Today in History... 1667 - A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. 1703 - The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale. 1715 - 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1817 - 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC) 1826 - The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. 1834 - Delmonicos, one of NYs finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee & half a pie for 12 cents 1867 - Alfred Nobel patents dynamite 1884 - John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk 1920 - 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila) 1922 - Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tuts tomb 1940 - Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantzs Knock Knock 1955 - Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states 1960 - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series 1963 - JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery 1983 - Worlds greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England 2005 - Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians. Maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe, as well as the possible nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities and 2 million of its citizens by Soviet-controlled forces, are released.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:21:02 +0000
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