Historical Events 630 - Prophet Muhammad sets out with an army 10‚000 strong to conquer Mecca 1840 - 1st recorded bowling match in US‚ Knickerbocker Alleys‚ NYC 1893 - The railway line from Germiston to Pretoria‚ South Africa‚ is opened to traffic 1946 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1984 - NYC transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents 2003 - 89th Rose Bowl: #8 Oklahoma beats #7 Washington State‚ 34-14 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1600 - Friedrich Spanheim‚ Dutch theologian (d. 1649) 1622 - Isaac Sweers‚ Dutch fleet admiral‚ born in Nijmegen‚ Dutch Republic (d. 1673) 1784 - William Beale‚ English composer and baritone‚ born in Lankrake‚ Cornwall (d. 1854) 1876 - Harriet Brooks‚ Canadian physicist (d. 1933) 1967 - Spencer Tunick‚ American photographer (large-scale nude installations)‚ born in Middletown‚ New York 1969 - Christi Paul‚ American news anchor More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 874 - Hasan al-Askari‚ 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam‚ dies at 27 1730 - Daniel Finch‚ 2nd Earl of Nottingham‚ English Tory statesman‚ dies at 82 1923 - Willie Keeler‚ American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (highest career AB-per-strikeout ratio in MLB history; NL batting champion 1897‚ 98 Baltimore Orioles)‚ dies of tuberculosis at 50 1992 - Constantin Poustochkine‚ Dutch jazz musician and critic‚ dies at 81 2011 - Charles Fambrough‚ American jazz bassist (Jazz Messengers)‚ dies at 60 2020 - Marty Grebb‚ American rock session and touring keyboardist (The Buckinghams; Bonnie Raitt)‚ dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »

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On the brink of New Year’s Eve 2023‚ German law enforcement thwarted an alleged Islamic plot to attack the iconic Cologne Cathedral‚ with three suspects detained. The suspects‚ linked to a 30-year-old Tajikistan man with reported ties to the Islamic State‚ had plans to wield a car as a weapon‚ steering it into the historic […]

Steve Kirsch interviewed a former Kaiser nurse‚ Nurse Gail‚ and some of her allegations‚ if true‚ are quite shocking. Her key points: She said that right after the vaccine rollout‚ there was a 300% increase in hospitalizations – above any previous high since 1990. If you were diagnosed with COVID-19‚ the EMR system automatically tagged […] The post Stunning! We Were Hosed During the Pandemic! appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.