Post by Salem6 on Dec 11, 2003 14:17:24 GMT
Thursday, December 11
11/12/2003 07:41 - (SA)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th of 2003. There are 20 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1769 - King Prithpi Narayan Shad creates a united nation of Nepal by capturing the last of its 24 states.
1792 - France's King Louis XVI faces charges of treason. He is convicted, and executed the following month.
1816 - Britain restores Java, Indonesia, to the Netherlands.
1845 - Sikhs cross Sutlej River in India and surprise British, causing outbreak of Anglo-Sikh War.
1853 - Britain annexes Nagpur, one of India's key states.
1872 - Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becomes America's first black governor in Louisiana.
1878 - French-British dual control in Egypt is suspended.
1878 - The British government presents the Zulu nation with an ultimatum. One of the demands is that the Zulus abandon their traditional military system.
1888 - Italy supports Menelek of Shoa in revolt against Ethiopia's Johannes IV; the French Panama Canal company fails.
1895 - George Whitehouse, a British civil engineer, arrives in Mombasa, in what is now Kenya, to begin the construction of a railroad to Lake Victoria. The line was dubbed "The Lunatic Express" by British legislators because they couldn't foresee how it would ever pay its way.
1899 - The Boers, introducing trench warfare in the Second Anglo-Boer War, score their first major success against British forces at the Battle of Magersfontein near the Modder River station south of Kimberley. From their trenches, the Boers unleash a sustained fusillade and 239 British troops are killed and 633 wounded. Among those killed is Major-General AG (Andy) Wauchope. Boer losses are put at 87 dead and 149 wounded.
1920 - South African author Olive Schreiner dies at Wynberg at the age of 65.
1928 - Police in Buenos Aires thwart an attempt on the life of US President-elect Herbert Hoover.
1936 - George VI becomes King of England following abdication of Edward VIII.
1937 - Italy withdraws from the League of Nations.
1941 - United States declares war against Germany and Italy in World War II.
1946 - The UN International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) is established.
1961 - Two US helicopter companies arrive in Saigon on an aircraft carrier in the first direct US military support for South Vietnam's battle against Communist guerrillas.
1968 - US and North Vietnamese representatives in Paris continue talks on the expanded Vietnam peace conference, but discussions remain deadlocked.
1972 - US Apollo 17 astronauts land on the moon and begin an extensive exploration of the lunar surface.
1975 - Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco's annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the territory's capital.
1981 - The UN Security Council chooses Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be the fifth secretary-general of the world body.
1987 - United States and five allies sign a pact allowing Soviet observers to visit a dozen European missile facilities.
1987 - The government clamps down on Govan Mbeki, the recently released African National Congress leader, prohibiting him from leaving Port Elizabeth without permission, taking part in interviews with the media or helping in compiling material that can be used for publication.
1988 - Palestinians stage impromptu general strike in occupied Gaza Strip to protest fatal shootings of two Arab youths.
1989 - Celebrations replace threatened general strike in Czechoslovakia as President Gustav Husak is driven from office.
1990 - Albania announces it will allow formation of independent political parties.
1990 - The Department of Justice announces that it has received well over 1000 applications from ANC members for indemnity against prosecution.
1991 - Leaders of 12 European Community nations agree to establish loose federation with common foreign policy and single currency by 1999, laying the groundwork for the European Union.
1992 - The UN Security Council authorises immediate deployment of up to 800 peacekeepers in Macedonia to prevent strife in the Balkans from engulfing a larger region.
1993 - A 12-story luxury apartment building is hit by a landslide in Malaysia and collapses, killing at least one and trapping more than 50 people inside.
1994 - Thousands of Russian troops backed by armoured columns and jets roll into breakaway republic of Chechnya in a bid to restore Moscow's control over the region.
1995 - A car bomb explodes in Madrid as a Spanish navy van passes by, killing five people and injuring at least a dozen.
1996 - Shipping tycoon Tung Chee-hwa is elected the first postcolonial leader of Hong Kong; incumbent Jerry Rawlings is declared the winner in Ghana's presidential election.
1997 - Hours before US secretary of state Madeleine Albright arrives in Rwanda, Hutu rebels attack a village with guns, grenades and machetes, killing at least 231.
1998 - The Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Bill Clinton for perjury.
1999 - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, who led his country to independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, dies at age 77.
2000 - Israel and the Palestinians resume high-level contacts to try to quell violence and pave the way for a resumption of peace talks.
2001 - A US federal grand jury indicts Frenchman Zacarias Moussaoui for conspiracy in the September 11 terrorist attacks, the first indictment directly related to the attacks.
2002 - Chile and the United States announces they have completed an agreement to eliminate tariffs on all goods traded between the two countries over 12 years beginning in 2004, with most tariffs eliminated in the first year.
Today's Birthdays:
Hector Berlioz, French composer (1803-1869); Alfred de Musset, French author (1810-1857); Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New York City mayor (1882-1947); Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (1887-1935); Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate (1911--); Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Nobel laureate (1918--); Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress (1931--).
Thought For Today:
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad- Christina Rosetti, British poet (1830-1874). - Sapa-AP
11/12/2003 07:41 - (SA)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th of 2003. There are 20 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1769 - King Prithpi Narayan Shad creates a united nation of Nepal by capturing the last of its 24 states.
1792 - France's King Louis XVI faces charges of treason. He is convicted, and executed the following month.
1816 - Britain restores Java, Indonesia, to the Netherlands.
1845 - Sikhs cross Sutlej River in India and surprise British, causing outbreak of Anglo-Sikh War.
1853 - Britain annexes Nagpur, one of India's key states.
1872 - Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becomes America's first black governor in Louisiana.
1878 - French-British dual control in Egypt is suspended.
1878 - The British government presents the Zulu nation with an ultimatum. One of the demands is that the Zulus abandon their traditional military system.
1888 - Italy supports Menelek of Shoa in revolt against Ethiopia's Johannes IV; the French Panama Canal company fails.
1895 - George Whitehouse, a British civil engineer, arrives in Mombasa, in what is now Kenya, to begin the construction of a railroad to Lake Victoria. The line was dubbed "The Lunatic Express" by British legislators because they couldn't foresee how it would ever pay its way.
1899 - The Boers, introducing trench warfare in the Second Anglo-Boer War, score their first major success against British forces at the Battle of Magersfontein near the Modder River station south of Kimberley. From their trenches, the Boers unleash a sustained fusillade and 239 British troops are killed and 633 wounded. Among those killed is Major-General AG (Andy) Wauchope. Boer losses are put at 87 dead and 149 wounded.
1920 - South African author Olive Schreiner dies at Wynberg at the age of 65.
1928 - Police in Buenos Aires thwart an attempt on the life of US President-elect Herbert Hoover.
1936 - George VI becomes King of England following abdication of Edward VIII.
1937 - Italy withdraws from the League of Nations.
1941 - United States declares war against Germany and Italy in World War II.
1946 - The UN International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) is established.
1961 - Two US helicopter companies arrive in Saigon on an aircraft carrier in the first direct US military support for South Vietnam's battle against Communist guerrillas.
1968 - US and North Vietnamese representatives in Paris continue talks on the expanded Vietnam peace conference, but discussions remain deadlocked.
1972 - US Apollo 17 astronauts land on the moon and begin an extensive exploration of the lunar surface.
1975 - Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco's annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the territory's capital.
1981 - The UN Security Council chooses Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be the fifth secretary-general of the world body.
1987 - United States and five allies sign a pact allowing Soviet observers to visit a dozen European missile facilities.
1987 - The government clamps down on Govan Mbeki, the recently released African National Congress leader, prohibiting him from leaving Port Elizabeth without permission, taking part in interviews with the media or helping in compiling material that can be used for publication.
1988 - Palestinians stage impromptu general strike in occupied Gaza Strip to protest fatal shootings of two Arab youths.
1989 - Celebrations replace threatened general strike in Czechoslovakia as President Gustav Husak is driven from office.
1990 - Albania announces it will allow formation of independent political parties.
1990 - The Department of Justice announces that it has received well over 1000 applications from ANC members for indemnity against prosecution.
1991 - Leaders of 12 European Community nations agree to establish loose federation with common foreign policy and single currency by 1999, laying the groundwork for the European Union.
1992 - The UN Security Council authorises immediate deployment of up to 800 peacekeepers in Macedonia to prevent strife in the Balkans from engulfing a larger region.
1993 - A 12-story luxury apartment building is hit by a landslide in Malaysia and collapses, killing at least one and trapping more than 50 people inside.
1994 - Thousands of Russian troops backed by armoured columns and jets roll into breakaway republic of Chechnya in a bid to restore Moscow's control over the region.
1995 - A car bomb explodes in Madrid as a Spanish navy van passes by, killing five people and injuring at least a dozen.
1996 - Shipping tycoon Tung Chee-hwa is elected the first postcolonial leader of Hong Kong; incumbent Jerry Rawlings is declared the winner in Ghana's presidential election.
1997 - Hours before US secretary of state Madeleine Albright arrives in Rwanda, Hutu rebels attack a village with guns, grenades and machetes, killing at least 231.
1998 - The Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Bill Clinton for perjury.
1999 - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, who led his country to independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, dies at age 77.
2000 - Israel and the Palestinians resume high-level contacts to try to quell violence and pave the way for a resumption of peace talks.
2001 - A US federal grand jury indicts Frenchman Zacarias Moussaoui for conspiracy in the September 11 terrorist attacks, the first indictment directly related to the attacks.
2002 - Chile and the United States announces they have completed an agreement to eliminate tariffs on all goods traded between the two countries over 12 years beginning in 2004, with most tariffs eliminated in the first year.
Today's Birthdays:
Hector Berlioz, French composer (1803-1869); Alfred de Musset, French author (1810-1857); Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New York City mayor (1882-1947); Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (1887-1935); Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate (1911--); Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Nobel laureate (1918--); Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress (1931--).
Thought For Today:
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad- Christina Rosetti, British poet (1830-1874). - Sapa-AP