On this day in
1898, cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with
Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team. Soon, even Presidents of the USA would be engaging in this pursuit.
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On this day in
1899, the Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
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On this day in
1917, the
Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
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On this day in
1930,
Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
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On this day in
1936, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC is established. Meanwhile, in the UK, the British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the
BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
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On this day in
1947, in California, designer
Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
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On this day in
1957, the
Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
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On this day in
1959,
Twenty One game show contestant
Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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On this day in
1965,
Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
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On this day in
1982,
Channel 4 is launched in the United Kingdom. They have a reputation of being one of the most risk-taking and adventurous broadcasters in the world.
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On this day in
1983, U.S. President
Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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On this day in
1988, the
Morris Worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
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