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Daily Run Down 06/30/2013: Historical Edition

Post author By Wayne
Post date June 30, 2013

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Here is today’s Historical Daily Run Down.

In 1422, The Battle of Arbedo begins.
In 1470, Charles VIII of France is born.
In 1559, King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting battle.
In 1685, English writer John Gay is born.
In 1794, Native Americans, under Blue Jacket, attack Fort Recovery.
In 1805, The United States Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
In 1860, An evolutionary debate occurs at Oxford.
In 1882, Charles J. Guiteau is hanged.
In 1905, Albert Einstein publishes a paper introducing Special Relativity.
In 1906, The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act.
In 1934, The Night of the Long Knives event occurs.
In 1934, German Nazi Officer Karl Ernst dies.
In 1947, American businessman Barry Bremen is born.
In 1953, The first Chevy Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
In 1960, Congro gains independence from Belgium.
In 1971, Soviet Astronaut Vladislav Volkov dies.
In 1972, The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
In 1987, The Royal Canadian Mint issues the $1 coin, known as a Loonie.
In 1997, The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the China.
In 2011, American businessman Barry Bremen dies.

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

There are 20 stories this week.

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Daily Run Down

Daily Run Down 06/28/2013: Morning Edition

Post author By Wayne
Post date June 28, 2013

Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

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Social Issues/Human Interest

Climate Change May Stop Invasive Ant Cold

General News

International

Politics

Health

New sunscreen label language

Science/Space

Technology

Internet

Mobile

T-Mobile holding a press event July 10th promises boldest moves yet
Wearable computers predicted to kill smartphones – We will see if this is the case. In the short-term I don’t think it is likely to occur, however, in the long term, it is entirely possible.

Rumors

Report Google considering game machine looking at Ouya

Software/Apps

Microsoft shows off a wall of 200 Windows Phones you can control remotely

London/Britain/UK

Funny

Bottled Lightening
A Statue of Stupidity – There are just so many things wrong with this….
Scare-Ware Comic
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Fielding
Habitable Zone
Lesson #1801 Recitation #104 – Worlds End

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 55

Look for more news stories this evening.

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Daily Run Down

Daily Run Down 06/27/2013: Evening Edition

Post author By Wayne
Post date June 27, 2013

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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General News

Diabetes Drug Maker Suspends Deal With Deen

International

Politics

Science/Space

Gaming

Splinter Cell Blacklist video shows off Classic Spies vs Mercs

Gadgets

FCC listing exposes new Roku Streaming Stick remote with audio out

Law

Mom sues energy drink maker

Patents

Apple disallowed from adding Galaxy S4 to Samsung patent suit

Technology

Internet

Amazon opens up Kindle Worlds Store for all your licensed fan fic needs

Rumors

London/Britain/UK

Funny

June 27 2013
Expensive Naw Apples are Only 89 Cents
You Fail
Come On
Bottled Lightening
A Statue of Stupidity – There are just so many things wrong with this….

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 45

Look for more stories tomorrow.

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Daily Run Down

Daily Run Down: 06/16/2013: Historical Edition

Post author By Wayne
Post date June 16, 2013

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Here is Today’s Historical Daily Run Down.

In 1139, Emperor Konoe of Japan is born.
In 1487, The Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the War of the Roses, begins.
In 1514, English Scholar John Cheke is born.
In 1644, Princess Henrietta of England is born.
In 1723, Scottish Philosopher and economist, Adam Smith, is born.
In 1745, British troops take Cape Breton Island.
In 1749, Italian Salt Trader Johann Baptista Ruffini dies.
In 1774, Harrodsburg, Kentucky is founded.
In 1795, The First Battle of Groix, also known as ‘Cornwallis’ Retreat’ begins.
In 1813, German archaeologist, Otto Jahn is born.
In 1829, Native American leader Geronimo is born.
In 1836, The formation of the London Working Men’s Association occurs.
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech.
In 1883, The Victoria Hall Theatre panic occurs killing 183 children.
In 1888, Russian physicist and mathematician Alexander Friedmann is born.
In 1891, John Abbott becomes Canada’s third Prime Minister.
In 1903, The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
In 1911, The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, later known as IBM, is founded.
In 1933, The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
In 1970, English mathematician and geophysicist Sydney Chapman dies.
In 1977, German-American rocket scientist Werner von Braun dies.
In 1994, American singer-songwriter, and part of the “27 Club”, Kristen Pfaff dies.
In 2010, Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
In 2012, American financial journalist Dan Dorfman dies.