Allyourbase Posted December 13, 2013 Safferz;990977 wrote: December 13 1937 - Nanking falls to the Japanese and the Nanking Massacre begins The rape of Nanjing :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoctorKenney Posted December 14, 2013 What an interesting thread. Thanks for posting this Safferz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 14, 2013 Thanks DK December 14 1799 - the first president of the US, George Washington, dies at age 67 1900 - Max Planck of Berlin University reveals his Quantum Theory 1903 - the Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly in North Carolina 1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first expedition to reach the South Pole 1946 - The United Nations establishes its headquarters in New York City 1981 - Israel formally annexes Golan Heights 2003 - Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf escapes assassination attempt 2008 - Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad 2012 - 27 people, including 20 children, are killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 15, 2013 December 15 1791 - the United States Bill of Rights is ratified 1890 - Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation 1914 - A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojo coal mine in Kyushu, Japan kills 687 1937 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta 1961 - Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi SS colonel and major organizer of the Holocaust, is sentenced to death for war crimes by an Israeli court 1964 - Canadian parliament votes to adopt a new flag, replacing the British Union flag 1966 - Walt Disney dies at the age of 65 1970 - Soviet aircraft Venera 7 lands on Venus, the first successful soft landing on another planet 1973 - American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders 1989 - Popular uprising that lead to the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu begins in Romania Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 16, 2013 December 16 1497 - Vasco de Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland 1707 - Mt Fuji erupts for the last time in Japan 1773 - The Boston Tea Party takes place at Boston harbor in protest of the Tea Act 1944 - The Battle of the Bulge begins in WWII as Germany launches a surprise counterrattack against Allied forces in Belgium 1960 - Two planes collide over Staten Island, killing 134 1960 - US president Truman declares a state of emergency in order to fight "Communist imperialism" 1990 - Jean Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti in its first democratic elections 2010 - Larry King leaves his CNN talk show after 25 years 2012 - a young Indian woman is gang raped and dies of her injuries in Delhi, sparking international outcry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
