This Day in "History"

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 26

Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor (1194)

Thomas Gray
poet (1716)

Charles Babbage
mathematician (1791)

George Dewey
admiral (1837)

Steve Allen
comedian, actor, author (1921)

Carlton Fisk
baseball player (1947)

Jared Leto
actor (1971)

December 26 Birthdays: Mao Zedong | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 27

1831
Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle .

1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first
saloon.

1932
Radio City Music Hall in New York City opened.

1945
The World Bank was created with an agreement
signed by 28 nations.

1949
The Netherlands transferred sovereignty to
Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch
rule.

1979
The Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan ,
installing Afghan politician Babrak Karmal as
president.

1996
Rwanda's first genocide trial opened for the 1994
slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis.

2001
President Bush permanently normalized trade
relations with China.

2001
The U.S. announced plans to hold Taliban and al-
Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba.
This Day in History: December 27 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 27

1831
Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle .

1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first
saloon.

1932
Radio City Music Hall in New York City opened.

1945
The World Bank was created with an agreement
signed by 28 nations.

1949
The Netherlands transferred sovereignty to
Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch
rule.

1979
The Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan ,
installing Afghan politician Babrak Karmal as
president.

1996
Rwanda's first genocide trial opened for the 1994
slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis.

2001
President Bush permanently normalized trade
relations with China.

2001
The U.S. announced plans to hold Taliban and al-
Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba.
This Day in History: December 27 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 27

1831
Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle .

1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first
saloon.

1932
Radio City Music Hall in New York City opened.

1945
The World Bank was created with an agreement
signed by 28 nations.

1949
The Netherlands transferred sovereignty to
Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch
rule.

1979
The Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan ,
installing Afghan politician Babrak Karmal as
president.

1996
Rwanda's first genocide trial opened for the 1994
slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis.

2001
President Bush permanently normalized trade
relations with China.

2001
The U.S. announced plans to hold Taliban and al-
Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba.
This Day in History: December 27 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 27

Johannes Kepler
astronomer (1571)

Sir George Cayley
scientist and aerial navigator (1773)

Sydney Greenstreet
actor (1879)

Marlene Dietrich
actress (1901)

Gerard Depardieu
actor (1948)


December 27 Birthdays: Louis Pasteur | Infoplease.com

 

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[Dinesh jain]

December 28

1065
Westminster Abbey consecrated.

1832
John C. Calhoun became the first vice president
in U.S. history to resign from office.

1846
Iowa became the 29th state in the United States
.
1869
William F. Semple patented chewing gum.

1895
The Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial
movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris.

1937
Composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.

1945
Congress officially recognized the Pledge of
Allegiance .

1981
Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-
tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 29

1170
Thomas Becket , Archbishop of Canterbury, was
murdered by four knights acting under the orders
of Henry II .

1845
Texas became the 28th state in the United
States.

1851
The first Young Men's Christian Association
(YMCA) opened in Boston.

1890
The last major battle of the Indian Wars , at
Wounded Knee Creek , took place with hundreds
of Indian men, women, and children massacred.

1937
The Constitution of Ireland , changing the Irish
Free State into Eire, went into effect.

1940
During World War II , Germany began dropping
incendiary bombs on London.

1989
Vaclav Havel was elected president of
Czechoslovakia .

1996
A peace agreement was signed, ending 36 years
of conflict in Guatemala .

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 30

1853
The United States bought some 45,000 sq mi of
land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase .

1911
Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of
the Republic of China.

1922
The Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics was
established through the confederation of Russia ,
Byelorussia, Ukraine, and Transcaucasian
Federation .

1940
California's first freeway opened.

1972
President Nixon halted the heavy bombing on
North Vietnam.

1993
Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement of
mutual recognition to put an end to Jewish-
Christian hostilities.

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 28

Eliza Lucas Pinckney
horticulturist (1722)

Earl "Fatha" Hines
jazz pianist (1903)

Stan Lee
writer, editor (1922)

Simon Raven
writer (1927)

Manuel Puig
novelist (1932)

Dame Maggie Smith
actress (1934)

Denzel Washington
actor (1954)

Ray Bourque
hockey player (1960)

Linus Torvalds
computer scientist (1969)

John Legend
singer, songwriter, pianist (1978)