Sunday, October 24, 2010

October 24, 1638 – Leeuwenhoek Blinded

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When Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft in the Netherlands, the baby seemed well enough: he cried, he reacted to his mother, he ate ...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

October 23, 1812 – Malet's Coup Accidentally Succeeds

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Claude Francois de Malet loved his country and felt that so much more could come from a France not chained under autocratic rule. When he h...
Friday, October 22, 2010

October 22, 1633 – Hans Putmans Rethinks His Strategy

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China faced a great time of turmoil in the twilight of the Ming dynasty. Europeans from the West encroached on imperial power while war wit...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 21, 1962 – Kennedy Approves Nuclear Action

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At 10:00 AM, President John F. Kennedy met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and approved the plan ...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

October 20, 1740 – Austrian Throne Left Empty

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For dinner, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, and ruler of too many duchies to lis...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October 19, 1950 – Chinese Invade Korea; Truman Approves The Bomb

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Extra UN patrols sent by United States General MacArthur came upon massive Chinese troop movements across the Yalu River, the border between...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

October 18, 1912 – Serbia Refuses to Yield in Albania

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With the growth of nationalism in the course of the nineteenth century, ancient empires began to split along the seams of peoples that had b...