https://africa-rising-wiki.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Today_In_History_1_4 2026-08-02T22:17:06Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.31.0 https://africa-rising-wiki.net/index.php?title=Today_In_History_1_4&diff=154293&oldid=prev 2019-02-22T01:22:41Z

<p>Created page with &quot;HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1204 - Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England, who led troops in the Second Crusade.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1666 - French forces...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1204 - Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England, who led troops in the Second Crusade.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1666 - French forces capture St Kitts, Leeward Island, West Indies, from England.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1852 - Second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1875 - The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to print a daily weather chart.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1917 - Death of Scott Joplin, US ragtime composer and [http://Realitysandwich.com/?s=musician musician].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1918 - In Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1924 - Court sentences Adolf Hitler to five years' jail for high treason after his [http://Edition.cnn.com/search/?text=abortive abortive] 1923 putsch.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1933 - Nazi Germany begins formal persecution of Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses and seizure of Jewish people's bank accounts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1937 - India Constitution goes into effect but All-India Party abstains from forming government, demanding complete independence.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1939 - Spanish Civil War ends with Nationalist victory, one million dead and a 36-year dictatorship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1945 - US Marines land on Japanese-held island Okinawa, heralding the start of the last major World War II Pacific battle.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1948 - Blockade of Berlin starts when the Russians begin checking all road and rail traffic between Berlin and the Western zones.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1955 - Hobart becomes the first Australian city to introduce parking meters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1960 - South African government bans African National Congress and Pan-African Congress.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1964 - Francois &quot;Papa Doc&quot; Duvalier installs himself as Haiti's president for life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1973 - In Britain, Value Added Tax (VAT) becomes operative.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1976 - Direct dialling from Australia to overseas countries becomes available with OTC and Telecom introducing the ISD service in Sydney.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1984 - US soul singer Marvin Gaye is shot dead by his father during an argument.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1988 - Sikh gunmen go on murder spree across India's Punjab State, killing 37 people.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1992 - US President George Bush pledges his country will help finance the $US24 billion international aid fund for the former Soviet Union.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1998 - Israel formally accepts a UN resolution calling for its withdrawal from south Lebanon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1999 - The High Court rejects an Aboriginal challenge to laws allowing the building of a bridge to Hindmarsh Island, South Australia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2002 - Euthanasia becomes legal in the Netherlands.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2008 - Gunmen fire on a car carrying foreign aid workers and abduct a Briton and a Kenyan in southern Somalia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2012 - Democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi wins a seat in [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour]'s parliament, marking her return to open politics after 22 years as a de facto political prisoner.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2014 - Therese Rein, wife of former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, sells her multinational recruitment company Ingeus to a US company, in a deal worth up to $222 million.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2017 - The federal government announces Australians aged under 21 with Type 1 Diabetes are to be given access to free glucose monitoring devices.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prince Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (1815-1898); Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer (1873-1943); Edgar Wallace, British author (1875-1932); Lon Chaney, US actor (1883-1930); Peter Cundall, British-born Australian horticulturalist and TV personality (1927-); Debbie Reynolds, US actress-entertainer (1932-2016); Ali MacGraw, US actress (1939-); Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer (1948-); David Gower, English cricketer (1957-); Mike Baird, former NSW Premier (1968-); Lachy Hulme, Australian actor (1971-); John Butler, US-Australian singer and musician (1975-).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THOUGHT FOR TODAY&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse (A rolling stone gathers no moss). - French proverb&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div>

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