ugnet_: TODAY IN HISTORY

[Edward Mulindwa]

John Lennon born on this day Events that occurred on this day in history include: 1470 Henry VI was restored to the English throne, having been deposed nine years earlier. 1701 Yale College in the United States received its charter. 1779 The first Luddite riots broke out in a lace factory in Loughborough when workers protested against labour-saving machinery. 1804 Hobart, Tasmania, was founded. 1888 The 555ft white marble Washington Monument, designed by Robert Mills, was opened. 1905 Sarah Bernhardt had the accident which was to blight her career. Playing Floria in Tosca, she had to jump from a parapet. Stage hands forgot the mattresses and she fell heavily on her right knee. Her leg was later amputated. 1940 Beatle John Winston Lennon was born during an air raid in Liverpool. 1962 Uganda became independent. 1967 Revolutionary leader Che Guevara was captured in Bolivia and shot. Story filed: 06:31 Thursday 9th October 2003             The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"             Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"