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So what happened today in history? 1 September:

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1914 General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris
1914 German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia
1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die)
1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
1911 Anthony Fokker’s demonstrates aircraft “Snip”
1909 A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball
1909 Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2)
1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet
1907 England, Russia and France form Triple Entente
1905 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119)
1905 Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa
1903 Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month
1902 Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs. Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)
1900 British troops over run Johannesburg
1900 Dodgers’ Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
1897 General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum
1896 Louis Napoleon Parker’s “Rosemary,” premieres in New York City
1895 1st pro football game (quarterback John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0)
1894 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Cardboard Box”
1886 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die
1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
1881 1st U.S. men’s single tennis championships (Newport, RI)
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties
1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
1842 Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine
1842 U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
1829 Opera “Guillaume Tell” is produced (Paris)
1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1535 Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII
1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice

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Here is LocnVille. A Local Cape town Band, that have been making quite a noise here in South Africa. Here is one of their videos. Locnville – There

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This is a really fun Flash Game. A-Hero. Control the game with your mouse. Enjoy:

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1912 St. Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-11910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 111906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game1906 New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs1905 Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education1894 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger1893 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64)1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run – Confederates beat Union1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, Kentucky1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War1776 U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia1751 Georg Friedrich Handel completes oratorio “Jephtha”1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War1682 William Penn left England to sail to New World1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant1645 Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled1481 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany257 St. Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope

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So today, 26 August, In history the following things happened:

1910     Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
1909     Jack Chesbro’s final Yankee game
1908     Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers
1903     23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108)
1900     Battle at Bergendal: General Buller beats Boer general Botha
1897     Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
1896     England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)
1895     15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64)
1894     Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
1892     New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1883     Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1881     Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die
1861     Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark
1859     1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
1832     Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
1828     Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1816     Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
1813     Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
1799     English invasion army lands in North-Holland
1798     Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English
1789     French National Assembly issues “Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen”
1788     Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance
1783     1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1776     British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1667     Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia
1665     ”Ye Bare and Ye Cubb” is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va)
1634     Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia
1628     Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia
1626     Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
1619     Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia
1610     Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
1601     Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
1585     Duke van Parma’s troops occupy Antwerp
1569     Pope Pius names Cosimo I de’ Medici, grand duke of Toscane
1549     Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army
1232     Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation

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So Today in history, the following happenend:

1904 James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title1894 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed1890 Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout1888 8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)1886 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m1864 Combination rail and ferry service available from San Francisco to Alameda1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream’s Station1862 Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands1829 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)1802 Toussaint L’Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France1795 Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French1689 Montreal taken by Iroquois1628 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal1566 Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians1485 Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III1425 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail1330 AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself1212 Children’s cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa357 Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught325 Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity

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