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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:41 am
February 16th 1742 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:42 am
February 16th 1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia (1799).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:42 am
February 16th 1838 – Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:44 am
February 16th 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:44 am
February 16th 1859 – The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:44 am
February 16th 1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:45 am
February 16th 1866 – Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes the British Secretary of State for War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:45 am
February 16th 1868 – In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:45 am
February 16th 1899 – President Félix Faure of France dies in office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:45 am
February 16th 1899 – Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland's first football club is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:46 am
February 16th 1918 – The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:46 am
February 16th 1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:46 am
February 16th 1934 – Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:46 am
February 16th 1934 – Commission of Government is sworn in as form of direct rule for the Dominion of Newfoundland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:46 am
February 16th 1936 – Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:46 am
February 16th 1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:47 am
February 16th 1940 – World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:47 am
February 16th 1943 – World War II: The Soviet troops reenter Kharkov.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:47 am
February 16th 1945 – World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:47 am
February 16th 1947 – Canadians granted Canadian citizenship after 80 years of being British subjects. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:47 am
February 16th 1957 – The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6.00pm and 7.00pm was abolished in the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:48 am
February 16th 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:48 am
February 16th 1961 – Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:48 am
February 16th 1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:48 am
February 16th 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:49 am
February 16th 1983 – The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:49 am
February 16th 1985 – The founding of Hezbollah.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:49 am
February 16th 1986 – The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:49 am
February 16th 1987 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:50 am
February 16th 1991 – Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:50 am
February 16th 1993 – Western Australia's and Australia's first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:50 am
February 16th 1999 – In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islom Karimov.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:50 am
February 16th 1999 – Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:50 am
February 16th 2005 – The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:51 am
February 16th 2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 1:51 am
February 16th 2006 – The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Frank on 02/16/10 at 1:56 am
February 16th 1947 – Canadians granted Canadian citizenship after 80 years of being British subjects. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
I didn't even know this...
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/10 at 12:59 pm
I didn't even know this...
Too late to claim now?
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:45 am
February 17th 1500 – The Battle of Hemmingstedt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:45 am
February 17th 1600 – The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:45 am
February 17th 1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:45 am
February 17th 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:45 am
February 17th 1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:46 am
February 17th 1809 – Miami University is chartered by the State of Ohio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:46 am
February 17th 1814 – The Battle of Mormans.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:46 am
February 17th 1819 – The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:46 am
February 17th 1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:46 am
February 17th 1864 – American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: nally on 02/17/10 at 1:47 am
February 17th 1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
...with Jefferson taking office 2 weeks later.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:47 am
February 17th 1865 – American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:47 am
February 17th 1867 – The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:47 am
February 17th 1871 – The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:48 am
February 17th 1904 – Madama Butterfly receives its premiere at La Scala in Milan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:48 am
February 17th 1913 – The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:49 am
February 17th 1924 – In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:49 am
February 17th 1925 – Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:49 am
February 17th 1933 – Newsweek magazine is published for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:49 am
February 17th 1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:51 am
February 17th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:51 am
February 17th 1944 – World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:51 am
February 17th 1947 – The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts to the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:51 am
February 17th 1957 – A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri, kills 72 people.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:51 am
February 17th 1958 – Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:52 am
February 17th 1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:52 am
February 17th 1962 – A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:52 am
February 17th 1964 – In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:53 am
February 17th 1964 – Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his archrival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:53 am
February 17th 1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. The Mare Tranquillitatis or "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:53 am
February 17th 1968 – In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:54 am
February 17th 1972 – Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:54 am
February 17th 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:54 am
February 17th 1978 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA incendiary bomb is detonated at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:54 am
February 17th 1979 – The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:54 am
February 17th 1995 – Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:55 am
February 17th 1995 – The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:55 am
February 17th 1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:55 am
February 17th 1996 – NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land upon an asteroid, 433 Eros.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:55 am
February 17th 2003 – The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:55 am
February 17th 2006 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:55 am
February 17th 2008 – Kosovo declares independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/10 at 1:56 am
February 17th 1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
I'll drink to that!
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:25 am
February 18th 3102 BC – Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:25 am
February 18th 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:25 am
February 18th 1268 – The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:26 am
February 18th 1332 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:26 am
February 18th 1478 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:26 am
February 18th 1685 – Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:26 am
February 18th 1745 – The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo river, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:26 am
February 18th 1797 – Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:27 am
February 18th 1814 – The Battle of Montereau occurs.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:27 am
February 18th 1841 – The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:27 am
February 18th 1846 – Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:27 am
February 18th 1856 – The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:27 am
February 18th 1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:28 am
February 18th 1861 – With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:28 am
February 18th 1865 – Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:28 am
February 18th 1873 – Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:28 am
February 18th 1878 – John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:29 am
February 18th 1884 – Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:29 am
February 18th 1901 – Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:29 am
February 18th 1906 – Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:29 am
February 18th 1911 – The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:29 am
February 18th 1913 – Raymond Poincaré becomes President of France.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:29 am
February 18th 1929 – The first Academy Awards are announced.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:30 am
February 18th 1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:30 am
February 18th 1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:30 am
February 18th 1932 – The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:30 am
February 18th 1943 – The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:30 am
February 18th 1943 – Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:31 am
February 18th 1948 – Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:31 am
February 18th 1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:31 am
February 18th 1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:31 am
February 18th 1957 – Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:32 am
February 18th 1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:32 am
February 18th 1969 – The Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster occurs, killing all on board.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:32 am
February 18th 1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:32 am
February 18th 1972 – The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:32 am
February 18th 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:32 am
February 18th 1979 – Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:33 am
February 18th 1983 – Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:33 am
February 18th 1991 – The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:33 am
February 18th 1998 – Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:33 am
February 18th 2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:33 am
February 18th 2003 – Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:34 am
February 18th 2003 – Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:34 am
February 18th 2004 – Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/10 at 1:35 am
February 18th 1678 John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" was first published, in England. Bunyan was frequently imprisoned for preaching without a license. During these sequestered times, between 1660-72, Bunyan collected the ideas enabling him to pen this masterpiece of Christian literature.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:26 am
February 19th 197 – Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:26 am
February 19th 1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:27 am
February 19th 1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:27 am
February 19th 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:27 am
February 19th 1807 – In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:27 am
February 19th 1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:28 am
February 19th 1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:28 am
February 19th 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:28 am
February 19th 1852 – The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:28 am
February 19th 1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, NY congressman, was acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This was the 1st time this defense was successfully used in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:28 am
February 19th 1861 – Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:28 am
February 19th 1864 – Knights of Pythias are founded in Washington, D.C. by Justus H. Rathbone.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:29 am
February 19th 1878 – The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:29 am
February 19th 1884 – The Enigma tornado outbreak occurs.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:29 am
February 19th 1937 – During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:29 am
February 19th 1942 – World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:29 am
February 19th 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066', allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:30 am
February 19th 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:30 am
February 19th 1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:30 am
February 19th 1949 – Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:30 am
February 19th 1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:30 am
February 19th 1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus its independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:30 am
February 19th 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique launches the reawakening of the Feminist Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness-raising groups spread.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:31 am
February 19th 1972 – The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:31 am
February 19th 1976 – Executive Order 9066 was rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:31 am
February 19th 1976 – The 1st Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:31 am
February 19th 1978 – Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport, in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking situation, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:32 am
February 19th 1985 – Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:32 am
February 19th 1985 – Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:32 am
February 19th 1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre, massacre of 80 Tamil farm workers by the Sri Lankan Army in the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:32 am
February 19th 1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:32 am
February 19th 1999 – President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:32 am
February 19th 2001 – An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/10 at 1:33 am
February 19th 2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
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Written By: nally on 02/19/10 at 1:41 am
February 19th 2001 – An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
And in my life, we continued moving some of our belongings into our new home!! :) :D
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:42 am
And in my life, we continued moving some of our belongings into our new home!! :) :D
A proud and happy day for you and your family.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:42 am
February 20th 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:42 am
February 20th 1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:42 am
February 20th 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:43 am
February 20th 1798 – Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:43 am
February 20th 1810 – Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed.
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Written By: nally on 02/20/10 at 1:43 am
February 20th 1810 – Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed.
Two hundred years ago exactly!! :D
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:44 am
Two hundred years ago exactly!! :D
Time for a quick history lesson.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:44 am
February 20th 1835 – Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:44 am
February 20th 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:45 am
February 20th 1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:45 am
February 20th 1873 – The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:45 am
February 20th 1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:45 am
February 20th 1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:46 am
February 20th 1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:46 am
February 20th 1931 – The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:46 am
February 20th 1933 – The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:46 am
February 20th 1942 – Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:47 am
February 20th 1942 – Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
The same O'Hare for the airport at Chicago?
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:47 am
February 20th 1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:47 am
February 20th 1943 – The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:47 am
February 20th 1944 – World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:48 am
February 20th 1944 – World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
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Written By: nally on 02/20/10 at 1:48 am
February 20th 1933 – The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
...which would (eventually) thereby repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:48 am
February 20th 1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:49 am
February 20th 1959 – The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:49 am
February 20th 1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:49 am
February 20th 1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:49 am
February 20th 1976 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:49 am
February 20th 1987 – Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:50 am
February 20th 1989 – An IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:50 am
February 20th 1991 – A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:50 am
February 20th 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:50 am
February 20th 2002 – In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:51 am
February 20th 2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:51 am
February 20th 2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 1:51 am
February 20th 2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en-route to the national airforce headquarters were shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
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Written By: nally on 02/20/10 at 1:52 am
February 20th 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
I remember that.
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Written By: nally on 02/20/10 at 1:55 am
A proud and happy day for you and your family.
And on February 20th of 2001, we moved everything else into our new home, so that we officially began living there. The movers came and moved in most of the stuff (including items which had been packed away in storage for the previous three months).
Next year we will be celebrating ten years of living in Oxnard CA (and I will most likely post this on the "10 Years Ago" thread in the 2000s section).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 2:52 am
February 20th 1816 – Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville, based on the first Figaro play by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais, debuted at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/10 at 3:57 pm
February 20th 1976 Death of Kathryn Kuhlman, 69, popular American radio and TV evangelist. A member of the American Baptist Convention, Kuhlman's preaching emphasized the healing power of the Holy Spirit.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:53 am
February 21st 362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:53 am
February 21st 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:53 am
February 21st 1440 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:53 am
February 21st 1543 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:54 am
February 21st 1613 – Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:54 am
February 21st 1743 – The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson" takes place in London.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:56 am
February 21st 1804 – The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:56 am
February 21st 1842 – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:56 am
February 21st 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:56 am
February 21st 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Valverde fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:56 am
February 21st 1874 – The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:57 am
February 21st 1878 – The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:57 am
February 21st 1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:57 am
February 21st 1913 – Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:57 am
February 21st 1916 – World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:57 am
February 21st 1918 – The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:58 am
February 21st 1919 – Kurt Eisner, German socialist, is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:58 am
February 21st 1921 – Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:58 am
February 21st 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:58 am
February 21st 1937 – Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:58 am
February 21st 1937 – The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:59 am
February 21st 1945 – World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage the Saratoga.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:59 am
February 21st 1947 – In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera," the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:59 am
February 21st 1948 – NASCAR is incorporated.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 1:59 am
February 21st 1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:00 am
February 21st 1952 – In Dhaka, East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) police open fire on a procession of students that was demanding the establishment of Bengali as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "International Mother Language Day" by UNESCO.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:00 am
February 21st 1953 – Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:00 am
February 21st 1958 – The Peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:00 am
February 21st 1965 – Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:00 am
February 21st 1970 – Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zürich, Switzerland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:00 am
February 21st 1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:01 am
February 21st 1972 – President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:01 am
February 21st 1972 – The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:01 am
February 21st 1973 – Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:01 am
February 21st 1974 – The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:01 am
February 21st 1975 – Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:02 am
February 21st 1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:02 am
February 21st 2004 – The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/10 at 2:02 am
February 21st 2007 – Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:23 am
February 22nd 1495 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:23 am
February 22nd 1632 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:23 am
February 22nd 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:24 am
February 22nd 1797 – The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:24 am
February 22nd February 22nd 1819 – By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:24 am
February 22nd 1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista – 5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 Mexicans.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:24 am
February 22nd 1855 – The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:25 am
February 22nd 1856 – The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/10 at 1:25 am
February 22nd 1862 – Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.