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On this day in History - Oct. 7

• Oct 06, 2010 from looking4good(Fernando Silva) in Entertainment
  3761 BCE - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar. 0336 - Pope Mark dies leaving the papacy vacant. 0929 - Charles the Simple dies (b. 0879). King of France.1072 - Sancho II de Castela, rei de Castela e Leo. 1368 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence dies (b. 1338). Son of Edward III of England.1425 - Treaty of Saumur. 1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway, was born (d. 1533). 1492 - Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course. 1506 - Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna. 1513 - Battle of La Motta Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians. 1520 - First public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain. 1542 - Explorer Joo Rodrigues Cabrilho discovers Catalina Island, off California coast. 1553 - Cristbal de Morales dies (b. c. 1500). Spanish composer.1555 - Louis of Praet dies (b. 1488). Habsburg diplomat.1571 - Battle of Lepanto occurs (Turkish fleet defeated by the Holy League (Spain and Italy). Miguel de Cervantes is injured in this battle. 1573 - William Laud was born (d. 1645). Archbishop of Canterbury.1576 - John Marston was born (d. 1634). English writer. 1577 - George Gascoigne dies. English poet and dramatist. 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1589 - Maria Magdalena of Austria was born (d. 1631). Grand Duchess of Tuscany.1612 - Giovanni Battista Guarini dies (b. 1538). Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat.1620 - Stanislaw Zlkiewski dies (b. 1547). Polish military leader. 1637 - Prince Frederick Henry of Orange occupies Breda. 1637 - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy dies (b. 1587). 1651 - Jacques Sirmond dies (b. 1559). French Jesuit scholar. 1653 - Fausto Poli dies (b. 1581). Italian Catholic priest. 1690 - English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade. 1697 - Canaletto was born (d.1768). Italian artist. 1702 - English/Dutch troops under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough occupy Roermond. 1708 - Guru Gobind Singh dies (b. 1666). Tenth and last Sikh Guru. 1713 - Granville Elliott was born (d. 1759). British military officer.1714 - Beer tax riots in Alkmaar, Netherlands.1728 - Caesar Rodney was born (d. 1784). American lawyer.1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India). 1744 - Sergey Vyazmitinov was born (d. 1819). Russian general and statesman.1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden was born (d. 1818). 1763 - George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements. 1765 - Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY. 1769 - English explorer, Captain Cook, discovers New Zealand. 1769 - Solomon Sibley was born (d. 1846). American politician. 1772 - John Woolman dies (b. 1720). American Quaker preacher and abolitionist.1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Wrttemberg. 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Americans beat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights. 1780 - Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. 1786 - Louis-Joseph Papineau was born (d. 1871). Canadian lawyer and politician.1787 - Henry Muhlenberg dies (b. 1711). German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church.1792 - George Mason dies (b. 1725). American patriot. 1793 - Fundao da cidade de Rosario, em Santa Fe, Argentina. 1793 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire dies (b. 1718). English politician.1796 - Thomas Reid dies (b. 1710). Eminent Scottish metaphysician and philosopher. 1800 - French corsair Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the english 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional french song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'aot. 1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood. 1816 - First double-decked steamboat, the "Washington", arrives in New Orleans.1825 - Miramichi Fire, disaster in New Brunswick 1826 - Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations. 1828 - The city of Patras, Greece is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison. 1835 - Felix Draeseke was born (d. 1913). German composer. 1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. 1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro was born (d. 1921). 1844 - Manuel Menndez assume (pela 3 vez) a presidncia do Peru. 1849 - James Whitcomb Riley was born (d. 1916). American poet.1849 - Edgar Allan Poe dies (b. 1809). American writer. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road (Johnson's Farm) - Confederate forces attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted. 1864 - American Civil War: Capture of the C.S.S. Florida Union Warship captures the Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil. 1865 - The Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica. 1866 - Wlodimir Ledochowski was born (d. 1942)....

2010 Holiday Hot Toy List: Best X-mas Toys to buy

• Sep 21, 2010 from calcuttatube(Ankan Basu (CalcuttaTube.Com)) in *
  September 21, 2010, WAYNE, N.J. (Calcutta Tube): Looking for the BEST TOYS for the Holiday season? Every holiday season, parents look forward to finding the perfect presents that will WOW their kids and elicit cheers of excitement when the wrapping paper is torn off on Christmas morning. To provide gift-givers with a starting point in developing their holiday shopping checklists,ToysRUs unveiled its annual Holiday Hot Toy List, filled with 36 items that are new this year and offer outstanding value in quality, price and play. As the worlds leading dedicated specialty toy retailer, ToysRUs spends the year testing and tracking new product introductions from around the world to identify the best-of-the-best items to include on this annual list.
  The ToysRUs merchant team has shopped the world to create this list of the 36 top toys guaranteed to delight kids of every age this Christmas season, said Karen Dodge, Senior Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer, ToysRUs, U.S. Each of the items on the 2010 ToysRUs Holiday Hot Toy List represents a combination of quality AND value, offering children toys they can enjoy for years to come, while providing parents with a selection of products at a variety of price points that can fit any budget.
  As THE toy authority, with stores in 34 countries and jurisdictions and more than 60 years of experience, ToysRUs has unique insights into the toy industry. Coupled with its toy-trained associates and the assurance of daily shipments of the hottest playthings through Christmas, gift-givers will find a differentiated shopping experience at ToysRUs, including:
  Knowledgeable Insights from Toy Specialists Each year, there is often much attention paid to one specific hot toy, however parents and gift-givers should know that no one toy is appropriate for every child. Whether shopping for a five-year-old girl or an eight-year-old boy, ToysRUs employees can help select playthings best suited for a particular child based on their age and interests. And, with thousands of unique toys and games available exclusively at ToysRUs stores, shoppers can choose from a broad assortment of distinctive products that cant be found anywhere else.
  Layaway and Rewards Opportunities for Savvy Savers Beyond offering a strong cadence of incredible values, ToysRUs makes holiday shopping convenient and affordable with programs like the companys layaway program, Christmas Savers Club and RewardsRUs. Those who want to reserve a special present early in the season, such as a gym set or video game console, can place items on layaway and make small payments over time.* And to keep these gifts away from eager young eyes, ToysRUs will store items placed on layaway until late in the season. Savvy shoppers can also sign up for the Christmas Savers Club to set aside money through Saturday, October 16 with the benefit of a three percent bonus added to their total savings, which can be used for holiday shopping starting Sunday, October 31.** Customers who choose to enroll in the RewardsRUs program at any ToysRUs store or online at Rewardsrus.Toysrus.com can also take advantage of exclusive shopping nights and savings, as well as e-mail discount offers, giving them even more reason to shop at ToysRUs stores.
  Daily Shipments of the Toys that will WOW Kids on Christmas Determining which gift will elicit an ear-to-ear grin on kids faces Christmas morning is the first important step for parents. But, finding that must have toy, on store shelves, when they need it is where ToysRUs stands apart. With trucks filled with new toy shipments arriving daily throughout the holiday season, parents and gift-givers have a better chance of finding the hottest toys, in-stock at ToysRUs than anywhere else.
  The 2010 ToysRUs Holiday Hot Toy List, outlined below, features 36 total items, including the Fabulous 15 which represents the very best toys of the season. All items on the list are available at ToysRUs stores nationwide and online at Toysrus.com/HotToys.
  Following are the ToysRUs Fabulous 15, representing the best new toys of the holiday season (listed in alphabetical order):
  
  Calico Critters Luxury Townhouse from International Playthings
  Cuponk from Hasbro Games
  Disney Princess & Me dolls from JAKKS Pacific
  Disney-Pixar Toy Story 3 Imaginext Tri-County Landfill from Fisher-Price
  Fast Lane Wild Fire RC from ToysRUs
  Imaginext Bigfoot the Monster from Fisher-Price
  Leapster Explorer from LeapFrog
  Loopz from Mattel
  Minotaurus from LEGO Systems, Inc.
  Monster High Cleo DeNile and Deuce Gorgon doll set from Mattel
  NERF N-Strike Stampede ECS from Hasbro
  Pillow Pets from Ontel Products Corp.
  Sing-a-ma-jigs! from Mattel
  Squinkies Cupcake Surprise! Bake Shop from blip toys
  Tomica Hypercity Mega Station Set from TOMY
  
  
  THE TOYSRUS 2010 HOLIDAY HOT TOY LIST
  From Babys First Christmas to Big Kids, the 2010 ToysRUs Holiday Hot Toy List represents the top new toys for 2010 in each age group:
  Babys First Christmas
  Go Baby Go Stride-to-Ride...

Tom Engelhardt: The American Way of War Quiz

• Sep 14, 2010 from insurancemake in *
  Crossposted with TomDispatch.com.
  
  Yes, it would be funny if it weren’t so grim. After all, when it comes to squandering money and resources in strange and distant places (or even here at home), you can count on the practitioners of American-style war to be wildly over the top.
  
  Oh, those madcap Pentagon bureaucrats and the zany horde of generals and admirals who go with them! Give them credit: no one on Earth knows how to throw a war like they do -- and they never go home.
  
  In fact, when it comes to linking “profligate” to "war," with all the lies, manipulations, and cost overruns that give it that proverbial pizzazz, Americans should stand tall. We are absolutely #1!
  
  Hence, the very first TomDispatch American Way of War Quiz. Admittedly, it covers only the last four weeks of war news you wouldn’t believe if it weren’t in the papers, but we could have done this for any month since October 2001.
  
  Now’s your chance to pit your wits (and your ability to suspend disbelief) against the best the Pentagon has to offer -- and we’re talking about all seventeen-and-a-half miles of corridors in that five-sided, five-story edifice that has triple the square footage of the Empire State Building. To weigh your skills on the TomDispatch Scales of War™, take the 11-question pop quiz below, checking your answers against ours (with accompanying explanations), and see if you deserve to be a four-star general, a gun-totin’ mercenary, or a mere private.
  
  1. With President Obama’s Afghan surge of 30,000 U.S. troops complete, an administration review of war policy due in December, and fears rising that new war commander General David Petraeus might then ask for more troops, what did the general do last week?
  a. He informed the White House that he now had too many troops for reasonable operations in Afghanistan and proposed that a drawdown begin immediately.
  
  b. He assured the White House that he was satisfied with the massive surge in troops (civilian employees, contractors, and CIA personnel) and would proceed as planned.
  
  c. He asked for more troops now.
  
  Correct answer: c. General Petraeus has already reportedly requested an extra mini-surge of 2,000 more troops from NATO, and probably from U.S. reserves as well, including more trainers for the Afghan military. In interviews as August ended, he was still insisting that he had “the structures, people, concepts, and resources required to carry out a comprehensive civil-military counterinsurgency campaign.” But that was the summer silly season. This is September, a time for cooler heads and larger demands.
  
  2. With President Obama’s announced July 2011 drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in mind, the Pentagon has already:
  a. Begun organizing an orderly early 2011 withdrawal of troops from combat outposts and forward operating bases to larger facilities to facilitate the president’s plan.
  
  b. Launched a new U.S. base-building binge in Afghanistan, including contracts for three $100 million facilities not to be completed, no less completely occupied, until late 2011.
  
  c. Announced plans to shut down Kandahar Air Base’s covered boardwalk, including a TGI Friday’s, a Kentucky Fried Chicken, and a Mamma Mia’s Pizzeria, and cancelled the opening of a Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs as part of its preparations for an American drawdown.
  
  Correct answer: b. According to Walter Pincus of the Washington Post, construction is slated to begin on at least three $100 million air base projects -- “a $100 million area at Shindand Air Base for Special Operations helicopters and unmanned intelligence and surveillance aircraft”; another $100 million to expand the airfield at Camp Dwyer, a Marine base in Helmand Province, also to support Special Operations forces; and a final $100 million for expanded air facilities at Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan. None of these projects are to be completed until well after July 2011. “[R]equests for $1.3 billion in additional fiscal 2011 funds for multiyear construction of military facilities in Afghanistan are pending before Congress.” And fear not, there are no indications that the fast-food joints at Kandahar are going anywhere.
  
  3. The U.S. military has more generals and admirals than:
  a. Al-Qaeda members in Yemen.
  
  b. Al-Qaeda members in Afghanistan.
  
  c. Al-Qaeda members in Pakistan.
  
  d. Al-Qaeda members in all three countries.
  
  Correct answer: a, b, c, and d. According to CIA Director Leon Panetta, there are 50 to 100 al-Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan, possibly less. Best estimates suggest that there are perhaps “several hundred” al-Qaeda members in poverty-stricken, desertifying, strife-torn Yemen. There are also an estimated “several hundred” members and leaders of the original al-Qaeda in the Pakistani borderlands. The high-end...

On this day in History - Oct. 1

• Sep 30, 2010 from looking4good(Fernando Silva) in Entertainment
  331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Arbela.0208 - Alexandre Severo was born ( 0235). Roman emperor. 0366 - Eleio de So Dmaso I, papa at 11 de Dezembro de 0384. Nasceu em Idanha, no actual territrio de Portugal, por volta do ano 304, sendo o 37. pontfice romano. Era irmo de Santa Irene. 0642 - Subida ao trono do rei visigodo Chindasvinto. 0911 - During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople.0959 - Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England. 0959 - King Edwin of England dies (b. 0941). 0965 - John XIII becomes Pope. 1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany dies poisoned (b. 0997). 1061 - Alexander II is elected Pope. 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Templars since 1184 is killed in the Siege of Acre.1207 - King Henry III of England was born ( 1272). 1273 - Rudolf of Hapsburg was elected emperor in Germany. 1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy dies (b. 1257). Lady of Bourbon.1404 - Pope Boniface IX dies (b. 1356). 1470 - Nascia Isabel de Arago, filha de Fernando V e de Isabel I de Castela ( 1498).1471 - Frederick I of Denmark was born ( 1573). 1499 - Marsilio Ficino dies (b. 1433). Italian philosopher. 1500 - John Alcock dies. English Catholic bishop. 1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola was born ( 1573). Italian architect . 1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus was born (d. 1617). Swiss protestant clergyman. 1549 - Anna of H Bartolomaeus was born. She was a Flemish prioress and founded a nunnery. 1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi dies (b. 1508). Italian humanist. 1570 - Frans Floris dies (b. 1520). Flemish painter. 1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen dies (b. 1498). Dutch painter. 1577 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen was born (d. 1622). Swiss friar, martyr and saint.1578 - Don John of Austria dies (b. 1547). Military leader. 1588 - Execution of Blessed Edward James, Christian martyr. 1609 - Giammateo Asola dies. Italian composer. 1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was born (d. 1683). Dutch painter. 1644 - Alessandro Stradella was born (d. 1682). Italian violinist and composer. 1671 - Guido Grandi was born (d. 1742). Italian mathematician. 1684 - Pierre Corneille dies (b. 1606). French author. 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor was born (d. 1740). 1691 - Arthur Onslow was born (d. 1768). English politician. 1693 - Pedro Abarca dies (b. 1619). Spanish theologian. 1708 - John Blow dies (b. 1649). British composer. 1730 - Richard Stockton was born (d. 1781). American attorney, signer of the Daclaration of Independence. 1760 - William Thomas Beckford was born (d. 1844). English writer and politician. 1768 - Robert Simson dies (b. 1687). Scottish mathematician. 1771 - Pierre Baillot was born (d. 1842). French violinist and composer.1774 - Marqus de Pombal publica decreto que sepulta a Inquisio portuguesa.1775 - Execuo de Joo Batista Pele, acusado de ter planeado um atentado contra o Marqus de Pombal.1777 - Assinatura do tratado de Santo Ildefonso entre Portugal e Espanha. 1787 - Russians under Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. 1788 - Nguyen Hue declares himself emperor of Viet Nam. 1791 - First session of the French Legislative Assembly. 1791 - Sergei Aksakov was born (d. 1859). Russian writer.1795 - Belgium is conquered by France. 1795 - Robert Bakewell dies (b. 1725). English agriculturist who revolutionized sheep and cattle breeding in England by methodical selection, inbreeding, and culling. 1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France via Treaty of San Ildefonso. 1800 - Lars Levi Laestadius was born (d. 1861). Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism.1801 - O Tratado de Amiens assinado pondo fim ao conflito comeado na Primavera de 1792 com as sucessivas declaraes de guerra da Frana revolucionria s potncias europeias. 1804 - William Stokes was born (d. 10 Jan 1878). Physician and the leading representative of the Irish, or Dublin, school of anatomical diagnosis, which emphasized clinical examination of patients in forming a diagnosis. 1805 - Antnia Pusich was born in Cape Vert (d. 6 Oct. 1883). First Portuguese journalist woman.1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi arrives in New Orleans. 1814 - Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring. 1827 - The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia. 1827 - Walter Howell Deverell was born. American painter.1827 - Wilhelm Mller dies (b. 7 Oct 1794). German poet.1829 - South African College founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to become the University of Cape Town. 1833 - Lusa Todi died. Portuguese opera singer. 1835 - Jlio Csar Machado was born. Portuguese writer.1835 - dm Politzer was born (d. 1920). Austrian physician.1837 - Nicols Avellaneda was born. President of Argentine. 1837 - Robert Clark dies (b. 1777). American politician.1838 - Charles...

On this day in History - Oct. 9

• Oct 09, 2010 from looking4good(Fernando Silva) in Entertainment
  0768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are coronated Kings of France. 1000 - Leif Ericson discovers Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America. 1003 - Leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America. 1047 - Pope Clement II dies (b. 1005). 1075 - Dmitar Zvonimir was crowned as king of the Croatia. 1201 - Robert de Sorbon was born (d. 1274). French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne. 1221 - Salimbene di Adam was born. Italian chronicler. 1238 - James I of Aragon conquered Valencia and founded the Kingdom of Valencia. 1253 - Robert Grosseteste dies. English statesman and bishop. 1261 - King Dinis of Portugal was born (d. 1325). 1273 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany dies. 1328 - King Peter I of Cyprus was born (d. 1369). 1390 - King John I of Castile dies (b. 1358) /Morre Rei Joo I de Castela, de uma queda de cavalo (n. 1358). 1446 - The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea. 1514 - Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor. 1547 - Miguel Cervantes is baptized. Spanish novelist best known for El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha. In English translation: Don Quixote. 1555 - Justus Jonas dies (b. 1493). German protestant reformer. 1558 - Mrida is founded in Venezuela. 1562 - Gabriele Falloppio dies (b. 1523). Italian anatomist and inventor of the condom. 1569 - Vladimir of Staritsa dies (b. 1533). Russian prince. 1581 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Mziriac was born (d. 1638). French mathematician. 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1585 - Heinrich Schtz was born (d. 1672). German composer. 1586 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria was born (d. 1632). Regent of Tyrol. 1595 - The Spanish army captures Cambrai. 1597 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki dies (b. 1537). Japanese shogun. 1604 - Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. 1635 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. 1688 - Claude Perrault dies (born 1613). Architect, physician and physicist. He was the architect of the oldest building of the Paris Observatory when it was founded in 1667 by King Louis XIV.1691 - William Sacheverell dies (b. 1638). English statesman.1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.1704 - Jn Andrej Segner was born (d. 5 Oct 1777). Slovak and German physicist and mathematician who recognized the surface tension of liquids.1709 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland dies (b. 1640). English mistress of Charles II of England.1729 - Richard Blackmore dies (b. 1654). English physician and writer.1740 - D. Lus da Cunha dies (b. 1662). Portuguese diplomat.1757 - King Charles X of France was born (d. 1836).1760 - Seven Year's War: Russia conquers Berlin.1771 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.1776 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.1781 - Dionisio de Herrera was born. President of Honduras (1824-1827).1793 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot dies (b. 1718). French missionary.1796 - Joseph Bonomi the Younger was born (d. 1878). English Egyptologist.1797 - Vilna Gaon dies (b. 1720). Lithuanian rabbi.1799 - Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth 1,200,000.1801 - Auguste-Arthur de La Rive was born (d. 1873). Swiss physicist who was one of the founders of the electrochemical theory of batteries.1804 - Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.1806 - Prussia declares war to France.1806 - Benjamin Banneker dies (b. 9 Nov 1731). American astronomer, mathematician, author and clockmaker.1812 - War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships; the HMS Detroit and the HMS Caledonia.1818 - Francisco Navarro Villoslada was born. Spanish writer.1820 - Guayaquil declared independence from Spain.1824 - Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.1831 - Capo d'Istria was assassinated.1831 - John Capodistria dies (b. 1776). Governor of Greece.1833 - Eugen Langen was born (d. 2 Oct 1895). German engineer who pioneered in building internal-combustion engines.1835 - Royal College, Colombo established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka.1835 - Camille Saint-Sans was born (d. 1921). French composer.1837 - A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute. 1840 - Simeon Solomon was born (d. 1905). British artist.1841 - Antonio Lpez de Santa Ana assume (pela 6 vez) a presidncia do Mxico.1845 - The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, was received into the Roman Catholic Church.1852 - Hermann Emil Fischer was born (d. 15 Jul 1919). German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1902, in recognition of his investigations of the...