On this day in
1535, the first complete English-language Bible – known as the
Coverdale Bible – is printed, with translations by
William Tyndale and
Miles Coverdale. Why isn't it known as the Tyndale-Coverdale Bible? Because life is brutally unfair, ladies and gentlemen. Even when it comes to doling out Bible credits.
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On this day in
1824, Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
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On this day in
1883, the Orient Express takes its first run.
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On this day in
1927, sculptor
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
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On this day in
1940, a meeting takes place between
Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
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On this day in
1941,
Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of the
Saturday Evening Post.
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On this day in the year
1955, the fascist megalomaniac leader of the Unification Church, "Reverend"
Sun Young Moon, is freed from prison in Seoul, South Korea. So pleased is he with his newfound freedom that he orders his hundreds of thousands of followers to henceforth celebrate October 4th as Victory of Heaven Day. It should come as no surprise that religious freak Moon uses his Moonie millions to help out his buddies on the American Far Right… people like
Richard Nixon and
Ollie North and
Jerry Falwell, and of course the
Bush Crime Family. It's also interesting to note that the Moonies own the
Washington Times, as well as the University of Bridgeport.
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On this day in
1957, the Soviet Union humiliates the United States by launching
Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, thus proving once and for all that communism is superior to capitalist democracy. Meanwhile, in Canada, the first
Avro Arrow rolls out at the Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario. It was the most sophisticated jet plane of its day, until a
conspiracy killed it…
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On this day in
1985, the
Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA.
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On this day in
1988, US televangelist
Jim Bakker of PTL (Praise The Lord or Pass The Loot?) infamy is indicted for fraud. He would go on to spend many years in jail, and shed many tears on TV.
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On this day in
1993, in Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President
Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
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On this day in
2004,
SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
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