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Posted: 12/9/05 at 5:50am
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
1688 King James II's wife & son flee England for France
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Massachusetts colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1783 1st execution at English Newgate-jail
1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade" published
1905 Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premieres in Dresden
1925 Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange & Bears beat Giants before 73,000
1941 Hitler orders US ships torpedoed
1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
1966, The Beatles album 'A Collection Of Beatles Oldies' was released in the UK.
1972, Helen Reddy went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Am Woman', didn't chart in the UK.
1973 "Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
1982 Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce
1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne Australia
1990, Paula Abdul was taken to North Hollywood Medical Centre after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles
2001, Channel 4 TV apologised to viewers after Madonna said 'mother****er' during live UK TV coverage at The Tate Gallery, London. Madonna was presenting a prize to artist Martin Creed. A TV spokesman said that did have a bleeper system but they missed the offending word.
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Roman Catholic Observance: Commemoration of St Peter Fourier, French priest
1688 King James II's wife & son flee England for France
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Massachusetts colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1783 1st execution at English Newgate-jail
1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade" published
1905 Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premieres in Dresden
1925 Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange & Bears beat Giants before 73,000
1941 Hitler orders US ships torpedoed
1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
1966, The Beatles album 'A Collection Of Beatles Oldies' was released in the UK.
1972, Helen Reddy went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Am Woman', didn't chart in the UK.
1973 "Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
1982 Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce
1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne Australia
1990, Paula Abdul was taken to North Hollywood Medical Centre after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles
2001, Channel 4 TV apologised to viewers after Madonna said 'mother****er' during live UK TV coverage at The Tate Gallery, London. Madonna was presenting a prize to artist Martin Creed. A TV spokesman said that did have a bleeper system but they missed the offending word.
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Roman Catholic Observance: Commemoration of St Peter Fourier, French priest
Updated On: 12/9/05 at 05:50 AM
