On This Day In History | |
1893: Hawaiian monarchy overthrown Acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, a committee led by Sanford Ballard Dole deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani this day in 1893 and installed a provisional government with Dole as president. | |
The Iolani Palace, in Honolulu. It was the royal residence of Hawaii's last two monarchs and later ? | |
Biography Of The Day | |
David Lloyd George Born this day in 1863, David Lloyd George, Liberal prime minister of Britain from 1916 to 1922, led his country to victory in World War I after laying the foundation of the modern welfare state as chancellor of the Exchequer. | |
David Lloyd George | |
More Events On This Day In History | |
1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Casablanca, Morocco. | |
1942 American professional boxer Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. | |
1917 | 1917 The United States purchased three of the Virgin Islands-St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix?from Denmark for $25 million. |
1899 | 1899 American gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York. |
1820 English poet and novelist Anne Brontë, sister of Charlotte and Emily Bronte, was born. | |
1734 Augustus III was crowned king of Poland. |
Thursday, January 17, 2008
January 17
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