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--- src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 13 May 2005 18:44:37 -0000 1.39
+++ src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 15 Aug 2005 06:07:10 -0000
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
01/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959
01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947
01/01 First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902
-01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor Sikorsky),
- with a brittish american convoy, 1944
+01/01 USSR dissolved, 1992
+01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor
+ Sikorsky), with a brittish american convoy, 1944
01/02 Soviet rocket carrying Lunokhod-1 leaves the Earth's orbit
the first time ever (though did not reach the moon), 1959
01/03 After 218 years since discovery by europeans and 92 years after
- it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes 49th state, 1959
+ it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes 49th
+ state, 1959
01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north)
01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913
01/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940
@@ -33,9 +35,16 @@
01/11 The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1963
01/14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day
01/14 The first "Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park, 1967
+01/14 Revolutionary War ends, 1784.
01/16 Prohibition begins, 1920
+01/16 Operation "Desert Storm", the most devastating air assault in
+ history, begins against targets in Kuwait and Iraq as part
+ of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.
01/18 Grey whale migration, California
01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...)
+01/20 French Foreign Minister Dominque de Villepin blindsides the
+ United States at a U.N. press conferences stating that France
+ will oppose any move toward war against Iraq, 2003.
01/24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922
01/24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848
01/24 A B-52 bomber carrying two 24 megaton bombs crashes at Goldsboro,
@@ -57,12 +66,17 @@
02/01 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954
02/01 Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) explodes prior to landing, 2003
02/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979
+02/02 Mexican War ends (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo), 1848
02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969
02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnaped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974
+02/04 Philippine-American War beings, 1899
02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq
02/09 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934
+02/10 French and Indian War ends (Treaty of Paris), 1763.
02/12 Lincoln's real birthday
02/12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969
+02/12 End of China's Qing Dynasty, 1912
+02/12 US Senate acquits President Clinton, 1999
02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945
02/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970
02/16 Nylon patented, 1937
@@ -75,27 +89,47 @@
02/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965
02/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
+02/24 Ground war commences against Iraq one day after a failed
+ deadline to withdraw troops from Kuwait during the Persian
+ Gulf War, 1991.
02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189
02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972
+02/28 Allies enter Kuwait City as part of the Operation "Desert
+ Storm" ground campaign, 1991. A unilateral cease-fire is
+ ordered shortly afterwards after 100-hours of fighting.
02/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704
03/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft
in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
+03/01 Articles of Confederation ratified, 1781.
03/02 Blackthorn winds (New England)
-03/03 Gemini III launched with Virgil Grissom and John Young on board, 1965
-03/04 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C.
+03/03 Gemini III launched with Virgil Grissom and John Young on
+ board, 1965
+03/04 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in New York City. On this same
+ date, the US Constitution goes into effect
+03/05 Boston Massacre, 1770
03/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1939
+03/11 Confederate Constitution ratitfied, 1861
03/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894
-03/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907
-03/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley OH
+03/13 Stock market crash, 1907
+03/31 US purchases Virgin Islands from Denmark, 1917
+03/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental
+ United States 1907
+03/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio
03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874
03/15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25, 1966
-03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by U.S. infantrymen
+03/15 The Tsar of Russia abdicates, 1917
+03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by US infantrymen
03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926
03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped
+03/17 President George W. Bush issues ultimatum to Saddam Hussein
+ giving him 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war.
03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965
03/19 Swallows return to Capistrano
+03/19 Operation "Iraqi Freedom" war campaign begins against
+ Iraq, 2003.
03/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980
03/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900
+03/24 Kosovo Conflict begins, 1999
03/25 Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911
03/26 Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937
03/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958
@@ -105,14 +139,18 @@
03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977
03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858
04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day.
+04/02 US enters World War I, 1918
04/04 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
04/04 NATO Established, 1949
04/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830
+04/06 Official cease-fire of Operation "Desert Storm" accepted and
+ signed during the Persian Gulf War, 1991.
04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943
04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod
04/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865
04/09 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867
-04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861
+04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at
+ Fort Sumter, 1861
04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961
04/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981
04/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos
@@ -124,18 +162,25 @@
04/18 Einstein's Death, 1955
04/18 First Laundromat opens, Fort Worth Texas, 1934
04/18 San Francisco earthquake, 1906
+04/18 American Revolution begins, 1775.
04/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay
04/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943
04/20 Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of busing, 1971
04/21 Lyrid meteor shower
+04/21 Spanish-American War begins, 1898
04/23 Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954
-04/23 Reinheitsgebot enacted by the bavarian dukes Wilhelm IV. and Ludwig X.,
- 1516
-04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564,
- birthdate less certain
+04/23 Reinheitsgebot enacted by the bavarian dukes Wilhelm IV.
+ and Ludwig X., 1516
+04/25 Mexican War begins, 1846
+04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England,
+ 1564; birthdate less certain
04/27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521
04/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913
05/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god
+05/01 "End of major combat operations" claimed by US President
+ George W. Bush regarding Operation "Iraqi Freedom," 2003.
+ Miltary operations continue for at least two-years after this
+ claim.
05/03 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington, 1971
05/04 Four Kent State students are shot down by the National Guard, 1970
05/05 John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, Dayton, TN, 1925
@@ -147,7 +192,7 @@
05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933
05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948
-05/14 Skylab (first U.S. space station) launched, 1973
+05/14 Skylab (first US space station) launched, 1973
05/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854
05/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982
05/17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974
@@ -156,6 +201,7 @@
05/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile
05/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956
05/22 US Civil War ends, 1865
+05/22 Croatia becomes member of United Nations, 1992
05/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960
05/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador
05/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830
@@ -177,19 +223,24 @@
06/06 First drive-in movie, 1933
06/06 Normandy landing, 1944
06/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.
-06/10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971
+06/10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red
+ Rocks, 1971
+06/10 Kosovo Conflict ends, 1999
06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC
-06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, and becomes the first human
- artifact to travel beyond the orbits of all known planets, 1983
+06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, and becomes the first
+ human artifact to travel beyond the orbits of all known
+ planets, 1983
06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834
06/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752
06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215
-06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford
- that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop,
- 1878
+06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland
+ Stanford that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground
+ during the gallop, 1878
06/16 "The Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago, 1980
06/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967
06/17 Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in, 1972
+06/18 War of 1812 begins, 1812.
+06/18 Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
06/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893
06/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953
06/19 Start of a bus boycott protesting discrimination,
@@ -197,25 +248,34 @@
06/20 Victoria crowned, 1837
06/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948
06/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge
+06/21 US Constitution ratified, 1788.
06/22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964
06/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772
06/24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1970
06/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876
06/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950
+06/25 Croatia declares independence from Yugoslavia, 1991. European
+ Commission advises a three-month moratorium on the decision
06/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498
06/26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
-06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959
+06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen
+ Elizabeth II, 1959
06/27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915
06/27 Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East, 1971
+06/27 Stock market crash, 1893
06/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978
+06/28 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated, setting of World War I, 1914
+06/28 World War I officially ends (Treaty of Versailles), 1919
06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908
06/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960
07/01 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863
07/03 Dog days begin
+07/03 French and Indian War begins, 1754.
07/04 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863
07/04 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776
07/04 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776
07/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845
+07/04 Phillipine-American War ends, 1902
07/06 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928
07/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917
07/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949
@@ -226,6 +286,7 @@
07/11 Skylab enters Earth's atmosphere and is destroyed, 1979
07/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933
07/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908
+07/14 French Revolution, 1789
07/16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945
07/17 Disneyland opens, 1955
07/18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927
@@ -235,22 +296,27 @@
07/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954
07/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904
07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925
+07/27 Korean War ends, 1953
07/28 Potato introduced in Europe by Sir Thomas Harriot, 1586
07/28 B-25 hit 79th floor of Empire State Building, 1945
-07/30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956
-07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948,
- later JFK
-08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
- this day
+07/30 "In God We Trust" made US motto, 1956
+07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild
+ Field, 1948, later JFK.
+08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30-day Celtic feast centers
+ on this day.
+08/02 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein forcefully annexes Kuwait
+ and declares it the 19th province of Iraq, 1990.
08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492
08/03 First ICBM (P-7) test (5T of iron is launched to Kamchatka), 1957
-08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
+08/03 US Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892
-08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964
+08/04 Bombing of North Vietnam begins, 1964
08/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914
08/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945
08/06 Caricom in Barbados
08/06 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890
+08/07 Operation "Desert Shield" begins in Saudi Arabia to take
+ defensive action against Iraq, 1990.
08/08 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945
08/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914
08/08 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency, 1974
@@ -264,18 +330,19 @@
08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days)
08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977
-08/12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
-08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961
+08/12 Last US ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
+08/13 Berlin Wall erected, 1961
08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934
-08/14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935
-08/14 North-East American blackout, 2003
+08/14 Social Security begins in US 1935
+08/14 North-East United States blackout, 2003
08/15 Hurricane hits Plymouth Plantation, 1635
08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947
08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898
08/17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891
08/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed
-08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite,
- marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960
+08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy
+ satellite, marking start of practical military reconnaissance
+ from space, 1960.
08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856
08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets
08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963
@@ -286,12 +353,15 @@
08/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814
08/25 First reaction thrust motor design, 1898
08/25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944
-08/26 Women get the vote, 1920
+08/18 U.S. Constitution Ammendment XIX ratified, 1920: "The right of
+ citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
+ abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
08/28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963
08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975;
Nova Cygni 1975.
+08/29 Hong Kong ceded to Britain, 1842
08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842
08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960
08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru
@@ -304,6 +374,7 @@
09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
+09/03 World War II begins, 1939
09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774
09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
@@ -315,18 +386,25 @@
09/09 California becomes the 31st state, 1850
09/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776
09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
+09/11 More than 3000 people are killed during an airline attacks
+ on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, 2001.
09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
09/12 Germany annexes Sudentenland, 1938
09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
-09/13 British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, 1788
+09/13 British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec
+ City, 1788
09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122
09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943
09/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778
09/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629
-09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
-09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959
-09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department, 1789
-09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630
+09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime
+ draft, 1940
+09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of
+ the United States, 1959
+09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State
+ Department, 1789
+09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of
+ Boston, 1630
09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862
09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi
09/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for President, 1884
@@ -340,22 +418,27 @@
09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas President Nixon, 1974
09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
09/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
-09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball club, 1845
-09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952
+09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball
+ club, 1845
+09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers"
+ speech, 1952
09/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981
09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
-09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon,
- 490BC
-09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
- 1888
-09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
+09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at
+ Marathon, 490BC
+09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine
+ Eddowes (#4), 1888
+09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston,
+ Massachusettes, 1846
09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958
10/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
+10/03 Re-unification of Germany, 1990
10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853
-10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957
-10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853
+10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched by USSR, 1957
+10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and
+ women, 1853
10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973
10/07 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic
@@ -364,11 +447,15 @@
10/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
10/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974
10/08 Great Chicago Fire, 1871
+10/08 Croatian Independence Day
10/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876
-10/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. (1984)
+10/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night
+ sky. (1984)
10/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba
10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea
-10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973
+10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax
+ fraud, 1973
+10/10 Panama Canal completed, 1913
10/11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975
10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976
10/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811
@@ -422,17 +509,19 @@
11/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888
11/09 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League, 1921
11/09 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, 1933
+11/09 Mayflower lands on Plymouth Rock, 1620.
11/10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstrations near White House, 1917
11/10 Cpt. Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865
11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871
-11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889
+11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd U.S. state, 1889
11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan
11/12 U.S. first exports oil to Europe, 1861
-11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon
- price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request
- from McDonald's), 1971
+11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of
+ Nixon price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after
+ formal request from McDonald's), 1971.
11/15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896
11/15 Space Shuttle Buran launched, 1988
+11/15 Articles of Confederation proposed, 1777.
11/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
11/17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966
11/17 Richard Nixon says "I am not a crook.", 1973
@@ -462,6 +551,8 @@
12/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884
12/10 Metric system established in France, 1799
12/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year
+12/10 Spanish-American War ends, 1898
+12/11 U.S. enters World War II, 1941
12/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901
12/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972
12/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769
@@ -470,9 +561,11 @@
12/15 Bill of Rights adopted, 1791
12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891
12/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890
+12/19 U.S. House impeaches President Clinton, 1998
12/20 U.S. buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi.
12/24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865
12/24 Apollo 8 first manned lunar orbit, 1968
+12/24 War of 1812 ends (Treaty of Ghent), 1814
12/26 DPMA founded, 1951
12/27 APT report published, 1956
12/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845
Nicholas Marriott
> Just some additions/corrects/cleaning-up of calendar.history.
A few nitpicks, comments and corrections...
> --
[snip]
> +01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor
> + Sikorsky), with a brittish american convoy, 1944
"British-American".
> 01/02 Soviet rocket carrying Lunokhod-1 leaves the Earth's orbit
> the first time ever (though did not reach the moon), 1959
> 01/03 After 218 years since discovery by europeans and 92 years after
[snip]
> +01/20 French Foreign Minister Dominque de Villepin blindsides the
> + United States at a U.N. press conferences stating that France
> + will oppose any move toward war against Iraq, 2003.
[snip]
> + Storm" ground campaign, 1991. A unilateral cease-fire is
> + ordered shortly afterwards after 100-hours of fighting.
"100 hours".
> 02/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704
> 03/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft
> in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
> +03/01 Articles of Confederation ratified, 1781.
[snip]
> +05/01 "End of major combat operations" claimed by US President
> + George W. Bush regarding Operation "Iraqi Freedom," 2003.
> + Miltary operations continue for at least two-years after this
> + claim.
Hmm.
> 05/03 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington, 1971
> 05/04 Four Kent State students are shot down by the National Guard, 1970
> 05/05 John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, Dayton, TN, 1925
> @@ -147,7 +192,7 @@
> 05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933
> 05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
> 05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948
> -05/14 Skylab (first U.S. space station) launched, 1973
> +05/14 Skylab (first US space station) launched, 1973
"U.N." & "U.S." or "UN" and "US"? Which is it?
If we're having "US", how about fixing "N.Y." too?
Sorry, but this kind of inconsistency really gets on my nerves :-).
> 05/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854
[snip]
> 06/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978
> +06/28 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated, setting of World War I, 1914
"setting off". This is a poor phrase in my opinion anyway, how about
"triggering" or "beginning"?
> +06/28 World War I officially ends (Treaty of Versailles), 1919
How about "World War I is officially ended by the Treaty of Versailles"?
> 06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908
[snip]
> 07/28 B-25 hit 79th floor of Empire State Building, 1945
> -07/30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956
> -07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948,
> - later JFK
> -08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
> - this day
> +07/30 "In God We Trust" made US motto, 1956
> +07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild
> + Field, 1948, later JFK.
> +08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30-day Celtic feast centers
> + on this day.
> +08/02 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein forcefully annexes Kuwait
> + and declares it the 19th province of Iraq, 1990.
I know this one is older, but "N.Y." and "JFK"?
> 08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492
> 08/03 First ICBM (P-7) test (5T of iron is launched to Kamchatka), 1957
> -08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
> +08/03 US Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
It was the USS (or "U.S.S.") Nautilus.
> 08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892
> -08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964
> +08/04 Bombing of North Vietnam begins, 1964
[snip]
> -08/26 Women get the vote, 1920
> +08/18 U.S. Constitution Ammendment XIX ratified, 1920: "The right of
> + citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
> + abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
"U.S. Constitutional Amendment"
> 08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
[snip]
> 09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
> +09/11 More than 3000 people are killed during an airline attacks
> + on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, 2001.
"an airline attacks" -> "airline attacks". "Pentagon" -> "the Pentagon".
> 09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
[snip]
> +09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State
> + Department, 1789
"U.S."...
[snip]
> -09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
> - 1888
> -09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
> +09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at
> + Marathon, 490BC
> +09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine
> + Eddowes (#4), 1888
> +09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston,
> + Massachusettes, 1846
That would be "Massachusetts", I believe. I did have to look it up :-).
> 09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
> 10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958
> 10/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
> +10/03 Re-unification of Germany, 1990
"Reunification" is usually not hyphenated.
> 10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853
[snip]
> 12/24 Apollo 8 first manned lunar orbit, 1968
> +12/24 War of 1812 ends (Treaty of Ghent), 1814
How about "Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812"?
Martin Schröder
> Just some additions/corrects/cleaning-up of calendar.history.
It's missing two very important dates of recent US history:
- the blowjow by Monica
- the presentation of WMD "evidence" in the UN security council
Of course the first ist much more important.
Best
Martin
--
http://www.tm.oneiros.de
eric
> It's missing two very important dates of recent US history:
> - the blowjow by Monica
> - the presentation of WMD "evidence" in the UN security council
>
> Of course the first ist much more important.
Feel free to send your own diff then.
eric
> eric-list-o...@catastrophe.net wrote:
> >Just some additions/corrects/cleaning-up of calendar.history.
>
> A few nitpicks, comments and corrections...
I'll clean them up and resubmit. I'll also normalize things such as U.S. vs.
US, N.Y. vs. NY, etc. I agree it's sloppy and nerve-wrecking.
eric
> I'll clean them up and resubmit. I'll also normalize things such as U.S. vs.
> US, N.Y. vs. NY, etc. I agree it's sloppy and nerve-wrecking.
Ok, here's the cleaned up version. I made a few other corrections as well.
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--- src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 13 May 2005 18:44:37 -0000 1.39
+++ src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 15 Aug 2005 14:18:52 -0000
@@ -11,17 +11,18 @@
01/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959
01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947
01/01 First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902
-01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor Sikorsky),
- with a brittish american convoy, 1944
+01/01 USSR dissolved, 1992
+01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor
+ Sikorsky), with a British-American convoy, 1944
01/02 Soviet rocket carrying Lunokhod-1 leaves the Earth's orbit
the first time ever (though did not reach the moon), 1959
01/03 After 218 years since discovery by europeans and 92 years after
- it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes 49th state, 1959
+ it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes the 49th
+ US state, 1959
01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north)
01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913
01/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940
01/05 Twelfth night
-01/08 Battle of New Orleans
01/09 Plough Monday
01/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946
01/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776
@@ -33,9 +34,16 @@
01/11 The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1963
01/14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day
01/14 The first "Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park, 1967
+01/14 Revolutionary War ends, 1784.
01/16 Prohibition begins, 1920
+01/16 Operation "Desert Storm", the most devastating air assault in
+ history, begins against targets in Kuwait and Iraq as part
+ of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.
01/18 Grey whale migration, California
01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...)
+01/20 French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin blindsides the
+ United States at a U.N. press conferences stating that France
+ will oppose any move toward war against Iraq, 2003.
01/24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922
01/24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848
01/24 A B-52 bomber carrying two 24 megaton bombs crashes at Goldsboro,
@@ -50,52 +58,79 @@
01/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948
01/30 Tet Offensive, 1968
01/31 "Ham" the chimpanzee soars into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, 1961
-01/31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered
+01/31 Explorer I launched in 1958 leading to the discovery of
+ the Van Allen Belt
01/31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp
01/31 Dmitry Mendeleev, 1865, established optimal alcohol-water mixture ratio
in his PhD work on alcohol-water mixtures
02/01 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954
02/01 Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) explodes prior to landing, 2003
02/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979
+02/02 Mexican War ends (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo), 1848
02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969
02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnaped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974
+02/04 Philippine-American War beings, 1899
02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq
02/09 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934
+02/10 French and Indian War ends (Treaty of Paris), 1763.
02/12 Lincoln's real birthday
02/12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969
+02/12 End of China's Qing Dynasty, 1912
+02/12 US Senate acquits President Clinton, 1999
02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945
-02/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970
+02/15 "Chicago Seven" convicted, 1970
02/16 Nylon patented, 1937
02/16 Stephen Decatur burns US frigate in Tripoli, 1804
02/18 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930
02/19 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, 1945
-02/20 John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times, 1962
+02/20 John Glenn orbits the Earth three times, 1962
02/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties
02/21 First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1878
-02/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965
+02/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, New York, 1965
02/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
+02/24 Ground war commences against Iraq one day after a failed
+ deadline to withdraw troops from Kuwait during the Persian
+ Gulf War, 1991.
02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189
-02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972
+02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, France, 1972
+02/28 Allies enter Kuwait City as part of the Operation "Desert
+ Storm" ground campaign, 1991. A unilateral cease-fire is
+ ordered shortly afterwards after 100 hours of fighting.
02/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704
03/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft
in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
+03/01 Articles of Confederation ratified, 1781.
03/02 Blackthorn winds (New England)
-03/03 Gemini III launched with Virgil Grissom and John Young on board, 1965
-03/04 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C.
+03/03 Gemini III launched with Virgil Grissom and John Young on
+ board, 1965
+03/04 First meeting of Congress in New York City, 1789. On this same
+ date, the US Constitution goes into effect
+03/05 Boston Massacre, 1770
03/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1939
+03/11 Confederate Constitution ratitfied, 1861
03/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894
-03/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907
-03/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley OH
+03/13 Stock market crash, 1907
+03/31 US purchases Virgin Islands from Denmark, 1917
+03/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental
+ United States 1907
+03/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio
03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874
03/15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25, 1966
-03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by U.S. infantrymen
+03/15 The Tsar of Russia abdicates, 1917
+03/16 MyLai Massacre, 1968. Three-hundred non-combatant villagers killed
+ by US infantrymen
03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926
03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped
+03/17 US President George W. Bush issues ultimatum to Saddam Hussein
+ giving him 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war.
03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965
03/19 Swallows return to Capistrano
+03/19 Operation "Iraqi Freedom" war campaign begins against
+ Iraq, 2003.
03/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980
03/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900
+03/24 Kosovo Conflict begins, 1999
03/25 Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911
03/26 Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937
03/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958
@@ -105,37 +140,47 @@
03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977
03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858
04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day.
+04/02 US enters World War I, 1918
04/04 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
04/04 NATO Established, 1949
04/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830
+04/06 Official cease-fire of Operation "Desert Storm" accepted and
+ signed during the Persian Gulf War, 1991.
04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943
04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod
04/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865
04/09 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867
-04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861
+04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Fort Sumter, 1861
04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961
04/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981
04/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos
04/13 Apollo 13 aborts moon landing due to oxygen tank explosion, 1970
04/14 Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, 1865
04/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912
-04/15 Ray Kroc opens first McDonalds in Des Plaines, IL, 1955
+04/15 Ray Kroc opens first McDonalds in Des Plaines, Illinois, 1955
04/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961
-04/18 Einstein's Death, 1955
-04/18 First Laundromat opens, Fort Worth Texas, 1934
+04/18 Albert Einstein dies, 1955
+04/18 First Laundromat opens in Fort Worth, Texas, 1934
04/18 San Francisco earthquake, 1906
+04/18 American Revolution begins, 1775.
04/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay
04/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943
04/20 Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of busing, 1971
04/21 Lyrid meteor shower
+04/21 Spanish-American War begins, 1898
04/23 Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954
-04/23 Reinheitsgebot enacted by the bavarian dukes Wilhelm IV. and Ludwig X.,
- 1516
-04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564,
- birthdate less certain
+04/23 Reinheitsgebot enacted by the bavarian dukes Wilhelm IV.
+ and Ludwig X., 1516
+04/25 Mexican War begins, 1846
+04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England,
+ 1564; birthdate less certain
04/27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521
+04/28 Union Flag Officer David G. Farragut and squadron achieve surrender
+ of the City of New Orleans during the US Civil War, 1862
04/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913
05/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god
+05/01 "End of major combat operations" claimed by US President
+ George W. Bush regarding Operation "Iraqi Freedom," 2003.
05/03 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington, 1971
05/04 Four Kent State students are shot down by the National Guard, 1970
05/05 John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, Dayton, TN, 1925
@@ -147,7 +192,7 @@
05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933
05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948
-05/14 Skylab (first U.S. space station) launched, 1973
+05/14 Skylab (first US space station) launched, 1973
05/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854
05/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982
05/17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974
@@ -156,6 +201,7 @@
05/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile
05/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956
05/22 US Civil War ends, 1865
+05/22 Croatia becomes member of United Nations, 1992
05/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960
05/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador
05/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830
@@ -178,54 +224,67 @@
06/06 Normandy landing, 1944
06/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.
06/10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971
+06/10 Kosovo Conflict ends, 1999
06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC
-06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, and becomes the first human
- artifact to travel beyond the orbits of all known planets, 1983
+06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, and becomes the first
+ human artifact to travel beyond the orbits of all known planets, 1983
06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834
06/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752
06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215
-06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford
- that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop,
- 1878
+06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland
+ Stanford that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground
+ during the gallop, 1878
06/16 "The Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago, 1980
06/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967
06/17 Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in, 1972
+06/18 War of 1812 begins, 1812
+06/18 Battle of Waterloo, 1815
06/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893
06/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953
-06/19 Start of a bus boycott protesting discrimination,
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1953
+06/19 Start of bus boycott protesting discrimination in Baton
+ Rouge, Louisiana, 1953
06/20 Victoria crowned, 1837
06/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948
06/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge
+06/21 US Constitution ratified, 1788.
06/22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964
06/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772
06/24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1970
06/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876
06/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950
+06/25 Croatia declares independence from Yugoslavia, 1991. European
+ Commission advises a three-month moratorium on the decision
06/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498
06/26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
-06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959
+06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen
+ Elizabeth II, 1959
06/27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915
06/27 Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East, 1971
+06/27 Stock market crash, 1893
06/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978
+06/28 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated, igniting World War I, 1914
+06/28 World War I is officially ended by the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia at 7:17 local time, 1908
06/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960
07/01 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863
07/03 Dog days begin
+07/03 French and Indian War begins, 1754.
07/04 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863
07/04 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776
07/04 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776
07/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845
+07/04 Phillipine-American War ends, 1902
07/06 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928
07/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917
07/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949
07/08 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
07/08 Liberty Bell cracks while being rung at funeral of John Marshall, 1835
-07/09 10-hour working day set by law, NH, 1847
+07/09 10-hour working day set by law in New Hampshire, 1847
07/10 134 degrees in Death Valley, 1913
07/11 Skylab enters Earth's atmosphere and is destroyed, 1979
07/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933
07/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908
+07/14 French Revolution, 1789
07/16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945
07/17 Disneyland opens, 1955
07/18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927
@@ -233,24 +292,29 @@
07/20 Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin land on moon, 1969
07/21 First Train Robbery, Jesse James gets $3000 near Adair, Iowa, 1873
07/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954
-07/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904
+07/23 Ice cream cone introduced in St. Louis, Missouri, 1904
07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925
+07/27 Korean War ends, 1953
07/28 Potato introduced in Europe by Sir Thomas Harriot, 1586
07/28 B-25 hit 79th floor of Empire State Building, 1945
-07/30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956
-07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948,
- later JFK
-08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
- this day
+07/30 "In God We Trust" made US motto, 1956
+07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates New York International Airport at Idlewild
+ Field, 1948, to be later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.
+08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30-day Celtic feast centers
+ on this day.
+08/02 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein forcefully annexes Kuwait
+ and declares it the 19th province of Iraq, 1990.
08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492
08/03 First ICBM (P-7) test (5T of iron is launched to Kamchatka), 1957
08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892
-08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964
+08/04 Bombing of North Vietnam begins, 1964
08/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914
08/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945
08/06 Caricom in Barbados
08/06 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890
+08/07 Operation "Desert Shield" begins in Saudi Arabia to take
+ defensive action against Iraq, 1990.
08/08 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945
08/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914
08/08 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency, 1974
@@ -264,18 +328,19 @@
08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days)
08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977
-08/12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
-08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961
+08/12 Last US ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
+08/13 Berlin Wall erected, 1961
08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934
-08/14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935
-08/14 North-East American blackout, 2003
+08/14 Social Security begins in United States, 1935
+08/14 North-East United States blackout, 2003
08/15 Hurricane hits Plymouth Plantation, 1635
08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947
08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898
-08/17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891
+08/17 First public bath opened in New York, 1891
08/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed
-08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite,
- marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960
+08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy
+ satellite, marking start of practical military reconnaissance
+ from space, 1960.
08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856
08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets
08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963
@@ -283,15 +348,18 @@
08/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927
08/24 "Alice's Restaurant" premieres in New York and Los Angeles, 1969
08/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960
-08/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814
+08/24 British troops burn Washington, DC, 1814
08/25 First reaction thrust motor design, 1898
08/25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944
-08/26 Women get the vote, 1920
+08/18 U.S. Constitutional Ammendment XIX ratified, 1920: "The right of
+ citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
+ abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
08/28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963
08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975;
Nova Cygni 1975.
+08/29 Hong Kong ceded to Britain, 1842
08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842
08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960
08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru
@@ -304,29 +372,36 @@
09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
+09/03 World War II begins, 1939
09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774
09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
-09/06 Pres. McKinley shot, 1901
+09/06 US President McKinley shot, 1901
09/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland
09/08 Star Trek debuts on NBC (1966) with "The Man Trap"
09/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888
-09/08 President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974
+09/08 US President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974
09/09 California becomes the 31st state, 1850
09/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776
09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
+09/11 More than 3000 people are killed during airline attacks
+ on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, 2001.
09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
09/12 Germany annexes Sudentenland, 1938
09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
-09/13 British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, 1788
+09/13 British defeat the French at Plains of Abraham near Quebec
+ City, 1788
09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122
09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943
09/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778
09/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629
-09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
-09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959
-09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department, 1789
-09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630
+09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime
+ draft, 1940
+09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of
+ the United States, 1959
+09/15 The US Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the US State Department, 1789
+09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of
+ Boston, 1630
09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862
09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi
09/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for President, 1884
@@ -336,26 +411,31 @@
09/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519
09/20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973
09/22 Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953
-09/22 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
-09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas President Nixon, 1974
+09/22 US President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
+09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas US President Nixon, 1974
09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
09/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
-09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball club, 1845
-09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952
+09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first US Baseball
+ club, 1845
+09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers"
+ speech, 1952
09/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981
09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
-09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon,
- 490BC
-09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
- 1888
-09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
+09/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at
+ Marathon, 490BC
+09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine
+ Eddowes (#4), 1888
+09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston,
+ Massachusetts, 1846
09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958
10/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
+10/03 Reunification of Germany, 1990
10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853
-10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957
-10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853
+10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched by USSR, 1957
+10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and
+ women, 1853
10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973
10/07 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic
@@ -364,12 +444,16 @@
10/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
10/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974
10/08 Great Chicago Fire, 1871
+10/08 Croatian Independence Day
10/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876
-10/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. (1984)
+10/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night
+ sky. (1984)
10/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba
10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea
-10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973
-10/11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975
+10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as US Vice-President due to income tax
+ fraud, 1973
+10/10 Panama Canal completed, 1913
+10/11 "Saturday Night Live" premieres on NBC-TV, 1975
10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976
10/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811
10/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962
@@ -377,12 +461,12 @@
10/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960
10/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920
10/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943
-10/13 U.S. Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress
+10/13 US Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress
10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066
10/14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947
10/15 First draft card burned, 1965
10/15 d.b.a. ("drink good stuff") opens in n.y.c., 1994
-10/18 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor org., 1648
+10/18 Boston Shoemakers form first US labor org., 1648
10/18 Soviets announce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959
10/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949
10/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812
@@ -414,7 +498,7 @@
11/04 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran, 1979
11/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956
11/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605
-11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R.
+11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in USSR
11/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837
11/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805
11/09 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965
@@ -422,17 +506,19 @@
11/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888
11/09 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League, 1921
11/09 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, 1933
+11/09 Mayflower lands on Plymouth Rock, 1620.
11/10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstrations near White House, 1917
11/10 Cpt. Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865
11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871
-11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889
+11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd US state, 1889
11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan
-11/12 U.S. first exports oil to Europe, 1861
-11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon
- price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request
- from McDonald's), 1971
+11/12 US first exports oil to Europe, 1861
+11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of
+ Nixon price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after
+ formal request from McDonald's), 1971.
11/15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896
11/15 Space Shuttle Buran launched, 1988
+11/15 Articles of Confederation proposed, 1777.
11/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
11/17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966
11/17 Richard Nixon says "I am not a crook.", 1973
@@ -440,7 +526,7 @@
11/18 Local standard time zones established for US, 1883
11/19 Gettysburg Address delivered, 1863
11/21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973
-11/22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963
+11/22 John F. Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963
11/23 First broadcast of Dr. Who (longest running TV series), 1963
11/24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby, 1963
11/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867
@@ -453,7 +539,8 @@
12/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910
12/03 First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967
12/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971
-12/04 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC, 1783
+12/04 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, New
+ York City, 1783
12/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776
12/05 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed,
ending the Prohibition of alcohol, 1933
@@ -462,17 +549,22 @@
12/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884
12/10 Metric system established in France, 1799
12/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year
+12/10 Spanish-American War ends, 1898
+12/11 US enters World War II, 1941
12/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901
12/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972
12/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769
12/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south)
12/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976
-12/15 Bill of Rights adopted, 1791
+12/15 US Bill of Rights adopted, 1791
12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891
12/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890
-12/20 U.S. buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi.
-12/24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865
+12/19 US House impeaches President Clinton, 1998
+12/20 US buys nearly 1 million square miles of Louisiana
+ for approximately $20/sq. mile, 1803
+12/24 Ku Klux Klan formed in Pulaski, Tennesee, 1865
12/24 Apollo 8 first manned lunar orbit, 1968
+12/24 Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812, 1814
Ian Darwin
>
>
>
>Index: src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history,v
>retrieving revision 1.39
>diff -u -r1.39 calendar.history
>--- src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 13 May 2005 18:44:37 -0000 1.39
>+++ src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 15 Aug 2005 06:07:10 -0000
>@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
>
>-01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor Sikorsky),
>- with a brittish american convoy, 1944
>+01/01 USSR dissolved, 1992
>+01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor
>+ Sikorsky), with a brittish american convoy, 1944
>
>
Should be British-American.
> 01/02 Soviet rocket carrying Lunokhod-1 leaves the Earth's orbit
> the first time ever (though did not reach the moon), 1959
> 01/03 After 218 years since discovery by europeans and 92 years after
>- it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes 49th state, 1959
>+ it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes 49th
>+ state, 1959
> 01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north)
> 01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913
> 01/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940
>@@ -33,9 +35,16 @@
> 01/11 The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1963
> 01/14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day
> 01/14 The first "Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park, 1967
>+01/14 Revolutionary War ends, 1784.
> 01/16 Prohibition begins, 1920
>+01/16 Operation "Desert Storm", the most devastating air assault in
>+ history, begins against targets in Kuwait and Iraq as part
>+ of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.
>
>
Does that record still hold after the 2nd war on Iraq in 2003?
> 01/18 Grey whale migration, California
> 01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...)
>+01/20 French Foreign Minister Dominque de Villepin blindsides the
>+ United States at a U.N. press conferences stating that France
>+ will oppose any move toward war against Iraq, 2003.
> 01/24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922
> 01/24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848
> 01/24 A B-52 bomber carrying two 24 megaton bombs crashes at Goldsboro,
>@@ -57,12 +66,17 @@
> 02/01 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954
> 02/01 Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) explodes prior to landing, 2003
>
>
maybe s/prior to landing/during re-entry/
> 02/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979
>+02/02 Mexican War ends (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo), 1848
> 02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969
> 02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnaped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974
>
>
kidnapped
>+02/04 Philippine-American War beings, 1899
> 02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq
> 02/09 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934
>+02/10 French and Indian War ends (Treaty of Paris), 1763.
> 02/12 Lincoln's real birthday
> 02/12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969
>+02/12 End of China's Qing Dynasty, 1912
>+02/12 US Senate acquits President Clinton, 1999
> 02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945
>
>
add: (first large-scale non-nuclear carpet bombing of civilians by
U.S.-led forces)
Add: "by U.S.A. Largest single killing of civilians in history."
Do you have a year for that?
>-08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite,
>- marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960
>+08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy
>+ satellite, marking start of practical military reconnaissance
>+ from space, 1960.
> 08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856
> 08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets
> 08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963
>@@ -286,12 +353,15 @@
> 08/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814
> 08/25 First reaction thrust motor design, 1898
> 08/25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944
>-08/26 Women get the vote, 1920
>+08/18 U.S. Constitution Ammendment XIX ratified, 1920: "The right of
>+ citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
>+ abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
> 08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
> 08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
> 08/28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963
> 08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975;
> Nova Cygni 1975.
>
>
Since it happened millions of years ago, maybe say
"Light from nova star in Cygnus reaches earth, now 4th brightest ..."
>+08/29 Hong Kong ceded to Britain, 1842
> 08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842
> 08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960
> 08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru
>@@ -304,6 +374,7 @@
> 09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
> 09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
> 09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
>+09/03 World War II begins, 1939
> 09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
> 09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774
> 09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
>@@ -315,18 +386,25 @@
> 09/09 California becomes the 31st state, 1850
> 09/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776
> 09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
>+09/11 More than 3000 people are killed during an airline attacks
>+ on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, 2001.
>
>
drop the word "an": killed during airline attacks
Years for those two?
>-10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973
>+10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax
>+ fraud, 1973
>+10/10 Panama Canal completed, 1913
> 10/11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975
> 10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976
> 10/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811
>@@ -422,17 +509,19 @@
>
>
11/07 Tony Nathan receives first U.S. Electoral College vote for a woman
Vice Presidential candidate (1972)
Remove quotes (hey were the last men, until some future time). Or sth like
", carrying last men to walk on moon in 20th century"
Ian Darwin
> 11/07 Tony Nathan receives first U.S. Electoral College vote for a
> woman Vice Presidential candidate (1972)
Err, I meant "Toni", of course.
eric
> Does that record still hold after the 2nd war on Iraq in 2003?
Yes.
> Add: "by U.S.A. Largest single killing of civilians in history."
That's subjective; add it yourself if you'd like it in.
> >08/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed
> >
> Do you have a year for that?
No, send a diff.
> "Light from nova star in Cygnus reaches earth, now 4th brightest ..."
Send a diff.
> >10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea
> >
> Years for those two?
Send a diff.
> 11/07 Tony Nathan receives first U.S. Electoral College vote for a woman
> Vice Presidential candidate (1972)
Send a diff.
> Remove quotes (hey were the last men, until some future time). Or sth like
> ", carrying last men to walk on moon in 20th century"
Send a diff.
[snip]
You're making comments on things that weren't in my diff. If you'd like
something added, send a diff. It's easy to do, and fun for the whole family.
Ian Darwin
>>
>>
>Send a diff.
>
>
If you don't care for the additions I will do them after you commit and
the dust settles a bit.
eric
> Here I was commenting on your diff. We don't send diffs to diffs like that.
I meant send a diff to 1.39 or whatever is in HEAD.
> If you don't care for the additions I will do them after you commit and
> the dust settles a bit.
Sounds good. I've got a few more, but will wait a few days.
Ted Unangst
> +01/16 Operation "Desert Storm", the most devastating air assault in
> + history, begins against targets in Kuwait and Iraq as part
> + of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.
i really don't feel editorial comments belong in the file. and compared
to other wars, the new content seems to seriously overemphasize iraq. i
also have a hard time believing the above, considering vietnam or a few
other incidents.
> +02/04 Philippine-American War beings, 1899
i think comments like this, correctly spelled, are more appropriate.
--
And that's why I started this thread.
eric
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, eric wrote:
>
> > +01/16 Operation "Desert Storm", the most devastating air assault in
> > + history, begins against targets in Kuwait and Iraq as part
> > + of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.
>
> i really don't feel editorial comments belong in the file. and compared
It's not an editorial; it's factual information. Go read your history
books. If you don't want it in, tell whomever commits to remove it.
Thanks.
Eichert, Diana
lost lives of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago I think editorial
comments about death and destruction related to humanity's tendency
towards carnage should be minimized. Remember the victors tell the
stories.
Yes, I recognise that some may think my comment odd, coming from
this e-mail address but I think it's appropriate to state.
diana
eric
> For what it's worth I agree with Ted on this one. In respect to the
> lost lives of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago I think editorial
> comments about death and destruction related to humanity's tendency
> towards carnage should be minimized. Remember the victors tell the
> stories.
>
> Yes, I recognise that some may think my comment odd, coming from
> this e-mail address but I think it's appropriate to state.
But closing one's eyes doesn't help the cause either. That's what
the right wing idiots that run the US want you everyone to do. There
was no carnage listed in my entry. However, I move to strike the entry
completely. Let's just forget the whole thing ever happened.
Artur Grabowski
Words like "most" and "devastating" are almost never factual.
I'd like to see the criteria used to pick that assault as "most
devastating" compared to Dresden, Coventry, Kvln, Warsaw, Hiroshima,
Nagasaki, etc. Actually... No, I don't. Please don't discuss this
anymore on this mailing list.
This is just a blatant attempt to get someones political agenda into
a file with facts and should be ignored. Even though I might agree
with parts of that political agenda, polluting facts with politics
is unprofessional.
//art
eric
> I'd like to see the criteria used to pick that assault as "most
> devastating" compared to Dresden, Coventry, Kvln, Warsaw, Hiroshima,
> Nagasaki, etc. Actually... No, I don't. Please don't discuss this
> anymore on this mailing list.
I stopped, why don't you?
> This is just a blatant attempt to get someones political agenda into
> a file with facts and should be ignored. Even though I might agree
> with parts of that political agenda, polluting facts with politics
> is unprofessional.
The start chopping out stuff from calendar.history that is already
subjective. I'll let you go through and do so; there's enough in there
that's subjective.
Thanks.
- Eric