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Daily Run Down: 09/02/2012: Historical Edition

Here is today’s Historical Daily Run Down.

In 44BC, Cleopatra declares her son co-ruler.
In 1666, The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral.
In 1752, Great Britain adopts The Gregorian Calendar.
In 1764, English Royal Astronomer Nathaniel Bliss dies.
In 1789, The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
In 1807, The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with firebombs.
In 1810, American educator and historian William Seymour Tyler is born.
In 1850, Albert Spalding, co-founder of A.G. Spalding, is born.
In 1859, A Solar Super Storm affects telegraph service.
In 1885, The Rock Springs Massacre occurs.
In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase “Speak Softly and carry a big stick”.
In 1918, American novelist Allen Drury is born.
In 1935, A Labor Day Hurricane strikes the Florida Keys killing 423.
In 1945, Combat ends in Japan.
In 1946, American assassin Dan White is born.
In 1951, American Actor Mark Harmon was born.
In 1963, The CBS Evening News becomes U.S. Network’s television first half-hour weeknight broadcast.
In 1970, NASA announces the cancellation of Apollo missions.
In 1973, British Author J.R.R. Tolkien dies.
In 1998, American novelist Allen Drury dies.
In 2005, American Actor Bob Denver dies.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Total Number of stories: 194

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Here is today’s Historical Daily Run Down.

In 1588, Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley dies.
In 1666, The most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
In 1781, The City of Los Angeles is established by 44 Spanish Settlers.
In 1884, The United Kingdom ends its policy of transporting penal convicts to New South Wales.
In 1888, George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak.
In 1891, Fritz Todt, Nazi Official, is born.
In 1901, William Lyons, co-founder of Jaguar Cars, is born.
In 1928, Actor Dick York is born.
In 1944, The British 11th Armoured Division liberates Antwerp.
In 1950, The Beetle Bailey comic is first published.
In 1951, The first live transcontinental broadcast occurs.
In 1956, The IBM RAMAC 305, the first commercial magnetic disk storage, is introduced.
In 1957, The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
In 1958, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Loveline and Celebrity Rehab host, was born.
In 1965, Alsatian Physician Albert Schweitzer dies.
In 1998, Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
In 2006, Naturalist and TV personality Steve Irwin dies.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Reportedly the BP Well that exploded back in April is no longer a threat.
Wikipedia Founder Jimny Wales is stating that apps, not paywalls, may save traditional news.
A Congo boat has caught fire and capsized fearing that 200 people have died.
The New iPod Touch has added vibration alerts.

In 1666, the Great Fire of London ends.
In 1774, the First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
In 1850, Jack Daniel, the whiskey creator, is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Daniel.
In 1877, Lakota chief Crazy Horse dies.
In 1882, the First Labor Day Parade is held in New York City.
In 1946, Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the Rock Band Queen, was born.
In 1960, Muhammad Ali is awarded a gold medal for boxing in the Olympic Games.

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