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Title: This day in history October 01, 2010
Post by: oakranger on October 01, 2010, 12:47:46 AM
1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.

1943 - Naples was captured by the Allied forces during World War II.

1944-Experiments begin on homosexuals at Buchenwald

1946 - The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death, 7 others were sentenced to prison terms and 3 were acquitted. The trial began on November 21, 1945.

1918-Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus

1862 - U.S. President Lincoln paid an unexpected visit to Sharpsburg to push his General to pursue the Confederate army.

1864 - Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow drowned off the North Carolina coast while returning from a trip to England. A Union craft ran her ship aground.

1890-Yosemite National Park established

1908- Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T

Title: Re: This day in history October 01, 2010
Post by: uptown on October 01, 2010, 01:07:28 AM
wow! I had no idea Peter O'Toole was that old  :O