THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Jamaica Observer
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Jan 14 2010
Today is Thursday, January 14, the 14th day of 2010. There are 351
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight
1907: Earthquake in Jamaica destroys Kingston and takes 1,000 lives.
Other Notable Events
1784: United States (US) ratifies peace treaty with England, formally
ending American War of Independence.
1809: England and Spain form alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte.
1814: Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in Treaty of Kiel.
1867: Peru declares war on Spain.
1950: US recalls all consular personnel from China.
1962: At least 36 Algerians and Europeans are killed in disorder and
terrorist attacks in Algeria’s major cities.
1966: Indonesia closes its mission at the UN as it prepares to withdraw
from the world organisation.
1986: Vinicio Cerezo is sworn in as Guatemala’s first civilian
president in 16 years.
1990: Azerbaijani attacks on Armenians leave at least two dozen dead
in Baku, Soviet Union.
1991: On the eve of UN deadline for use of force in Iraq, European
Community decides it is useless to send diplomatic mission to Baghdad.
1992: Israel opens peace talks with Jordan and resumes bargaining
with Palestinians.
1993: As many as 54 people die when a Polish ferry capsizes during
a fierce storm in the Baltic sea.
1995: In Colombia, leftist rebels attack police stations in several
towns, killing six policemen and three other people.
1996: Alvaro Arzu is sworn in as Guatemala’s new president.
1997: In Cairo, Egypt, a crowded public bus smashes through a metal
fence and plunges 35 metres (115 feet) into the Nile. At least 39
people die.
1998: The UN Security Council votes unanimously to rebuke Iraq for
not giving arms inspectors full access. Iraq accuses an American arms
inspector of being a spy.
1999: The US tells the World Trade Organisation that US$520 million
in European imports will face punitive tariffs unless an agreement
is reached on the sale of US bananas.
2000: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines agrees to pay Alaska US$3.5 million
for dumping toxic chemicals — including dry-cleaning fluid — and
oil-contaminated water into the state’s waters.
2001: Cambodia’s Senate approves a law to create a tribunal to try
Khmer Rouge leaders. A cabinet minister says the court will spare no
leader of the murderous regime.
2002: The US House Energy and Commerce Committee releases a letter
sent in August 2001 by an executive of Enron Corp to Kenneth Lay,
the energy company’s chairman and chief executive officer, pointing
out improprieties in the now-bankrupt Enron’s accounting practices.
2003: The US Food and Drug Administration suspends 27 US gene therapy
trials after a second child in four months develops leukemia-like
symptoms in a French trial that used a similar technique.
2005: In Sri Lanka, Abhilasha Jeyarajah, the infant dubbed "Baby 81"
nurses from a bottle of milk and kicks playfully at a pink blanket
as nine desperate, heartbroken women quarrel over him — all claiming
he was torn from them by the tsunami.
2006: The chief judge in Saddam Hussein’s trial submits his
resignation. Saddam and his co-defendants are charged in the deaths
of more than 140 Shiite Muslims in the town of Dujail in 1982 in
retaliation for an assassination attempt.
2007: Iran and Nicaragua announce that they will open embassies
in each other’s capitals as Iran’s hard-line President Ahmadinejad
courts leftist allies in Latin America to offset Washington’s global
influence.
2008: Militants with suicide-bomb vests, grenades and AK-47 rifles
attack Kabul’s most popular luxury hotel as the Norwegian embassy
holds a meeting. At least eight people, including one American and
one Norwegian, are killed.
2009: A French court acquits six doctors and pharmacists in the
deaths of at least 114 people who contracted a brain-destroying
disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones.
Today’s Birthdays
Valdemar I, the Great, Danish king (1131-1182); Zacharias
Topelius, Finnish writer (1818-1898); Albert Schweitzer, French
missionary-doctor-musician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1875-1965);
Giulio Andreotti, former Italian prime minister (1919-); Faye Dunaway,
US actress (1941-).
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress