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 - 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 Yáñez 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 28 - January 28 January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1521 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. 1547 - Edward VI becomes King of England. 1573 - articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland 1788 - The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay, Australia. 1855 - first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway 1871 - France surrenders to end the Franco-Prussian War. 1878 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. 1902 - The Carnegie Institution.
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.
June 27 - June 27 June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the battle of Poltava 1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec 1893 - Crash of the New York stock market 1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin 1950 - United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War 1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France 1954 - World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow 1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas 1962 - Construction.
July 27 - July 27 July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. 1663 - The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. 1689 - Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends 1694 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England. 1778 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff. 1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency,.
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg - Juho Ståhlberg Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (January 28, 1865 - September 22, 1952), First president of Finland 1919-1925, a Nationalist Liberal. Ståhlberg was born in Suomussalmi in Finland. He was christened Carl Johan, which he later changed to Finnish form like most fennomans (supporters of Finnish language and culture). In Oulu Finnish lycee he was the primus of his class. In 1889 he graduated in Laws, as a Bachelor of Arts. He had a long career as the presenter and planner of the Senate's legislation already when Finland was a Russian Grand Duchy. He supported constitutional legislative policies, including legislative resistance, against the attempted Russification of Finland, eventually even women's suffrage, and had a moderate line on Prohibition. In the beginning of Finland's independence he became the chairman of the Constitutional Council..
Karl Mannheim - Karl Mannheim Karl Mannheim (March 27, 1893, Budapest - January 9, 1947, London) was a German-born sociologist, influential in the first half of the 20th century. 1914 he heard in Berlin Georg Simmel and worked from 1922 - 1925 in Heidelberg under the german sociologist Alfred Weber, brother of the very well known german sociologist Max Weber. One of his assistants was Norbert Elias (from spring 1930 until spring 1933). Important work: Ideology and Utopia. Mannheim is seen as a founder for the sociology of knowledge..
Venera - lost just before arival Venera 3 - Atmospheric Probe - launched November 16, 1965 : Communications lost just before atmospheric entry Venera 4 - Atmospheric Probe - launched June 12, 1967 : Arrived October 18, 1967 and was the first probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and return data Venera 5 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 5, 1969 : Arrived May 16, 1969 and successfully returned atmoshperic data before being crushed by pressure within 26km of the surface Venera 6 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 10, 1969 : Arrived May 17, 1969 and successfully returned atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure within 11km of the surface Venera 7 - Lander - launched August 17, 1970 : Arrived December 15, 1970, was the first successful landing of a spacecraft.
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.
Kenelm Digby - he later recounted). He married in 1625 Venetia Hanley, a racy beauty whose wooing he cryptically described in his memoirs. In 1628, Digby became a privateer, with some success: on January 18 he arrived off Gibraltar and captured several Spanish and Flemish vessels. From February 5 toMarch 27 he remained at anchor off Algiers on account of the sickness of his men, and extracted a promise from the authorities of better treatment of the English ships. He seized a rich Dutch vessel near Majorca, and after other adventures gained a complete victory over the French and Venetian ships in the harbour of Iskanderun on the June 11. His successes, however, brought upon the English merchants the risk of reprisals, and he was urged to depart. He returned to become a naval.
Keiko (orca) - home. Donations from the studio and Craig McCaw led to the establishment of the Free Willy Keiko Foundation in February 1995. With donations from the foundation, the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon spent over $7 million to construct facilities to return him to health with the hope of returning him to the wild. He was airlifted by UPS to his new home in January 1996, weighing 3500 kg (7720 pounds). During his years in Oregon, he gained over a ton in weight. The plan to return him to the wild was a topic of much controversy. Some felt his years of domestication made such a return impossible. Nevertheless, the next step in the plan happened on September 9, 1998, when he was flown to Klettsvik Bay in Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland. His.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - Refaat Nabith Henin, Khalid Adbul Wadood, Salem Ali, Abdul Majid, Abdullah al-Fak'asi al-Ghamdior, and Fahd Bin Adballah Bin Khalid as several of his 27 total aliases. Some intelligence circles have called him the "Forrest Gump of terrorism", as he had been involved with almost every single terrorist plot related to Islamist organizations in the 1990's and early 2000's, up to his capture. On March 1, 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was reported to have been arrested in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was previously reported arrested or killed in Pakistan on September 11, 2002. He was close to former Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali. An acronym somewhat widely used for his name is KSM. History He is usually reported to have been born in Kuwait. His parents are said to.
Yachiyo - and the density of 3,445.23 persons per km². The total area is 51.27 km². The city was founded on January 1, 1967. External Links Official website in Japanese.
Kid Gavilan - Kid Gavilan Gerardo Gonzalez (January 6, 1926 - February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former boxer and world welterweight champion from Cuba. He was a native of the city of Camaguey. Gavilan was managed by Yamil Chade, a half Lebanese, half Cuban manager who also directed the careers of Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez, Carlos De Leon and Felix Trinidad among others. Gavilan started as a professional boxer on the evening of June 5, 1943, when he beat Antonio Diaz by a decision in four rounds in Havana. His first ten bouts were in Havana, and then he had one in Cienfuegos, but soon he returned to Havana for three more wins. After 14 bouts, he left Cuba for his first fight abroad,.
Kirkcudbrightshire - Large stretches of sand are exposed in the Solway at low water and the rapid flow of the tide has 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.
Koekelare - of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Bovekerke, Koekelare proper and Zande. On January 1st, 2000 Koekelare had a total population of 8,154 (4,114 males and 4,040 females). The total area is 39.53 km² which gives a population density of 206.27 inhabitants per km²..
Verviers - is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1st, 2002 Verviers had a total population of 53,020 (25,660 males and 27,360 females). The total area is 32.75 km² which gives a population density of 1,618.93 inhabitants per km²..
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship - region or voivodship in central-northern Poland. Created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Bydgoszcz, Torun and Wloclawek voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivoship's name recalls the 2 historical regions of Pomerania and Kuyavia (or Cuiavia). Major cities and towns (population in 2003): Bydgoszcz (384.700); Torun (205.800); Wloclawek (123.600) Grudziadz (102.700); Inowroclaw (79.500); Brodnica (28.200); Swiecie (27.400); Chelmno (21.800); Naklo nad Notecia (20.100). Administrative division Aleksandrow Kujawski County, Aleksandrow Kujawski Brodnica County, Brodnica Bydgoszcz City County Bydgoszcz County, Bydgoszcz Chelmno County, Chelmno Golub-Dobrzyn County, Golub-Dobrzyn Grudziadz City County Grudziadz County, Grudziadz Inowroclaw County, Inowroclaw Lipno County, Lipno Mogilno County, Mogilno Naklo County, Naklo nad Notecia Radziejow County, Radziejow Rypin County, Rypin Sepolno County, Sepolno Swiecie County, Swiecie Torun City County Torun County, Torun.
