January 24 - January 24 January 24 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1458 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary. 1679 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament. 1742 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1848 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time). 1888 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon. 1908 - Robert.
January - January simple:January January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and has 31 days. It is named for Janus, the Roman god of doors and gateways. January and February were the last two months to be added to the calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. Although March was originally the first month, January usurped that position because that was when consuls were usually chosen. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. The coming of age day in Japan since 1948 is a national holiday on which the nation celebrates those who turn 20 years of age. The day used to be January 15 until the year 1999. The day was moved by the.
January 26 - January 26 January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. 1500 - Vicente Yáńez Pinzón become the first European to discover Brazil. 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die. 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed. 1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. 1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, land at Botany Bay just outside present-day Sydney. They would establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day, the country's national day..
January 25 - January 25 January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 340 days remaining (341 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1327 - Edward III becomes King of England. 1494 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1533 - Henry VIII of England marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1554 - Foundation of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. 1791 - The British Parliament splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the (marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter and the Crown Prince of Prussia). 1881 -.
January 23 - January 23 January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 342 days remaining, 343 in leap years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history kills 830,000 people in Shanxi Province, China. 1570 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789 - Georgetown College becomes the first Catholic college in the United States (Washington, DC). 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD.
January 2002 - January 2002 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. See also: Afghanistan timeline January 1-16, 2002 Afghanistan timeline January 17-31, 2002 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 January 29, 2002 2 January 24, 2002 3 January 23, 2002 4 January 20, 2002 5 January 8, 2002 6 January 4, 2002 7 January 4, 2002 8 January 3, 2002 9 January 1, 2002 10 Topics in the news in January 2002 11 Background for events in January 2002 January 29, 2002 George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress. January 24, 2002 Enron hearings begin. Terrorist.
January 2003 - January 2003 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. See also: Preparations for 2003 invasion of Iraq for events leading up to the 2003 Iraq War Afghanistan timeline January 2003 January 31, 2003 January 30, 2003 Would-be shoe-bomber Richard Reid is sentenced to life in prison for trying to down American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. Reid had previously pleaded guilty. [1] January 29, 2003 A false rumor that Thai actress Suvanant Kongying.
January 2001 - January 2001 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: Monday, January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattle's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Saturday, January 6 - The United States Congress, presided over by Vice President Al Gore as President of the Senate, certifies George W. Bush's Electoral College victory and thus as the winner of 2000 presidential election. January 15 - Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online (Wikipedia Day). January 20 - George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton as President of the United States after prevailing over.
June 24 - June 24 June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1314 - Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce beat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence. 1441 - Eton College founded. 1497 - John Cabot lands on North America, either at Newfoundland or Cape Breton; first European discovery of the region since the Vikings. 1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England. 1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island. 1535 - The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded. 1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East.
July 24 - July 24 July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is deposed. 1701 - Detroit, Michigan founded. 1814 - War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders. 1832 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass. 1847 - After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown - Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops.
Karol Borsuk - Borsuk (born May 8 1905, died January 24, 1982) was a Polish mathematician from Warsaw. His main interest was topology. See Borsuk-Ulam theorem. See also: Zygmunt Janiszewski, Stanislaw Ulam..
Kenneth Lay - Enron Corporation. Lay was the CEO and chairman of Enron from 1986 until his resignation on January 23, 2002. Lay sold large amounts of his Enron stock in September and October of 2001 as its price fell, while encouraging employees to buy more stock, telling them the company would rebound. Lay liquidated ( tranformed into currency) more than $300 million in Enron stock from 1989 to 2001, mostly in stock options. Lay was a friend and supporter of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, who often had the ear of both on issues of energy policy. During the 2000 campaign of George W. Bush, Lay was a "pioneer" - a supporter who gave more than $100,000. Enron and Lay have given the younger Bush over $600,000 during his entire.
Kevin Kline - Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Known for his exuberant acting abilities, Kline attended the prestigous Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, he joined an acting group which took him across the country performing Shakespeare, which led him to Broadway where he won two Tony Awards. When a film version was made of a production of The Pirates of Penzance for which he had won a Tony Award, he was invited to reprise his role as the Pirate King. This film launched his career forward. He has won an Academy Award for A Fish Called Wanda, a Gotham Actor Award, a Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year Award, and a St. Louis International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. He is married to.
Kevin Keegan - First Division football club Newcastle United F.C. He helped Newcastle promoted to Preimer League as First Division champions in 1993. Although Keegan was appointed Director of Football in 1994 and agreed a new deal that tied him to the club for next 10 years, he resigned as manager of Newcastle on 8 January 1997. While serving for Newcastle, Keegan helped Newcastle finished runners-up to Manchester United F.C in the premier league in 1996. England strikerAlan Shearer was transferred from Blackburn Rovers F.C to Newcastle with a world breaking record of 15 million pounds ($21.21 million). Leaving Newcastle, Keegan was appointed as chief operating officer at Second Division club Fulham F.C, with Ray Wilkins as manager. When Wilkins sacked as manager in 1998, Keegan took over his coaching role. Keegan was named.
Kim Philby - Soviet Union before any arrest could be made. He died in 1988 and was given a hero's funeral by the Soviet government. Tim Powers based the book Declare on his unusual life story, providing a supernatural explanation for his behavior ("Tradecraft meets Lovecraft"). Chronology of Philby's career 1925 Goes to Westminster School 1929 Enters Trinity College, Cambridge, at the of 17 and joins the Cambridge University Socialist Society, later becoming Treasurer. 1930 Guy Burgess arrives at Trinity from Eton. 1931 Defeat of the Labour Government. Philby becomes a more ardent socialist. 1933 Leaves Cambridge a convinced Communist with a Degree in Economics, then goes to Vienna where Chancellor Dr Engelbert Dollfuss is preparing the first 'putsch' in February 1934. Philby becomes a Soviet Agent. 1934 Clash between the Gov't and Socialists.
Kirkcudbrightshire - often occasioned loss of life. The number of "burns" and "waters" is remarkable, but their length seldom exceeds 7 or 8 miles. Among the longer rivers are the Cree, which rises in Loch Moan and reaches the sea near Creetown after a course of about 30 miles, during which it forms the boundary, at first of Ayrshire and then of Wigtownshire; the Dee or Black Water of Dee (so named from the peat by which it is coloured), which rises in Loch Dee and after a course mainly S.E. and finally S., enters the sea at St Mary’s Isle below Kirkcudbright, its length being nearly 36 miles; the Urr, rising in Loch Urr on the Dumfriesshire border, falls into the sea a few miles south of Dalbeattie 27 miles from its.
Kirellos VI of Alexandria - to Christian parents. He resigned a civil service position to become a monk in July 1927. He passed his probationary period, and on February 24, 1928 took his monastic vows and assumed the name Mina El-Baramosy. In 1947, he built the Church of Saint Mina the Martyr in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. He became Pope of Alexandria, on May 10, 1959 (Coptic calendar: 2nd of Beshans, 1675). On June 28, 1959 he appointed Archbishop Gathlik for Ethiopia. In November 1959 he laid the foundation stone of the Big Monastery of Saint Mina in Mariuot Desert. In January 1965 Kirellos presided over the Committee of Eastern Orthodox Churches in Addis Ababa, the first (Masconic) and (Non-Khalkadonic) synod of these churches held in modern times. In June 1968 Kyrillos received the remains.
Kosovo War - and Albanians in the province. 1996-99: Guerrilla conflict between Albanian separatists and the Serbian and Yugoslav security forces, which Albanians characterised as a national liberation struggle and Serbs saw as terrorism. 1999: War between Yugoslavia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization between March 24 and June 10 1999, during which NATO heavily bombed Yugoslav targets and military units, Albanian guerrillas continued to attack Serbs and Serbian/Yugoslav forces conducted widespread ethnic cleansing of the Albanian population of Kosovo. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins of the conflict 1.1 Kosovo in Titoist Yugoslavia (1945-1986) 1.2 Kosovo and the rise of Slobodan Milosevic (1986-1990) 1.3 Kosovo under Serbian rule (1990-1996) 1.4 The slide to war (1996-1998) 1.5 Racak and the Rambouillet Conference (January-March 1999) 2 The NATO bombing campaign 3 Reaction to the war.
Koizumi Junichiro - 純一郎) (born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the current Prime Minister. The alternative spellings include "Koizumi Jyunichiro" and other notations with reversed order. He was born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa prefecture to Junya Koizumi, a director general of the Defense Agency and a second-generation Diet member, and was educated at Yokosuka High School and Keio University, where he studied economics. He was briefly at the University of London before returning to Japan in December 1969 on the death of his father. After a failed attempt to get elected he did become a member of the Lower House for the 11th Kanagawa Prefecture in December 1972. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and joined the Fukuda faction, he has been re-elected ten times. He became.
Kotoku Shusui - 4 or September 23, 1871 - January 24, 1911) was a socialist and anarchist who played a leading role in introducing anarchism to Japan in the early 20th century, particularly by translating the works of contemporary European and Russian anarchists, such as Peter Kropotkin, into Japanese. He was a radical journalist and is often considered an anarchist martyr, as he was executed for treason by the Japanese government. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Biography 1.1 Socialist years and imprisonment 1.2 America and the anarchist influence 1.3 Return to Japan 2.
