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Amnorix · 05-21-2010, 06:55 AM

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325. The first Nicean Council is held to resolve some outstanding theological issues in the Catholic Church. The first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, it helped resolve such issues as the relationship of Christ to the Father, the divinity of Jesus, and the calculation of Easter.

1862. President Lincoln signs the first Homestead Act into law. The law allows anyone to take title to land outside the original 13 colonies if they (1) filed an application, (2) improved the land, and (3) filed for a deed. The act allowed a homesteader to take up to 160 acres for free, and was open to any person who had not taken up arms against the United States. The law remains in effect (it was subsequently updated a couple fo times) until a new law was passed over 100 years later, in 1976. Under the law, 1.6 million homesteads were awarded covering 270 million acres, or 10% of the entire area of the United States.

Unfortunately, however, the law was frequently abused. Designed to promote agriculture, the acreage covered was usually too small to support a family, and was instead used to lay claim to resources, especially water and timber and, less often, oil.

1873. Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans iwth copper rivets.

1927. The Treaty of Jedda is signed, by which the United Kingdom recognizes the independent sovereignty of the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which will later be unified into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

1940. Auschwitz receives its first prisoners.

1941. German paratroopers assault Crete. Though they will ultimately win the island, the cost is much higher to the elite German paratroopers than
the Germans expected, and Hitler is very reluctant to use them on such a mission again. This leads to a significant strategic error later when the Germans fail to take Malta, which is used as a base by the British to impinge German supply lines to North Africa.

1956. The first American airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped on Bikini Atoll.

1983. First publication of the discovery of teh HIV virus which leads to AIDS.

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Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	May 20 325. The first Nicean Council is held to resolve some outstanding theological issues in the Catholic Church. The first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, it helped resolve such issues as the relationship of Christ to the Father, the divinity of Jesus, and the calculation of Easter. 1862. President Lincoln signs the first Homestead Act into law. The law allows anyone to take title to land outside the original 13 colonies if they (1) filed an application, (2) improved the land, and (3) filed for a deed. The act allowed a homesteader to take up to 160 acres for free, and was open to any person who had not taken up arms against the United States. The law remains in effect (it was subsequently updated a couple fo times) until a new law was passed over 100 years later, in 1976. Under the law, 1.6 million homesteads were awarded covering 270 million acres, or 10% of the entire area of the United States. Unfortunately, however, the law was frequently abused. Designed to promote agriculture, the acreage covered was usually too small to support a family, and was instead used to lay claim to resources, especially water and timber and, less often, oil. 1873. Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans iwth copper rivets. 1927. The Treaty of Jedda is signed, by which the United Kingdom recognizes the independent sovereignty of the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which will later be unified into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1940. Auschwitz receives its first prisoners. 1941. German paratroopers assault Crete. Though they will ultimately win the island, the cost is much higher to the elite German paratroopers than the Germans expected, and Hitler is very reluctant to use them on such a mission again. This leads to a significant strategic error later when the Germans fail to take Malta, which is used as a base by the British to impinge German supply lines to North Africa. 1956. The first American airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped on Bikini Atoll. 1983. First publication of the discovery of teh HIV virus which leads to AIDS.
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