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07-15-2006, 09:58 AM
On This Day
This Day in History
1149: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is dedicated at the site where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion.
1916: William Boeing and Conrad Westervelt found the Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle. The following year they rename the company the Boeing Airplane Company.
1918: Near the Marne River in northeastern France, the second Battle of the Marne in World War I begins. The Allied victory in the three-week battle halts the German drive toward Paris.
1971: President Richard M. Nixon announces his plan to visit China as a step toward reopening relations with the country.
1979: In a nationally televised address that became known as the 'malaise speech' President Jimmy Carter announces steps to reduce the country's dependence on foreign energy supplies.
Born on This Day
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, first U.S. saint (1850)
Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (1919)
Jacques Derrida, philosopher (1930)
Leon Lederman, physicist (1922)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer (1934)
Linda Ronstadt, singer (1946)
This Day in History
1149: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is dedicated at the site where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion.
1916: William Boeing and Conrad Westervelt found the Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle. The following year they rename the company the Boeing Airplane Company.
1918: Near the Marne River in northeastern France, the second Battle of the Marne in World War I begins. The Allied victory in the three-week battle halts the German drive toward Paris.
1971: President Richard M. Nixon announces his plan to visit China as a step toward reopening relations with the country.
1979: In a nationally televised address that became known as the 'malaise speech' President Jimmy Carter announces steps to reduce the country's dependence on foreign energy supplies.
Born on This Day
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, first U.S. saint (1850)
Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (1919)
Jacques Derrida, philosopher (1930)
Leon Lederman, physicist (1922)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer (1934)
Linda Ronstadt, singer (1946)