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Daily Run Down

Daily Run Down: 04/08/2012 Historical Edition

Post author By Wayne
Post date April 8, 2012

Here is today’s Daily Run Down: Historical Editon.

In 217, Roman Emperor Caracalla dies.
In 1093, The new Winchester Castle is dedicated.
In 1641, Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, is born.
In 1692, Italian Composer Giuseppe Tartini is born.
In 1704, 1st Earl of Romney, Henry Sydney, dies.
In 1730, Shearith Israel, the first Synagogue in New York City is dedicated.
In 1820, The Venus de Milo, is discovered on the Aegean Island of Melos.
In 1842, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Custer is born.
In 1861, American Elevator builder Elisha Otis dies.
In 1886, William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill.
In 1895, The US Supreme Court declares that unapportioned income tax is unconstitutional.
In 1904, Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square.
In 1906, Augeste Deter, the first person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, dies.
In 1908, Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
In 1913, The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution becomes law.
In 1918, Former First Lady of the United States, Betty Ford is born.
In 1946, The Last Meeting of the League of Nations is held.
In 1959, A Team of Manufacturers, users, and University people meet to discuss a new programming language, COBOL.
In 1973, Spanish Artist and Sculptor Pablo Picasso dies.
In 1974, Hank Aaron surpasses Babe Ruth’s home run record.
In 1981, U.S. General Omar Bradley dies.
In 1992, Arthur Ashe announces he has AIDS after a blood transfusion.
In 2005, Over Four Million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
In 2010, Irish-Born World War II Veteran Jack Agnew dies.

Look for more current news tomorrow and another Historical Daily Run Down next week.

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Daily Run Down

Daily Run Down 10/27/2011

Post author By Wayne
Post date October 27, 2011

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.

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Daily Run Down

Daily Run Down 08/28/2011: Historical Edition

Post author By Wayne
Post date August 28, 2011

Here is today’s Historical Daily Run Down.

In 1189, Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre.
In 1349, 6,000 Jewish People are killed in Mainz, Germany after being accused of causing the Plague.
In 1521, The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
In 1609, Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
In 1619, Ferdinand II is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1667, Louise of Mecklenburg-Gustrow is born.
In 1789, William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
In 1818, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of Chicago, dies.
In 1845, The first issue of Scientific American is published.
In 1867, The United States takes possession Midway Atoll.
In 1898, Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink “Pepsi Cola”.
In 1913, Jack Dreyfus, American Financial Expert, is born.
In 1917, Comic Artist Jack Kirby is born.
In 1937, Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
In 1957, Senator Strom Thurman begins a 24 hour and 18 minute filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
In 1964, The Philadelphia Race Riots begin.
In 1968, The Riots agains the Democratic National Convention begin.
In 1990. The Plainfield, Illinois F5 Tornado occurs, killing 28 people.
In 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina begins making landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi.
In 2009, Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM, dies due to a drug overdose.