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spidge · 12-09-2007, 12:55 PM

1953 - John F. Kennedy, 36, married Jacqueline Bouvier, 24, in a ceremony before 750 invited guests at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island, conducted by Archbishop Richard Cushing of Boston.

1953 - Nikita Khrushchev was elected first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR.

1974 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, was deposed by an army coup after 44 years as ruler.

1977 - Steve Biko, the South African black civil rights leader, died while he was in police detention.

1990 - A treaty was signed by East and West Germany and the World War II Allies allowing for the restoration of sovereignty to a re-united Germany.

Birthday - American Olympic athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was born in Oakville, Alabama (as James Cleveland Owens). He won four medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, defeating Nazi athletes. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler stormed out of the stadium rather than present the medals to Owens, an African American.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,171 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	1953 - John F. Kennedy, 36, married Jacqueline Bouvier, 24, in a ceremony before 750 invited guests at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island, conducted by Archbishop Richard Cushing of Boston. 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev was elected first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR. 1974 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, was deposed by an army coup after 44 years as ruler. 1977 - Steve Biko, the South African black civil rights leader, died while he was in police detention. 1990 - A treaty was signed by East and West Germany and the World War II Allies allowing for the restoration of sovereignty to a re-united Germany. Birthday - American Olympic athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was born in Oakville, Alabama (as James Cleveland Owens). He won four medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, defeating Nazi athletes. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler stormed out of the stadium rather than present the medals to Owens, an African American. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm