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| BorisVM | On this date: In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor. In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union. In 1904, surrealist artist Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain. In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian island of Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Americans took the island 19 days later. In 1944, Allied forces launched a major offensive against German lines in Italy. In 1946, the first CARE packages arrived in Europe, at Le Havre, France. In 1949, Israel was admitted to the United Nations as the world body's 59th member. In 1973, charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the " Pentagon Papers" case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct. In 1985, 55 people died when a flash fire swept a jam-packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England. Ten years ago: An Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. Five years ago: Attorney General John Ashcroft delayed Timothy McVeigh's execution from May 16 to June 11 because of FBI mishandling of documents. A jury in Pittsburgh sentenced Richard Baumhammers to death for killing five people in a racially motivated shooting rampage. Miss Puerto Rico Denise Quinones August was crowned Miss Universe. Douglas Adams, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," died in Santa Barbara, Calif., at age 49. One year ago: Shouting "Death to America!" more than 1,000 demonstrators rioted and threw stones at a U.S. military convoy in Afghanistan, as protests spread over a Newsweek report that interrogators had desecrated Islam's holy book at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. (Newsweek later apologized for what it termed errors in the article.) Actor Macaulay Culkin took the stand at Michael Jackson's trial to denounce the molestation allegations against the pop star as "absolutely ridiculous." Today's Birthdays: Comedian Mort Sahl is 79. Rock singer Eric Burdon (The Animals; War) is 65. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo is 54. Actress Frances Fisher is 54. Actor Boyd Gaines is 53. Country musician Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 51. Actress Martha Quinn is 47. Actress Natasha Richardson is 43. Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 43. Actor Coby Bell is 31. Actor Austin O'Brien is 26. Actor Jonathan Jackson is 24. Thought for Today: "No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated." — Ellen Glasgow, American author (1874-1945). 1904 Роден е Салвадор Дали, шпански сликар и протагонист на надреализмот во Франција и САД. Цртежите му се изведени до перфекција и секогаш во простор, во кој се насетува родниот крај. По Втората светска војна се врати во Шпанија и работеше комерцијални слики во духот на католичкиот мистицизам. Со своите слики изврши големо влијание врз низа уметници од целиот свет. Умре во Фигерас, на 22.01.1989 година. 1946 Во Милано со концертот на кој диригираше Артуро Тосканини, повторно е отворена миланската Скала. Била изградена во 1778 година, од Џузепе Пермарини и во неа може да присуствуваат 3.000 гледачи. Во неа настапуваа славните италијански уметници: Енрико Карузо, Тито Руфо, Амелита Гали-Курчи и други. Името го добила според црквата Санта Марија Скала, која се наоѓаше на местото каде што е изградена оваа оперска зграда, која повеќепати е обновувана. 1973 Долниот дом на Парламентот на Сојузна Република Германија ја потврди спогодбата за воспоставување на односи меѓу двете Германии. Со тоа е заклучен долгогодишниот период на отворено непријателство и непризнавање на Демократска Република Германија како суверена држава. Prevemeno od idividi.com.mk |
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