Events in history
Royalty, presidents
- Battle of Hastings (marked rise of British royalty), Oct 14 1066 - Sun/Nusakan
- British monarchy restored, May 8th 1660 - NNode/Nusakan, Saturn/Alphecca
- Napoleon's coup d'etat of Brumaire, Nov 9th 1799 - SNode/Nusakan
- May 29th 1660 Charles 11 returned to England from exile to take his position as king. - NNode/Nusakan
- April 11th 1689, William the Third and Mary the Second were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. - Saturn/Alphecca
- Queen Victoria ascends throne, June 20 1837 - Saturn/Alphecca
- Prince Andrew, 2nd son of Queen Elizabeth, Feb 19 1960 - Neptune/Nusakan
- February sixth, 1952, Britain's King George the Sixth died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth the Second. - Mars/Nusakan
- May 9th 1994, South Africa's newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country's first black president. - Jupiter/Nusakan
- Lady Diana, Princess of Wales, July 1st 1961. - Neptune in 10th ruling IC/Nusakan
- Lady Sarah Ferguson Oct 15th 1959 London 15.30 - Mercury in 12th ruling MC/Nusakan
- Grace Patricia Kelly become Princess Grace of Monaco. - Mercury and NNode in 1st/Alphecca
Weather
- April 1st 1960, the first weather satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral. - Neptune/Nusakan
- Oct 16 1987 In Britain, a freak storm sends winds of 95 mph (149 kph) across the country felling an estimated 15 million trees. - Pluto/Nusakan
Exhibitions and flags
- April 30th 1939, the New York World's Fair officially opened. - NNode/Nusakan
- May 1st 1893, the World's Colombian Exposition was officially opened in Chicago by President Cleveland. - Uranus/Nusakan
- April 4th 1818, Congress decided the flag of the United States would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state of the Union. - SNode/Alphecca
- A controversial glass pyramid in Louvre outside Paris is opened - Pluto/Alphecca
Homosexuality
- Feb 10th 1988 A three-judge panel
of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in
San Francisco struck down the Army's ban on homosexuals, saying gays were entitled to the same protection against discrimination as racial minorities. - Pluto/Alphecca
Money, (resources of the crown)
- May 16th 1866, Congress authorized minting of the five-cent piece. - Saturn/Nusakan
- American stock market crashed, Oct 23rd 1929 - Mars and SNode/Alphecca
- The Reserve Bank of Australia issued a polymer 10 dollar note. - Pluto/Alphecca
Disease
- April 1st 1987, in his first major speech on the AIDS epidemic, President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health- enemy number one." - Pluto/Nusakan
Events
- Feb 19th 1473, the astronomer Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. - Uranus/Alphecca
- Feb 20th 1809, the Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state. - Uranus/Alphecca
May 26 1961, Amnesty International, a campaigning organization on behalf of political prisoners is set up. Neptune/Nusakan