this day in Herstory
Posted 8/31/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Mrs. Ruoff Bryum becomes the first woman to vote under the 19 th amendment. Maria Montessori is born and the first hurricane (Carol) is named as it kills 70 in New England. The first sun powered car is demonstrated way back in 1955. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/30/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Cleopatra committs suicide. The Manhattan Indians make Peace with the Dutch and a hot line is set up between Washington D.C. and Moscow. Princess Diane Dies in a car crash and Katrina hits land. And happy Birthday Mary Shelly. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/29/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
John the Baptist loses his head and Afghanistan celebrates it’s independence. Remember the treaty of Nanking when China gave up Hong Kong to Britain. We also have the origin of Chop Suey and the concluding episode of Richard Kimble’s being a Fugitive. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/28/2010 - DB Metzger | 1 comment(s)
Martin Luther King gives his "I’ve got a dream" Speech" How will Obama’s stand up? Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. UPS begins service. The lynching of Emmit Teel and Police Riot at the Chicago Convention. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/27/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The First oil well is drilled. The addiction begins in Pennsylvania.Tarzan is first published, Jane can’t be far behind. The Guinness Book of records is first published. In Birthdays Confucious, Sophia Smith (founder of Smith College)and Theodore Dreiser of Our Town fame and Mother Teresa. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/26/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The 19 th Amendment is ratified, The typewriter is patented, the new testement was first published and the first women were admitted to The Citadel Academy. Charles lindbergh dies as does ACLU founder Roger Baldwin. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/25/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
New Orleans is founded, Haitian Slave leader Toussaint L' Ouverture is captured, Paris is liberated from Nazi domination and Truman Capote dies from a drug overdose. In Birthdays, Ivan the terrible, the mad king of Bavaria, Ruby Keeler and Olympic star Althea Gibson
1425 Jacoba of Bavaria escaped fr . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 8/24/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Mt. Vesuvius buries Pompeii. The British burn Washington, the first potato chip is produced and workers begin pouring concrete at the Panama Canal. And NATO goes in effect.. It’s also the day that Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid. . . . .
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