World
Pneumonia Day
November
2, 2009, marks the first-ever World Pneumonia
Day. Pneumonia is a preventable and treatable
disease, but it still remains the number-one
killer of children in the developing world.
Pneumonia kills more than 2 million children
under 5 each year – more than HIV/AIDS,
malaria, and measles combined. The United
States and countries around the world are
observing this day as an opportunity to
raise global awareness of pneumonia and
reaffirm the commitment to save the lives
of children.
On
World Pneumonia Day, the United States unites
with countries and communities across the
globe in the fight against pneumonia. We
commemorate World Pneumonia Day with the
hope of a better future for all children.
Celebrations of the Day will kick off with
a Global Pneumonia Summit in New York City
gathering scientists, political leaders,
donors, and public health organizations
to discuss pneumonia prevention, treatment,
and other ways to protect children.
Events
1410
– The Peace of Bicêtre between the Armagnac
and Burgundian factions is signed.
1570 – A tsunami in the North Sea devastates
the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing
more than 1,000 people.
1675 – King Philip's War: A combined effort
by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the
Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts.
1769 – Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first
documented European visit to San Francisco
Bay.
1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel
Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee
of Correspondence.
1783 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General
George Washington gives his "Farewell
Address to the Army".
1795 – The French Directory succeeds the
French National Convention as the government
of Revolutionary France.
1861 – American Civil War: Western Department
Union General John C. Fremont is relieved
of command and replaced by David Hunter.
1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially
adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
1882 – Oulu, Finland is devastated by the
Great Oulu Fire of 1882
1889 – North and South Dakota are admitted
as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
1895 – The first gasoline-powered race in
the United States. First prize: $2,000
1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University
of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading
the crowd in cheering on the football team.
1899 – The Boers begin their 118 day siege
of British held Ladysmith during the Second
Boer War.
1909 – Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded
at Boston University.
1914 – Russia declares war on the Ottoman
Empire.
1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaims
British support for the "establishment
in Palestine of a national home for the
Jewish people" with the clear understanding
"that nothing shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and religious rights
of existing non-Jewish communities".
1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the
first commercial radio station. The first
broadcast is the result of the U.S. presidential
election, 1920.
1930 – Haile Selassie is crowned emperor
of Ethiopia.
1936 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
is established.
1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing
the alliance of the Axis Powers.
1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation
initiates the BBC Television Service, the
world's first regular, "high-definition"
(then defined as at least 200 lines) service.
Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still
runs to this day.
1940 – World War II: First day of Battle
of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and
the Italians.
1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes
performs the maiden (and only) flight of
the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the
largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1949 – The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table
Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing
to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East
Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
1953 – The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
names the country The Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
1957 – The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland,
Texas, generates national publicity.
1959 – Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game
show contestant Charles Van Doren admits
to a Congressional committee that he had
been given questions and answers in advance.
1959 – The first section of the M1 motorway,
the first inter-urban motorway in the United
Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions
5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and
M45 motorway
1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty
of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover
case
1963 – South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình
Diệm is assassinated following a military
coup.
1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed
by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother
King Faisal.
1965 – Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker,
sets himself on fire in front of the river
entrance to the Pentagon to protest the
use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into
force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity
to apply for permanent residence in the
United States.
1967 – Vietnam War: US President Lyndon
B. Johnson and "The Wise Men"
conclude that the American people should
be given more optimistic reports on the
progress of the war.
1973 – The Communist Party of India (Marxist)
and the Communist Party of India form a
'United Front' in the state of Tripura.
1974 – 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in
Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the
victims jumped to their deaths from the
seventh floor after a club official barred
the doors after the fire started.
1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs
a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day.
1984 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield
becomes the first woman executed in the
United States since 1962.
1988 – The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed
computer worm to gain significant mainstream
media attention, is launched from MIT.
2000 – The first resident crew to the ISS
docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.
2007 – 50,000–100,000 people demonstrate
against the Georgian government in Tbilisi.
Holidays
and observances
All
Souls Day (Roman Catholic and Anglican Church),
and its related observances:
Dia de Finados or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos
(Brazil and Portugal)
Christian Feast Day:
Victorinus of Pettau
Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari
movement)
All Souls Day or Day of the Dead is the
Día de los Difuntos in Spain.
Day of the Dead, The second day of Day of
the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration.
(Mexico)
Earliest day on which Election Day can fall,
while November 8 is the latest; celebrated
on Tuesday following the first Monday in
November of every even numbered year (United
States)
Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius)
Karatsu Kunchi (Karatsu, Saga)
Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota)
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