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Politics : Idea Of The Day

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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49477)12/6/2005 7:57:58 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
This Day in history...

Irish Free State established


1921: The British government and Irish leaders Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, and others signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, establishing the Irish Free State as an independent member of the British Commonwealth this day in 1921.




1992: The Babri Masjid (“Mosque of Babur”) in Ayodhya was destroyed by Hindu fundamentalists, leading to Hindu-Muslim riots throughout India.

1973: Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as vice president of the United States, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned.

1917: Finland declared itself independent of Russia, following the Bolshevik Revolution.

1534: Sebastián de Belalcázar, under the authority of Francisco Pizarro, occupied the Indian city of Quito in what is now Ecuador.

1421: King Henry VI of England was born in Windsor, Berkshire.
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