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 - 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 1 - January 1 January 1 is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining (365 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 153 BC - New Year's Day first celebrated 45 BC - Julian calendar goes into effect 404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary 1502 - Rio de Janeiro discovered 1622 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of for example March 25 in England 1651 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland 1700 - Russia accepts Julian calendar 1707 - John V becomes King of Portugal 1738.
January 29 - January 29 January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 336 days remaining, (337 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1676 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia 1845 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time (New York Evening Mirror). 1850 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress 1856 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross 1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. 1891 - Liliuokalani proclaimed Queen of Hawaii 1900 - The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8.
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 27 - January 27 January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 338 days remaining (339 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1606 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begin and later ends in their execution on January 31. 1785 - The University of Georgia Founded 1870 - First college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University. 1880 - Thomas Edison files a patent for his electric incandescent lamp. 1888 - In Washington, DC the National Geographic Society is founded. 1900 - Boxer rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. 1915 - United States Marines occupy Haiti. 1926.
January 17 - January 17 January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 348 days remaining (349 in leap years) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1562 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain. 1773 - Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. 1781 - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. 1819 - Simon Bolivar proclaims the Republic of Colombia. 1852 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal. 1873 - First Battle of the Stronghold in the US Modoc War 1893 - American sugar planters overthrow the.
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 26 - June 26 June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 684 - Benedict II becomes Pope. 1483 - Richard III becomes king of England. 1819 - The bicycle is patented. 1923 - First race of the 24 hours of Le Mans 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic. 1945 - The charter of the United Nations is signed. 1948 - The Western allies start an air lift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin. 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner". 1964 - The Beatles release the album.
July 26 - July 26 July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and Observances Events 1139 - Afonso, then a count, is procclaimed first king of Portugal and declares independence from Castile 1788 - New York ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 11th state of the United States. 1847 - Liberia gains independence. 1861 - American Civil War: George McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. 1863 - American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends - At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360.
Hilltop 26 - Hilltop 26 Hilltop, outpost or lot 26 was an illegal Israeli settlement founded by Nethanel Ozeri. It was founded near the city of Hebron in the West Bank. It lay approximately 100 metres from the Kiryat Arba settlement. At the time of its destruction, it had a population of around ten. The settlement was peacefully dismantled on 24 March 2003 by the Israel Defence Force (IDF). The settlement had been created without a permit, and was therefore illegal under Israeli law. The settlement had also been built on private Palestinian land. The rogue settlement was the first to be destroyed during Ariel Sharon's second term of office. Nethanel Ozeri The settlement made headlines following the death of Nethanel Ozeri on 17 January 2003. Ozeri was killed in.
Karsten Niebuhr - Carsten Niebuhr) (March 17, 1733 - April 26, 1815) was a German traveller. He was born at Ludingwortb, Lauenburg, on the southern border of Holstein, the son of a small farmer. He had little education, and for several years of his youth had to do the work of a peasant. His bent was towards mathematics, and he managed to obtain some lessons in surveying. It was while he was working at this subject that one of his teachers, in 1760, proposed to him to join the expedition which was being sent out by Frederick V of Denmark for the scientific exploration of Egypt, Arabia and Syria. To qualify himself for the work of surveyor and geographer, he studied hard at mathematics for a year and a half before the expedition set.
Karl Lachmann - principal masters in the Friedrichs-Gymnasium of Königsberg, where he assisted his colleague, the Germanist Friedrich Karl Köpke (1785-1865) with his edition of Rudolf von Ems' Barlaam und Josaphat (1818), and also assisted his friend in a contemplated edition of the works of Walther von der Vogelweide. In January 1818 he became professor extraordinarius of classical philology in the university of Königsberg, and at the same time began to lecture on Old German grammar and the Middle High German poets. He devoted himself during the following seven years to an extraordinarily minute study of those subjects, and in 1824 obtained leave of absence in order that he might search the libraries of middle and south Germany for further materials. In 1825 Lachmann was nominated extraordinary professor of classical and German philology in.
Kamen - begins to diversify as an aerospace subcontrator of Mc Donnell, Grumman and others December 1945 : With $2,000 and his invention of the servo-flap controlled rotor , 26-year-old Charles Kaman founds the company. January 15, 1947 : K-125 : Kaman's first helicopter July, 1949 : K-225 An improved version, the U.S. Navy buys two and Coast Guard one for $25,000 each. Later, they will receive the H-22 designation. December 1951 : A modified K-225 equipped with a Boeing 502 engine becomes the world's first gas turbine powered helicopter , ushering in the turbine age for helicopters. This aircraft is now at the Smithsonian 1953 : Kaman produced the first electrically powered drone April 1953 : HOK (OH-43) 1954 : K-16 A V/STOL designed around a rotoprop March 1954 : A modified.
Ken Livingstone - John Major.) He became a Labour member of the Greater London Council in 1973 and served as Vice-Chair of Housing Mangement in 1974-1975. He also served on the Camden council from 1978 to 1982 and unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in the 1979 general election. Livingstone was re-admitted to the Labour Party in January 2004 following a five year suspension (curtailed to four years) after he stood against the official Labour Party candidate as an independent in the first mayoral election. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 GLC leadership 2 Livingstone in Parliament 3 London's first Mayor 4 Recent events GLC leadership In the election of May 7 1981, the Labour Party won control of the GLC, with moderate Labourite Andrew McIntosh (later Lord McIntosh) as leader. The day after the election, Livingstone.
Kees van Dongen - van Dongen Kees van Dongen (January 26, 1877 - May 28, 1968), was a Dutch painter born in Delfshaven. He was one of Les Fauves, who lived and worked in France most of his life, and died in Monte Carlo in 1968..
Ken Buchanan - parts of his career fighting undistinguished opponents in England. His Scottish debut came in his 17th fight, when he outpointed John McMillan over 10 rounds on January 23, 1967. Prior to that, he had also beaten Ivan Whiter by a decision in 8 rounds. Buchanan ran his winning streak to 23 consecutive bouts before challenging Maurice Cullen on February 19,1968 for the British Lightweight title in London. He knocked Cullen out in round 11 and became a world classified Lightweight challenger. He continued his way up the world Lightweight rankings by defeating Leonard Tavarez, Angel Robinson Garcia and Whiter (in a rematch) among others, but on January 29, 1970, he found his first stone on the boxing road when he challenged future world Jr. Welterweight champion Miguel Velazquez in Madrid, for.
Kenneth French, Jr. - French, Jr. Kenneth French, Jr. (January 15, 1971) was a mass murderer who, on August 6, 1993, killed four people in a Fayetteville, North Carolina restaurant (Luigi's); seven were wounded. French had been drinking whiskey and watching The Unforgiven. French was a Sergeant in the 18th Airborne Corps. As of 1998, he is imprisoned at the Marion Correctional Institute. French was featured in the documentary, Licensed to Kill (1997). Murdered by Kenneth French, Jr. Wesley Cover 26 James Kidd 46 Ethel Parrous 65 Pete Parrous 73 Quotes "I don't believe there's anywhere in our Constitution that gives anybody the right to be accepted by anybody else. When the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, people automatically assumed that they had a right to many different things. Women, blacks, now carrying.
Kerplunk - May and September of 1991 at the Art of Ears studio in San Francisco. It was released on January 17, 1992, under the Lookout Records label. Track Listing (Album Length: 42:08) "2000 Light Years Away" (2:34) "One for the Razorbacks" (2:30) "Welcome to Paradise"(3:30) "Christie Road" (3:33) "Private Ale" (2:26) "Dominated Love Slave" (1:41) "One of My Lies" (2:19) "80" (3:39) "Android" (3:00) "No One Knows" (3:39) "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" (2:44) "Words I Might Have Ate" (2:32) "Sweet Children" (1:41) "Best Thing in Town" (2:03) "Strangeland" (2:08) "My Generation" (2:19) (The Who cover) Personnel Kerplunk was produced, engineered, and mixed by Andy Ernst and Green Day. It was mastered by John Golden at K-disc in Hollywood. Al Sobrante, former drummer for the band, was the executive producer on the album..
