Sep 18th, 2008 :
Well, Oct 1oth is fast approaching.
We're getting more & more excited.
Amongst some of the significant events that occured on Oct 10th ... spanning 13 centuries were :
Events :
680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah.
732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
1575 - Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1911 - Wuchang Uprising (武昌起义) leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty (大清), the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China (中华民国).
1911 - The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon (九龙) and Canton (广州).
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
1919 - Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne Schatten receives its debut performance in Vienna.
1938 - The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
1942 - Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
1943 - Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
1945 - The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.
1964 - The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.
1967 - The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, enters into force.
1970 - Fiji becomes independent.
1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1986 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
1995 - South African President Nelson Mandela attends Genadendal.
2005 - Negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD in Germany had concluded that both parties would form a grand coaltion with Angela Merkel of the CDU as chancellor after both parties lost seats in the 2005 German federal election. She was subsequently elected in the Bundestag as chancellor on November 22 of the same year.
680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah.
732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
1575 - Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1911 - Wuchang Uprising (武昌起义) leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty (大清), the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China (中华民国).
1911 - The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon (九龙) and Canton (广州).
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
1919 - Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne Schatten receives its debut performance in Vienna.
1938 - The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
1942 - Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
1943 - Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
1945 - The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.
1964 - The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.
1967 - The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, enters into force.
1970 - Fiji becomes independent.
1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1986 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
1995 - South African President Nelson Mandela attends Genadendal.
2005 - Negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD in Germany had concluded that both parties would form a grand coaltion with Angela Merkel of the CDU as chancellor after both parties lost seats in the 2005 German federal election. She was subsequently elected in the Bundestag as chancellor on November 22 of the same year.
.... and of course .....
2007 - My little princess was born.
She'll be 1 year old come 10/10/2008
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