THIS DAY IN HISTORY (GENERAL HISTORY)
Chukpike
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December 17Th Events
2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director.
1993 Bangladesh Moslems call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin
1993 Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse
1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee
1981 Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier
1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait
1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings :wink:
1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places)
1951 Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants
1944 Japanese-Americans released from detention camps
1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
1900 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy
2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director.
1993 Bangladesh Moslems call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin
1993 Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse
1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee
1981 Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier
1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait
1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings :wink:
1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places)
1951 Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants
1944 Japanese-Americans released from detention camps
1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
1900 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy
Chukpike
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Not a 'this day in history' thing, I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm loving this thread!!
Feel free to add to our knowledge of history. There is a lot of it out there.
December 18TH Events
2005 Bolivia elects leftist Evo Morales president
1996 Television industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system. (anyone know if it worked)
1986 Robert Gates promoted as Deputy Director of CIA
1976 Wonder Woman debuts on ABC
1969 Britain abolishes death penalty
1966 Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS
1957 Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity
1944 Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants
1936 1st giant panda imported into US
1898 Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)
Chief Bones
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On December 18, 1620
Passengers on the British ship Mayflower come ashore at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.
The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Puritans in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers--dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony--crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World.
On December 18, 1620
Passengers on the British ship Mayflower come ashore at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.
The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Puritans in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers--dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony--crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]December 19:
1998 : President Clinton impeached
After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term.
In November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a 21-year-old unpaid intern. Over the course of a year and a half, the president and Lewinsky had nearly a dozen sexual encounters in the White House. In April 1996, Lewinsky was transferred to the Pentagon. That summer, she first confided in Pentagon co-worker Linda Tripp about her sexual relationship with the president. In 1997, with the relationship over, Tripp began secretly to record conversations with Lewinsky, in which Lewinsky gave Tripp details about the affair.
In December, lawyers for Paula Jones, who was suing the president on sexual harassment charges, subpoenaed Lewinsky. In January 1998, allegedly under the recommendation of the president, Lewinsky filed an affidavit in which she denied ever having had a sexual relationship with him. Five days later, Tripp contacted the office of Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel, to talk about Lewinsky and the tapes she made of their conversations. Tripp, wired by FBI agents working with Starr, met with Lewinsky again, and on January 16, Lewinsky was taken by FBI agents and U.S. attorneys to a hotel room where she was questioned and offered immunity if she cooperated with the prosecution. A few days later, the story broke, and Clinton publicly denied the allegations, saying, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]December 19:
1998 : President Clinton impeached
After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term.
In November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a 21-year-old unpaid intern. Over the course of a year and a half, the president and Lewinsky had nearly a dozen sexual encounters in the White House. In April 1996, Lewinsky was transferred to the Pentagon. That summer, she first confided in Pentagon co-worker Linda Tripp about her sexual relationship with the president. In 1997, with the relationship over, Tripp began secretly to record conversations with Lewinsky, in which Lewinsky gave Tripp details about the affair.
In December, lawyers for Paula Jones, who was suing the president on sexual harassment charges, subpoenaed Lewinsky. In January 1998, allegedly under the recommendation of the president, Lewinsky filed an affidavit in which she denied ever having had a sexual relationship with him. Five days later, Tripp contacted the office of Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel, to talk about Lewinsky and the tapes she made of their conversations. Tripp, wired by FBI agents working with Starr, met with Lewinsky again, and on January 16, Lewinsky was taken by FBI agents and U.S. attorneys to a hotel room where she was questioned and offered immunity if she cooperated with the prosecution. A few days later, the story broke, and Clinton publicly denied the allegations, saying, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."
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Chukpike
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December 19Th Events
1995 Queen Elizabeth asks Prince Charles and Diana to divorce?
1986 U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1984 China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
1975 Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1961 British government begins decimal coin system
1951 Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1950 Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
1946 War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
1920 1st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
1888 Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa
1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw !
1995 Queen Elizabeth asks Prince Charles and Diana to divorce?
1986 U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1984 China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
1975 Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1961 British government begins decimal coin system
1951 Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1950 Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
1946 War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
1920 1st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
1888 Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa
1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw !
Chukpike
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December 20 Events
2005 New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days
1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15
1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1967 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in West Germany
1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
1920 Bob Hope became an American citizen
1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration
1880 NewYork City's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede
1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50.
2005 New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days
1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15
1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1967 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in West Germany
1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
1920 Bob Hope became an American citizen
1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration
1880 NewYork City's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede
1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]December 20:
1957 : Elvis Presley is drafted
On this day in 1957, while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, his newly purchased Tennessee mansion, rock-and-roll star Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army.
With a suggestive style--one writer called him "Elvis the Pelvis"--a hit movie, Love Me Tender, and a string of gold records including "Heartbreak Hotel," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel," Presley had become a national icon, and the world's first bona fide rock-and-roll star, by the end of 1956. As the Beatles' John Lennon once famously remarked: "Before Elvis, there was nothing." The following year, at the peak of his career, Presley received his draft notice for a two-year stint in the army. Fans sent tens of thousands of letters to the army asking for him to be spared, but Elvis would have none of it. He received one deferment--during which he finished working on his movie King Creole--before being sworn in as an army private in Memphis on March 24, 1958. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]December 20:
1957 : Elvis Presley is drafted
On this day in 1957, while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, his newly purchased Tennessee mansion, rock-and-roll star Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army.
With a suggestive style--one writer called him "Elvis the Pelvis"--a hit movie, Love Me Tender, and a string of gold records including "Heartbreak Hotel," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel," Presley had become a national icon, and the world's first bona fide rock-and-roll star, by the end of 1956. As the Beatles' John Lennon once famously remarked: "Before Elvis, there was nothing." The following year, at the peak of his career, Presley received his draft notice for a two-year stint in the army. Fans sent tens of thousands of letters to the army asking for him to be spared, but Elvis would have none of it. He received one deferment--during which he finished working on his movie King Creole--before being sworn in as an army private in Memphis on March 24, 1958. [/FONT]
Chukpike
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December 21St Events
1991 U.S. actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner. Out of work no talent anti establishment liberal activist actress marries ultra rich capitalistic Male chauvinist pig. :lol::lol::lol::crybaby::lol::lol: (Ends in divorce, never saw that coming:lol
1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die (Lockerbie) You know, Scotland just freed the convicted Muslim Terrorist to make an oil deal with Libya.:wink:
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva. Why? Obviously it was not to settle Palestinian problem.
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1946 Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," premieres
1939 Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B"
1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1620 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock. Indian Chief heard to say, "There goes the neighborhood."
1991 U.S. actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner. Out of work no talent anti establishment liberal activist actress marries ultra rich capitalistic Male chauvinist pig. :lol::lol::lol::crybaby::lol::lol: (Ends in divorce, never saw that coming:lol
1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die (Lockerbie) You know, Scotland just freed the convicted Muslim Terrorist to make an oil deal with Libya.:wink:
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva. Why? Obviously it was not to settle Palestinian problem.
eace:1946 Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," premieres
1939 Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B"
1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1620 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock. Indian Chief heard to say, "There goes the neighborhood."
Chukpike
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December 22nd Events
2001 Thirty Afghans, including two women, were sworn in as part of the new interim government in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai was the head of the post-Taliban government.
1992 Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu, Romania's hard-line Communist ruler
1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975
1964 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium, American reply, "Nuts"
1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
1807 The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe
2001 Thirty Afghans, including two women, were sworn in as part of the new interim government in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai was the head of the post-Taliban government.
1992 Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu, Romania's hard-line Communist ruler
1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975
1964 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium, American reply, "Nuts"
1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
1807 The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe
Chukpike
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December 23 Rd Events
1997 Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1970 The topping out ceremony of 1 World Trade Center, 410 meters high(North Tower) took place on December 23, 1970
1961 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies
1947 Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs
1912 Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation
1888 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear. Why the left?
1788 Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia.
1997 Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1970 The topping out ceremony of 1 World Trade Center, 410 meters high(North Tower) took place on December 23, 1970
1961 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies
1947 Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs
1912 Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation
1888 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear. Why the left?
1788 Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia.
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Chukpike
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December 24Th Events
2010 Santa Claus doing a preflight check list for the 2,010th time. With Rudolf's help, filing his flight plan, all the while the elves figure out how to pack everything on board. (Agnostics and Atheists ignore this, you ain't getting anything anyway) :-D
1992 President Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger in Iran-contra affair. Merry Christmas Casper!
1987 Santa delivers Mary Joe Sweet's first Barbi.
1980 Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds
1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis, view first Earth rise over the moon.
1965 Santa drops off catchers mitt that Jimmy asked Santa for.
1957 Santa drops off my first bicycle.
1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
1871 Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening
2010 Santa Claus doing a preflight check list for the 2,010th time. With Rudolf's help, filing his flight plan, all the while the elves figure out how to pack everything on board. (Agnostics and Atheists ignore this, you ain't getting anything anyway) :-D
1992 President Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger in Iran-contra affair. Merry Christmas Casper!
1987 Santa delivers Mary Joe Sweet's first Barbi.
1980 Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds
1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis, view first Earth rise over the moon.
1965 Santa drops off catchers mitt that Jimmy asked Santa for.
1957 Santa drops off my first bicycle.
1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
1871 Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening
Chukpike
Banned
December 25Th Events
1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1990 "Godfather III" premieres
1979 U.S.S.R. airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan
1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland.
1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer
1914 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans)
1896 "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1990 "Godfather III" premieres
1979 U.S.S.R. airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan
1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland.
1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer
1914 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans)
1896 "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
Chukpike
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December 26Th Events
2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1973 "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1944 Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Armored Division breaks through to Bastogne.
1776 George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton. (There by starting a trend of Americans defeating Germans in history.)
2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1973 "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1944 Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Armored Division breaks through to Bastogne.
1776 George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton. (There by starting a trend of Americans defeating Germans in history.)
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1946: Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel
On December 26, 1946, in Las Vegas, Nevada, mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opens The Pink Flamingo Hotel & Casino at a total cost of $6 million. The 40-acre facility wasn't complete and Siegel was hoping to raise some revenue with the grand opening.
Well-known singer and comedian Jimmy Durante headlined the entertainment, with music by Cuban band leader Xavier Cugat. Some of Siegel's Hollywood friends, including actors George Raft, George Sanders, Sonny Tufts and George Jessel were in attendance.
The grand opening, however, was a flop. Bad weather kept many other Hollywood guests from arriving. And because gamblers had no rooms at the hotel, they took their winnings and gambled elsewhere. The casino lost $300,000 in the first week of operation.
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And so began one of the greatest gambling capitals of the world .......
1946: Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel
On December 26, 1946, in Las Vegas, Nevada, mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opens The Pink Flamingo Hotel & Casino at a total cost of $6 million. The 40-acre facility wasn't complete and Siegel was hoping to raise some revenue with the grand opening.
Well-known singer and comedian Jimmy Durante headlined the entertainment, with music by Cuban band leader Xavier Cugat. Some of Siegel's Hollywood friends, including actors George Raft, George Sanders, Sonny Tufts and George Jessel were in attendance.
The grand opening, however, was a flop. Bad weather kept many other Hollywood guests from arriving. And because gamblers had no rooms at the hotel, they took their winnings and gambled elsewhere. The casino lost $300,000 in the first week of operation.
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And so began one of the greatest gambling capitals of the world .......
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December 29: Wounded Knee
On this day in 1890, in the final chapter of America's long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Throughout 1890, the U.S. government worried about the increasing influence at Pine Ridge of the Ghost Dance spiritual movement, which taught that Indians had been defeated and confined to reservations because they had angered the gods by abandoning their traditional customs. Many Sioux believed that if they practiced the Ghost Dance and rejected the ways of the white man, the gods would create the world anew and destroy all non-believers, including non-Indians. On December 15, 1890, reservation police tried to arrest Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux chief, who they mistakenly believed was a Ghost Dancer, and killed him in the process, increasing the tensions at Pine Ridge.
On December 29, the U.S. Army's 7th cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers under the Sioux Chief Big Foot near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons. As that was happening, a fight broke out between an Indian and a U.S. soldier and a shot was fired, although it's unclear from which side. A brutal massacre followed, in which it's estimated almost 150 Indians were killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children. The cavalry lost 25 men. The conflict at Wounded Knee was originally referred to as a battle, but in reality it was a tragic and avoidable massacre. Surrounded by heavily armed troops, it's unlikely that Big Foot's band would have intentionally started a fight. Some historians speculate that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry were deliberately taking revenge for the regiment's defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876. Whatever the motives, the massacre ended the Ghost Dance movement and was the last major confrontation in America's deadly war against the Plains Indians.
Conflict came to Wounded Knee again in February 1973 when it was the site of a 71-day occupation by the activist group AIM (American Indian Movement) and its supporters, who were protesting the U.S. government's mistreatment of Native Americans. During the standoff, two Indians were killed, one federal marshal was seriously wounded and numerous people were arrested.
December 29: Wounded Knee
On this day in 1890, in the final chapter of America's long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Throughout 1890, the U.S. government worried about the increasing influence at Pine Ridge of the Ghost Dance spiritual movement, which taught that Indians had been defeated and confined to reservations because they had angered the gods by abandoning their traditional customs. Many Sioux believed that if they practiced the Ghost Dance and rejected the ways of the white man, the gods would create the world anew and destroy all non-believers, including non-Indians. On December 15, 1890, reservation police tried to arrest Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux chief, who they mistakenly believed was a Ghost Dancer, and killed him in the process, increasing the tensions at Pine Ridge.
On December 29, the U.S. Army's 7th cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers under the Sioux Chief Big Foot near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons. As that was happening, a fight broke out between an Indian and a U.S. soldier and a shot was fired, although it's unclear from which side. A brutal massacre followed, in which it's estimated almost 150 Indians were killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children. The cavalry lost 25 men. The conflict at Wounded Knee was originally referred to as a battle, but in reality it was a tragic and avoidable massacre. Surrounded by heavily armed troops, it's unlikely that Big Foot's band would have intentionally started a fight. Some historians speculate that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry were deliberately taking revenge for the regiment's defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876. Whatever the motives, the massacre ended the Ghost Dance movement and was the last major confrontation in America's deadly war against the Plains Indians.
Conflict came to Wounded Knee again in February 1973 when it was the site of a 71-day occupation by the activist group AIM (American Indian Movement) and its supporters, who were protesting the U.S. government's mistreatment of Native Americans. During the standoff, two Indians were killed, one federal marshal was seriously wounded and numerous people were arrested.
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Dec 30, 1922:USSR established
In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.
During the Russian Revolution of 1917 and subsequent three-year Russian Civil War, the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin dominated the soviet forces, a coalition of workers' and soldiers' committees that called for the establishment of a socialist state in the former Russian Empire. In the USSR, all levels of government were controlled by the Communist Party, and the party's politburo, with its increasingly powerful general secretary, effectively ruled the country. Soviet industry was owned and managed by the state, and agricultural land was divided into state-run collective farms.
In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the world's most powerful and influential states and eventually encompassed 15 republics--Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved following the collapse of its communist government.
Dec 30, 1922:USSR established
In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.
During the Russian Revolution of 1917 and subsequent three-year Russian Civil War, the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin dominated the soviet forces, a coalition of workers' and soldiers' committees that called for the establishment of a socialist state in the former Russian Empire. In the USSR, all levels of government were controlled by the Communist Party, and the party's politburo, with its increasingly powerful general secretary, effectively ruled the country. Soviet industry was owned and managed by the state, and agricultural land was divided into state-run collective farms.
In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the world's most powerful and influential states and eventually encompassed 15 republics--Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved following the collapse of its communist government.