On This Day (December 12)

**MSFixR** · 12-12-2007, 09:20 AM

1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan - Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
1531 – The Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin saw a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary outside of modern-day Mexico City.
1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter born. (d. 1944)

The Scream

1889 - Robert Browning, British poet died. (b. 1812)
1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, was inaugurated.
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi (pictured) received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Gugliemo Marconi

1914 - The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24.39%.
1915 – President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy and declared himself Emperor.
1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
1964 – Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of Kenya

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MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 9,073 My Profile	On This Day (December 12) 1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan - Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism. 1531 – The Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin saw a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary outside of modern-day Mexico City. 1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter born. (d. 1944) The Scream 1889 - Robert Browning, British poet died. (b. 1812) 1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, was inaugurated. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi (pictured) received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland. Gugliemo Marconi 1914 - The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24.39%. 1915 – President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy and declared himself Emperor. 1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. 1964 – Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of Kenya

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