CoM Moderators Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 1683 - 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown, Philadelphia 1917 - Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides 1925 - Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested 1948 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya 1958 - US nuclear sub USS Seawolf remains a record 60 days under the north pole 1978 - Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven" film premieres starring Richard Gere 1988 - Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant 1996 - Lois and Clark (fictional characters) wed 2002 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá as a Catholic saint 2015 - Nobel prize for Physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur McDonald (Canada) for work on neutrinos More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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