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spidge · 12-09-2007, 01:13 PM

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1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings

1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph

1934 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R.

1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government

1933 Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms

1932 German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved

1928 Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000

1928 Katharine Hepburn's New York stage debut in "Night Hostess"

1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co

1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium

1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel

1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)

1910 World's 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD)

1908 Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier

1907 Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)

1901 Arabs attack Gedara, Palestine

1895 Defender (U.S.) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup

1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft. Salisbury)

1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter"

1878 Cleopatra Needle installed in London

1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA

1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC

1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812

1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto

1733 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king

1722 Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia

1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal

1695 New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties

1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8

1639 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England

1635 Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf

1624 1st submarine tested (London)

1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis

1217 French prince Louis and English king Henry III sign peace treaty

1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Aragon

1015 Henry I becomes earl of Leuven

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,245 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	From: http://www.brainyhistory.com 1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings 1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph 1934 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R. 1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government 1933 Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms 1932 German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved 1928 Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 1928 Katharine Hepburn's New York stage debut in "Night Hostess" 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium 1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel 1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) 1910 World's 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD) 1908 Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier 1907 Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) 1901 Arabs attack Gedara, Palestine 1895 Defender (U.S.) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup 1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft. Salisbury) 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" 1878 Cleopatra Needle installed in London 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto 1733 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king 1722 Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia 1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal 1695 New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties 1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1639 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England 1635 Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf 1624 1st submarine tested (London) 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis 1217 French prince Louis and English king Henry III sign peace treaty 1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Aragon 1015 Henry I becomes earl of Leuven __________________ 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 Last edited by spidge; 19-09-2007 at 12:01 AM.