Der 6. November in Geschichte :)
Verfasst: Di 6. Nov 2007, 11:02
Mer bechöme i de Firma täglich es Mail was Gschichtlich passiert isch i de Vergangeheit a dem Datum. Das wot i euch ned vorenthalte. ISch halt leider nur Englisch.
Events
1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
1913 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
1925 - Secret agent Sidney Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
1928 - Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.
1944 - Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility, subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1957 - Félix Gaillard becomes Prime Minister of France.
1962 - Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
1971 - The AEC tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
1985 - "Irangate" scandal: The American press reveals that US President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.
1998 - Nintendo announces that it's working on some sort of surprise fighting game called Super Smash Bros.
1999 - Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2002 - A jury in Beverly Hills, Calif., convicted actress Winona Ryder of stealing $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue. She was later placed on three years probation.
Births
1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
1882 - Thomas Ince, American movie personality. Manner of death still controversial. (d. 1924)
1965 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
Deaths
1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
1941 - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
Holidays and observances
Finland - The Finnish Swedish Heritage Day and an official flag day
Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day
Sources
http://www.wikipedia.org
http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com
http://www.kotaku.com
Pictures: http://images.google.com/
Events
1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
1913 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
1925 - Secret agent Sidney Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
1928 - Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.
1944 - Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility, subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1957 - Félix Gaillard becomes Prime Minister of France.
1962 - Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
1971 - The AEC tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
1985 - "Irangate" scandal: The American press reveals that US President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.
1998 - Nintendo announces that it's working on some sort of surprise fighting game called Super Smash Bros.
1999 - Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2002 - A jury in Beverly Hills, Calif., convicted actress Winona Ryder of stealing $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue. She was later placed on three years probation.
Births
1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
1882 - Thomas Ince, American movie personality. Manner of death still controversial. (d. 1924)
1965 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
Deaths
1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
1941 - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
Holidays and observances
Finland - The Finnish Swedish Heritage Day and an official flag day
Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day
Sources
http://www.wikipedia.org
http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com
http://www.kotaku.com
Pictures: http://images.google.com/