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henric
02-02-2015, 12:37 AM
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506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
1141 – The Battle of Lincoln, at which King Stephen was defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda, presenting her with the unfulfilled opportunity to become the first queen of medieval England.
1207 – Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1542 – Portuguese forces under Cristovγo da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baηente.
1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
1914 – Charlie Chaplin's first film appearance, Making a Living premiered.
1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1920 – France occupies Memel.
1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1933 – Working as maids, the sisters Christine and Lιa Papin murder their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case is the subject of a number of French films and plays.
1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1935 – Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces.
1957 – Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
1959 – Dyatlov Pass incident
1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
1972 – The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
1976 – The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1982 – 1982 Hama Massacre: the government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1988 – Auntie Anne's is founded by Anne F. Beiler in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1989 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2007 – The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins.

henric
02-02-2015, 12:40 AM
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Today's Canadian Headline...

1897 LADY ABERDEEN FOUNDS THE VON
Ottawa Ontario - Countess Ishbel Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, starts organizing the Victorian Order of Nurses - the VON.

1942
Vancouver BC - Ottawa proclaims western British Columbia a 'protected area' under wartime regulations, and orders Japanese nationals moved inland for security reasons; within weeks, the government includes second and third generation Canadians of Japanese origin under the edict; they are treated as aliens and deprived of their property.



In Other Events...

1977 Toronto, Ontario - Maple Leafs' Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals in a game against Detroit Red Wings, setting a record for an NHL defenceman
1976 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa signs agreements with Newfoundland and PEI to put public employees under the federal AIB - Anti-Inflation Board.
1974 Christchurch New Zealand - Canada finishes in 3rd place at 10th Commonwealth Games at Christchurch, New Zealand; 25 gold medals, 19 silver, 18 bronze.
1968 Ottawa Ontario - Founding of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, effective Jan. l, 1969; cities of Ottawa & Eastview, County of Carleton, Township of Cumberland.
1966 Ottawa Ontario - David Croll issues report of his Senate Committee on the Elderly; recommends guaranteed annual income at age 65; and programs to help seniors stay productive.
1963 Charlottetown PEI - Construction begins on the Fathers of Confederation Memorial Building in Charlottetown.
1955 Sisson Dam NB - New Brunswick experiences the coldest day in recorded history in the Province: -47.2 degrees Celsius.
1942 Ottawa Ontario - Arthur Meighen 1874-1960 loses by-election; resigns as Leader of the Conservatives and retires to practice law in Toronto; former Prime Minister was pro-conscription.
1942 Ottawa Ontario - Delegation of 400 Saskatchewan farmers and businessmen visit Ottawa to demand 'Dollar Wheat.'
1926 Ottawa Ontario - Henry Herbert Stevens 1878-1973 releases damaging information about Customs officials accepting bribes; customs scandals lead to Mackenzie King's resignation June 28.
1899 Paris France - Joseph-Israel Tarte 1848-1907 appointed head of the Paris Exposition Commission for Canada; organizes Canadian display at World's Fair in Paris
1848 Halifax Nova Scotia - James B. Uniacke d1858 appointed Attorney-General in first Liberal government in Nova Scotia; Joseph Howe 1804-1873 Provincial Secretary.
1807 Toronto Ontario - Upper Canada Legislature passes bill setting up provincial grammar schools in all districts.

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