Saturday, December 5, 2009

++This Tweet in History: December 2, 2009++

  • WRLD: 1971 – Emirates of the world, unite! Independent UAE is borne of 6 Trucial states
  • SPRT: 1975 – Griffin is first to win a second Heisman
  • OTHR: 1942 – Fermi and team usher in nuclear age with self-sustaining nuclear reaction
  • BDAY: Monica Seles; Gianni Versace; Maria Callas; Georges Seurat

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  • ++This Tweet in History: December 1, 2009++

  • WRLD: 1958 – 90 students die in Chicago school’s fire, sparking reforms in fire safety
  • TECH: 1982 – Rough road ahead for Clark, recipient of first permanent artificial heart
  • OTHR: 1955 – Rosa Parks it on bus; will not be moved by Jim Crow
  • BDAY: Bette Midler; Richard Pryor; Woddy Allen; Lou Rawls

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  • ++This Tweet in History: November 30, 2009++

  • WRLD: 1700 – Sweden’s Teenage King Charles, vastly outmanned, outflanks, outfights Russian forces at Narva
  • SPRT: 1872 – In first international soccer game, neither Scots, English score first
  • OTHR: 1954 – Alabama’s Hodges survives close encounter of the meteoric kind
  • BDAY: Clay Aiken; Shirley Chisholm; Winston Churchill; Jonathan Swift

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  • ++This Tweet in History: November 29, 2009++

  • WRLD: 1947 – UN’s Partition Plan splits British Mandate in Palestine into Jewish, Arab states
  • SPRT: 1890 – Middies whip Cadets in first incarnation of Amry-Navy football game
  • TECH: 1972 – Pong’s debut ushers in video game era
  • BDAY: Chuck Mangione; Vin Scully; C.S. Lewis; Louisa May Alcott

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  • ++This Tweet in History: November 28, 2009++

    ++This Tweet in History: November 28, 2009++
  • WRLD: 1520 – Magellan breaks on through to the other side
  • SPRT: 1929 – It’s not now but Nevers who scores all 40 in Cards over Bears
  • HUH?: 1999 – Naked guy with samurai sword pops in on mass, injuring 11
  • BDAY: Anna nicole Smith; Jon Steward; Randy Newman; Berry Gordy, Jr.

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  • ++This Tweet in History: November 27, 2009++

  • WRLD: 1967 – de Gaulle shuts Brits out of the Market. . . again
  • SPRT: 1965 – That's Howe many goals for Gordie? 600
  • OTHR: 1895 – Nobel’s will, funds annual, eponymous prizes
  • BDAY: Caroline Kennedy; Jimi Hendrix; Bruce Lee; “Buffalo” Bob Smith

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  • ++This Tweet in History: November 26, 2009++

  • WRLD: 1983 – Robbers, hoping for £3 million in cash from Brinks Mat wind up with £26 million in gold
  • SPRT: 1917 – NHL rises from NHA’s ashes as Canadian affair
  • OTHR: 1789 – National Day of Thanksgiving, as proclaimed by Washington
  • BDAY: Tina Turner; Robert Goulet; Charles Schultz; Eugene Ionesco

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