On This Day In History
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:32 am
On this day in history ..
1857 - Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as new capital of Canada
1862 - Pres Lincoln signs an act admitting West Virginia to the Union
1862 - Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at Cape Hatteras NC
1879 - Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)
1879 - Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
1890 - Ellis Is opens as a US immigration depot
1921 - Last SF firehorses retired
1946 - Pres Truman officially proclaims end of WW II
1951 - 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced.
1961 - Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion
1974 - Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3 million Yank contract
1974 - US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time in 40 years
1981 - Lt Rawlings stages coup in Ghana
1984 - Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH
1984 - Rajiv Gandhi took office as India's 6th PM
1999 - Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama
1857 - Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as new capital of Canada
1862 - Pres Lincoln signs an act admitting West Virginia to the Union
1862 - Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at Cape Hatteras NC
1879 - Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)
1879 - Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
1890 - Ellis Is opens as a US immigration depot
1921 - Last SF firehorses retired
1946 - Pres Truman officially proclaims end of WW II
1951 - 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced.
1961 - Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion
1974 - Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3 million Yank contract
1974 - US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time in 40 years
1981 - Lt Rawlings stages coup in Ghana
1984 - Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH
1984 - Rajiv Gandhi took office as India's 6th PM
1999 - Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama