King of Prussia Day
2006.01.18 12:18
18 January
1701 coronation of Frederich I King of Prussia
1840 first publication of the Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer
1871 Wilhelm I proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles (Otto Prince of Bavaria's mental illness began at the proceedings)
1912 marriage of Edward and Eva Stotesbury
1919 opening of the World War I Peace Conference at Versailles
1956 The German Democratic Republic forms its own army, the National People's Army
1957 Three B-52s set the record for around-the-world flight, 45 minutes 19 minutes.
1964 Plans for the World Trade Center are announced in New York City.
1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel.
1993 The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is observed in all 50 Unites States for the first time.
2004 Frederick King of Prussia and Franziska Baroness von Ow, Otto King of Bavaria and Maria Empress of the Western Roman Empire, George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings lunch at the King of Prussia Tavern in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
2005 death of Erdman Mitchell (of Mitchell/Giurgola Architects)
2005 "Here a Versailles, There a Versailles, Everywhere a Versailles, Sigh" by Marie Antoinette, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Eva Stotesbury
2005 Ned and Eva Stotesbury renew their marriage vows at the New Town Hall of Germantown
2006 it's very overcast and raining in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
2006 Otto and Maria are on their way to Bogotá, and Otto reminisces about his over forty years of schizophrenia while flying through the clouds
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