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July 09, 2007
Today in History: July 9th
The following entries are from: This Day in History: History.com
1850: President Taylor dies of cholera
Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, dies suddenly from an attack of cholera morbus. He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. Read the complete article.
President Taylor dies of cholera. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:17, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5164.
Books in the GSU Library about Zachary Taylor:
Title: The presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore / Elbert B. Smith
Call Number: E421 .S651988
1892: Showdown at Homestead steel plant
Henry Clay FrickBy the late nineteenth century, the workers at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead, PA plant had eked out a modicum of power. They won a key strike in 1889, and in the process became a potent unit of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Still, these victories hardly erased the harsh working conditions at the Homestead mills. Nor did they mean that the Carnegie Company was pleased with or readily recognized the union. Read the complete article.
Showdown at Homestead steel plant. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:19, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5921.
1941: Enigma key broken
On this day in 1941, crackerjack British cryptologists break the secret code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. Read the complete article.
Enigma key broken. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:43, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6514.
1947: First female army officer
In a ceremony held at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, General Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints Florence Blanchfield to be a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold permanent military rank.Read the complete article.
First female army officer. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:41, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5165.
1983: Police's "Every Breath You Take" hits No. 1
The first single released from The Police's 1983 hit album Synchronicity tops the charts. The British group had been together since 1977 and had released five albums. Synchronicity was their most successful, and also their last, studio album. The band took a "sabbatical" after the album, and although the members played together live a few more times, they never recorded together again.
Police's "Every Breath You Take" hits No. 1. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:48, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3438.
1993: Romanov remains identified
British forensic scientists announce that they have positively identified the remains of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II; his wife, Czarina Alexandra; and three of their daughters. The scientists used mitochondria DNA fingerprinting to identify the bones, which had been excavated from a mass grave near Yekaterinburg in 1991. Read the complete article.
Romanov remains identified. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:50, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5166.
Books in the GSU Library on Czar Nicholas II:
Title: Nicholas and Alexandra / Robert K. Massie
Call Number: DK258 .M32000
Title: The file on the Tsar / Anthony Summers, Tom Mangold
Call Number: DK258 .S861976
Posted by d-nadler at July 9, 2007 11:04 AM