Today in History. 1610 Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter with his newly invented telescope 1785 The English Channel was crossed by air for the first time by a hot air balloon 1927 A telephone service between London and New York began operating 1975 The oil producing members of OPEC agreed to raise prices by 10% 1986 President Regan broke off all economic links with Libya 1987 Government unemployment figues showed a North-South divide 1988 The British Prime Minister, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, pays an official visit to Nigeria. 1995 An eathquake of magnitude 6.9 hit northern Japan & caused major damage to buidings
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 06:42:40 +0000
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