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Английский Хронограф 85


  

Английский Хронограф

Выпуск 85 26 января 2008г. описание форум архив e-mail

 

 

26th January

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1905: Largest diamond found


At a mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine's superintendent. Christened the Cullinan, it was the largest diamond crystal ever found and was later cut into 106 polished diamonds, together valued at millions of dollars.

The largest of the cut stones was the Star of Africa I, which at 530 carats is the largest-cut fine-quality colourless diamond in the world. The South African province of Transvaal decided to present the gem, along with the smaller Star of Africa II, to Britain's King Edward VII.

Pear-shaped, with 74 facets, the Star of Africa I now resides in the Tower of London among the other Crown Jewels, mounted in the British sovereign's Royal Scepter. The 317-carat Star of Africa II sits in the Imperial State Crown.



2005

Condoleezza Rice is confirmed as the US Secretary of State. She is the highest ranking African-American woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.

2004

Afghan President, Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.

2001

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat and parts of Pakistan, killing more than 20,000 people.

1998

At a Whitehouse news conference, Bill Clinton denies having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, stating that ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman..’

1988

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.

1982

Unemployment in Britain exceeds three million.

1980

In response to the Soviet military invasion of Afghanistan and at the request of President Carter, the US Olympic Committee votes to ask the International Olympic Committee to cancel or move the Moscow Olympics.

1979

Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York at age 70.

1970

The Vietnam War: US Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. spends his 2,000th day in North Vietnam.

1952

Fire destroys the National Library in Turin, Italy with the loss of several hundred valuable manuscripts.

1950

India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.

1946

In France, Felix Gouin becomes Prime Minister.

1942

The first American forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.

1939

Spanish Civil War: Barcelona falls to the forces of General Franco.

1908

The scouting movement began with the publication of Sir Robert Baden-Powell’s book Scouting for Boys.

1837

Michigan became the 26th state in the United States.

1808

In Australia, The Rum Rebellion succeeds in taking control of the Australian government.

1802

Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.

1788

A fleet of ships entered Botany Bay on Australia’s southern coast. On board were over 1,000 people, more than 700 of them convicted criminals.

1699

The Treaty of Karlowitz is signed, concluding the Austro-Ottoman War.

1654

According to the terms of the capitulation protocol of January 26, 1654, Portugal decreed that Jewish and Dutch settlers had three months to leave Brazil.

1500

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón produced the first recorded account of a European explorer sighting the Brazilian coast.



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