akroyd Stuart patented the first "diesel" engine, 1890
1.55      jasper    173: 05/09  The first parliament of Australia opens in Melbourne, 1901
1.1       deraadt   174: 05/10  Germany invades Low Countries, 1940
                    175: 05/10  Nazi bookburning, 1933
1.55      jasper    176: 05/11  Thailand is no longer known as Siam, 1949
                    177: 05/12  Tunisia becomes a French protectorate, 1881
                    178: 05/13  Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after
                    179:        having been accused of treason, 1619
1.1       deraadt   180: 05/14  Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
                    181: 05/14  Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948
1.56      steven    182: 05/15  The civil war in Finland ends, 1918
1.55      jasper    183: 05/16  Root beer invented by Charles Elmer Hires, 1866
1.1       deraadt   184: 05/17  24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982
                    185: 05/18  Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay
                    186: 05/18  Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804
1.55      jasper    187: 05/19  The Legion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte, 1802
                    188: 05/20  The first modern atlas issued by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
1.1       deraadt   189: 05/21  Battle of Iquique in Chile
1.55      jasper    190: 05/22  The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony,
                    191:        is abolished, 1840
1.1       deraadt   192: 05/23  Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960
                    193: 05/24  Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador
                    194: 05/25  Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830
1.55      jasper    195: 05/26  John Calvin and his followers are expelled from Geneva, 1538
                    196: 05/27  The pop-up toaster patented by Charles Strite, 1919
                    197: 05/28  Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication, 1936
1.1       deraadt   198: 05/29  Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953
                    199: 05/29  First food stamps issued, 1961
1.55      jasper    200: 05/30  Beginning of the civil war over Biafra, 1967
                    201: 05/31  Yom Kippur War comes to an end by the signing of a disengagement
                    202:        agreement by Syria and Israel, 1974
1.57      jasper    203: 06/01  In a referendum the Dutch reject the European Constitution, 2005
                    204: 06/02  Denmark rejects the Maastricht Treaty in a close-call referendum, 1992
1.8       pjanzen   205: 06/03  Last Star Trek episode first aired ("Turnabout Intruder"), 1969
1.24      david     206: 06/03  Edward White becomes the first American to perform a "Space Walk", 1965
1.28      mickey    207: 06/04  Roquefort cheese developed, 1070
1.57      jasper    208: 06/05  Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem, 70
1.1       deraadt   209: 06/06  First drive-in movie, 1933
                    210: 06/06  Normandy landing, 1944
1.57      jasper    211: 06/07  The first act of civil disobedience by Gandhi, 1893
                    212: 06/08  The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa, 1866
                    213: 06/09  The Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, 68
1.1       deraadt   214: 06/10  Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.
                    215: 06/11  Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC
1.70    ! mbalmer   216: 06/12  Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison, 1964
1.57      jasper    217: 06/13  Much of Vancouver, British Columbia, is devastated by a fire, 1886
1.1       deraadt   218: 06/14  Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834
                    219: 06/15  Magna Carta signed, 1215
                    220: 06/15  Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford
                    221:        that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop,
                    222:        1878
1.57      jasper    223: 06/16  Henry Ford launched the Ford Motor Company, 1903
1.1       deraadt   224: 06/17  China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967
1.57      jasper    225: 06/18  Winston Churchill delivers his "Finest Hour" speech, 1940
1.35      mickey    226: 06/19  Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893
1.1       deraadt   227: 06/19  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953
                    228: 06/20  Victoria crowned, 1837
                    229: 06/21  Berlin airlift begins, 1948
                    230: 06/21  Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge
1.57      jasper    231: 06/22  The June Days Uprising in Paris begins, 1848
1.1       deraadt   232: 06/23  Slavery abolished in England, 1772
1.56      steven    233: 06/23  Harriet, Darwin's turtle died at the age of 176 years, 2006
1.57      jasper    234: 06/24  The capital of Jamaica, Kingston, is founded, 1664
1.1       deraadt   235: 06/25  Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876
                    236: 06/25  North Korea invades South Korea, 1950
1.28      mickey    237: 06/26  Toothbrush invented, 1498
1.1       deraadt   238: 06/26  St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959
1.57      jasper    239: 06/27  The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London, 1967
1.48      jasper    240: 06/28  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated in Sarajevo,
                    241:        marking the beginning of World War I, 1914
                    242: 06/28  World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
1.57      jasper    243: 06/29  The Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom, 1976
1.49      jasper    244: 06/30  Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity, 1905
1.34      mickey    245: 06/30  "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908
1.1       deraadt   246: 06/30  China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960
1.49      jasper    247: 07/01  Warsaw Pact officially dissolved, 1991
                    248: 07/01  The first day on the Somme marked the beginning of the
                    249:        Battle of the Somme, 1916
                    250: 07/01  Hong Kong becomes a special administrative region of the People's
                    251:        Republic of China, 1997
                    252: 07/02  Vermont abolishes slavery, as the first state, 1777
1.1       deraadt   253: 07/03  Dog days begin
                    254: 07/04  Thoreau enters woods, 1845
1.53      mickey    255: 07/05  Bikini demonstrated for the first time, 1946
1.1       deraadt   256: 07/06  Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917
                    257: 07/07  First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949
1.58      jasper    258: 07/08  A UFO is believed to have crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, 1947
                    259: 07/09  The African Union gets established, 2002
                    260: 07/10  Most of London gets burned down in a severe fire, 1212
                    261: 07/11  Mongolia gains independence from China, 1921
1.1       deraadt   262: 07/12  Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933
                    263: 07/13  Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908
1.58      jasper    264: 07/14  Storming of the Bastille by the citizens of Paris, 1789
1.60      jasper    265: 07/15  First item sold via Amazon.com, 1995
1.58      jasper    266: 07/16  End of the civil war in Rwanda, 1994
1.1       deraadt   267: 07/17  Disneyland opens, 1955
1.58      jasper    268: 07/18  "Mein Kampf" is published, 1925
                    269: 07/19  France declares war on Prussia, marking the beginning of the
                    270:        Franco-Prussian war, 1870
                    271: 07/20  Ford Motor Company ships their car, 1903
1.1       deraadt   272: 07/21  Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954
1.58      jasper    273: 07/22  Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly around the world, 1933
1.1       deraadt   274: 07/23  Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904
                    275: 07/24  Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925
1.58      jasper    276: 07/25  First test-tube baby born, 1978
                    277: 07/26  Potsdam Declaration signed, 1945
                    278: 07/27  The last Citroen 2CV made, 1990
1.4       mickey    279: 07/28  Potato introduced in Europe by Sir Thomas Harriot, 1586
1.58      jasper    280: 07/29  Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 1836
                    281: 07/30  Elvis Presley performes for the first time in public, 1954
                    282: 07/31  First U.S. patent issued, 1790
1.1       deraadt   283: 08/01  Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
                    284:        this day
1.59      jasper    285: 08/02  Hitler becomes the Fuehrer of Germany, 1934
1.1       deraadt   286: 08/03  Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492
                    287: 08/03  USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
                    288: 08/04  Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892
                    289: 08/04  Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964
                    290: 08/04  Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914
1.59      jasper    291: 08/05  Nelson Mandela is jailed, 1962
1.1       deraadt   292: 08/06  Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945
                    293: 08/06  Caricom in Barbados
1.59      jasper    294: 08/07  Jack the Ripper makes his first kill, 1888
1.1       deraadt   295: 08/08  Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945
                    296: 08/08  Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914
                    297: 08/09  Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC
1.59      jasper    298: 08/10  Major terrorist plot to destroy aircrafst disrupted by
                    299:        Scotland Yard, 2006
1.1       deraadt   300: 08/11  Dog days end
                    301: 08/11  France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
1.59      jasper    302: 08/12  Cleopatra commits suicide, 30BC
1.1       deraadt   303: 08/13  Berlin wall erected, 1961
                    304: 08/13  Li'l Abner debut, 1934
1.59      jasper    305: 08/14  France introduces motor vehicle registration, 1893
1.1       deraadt   306: 08/15  Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947
                    307: 08/16  Roller Coaster patented, 1898
1.59      jasper    308: 08/17  Indonesian Declaration of Independence, 1945
                    309: 08/18  Power blackout on Java, Indonesia, affects almost
                    310:        100 million people, 2005
1.1       deraadt   311: 08/19  Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856
1.59      jasper    312: 08/20  First commercial radio station airs in Detroit, Michigan, 1920
                    313: 08/21  Lourvre employee steals the "Mona Lisa", 1911
1.1       deraadt   314: 08/22  Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets
                    315: 08/22  Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963
                    316: 08/22  St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565
                    317: 08/23  Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927
                    318: 08/24  -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960
1.56      steven    319: 08/25  General de Gaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944
1.1       deraadt   320: 08/26  Women get the vote, 1920
                    321: 08/27  "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
                    322: 08/27  Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
1.59      jasper    323: 08/28  Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay, 1609
                    324: 08/29  Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, 1831
1.1       deraadt   325: 08/30  75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842
                    326: 08/30  Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960
                    327: 08/30  St. Rose of Lima in Peru
                    328: 08/30  Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963
                    329: 08/31  269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983
                    330: 08/31  Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888
                    331: 08/31  Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926
1.41      mickey    332: 08/31  Independent union "Solidarnosc" born, Gdansk, 1980
1.1       deraadt   333: 09/01  Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972
                    334: 09/02  Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
                    335: 09/02  Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
                    336: 09/03  Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
1.61      jasper    337: 09/04  Napoleon III is deposed and the Third Republic is declared, 1870
                    338: 09/05  St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland, 1980
1.1       deraadt   339: 09/06  149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
                    340: 09/06  Somhlolo in Swaziland
1.61      jasper    341: 09/07  Brazil declares its independence from Portugal, 1822
1.1       deraadt   342: 09/08  Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888
1.61      jasper    343: 09/09  John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph, 1839
1.1       deraadt   344: 09/10  Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
1.61      jasper    345: 09/11  World Wide Fund (WWF) founded, 1961
1.1       deraadt   346: 09/12  German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
1.42      sturm     347: 09/12  Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938
1.1       deraadt   348: 09/13  136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
1.7       pjanzen   349: 09/13  British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, 1788
1.1       deraadt   350: 09/13  Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122
                    351: 09/13  Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943
                    352: 09/14  The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
1.61      jasper    353: 09/15  The Nazi's adopt a new national flag with the swastika, 1935
                    354: 09/16  General Motors is founded, 1908
1.44      mickey    355: 09/17  Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859
1.1       deraadt   356: 09/17  Battle of Antietam, 1862
                    357: 09/18  Victory of Uprona in Burundi
1.61      jasper    358: 09/19  Walt Disney releases Steamboat Willie, 1928
1.1       deraadt   359: 09/20  Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519
1.61      jasper    360: 09/21  J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published, 1937
1.1       deraadt   361: 09/22  Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953
                    362: 09/22  The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
1.2       millert   363: 09/23  Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
1.61      jasper    364: 09/24  The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England, 1664
                    365: 09/25  Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking era, 1066
                    366: 09/26  Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic, 1973
1.1       deraadt   367: 09/27  The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
                    368: 09/28  "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
                    369: 09/28  A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon,
                    370:        490BC
                    371: 09/30  Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
                    372:        1888
                    373: 09/30  The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
                    374: 09/30  The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
1.62      jasper    375: 10/01  Austria issues the world's first postcards, 1869
                    376: 10/02  Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec, 1535
                    377: 10/03  O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of murder, 1995
1.1       deraadt   378: 10/04  Crimean war begins, 1853
1.62      jasper    379: 10/05  Portugal declares itself a republic, 1910
1.1       deraadt   380: 10/06  Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853
                    381: 10/06  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
                    382: 10/06  Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973
                    383: 10/07  Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic
                    384: 10/07  Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
                    385: 10/07  Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974
1.62      jasper    386: 10/08  San Marino adopts its written constitution, 1600
1.1       deraadt   387: 10/09  First two-way telephone conversation, 1876
                    388: 10/10  Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba
                    389: 10/10  Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea
                    390: 10/11  The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976
                    391: 10/11  The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962
                    392: 10/12  Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492
1.45      mickey    393: 10/12  Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of
                    394:        Saxony-Hildburghausen, Oktoberfest, 1810
1.1       deraadt   395: 10/12  Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960
                    396: 10/12  Man O'War's last race, 1920
                    397: 10/13  Italy declares war on Germany, 1943
                    398: 10/14  Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066
1.62      jasper    399: 10/15  Edison Electric Light Company begins operation, 1878
                    400: 10/16  The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney
                    401:        and his brother, Roy Disney, 1923
                    402: 10/17  Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion, 1931
1.63      jmc       403: 10/18  The Grand Ole Opry opens its doors, 1925
1.1       deraadt   404: 10/19  Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949
                    405: 10/19  Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812
                    406: 10/20  "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973
                    407: 10/20  OPEC embargo, 1973
                    408: 10/21  Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879
                    409: 10/21  Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959
1.62      jasper    410: 10/22  Laos gains independence from France, 1953
1.1       deraadt   411: 10/23  Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944
                    412: 10/23  Swallows leave Capistrano
1.22      mickey    413: 10/23  South African troops invade Angola in support of UNITA and FNLA, 1975
1.62      jasper    414: 10/24  Founding of the United Nations, 1945
1.1       deraadt   415: 10/25  The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971
                    416: 10/26  UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978
1.62      jasper    417: 10/27  Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of
                    418:        a global economic meltdown, 1997
1.1       deraadt   419: 10/28  Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492
                    420: 10/28  Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312
1.62      jasper    421: 10/29  Leibniz makes the first use of the "long s" for integral, 1675
                    422: 10/30  Communist Party of Australia founded in Sydney, 1920
1.1       deraadt   423: 10/31  Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517
1.2       millert   424: 11/01  Austria-Hungary become two separate nations, 1918
1.1       deraadt   425: 11/01  Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950
                    426: 11/02  Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940
                    427: 11/02  Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783
                    428: 11/03  Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954
                    429: 11/04  Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956
                    430: 11/05  Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605
                    431: 11/06  Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R.
                    432: 11/07  Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837
                    433: 11/07  Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805
1.64      jasper    434: 11/08  Invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the
                    435:        Stockholm Bloodbath, 1520
1.1       deraadt   436: 11/09  Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927
                    437: 11/09  Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888
                    438: 11/10  Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871
1.64      jasper    439: 11/11  First broadcast of Sesame Street, 1970
1.1       deraadt   440: 11/12  Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan
1.64      jasper    441: 11/13  St. Brice's Day massacre by order of Ethelred, king of England, 1002
                    442: 11/14  Czechoslovakie becomes a republic, 1918
                    443: 11/15  First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, 1920
1.1       deraadt   444: 11/16  Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
1.64      jasper    445: 11/17  Elizabeth I of England succeeds Queen Mary I of England, 1558
1.1       deraadt   446: 11/18  First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952
1.64      jasper    447: 11/19  Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company, 1916
                    448: 11/20  Nuremberg Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin, 1945
                    449: 11/21  Birmingham Pub Bombings by the IRA kill 21 people, 1974
                    450: 11/22  John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, 1963
                    451: 11/23  The first edition of Life is published. 1936
                    452: 11/24  Alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by
                    453:        Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas, 1963
1.1       deraadt   454: 11/25  Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867
1.64      jasper    455: 11/26  Last flight ever with a Concorde made over Bristol, UK, 2003
1.1       deraadt   456: 11/27  Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895
1.52      mickey    457: 11/27  Friction match invented by englishman John Walker, Sweden, 1826
1.64      jasper    458: 11/28  Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, 1912
1.1       deraadt   459: 11/29  King Tut's tomb opened, 1922
1.64      jasper    460: 12/01  Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, 1913
                    461: 12/02  Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French, 1852
1.1       deraadt   462: 12/03  First neon light display, Paris, 1910
1.9       pjanzen   463: 12/03  First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967
1.1       deraadt   464: 12/03  The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971
1.64      jasper    465: 12/04  People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution, 1982
1.1       deraadt   466: 12/05  Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776
1.64      jasper    467: 12/06  London becomes the world's first city with motorised cabs, 1897
1.1       deraadt   468: 12/07  Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941
1.64      jasper    469: 12/08  Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum, 1991
1.1       deraadt   470: 12/09  Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884
                    471: 12/10  Metric system established in France, 1799
                    472: 12/10  Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year
1.64      jasper    473: 12/11  The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, 1931
1.1       deraadt   474: 12/12  First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901
                    475: 12/13  Dartmouth College chartered, 1769
1.64      jasper    476: 12/14  Portugal joins the United Nations, 1955
1.1       deraadt   477: 12/15  Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976
                    478: 12/15  James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891
1.64      jasper    479: 12/16  Pokemon episode (Electric Soldier Porygon) triggers attacks of
                    480:        photosensitive epilepsy in hundreds of Japanese children, 1997
                    481: 12/17  Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published, 1843
                    482: 12/18  Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea, 1961
                    483: 12/19  Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the
                    484:        German Army, 1941
                    485: 12/20  Cheka founded, 1917
                    486: 12/21  Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France, 1958
                    487: 12/22  First freight train is operated in Roorkee in India, 1851
                    488: 12/23  The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories, 1947
                    489: 12/24  Hong Kong falls to the Japanese Imperial Army, 1941
                    490: 12/25  Christian holiday Christmas Day celebrated
                    491: 12/25  Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors, 1643
1.1       deraadt   492: 12/26  DPMA founded, 1951
                    493: 12/27  Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845
1.64      jasper    494: 12/28  Spain recognizes independence of Mexico, 1836
1.1       deraadt   495: 12/29  Battle of Wounded knee, 1890
1.29      mickey    496: 12/29  Edison receives patent for Radio, 1891
1.64      jasper    497: 12/30  Soviet Ukrainian Republic declared, 1917
                    498: 12/30  Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations, 1993
1.1       deraadt   499: 12/31  St. Sylvester in Switzerland
1.30      mickey    500: 12/31  Windows tax in England, 1695
                    501: 12/31  First supersonic commercial flight by Tu-144, 1968
1.2       millert   502:
                    503: #endif /* !_calendar_history_ */