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Salute the New World Order!
Salute the New World Order!
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Happy United Nations Day to all Macrossians and Haloites.
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Also, Today:1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War. {Mentioned for all of Flint's folks out there.}1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel.1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theater in Detroit.1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.1947 – Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.1973 – Yom Kippur War ends.2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.1930 – Born: The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr.), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959).1952 – Born: David Weber, American author. {Heirs of the Empire fans SALUTE!}1601 – Died: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)1972 – Died: Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1919)1991 – Died: Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921) {All Trekkies laktra and say oyori... that's "grieve" and "good-bye" in Vulcan... anywho...}
And looking toward tomorrow:
1760 – George III becomes King of Great Britain. {And pretty much guaranteeing the American Revolution, the moron.}1917 – Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. The date refers to the Julian Calendar date, and corresponds with November 7 in the Gregorian calendar. {Here's lookin' at you, Mal.}1920 – After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.1940 – Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.1944 – World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf — the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.1962 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.1971 – The United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China {Reaaaaal smart, people. -_-;}1888 – Born: Richard E. Byrd, American admiral (d. 1957)1912 – Born: Minnie Pearl, American actress and singer (d. 1996)1921 – Died: Bat Masterson, American journalist and police officer (b. 1853)
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