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    Posted: November 14 2006 at 18:51
Time to start a new brainchildLOL

I have always found "This Day in History" things very interesting, so I will post the most interesting ones here.


Feel free to join in, with national, international, or even personal things of signifigance that happened on an equivalent day in the past.


And keep on topic this time, so my new brainchild won't dieCryAngry
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On November 14th:

1228: Fredrick of Isenberg was executed for murdering his brother, the Archbishop of Cologne.

1889-Nellie Bly sets out to go around the world in eighty days.

1940-The town of Coventry is devestated by the German Blitzkrieg.

1971-Mariner 9 is the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars.

1851-Moby Dick is published.

1969-Apollo 12 is launched.

1914-The Ottoman Empire declares a jihad on its World War I enemies.



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Tomorrow (or today, depending where you are) the November, 15th, is a holiday here in Brazil... the Republic Day, when the Monarchy that ruled Brazil since our independence (1822) was deposed in 1889.
 
November, 20th (before I forgot) we honour Zumbi, a former slave that was the last leader of the first independent nation in the Americas, Palmares. The nation which survived for several years was destroyed in 1694 by the Portuguese and Zumbi was killed (or comitted suicide).
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Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Tomorrow (or today, depending where you are) the November, 15th, is a holiday here in Brazil... the Republic Day, when the Monarchy that ruled Brazil since our independence (1822) was deposed in 1889.
 
November, 20th (before I forgot) we honour Zumbi, a former slave that was the last leader of the first independent nation in the Americas, Palmares. The nation which survived for several years was destroyed in 1694 by the Portuguese and Zumbi was killed (or comitted suicide).


I have to honestly say I have never heard of Palmares, and I am a history lover, I'll check it out. Sounds really interesting.


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Ah, Guigo, so I guess Deodoro da Fonseca is a hero then?




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on 15-nov-1738 Georgium Sidus was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel, later it was renamed Uranus.
 
 
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Ah, Guigo, so I guess Deodoro da Fonseca is a hero then?


 
LOL, the old General was used by the republican conspirators as a kind of frontman, he wasn't the brain behind the movement but had the prestige to do the final cut! Smile
 
I know that date has passed but wasn't in November, 1989, that the infamous Berlin Wall was thrown down?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/
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Originally posted by Scapler Scapler wrote:

On November 14th:

1940-The town of Coventry is devestated by the German Blitzkrieg.



2006: Coventry still looks like a warzone. Wink
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On November 15:
 
1889-A military coup makes Brazil a republic
 
1920-The first meeting of the League of nations is held
 
1971-Intel releases the first microprocessor
 
1988-The State of Palestine declares independence
 
1777-America adopts the Articles of Confederation
 
1956-Elvis' first film
 
1917-George Clemenceau becomes French Prime Minister
 
It is also Republic Day in Brazil (as previously mentioned),
and it is Shichigosan in Japan
 
 
 
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On November 15th, 1969, singer Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, Florida, for using vulgar and indecent language at her concert. Joplin was released on bond, and the charges eventually were dropped.

Also in 1969, the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, where The Beatles performed in their early days, closed its doors for good.
 
In 1992, Ozzy Osbourne performed what he said would be his last solo concert, in Costa Mesa, California. The show also turned into a Black Sabbath reunion when Osbourne was joined by his former bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward on stage. Osbourne has since returned to performing.
 
 
In 2000, Michael Abram was acquitted of stabbing George Harrison in his home. Abram was found innocent by reason of insanity.
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On November 15th 1976, the Parti Québécois won the majority of ridings in the Quebec provincial elections in Canada sparking racial debates ( english-french) which continue to this day.
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 20:47
Originally posted by N Ellingworth N Ellingworth wrote:

Originally posted by Scapler Scapler wrote:

On November 14th:

1940-The town of Coventry is devestated by the German Blitzkrieg.



2006: Coventry still looks like a warzone. Wink

It looked likea concrete monstrosoty the last time I was there, a couple of years ago. Isit just as bad now?
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 20:49
I went to Coventry Cathedral a good 10 years ago and they've restored a lot it.  No idea what the city is like, but it can't be any worse than here.

Farmer's Bridge in Birmingham is dodgy though.
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 20:53
I hate to say it but you've lost me with Farmers Bridge?Confused
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 20:56
It's on the Canal.  Do you know the big wharf at all?
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I know now, I've walked on the otherside of the canal in that pic many times. Its actually closed to the most modern area of the city, a nice area. Digbeth on the other hand.... 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 21:03
Well I'm talking about 12 or so years ago.  It seemed a little grotty to me, but then I was only 14 or so.

I've been up and down The Grand Union on 2 or 3 occasions.  What's the big wharf there?  Gas Street Basin, that's it.
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