Today in History |
2007 ‐
The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day
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2003 ‐
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building
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1990 ‐
US President George H. W. Bush calls up military reserves
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1988 ‐
Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
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1964 ‐
Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer speaks at the US Democratic National Convention about her efforts to register to vote in Mississippi
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1951 ‐
Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
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1944 ‐
Adolf Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed
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1932 ‐
BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
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1901 ‐
Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
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1851 ‐
100 Guineas Cup is raced around Isle of Wight; US schooner 'America' beats British cutter 'Aurora' by 24 minutes; first competition for the America's Cup yachting trophy
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1848 ‐
The United States annexes New Mexico
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1788 ‐
Sierra Leone settled by British as a haven for former slaves
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1787 ‐
John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
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1775 ‐
King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
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1762 ‐
1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport, Rhode Island, Mercury
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