TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON JAN 10
49 BC Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war
1645 The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, is beheaded on Tower Hill, accused of acting as an enemy of the British Parliament.
1811 An uprising of over 400 slaves is put down in New Orleans. Sixty-six blacks are killed and their heads are strung up along the roads of the city.
1861 Florida secedes from the Union.
1863 London’s Underground begins operations.
1870 John D. Rockefeller and his brother William establish the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
1903 Argentina bans the importation of American beef because of sanitation problems.
1917 Germany is rebuked as the Entente officially rejects a proposal for peace talks and demands the return of occupied territories from Germany.
1918 In Washington, the House of Representatives passes legislation for women’s suffrage.
1920 The League of Nations came into existence.
1944 Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 ( GI Bill of Rights ) is passed by Congress.
1956 Elvis records “Heartbreak Hotel”
1964 US version of “That Was The Week That Was” premieres
1964 Panama breaks ties with the U.S. and demands a revision of the canal treaty.
1967 The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.
1967 President Johnson asks for a 6 percent surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes to help support the Vietnam War for two years.
1984 The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.
1991 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
2003 North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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