14 January 2009

This Day in History


January 14th


1514 – Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.

1784 – American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England.

1942 – Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.

1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend.

2005 – Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.

Information provided by: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Truman Carr said...

Thanks! Makes the work that goes into it all the more worth it.

--->Susan

 
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