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Today in History 12/13 (George W Bush)

December 13, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
President-elect George W. Bush gives his acceptance speech to become the 43rd president of the United States, December 13, 2000 (© Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)(2000) Gore concedes and Bush wins closest presidential race in US history
After a protracted recount of votes in Florida and a US Supreme Court decision the previous day validating Florida’s declaration of George Bush the winner there, Bush becomes president-elect as Al Gore concedes. In Gore’s televised speech, he jokes that he promised Bush he wouldn’t call him back after changing his mind.
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Gore was Bill Clinton’s running mate in their successful campaign in 1992, and the pair was re-elected in 1996. Near the end of Clinton’s second term, Gore was selected as the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election but lost the election in a very close race after a Florida recount. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Born: Mar 31, 1948 (age 70) · Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 6′ 1″
Spouse: Tipper Gore (m. 1970 – 2010)
Children: Kristin Gore (Daughter) · Karenna Gore (Daughter) · Albert Gore III (Son) · Sarah Gore (Daughter)
Founded: The Climate Reality Project · Current TV · Generation Investment Management · Chicago Climate Exchange · The Climate Project
Education: Harvard University · Harvard College · Vanderbilt University · St. Albans School

Florida Supreme Court Building, Tallahassee, Florida
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(2000) Gore concedes and Bush wins closest presidential race in US history.
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1937 | Rape of Nanjing as Japanese forces massacre thousands
During the Sino-Japanese War, Japan overtakes the capital of China and Gen. Matsui Iwane orders the city destroyed. His troops will butcher about 150,000 Chinese men and rape 20,000 women and girls, most of whom will be killed afterward. Iwane will later be hanged for war crimes.
1989 | South African President de Klerk meets Nelson Mandela
South Africa’s President F.W. de Klerk holds his first meeting with imprisoned African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela at his office in Cape Town. In the coming months, de Klerk will call for a “new South Africa,” lift the ban on the ANC and other groups, and release Mandala from prison after 26 years.
2002 | Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is captured
After nine months on the run, Saddam Hussein is found hiding in a “spider hole” 6-8 feet underground near his hometown of Tikrit. He offers no resistance to US troops and looks like a different man than during his 24-year reign: Saddam is filthy, with a bushy, unkempt beard.

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Saddam Hussein is seen on television on December 14, 2003 soon after his capture near Tiktit, Iraq (© US Military via APTN/AP)(2003) Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is captured
After nine months on the run, Saddam Hussein is found hiding in a "spider hole" 6-8 feet underground near his hometown of Tikrit. He offers no resistance to US troops and looks like a different man than during his 24-year reign: Saddam is filthy, with a bushy, unkempt beard.
Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The operation was named after the 1984 film Red Dawn. The mission was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno and led by Col. James Hickey of the 4th Infantry Division, with joint operations Task Force 121—an elite and covert joint special operations team.
Date: Dec 13, 2003

Saddam Spider Hole
Iraqi-American, Samir, 34, pinning deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the ground during his capture in Tikrit, on Saturday, December 13, 2003. Samir was the translator for the U.S. Special Forces that helped find Hussein and pull him from his hiding place on December 13, 2003. Samir later met with U.S. President Bush and thanked him for liberating Iraq.
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Posted in: History Tagged: 1937, 1989, 2000, 2002, Al Gore, Florida, FW de Klerk, George W Bush, history, Japanese, Nanjing Massacre, Nelson Mandela, Operation Red Dawn, Saddam Hussein, South Africa, Tikrit

Today in History 11/06 (Abraham Lincoln)

November 6, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 (© Alexander Helser/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)(1860) Abraham Lincoln elected president of a divided nation
Lincoln becomes the first Republican to win the White House at a time when the Democratic Party, and the country as a whole, are deeply divided over the issue of slavery. The Civil War will break out a few months after Lincoln’s inauguration.
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. The election of Lincoln served as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War.
Election year: Nov 06, 1860

1860 Electoral College
Presidential Election 1860. Red shows states won by Lincoln/Hamlin, green by Breckinridge/Lane, orange by Bell/Everett, and blue by Douglas/Johnson Numbers are Electoral College votes in each state by the 1850 Census.
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(1860) Abraham Lincoln elected president of a divided nation.
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1962 | United Nations condemns South Africa over apartheid
The UN passes a resolution calling on members to cut ties with South Africa to force the nation to end its racial segregation of black Africans. Change will be slow: The country will not repeal its last apartheid laws until 1991.
1975 | Here’s the Sex Pistols as Punk pioneers perform for the first time
Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, and Paul Cook perform together for the first time at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London. The Sex Pistols’ brief set includes only a few covers before the headlining band pulls the plug, but it marks the start of the U.K. punk movement.
1996 | Cleveland Browns football team leaves Cleveland for Baltimore
Hearts break in Ohio as Browns owner Art Modell reveals he’s taking his NFL team elsewhere. Local voters fund stadium upgrades, but it’s not enough. In a deal, Modell will agree to leave the name ‘Browns’ behind. The Baltimore Ravens are born.

Today in History 11/06/17

A sign in Johannesburg, South Africa, circa 1956, reading 'Caution Beware Of Natives' (© Ejor/Getty Images)(1962) United Nations condemns South Africa over apartheid
The UN passes a resolution calling on members to cut ties with South Africa to force the nation to end its racial segregation of black Africans. Change will be slow: The country will not repeal its last apartheid laws until 1991.

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 was passed on 6 November 1962 in response to the racist policies of apartheid established by the South African Government.

The resolution also established the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. The committee was originally boycotted by the Western nations, because of their disagreement with the aspects of the resolution calling for the boycott of South Africa. Even so, the committee found allies in the West, such as the British-based Anti-Apartheid Movement, through which it could work and lay the ground roots for the eventual acceptance by the Western powers of the need to impose economic sanctions on South Africa to pressure for political changes.


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Posted in: History Tagged: 1860, 1962, 1975, 1996, Abraham Lincoln, apartheid, Baltimore, Cleveland Browns, election, Glen Matlock, history, John C Breckinridge, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Sex Pistols, South Africa, Steve Jones, United Nations
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