Thursday 18th November 2010

This is the emblem of the new UARP The UppyALf Republican Party. Never mind UKIP and NEW LABOUR and the COALITION.

This is the new true party of the people. Taking up once again the Sea Green Banner of THE LEVELLERS.

The Sun in Splendour on a blue sky background with a level playing field foreground representing the new dawn of united level thinking men and women of The United Kingdom. We can make this a heaven on earth.

IMPORTANT EVENTS THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2010	The UppyALf Republican Party is formed in Welford UK
2004	Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents
1997	Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
1997	FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
1997	Mavericks’ A C Green ties Randy Smith’s NBA record of 906 cons games
1997	Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
1997	Willem de Kooning painting, “Two Standing Women,” sold for $4,182,500
1996	Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she’s charged with murder
1995	Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
1995	Sam’s Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen
1994	“Star Trek VII – Generations,” premieres
1993	27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
1993	Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
1993	NAFTA passes House of Representatives
1993	North-Siberia record cold for November (-55 degrees C)
1993	Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
1993	WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
1992	“Malcolm X” with Denzel Washington premieres in US
1992	Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas, Nevada on KXTE 107.5 FM
1991	France deports Marlon’s daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
1991	Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland
1991	Auburn men’s basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
1990	“Fiddler on the Roof” opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 241 performances
1990	1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA
1990	NFL New York Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
1990	Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1989	Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1987	31 die in a fire at King’s Cross, London’s busiest subway station
1987	Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair
1987	Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP
1986	Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
1985	Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1985	Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
1985	Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons
1985	Paul McCartney releases “Spies Like Us”
1984	“3 Musketeers” closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 9 performances
1984	72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
1984	Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
1984	Flyers’ Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
1984	New Jersey Devils shutout New York Rangers 6-0
1982	Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
1981	Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1980	“Heaven’s Gate” premieres
1980	Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
1980	Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after “soccer war” 1969)
1979	Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage
1978	Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976	Spain’s parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship
1976	Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett
1975	Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S.
1975	Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1973	Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1971	China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1970	Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1970	Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
1970	Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
1970	Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations
1970	Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
1968	Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted
1967	British government devalues pounds from U.S. equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
1966	Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow
1966	U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
1966	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965	Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
1964	Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
1964	J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as “most notorious liar”
1963	Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
1963	England’s Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens
1963	King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco
1961	“Gay Life” opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances
1961	“Kwamina” closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 32 performances
1961	John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
1961	U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
1960	Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
1960	Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
1959	Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
1958	1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1958	Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay
1957	Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
1956	Morocco gains independence
1955	Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
1954	Yankees trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
1953	Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
1951	“See it Now” premieres on TV
1951	British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1951	Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
1950	South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1949	NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
1945	Arnold Schonberg’s Prelude for orchestra and mixed choir, premieres
1943	1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
1943	444 British bombers attack Berlin
1943	U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1942	Thornton Wilders “Skin of our Teeth,” premieres in New York City
1941	British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
1941	Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields’ “Junior Miss,” premieres in New York City
1941	Mussolini’s forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1940	George Matesky Mad Bomber’s 1st time-bomb
1939	Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
1936	Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1936	Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1932	“Flowers and Trees” receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
1932	1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March
1930	Musical “Smiles” with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City
1930	Sjostakovitch’ opera “The Nose,” premiers in Lenningrad
1929	Dr. Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates “kinescope”
1929	Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
1929	Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
1928	Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in “Steamboat Willie”
1926	Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
1922	Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief
1920	Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City
1919	H Tierney and J McCarthy’s musical “Irene,” premieres in New York City
1918	Brussels free Stofnar
1918	Latvia declares independence from Russia
1916	General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
1913	Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
1912	Albania declares independence from Turkey
1911	Britain’s 1st seaplane flies
1911	Opera “Lobetanz” 1st American performance
1909	U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
1906	Langdon Mitchells “New York Idea,” premieres in New York City
1905	George Bernard Shaws “Major Barbara,” premieres in London
1905	Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1903	Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives U.S. exclusive canal rights in Panama
1902	Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
1899	Trumper scores 208 in 185 minutes (1 five 25 fours) NSW vs. Qld
1894	1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World)
1894	1st comic strip “Origin of a New Species,” by Richard Outcault
1893	Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
1889	Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
1883	Antonin Dvorak’s “Husitska,” premieres
1883	Standard time zones forms by railroads in U.S. and Canada
1874	National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1865	Mark Twain publishes “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
1852	State funeral of duke of Wellington (London)
1835	Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti
1833	Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
1820	Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer
1805	30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee’s home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes
1805	Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent
1805	Female Charitable Society, first woman’s club in America
1804	Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape
1803	Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
1793	Louvre officially opens in Paris
1787	1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston
1776	Hessians capture Ft. Lee, NJ
1755	Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1745	Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1742	Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant
1738	France and Austria sign peace
1718	Voltaires “Oedipe,” premieres in Paris
1667	Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC
1626	St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1497	Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope
1494	French king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1477	1st English printed book “Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers”
1424	Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1421	Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
1421	Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands
1307	William Tell shoots apple off his son’s head
1210	Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1105	Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
794	Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto