TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – SEPT 29
522 BC Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire
1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning the wells
1399 Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV.
1567 War of Religion breaks out in France – Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX
1789 A regular army was established by the U.S. War Department with several hundred men. .
1829 Sir Robert Peel’s police force, the “bobbies,” began operations at Scotland Yard.
1833 A civil war breaks out in Spain between Carlists, who believe Don Carlos deserves the throne, and supporters of Queen Isabella.
1850 Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory.
1879 Dissatisfied Ute Indians kill Agent Nathan Meeker and nine others in the “Meeker Massacre.”
1932 A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers.
1941 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev when Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate Soviet Jewish civilians and other “undesirables.”
1943 Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf is published in the United States.
1951 The first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania.
1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupts meeting of the United Nations General Assembly demanding UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold be replaced over the way UN forces have intervened in the recent trouble in former Belgian Congo.
1962 A new report by the department of Labor Statistics shows that the average weekly take home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87.
1967 The International Monetary Fund reformed monetary systems around the world.
1982 Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products.
1983 The War Powers Act was used for the first time by the U.S. Congress when they authorized President Reagan to keep U.S. Marines in Lebanon for 18 more months.
1986 In a rare occurrence the Democrats and Republicans set aside their political differences to introduce sweeping tax reform legislation
1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
1990 The YF-22, later named F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
1991 Coup in Haiti.. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed in a military coup. Aristide had been elected in a national election held 8 months before the coup.
1994 The U.S. House voted to end the practice of lobbyist buying meals and entertainment for members of Congress.
2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 777.68 points in the wake of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual bankruptcies, the largest single-day point loss in Wall Street history.
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