The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back www.historydaily.com By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
September 2, 2004 on this day: In 1966, in London, the baker of King Charles II forgot to extinguish his oven, and a fire soon started that eventually destroyed eighty percent of the city. The fire was fueled by numerous warehouses that contained lamp oil and coal. Amazingly, only a few people were killed. Also, the fire ended a terrible black plague epidemic that had ravaged London for the previous two years. Premium Subscribers read more! If you had the Premium Version you would read about the Union capture of Atlanta during the Civil War. you would also read about the surrender of the Japanese in 1945 and more! Upgrade today at http://www.historydaily.com/premium.html . Also on this day: In 1901 U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt stated during a speech in Minnesota "speak softly and carry a big stick." In 1940 U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Today it is America's most popular national park. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: When Hitler was a young man, before World War I, what profession did he hope to enter? Hitler hoped to become an artist. Larry Davis sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: Before being elected vice-president in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt served as governor of which U.S. state? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
