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2008 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, China
1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence 1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike 1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour 1994 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago 1994 Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field 1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak 1992 America Cup finals begin in San Diego 1992 Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo 1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case 1992 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history 1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets 1992 Menachem Begin, Prime Minister Israel 1977 - 1980, 1981 - 1983, Nobel 1979, dies at 85 1992 Menachem Begin, Israeli Statesman 1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack 1991 New Jersey Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues 1991 U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1991 Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) 1990 Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. 1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia) 1989 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China 1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak 1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war 1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak 1988 Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft 1988 Rascals begin 1st tour in 20 years 1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 miles in 75 hours 20 minutes 1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak 1986 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1983 Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak 1983 Israel premier Begin resigns 1983 Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak 1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak 1983 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 NFL players begin a 57 day strike 1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington 1982 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington D.C. 1982 New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak 1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour 1981 Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak 1980 John and Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy" 1980 Cubans begin to arrive in U.S. from Mariel boatlift 1979 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo 1979 U.S. and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations 1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Begin and Sadat win Nobel Peace prize 1978 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit 1978 Begin, Sadat and Carter sign Camp David accord 1978 Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1978 Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 1978 Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt 1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM 1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government 1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister 1977 U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions 1977 Czechoslovakian intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 1976 Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa, Soweto Day 1976 Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak 1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment 1974 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975 1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee 1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin 1972 Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations 1972 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage 1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle 1971 Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1970 SF city employees begin 4-day strike 1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing 1969 Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps 1969 John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal) 1969 U.S. troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill 1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album 1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" 1967 The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a U.S. tour 1967 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin 1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) 1967 U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1966 Toboggan Chutes begin operation in Cleveland Metroparks 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers 1965 Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow 1965 Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days 1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas 1965 Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao 1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin 1964 Rolling Stones begin 1st U.S. tour, with Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee 1964 U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos 1964 Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1964 Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus 1963 Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans 1963 Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden 1963 Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1962 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill 1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern) 1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs 1959 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit 1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters 1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1956 Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1955 Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season 1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak 1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word 1952 Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin 1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1950 U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea 1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria 1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1946 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.S.R. 1946 Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1945 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S. 1945 Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald 1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 1945 Nazi occupiers begin state of siege 1945 U.S. 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer 1944 Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany 1944 U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo 1944 Gulf of Leyte battle begin 1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers 1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London 1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1944 Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz 1944 U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific 1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1944 Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh 1943 Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1943 Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg 1943 Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis 1942 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training 1942 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp 1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast 1941 German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa 1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 1941 German occupiers begin youth labor 1941 FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1940 German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration 1940 British and French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews 1939 Municipal Railway and Market St. RR begin service to Transbay Terminal 1935 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 1935 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March 1930 New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew 1929 British troops begin evacuating 1927 U.S. and Canada begin diplomatic relations 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1924 Netherlands and U.S.S.R. begin talks over U.S.S.R. recognition 1922 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia 1919 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money 1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1917 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 American men begin registering for the draft 1916 Great Arab Revolt begin 1915 French begin Woevre-offensive 1915 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL 1913 Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1977-83, Nobel 1978 1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1906 Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak 1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1899 Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal 1891 Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland 1881 Holmes and Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet," 1st case together 1878 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500 1876 Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1871 Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour 1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East 1864 Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1864 Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia 1862 Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota 1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding 1843 Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist 1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles 1835 P. 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Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US 1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium 1804 Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase 1789 Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington D.C. 1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1775 British begin siege of Boston 1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland 1701 Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar 1700 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar 1673 Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi 1614 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) 1576 Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence 1572 Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem 1529 Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII and Catharina of Aragon 1190 Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England 626 Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople |
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