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{{*mp}} [[1009]] - The '''[[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]''', a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]] now within the walled Old City of [[Jerusalem]], was destroyed by the "mad" [[Fatimid]] [[caliph]] [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1009]] - The '''[[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]''', a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]] now within the walled Old City of [[Jerusalem]], was destroyed by the "mad" [[Fatimid]] [[caliph]] [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1016]] - [[Danish people|Danish]] forces led by [[Canute the Great]] decisively defeated [[Edmund Ironside]] in the '''[[Battle of Ashingdon]]''', gaining control over most of the [[Kingdom of England]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1016]] - [[Danish people|Danish]] forces led by [[Canute the Great]] decisively defeated [[Edmund Ironside]] in the '''[[Battle of Ashingdon]]''', gaining control over most of the [[Kingdom of England]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1851]] - '''''[[Moby-Dick]]''''', a [[novel]] by [[Herman Melville]] ''(pictured)'', was first [[Publishing|published]] |
{{*mp}} [[1851]] - '''''[[Moby-Dick]]''''', a [[novel]] by [[Herman Melville]] ''(pictured)'', was first [[Publishing|published]] as ''The Whale''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1922]] - The '''[[British Broadcasting Company]]''' <!-- Not 'Corporation' yet ! --> was founded by a [[consortium]] to establish a network of [[radio transmitter]]s to provide a national [[broadcasting]] service in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1922]] - The '''[[British Broadcasting Company]]''' <!-- Not 'Corporation' yet ! --> was founded by a [[consortium]] to establish a network of [[radio transmitter]]s to provide a national [[broadcasting]] service in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1954]] - [[Texas Instruments]] introduced the first '''[[transistor radio]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1954]] - [[Texas Instruments]] introduced the first '''[[transistor radio]]'''. |
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Revision as of 00:59, 18 October 2006
October 18: Alaska Day; Feast day of Saint Luke.
- 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem, was destroyed by the "mad" Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
- 1016 - Danish forces led by Canute the Great decisively defeated Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Ashingdon, gaining control over most of the Kingdom of England.
- 1851 - Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville (pictured), was first published as The Whale.
- 1922 - The British Broadcasting Company was founded by a consortium to establish a network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service in the United Kingdom.
- 1954 - Texas Instruments introduced the first transistor radio.
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