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Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:06 pm
1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1660 – Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1739 – The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin, who had been living under an alias in York, was uncovered by his former schoolteacher, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's arrest.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:07 pm
1778 – American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:08 pm
1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
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On a wall near Edgware Road in London.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:09 pm
1836 – The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:12 pm
1846 – John Henry Newman leaves the Church of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:12 pm
1847 – Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:13 pm
1848 – The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:13 pm
1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:14 pm
1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:14 pm
1870 – In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:15 pm
1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:15 pm
1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:15 pm
1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:16 pm
1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:16 pm
1900 – In South Africa, Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart's Hill.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:16 pm
1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:16 pm
1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1909 – The Silver Dart was flown off the ice of Baddeck Bay, a sub-basin of Bras d'Or Lake on Cape Breton Island, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:18 pm
1918 – First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. In honor of this victory, the date is celebrated from 1923 onward as "Red Army Day"; it is renamed Defender of the Fatherland Day after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is colloquially known as "Men's Day".
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:19 pm
1927 – The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:19 pm
1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:19 pm
1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:20 pm
1941 – Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:21 pm
1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:24 pm
1943 – A fire breaks out at St. Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 36 people (35 of whom are children).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:24 pm
1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:39 pm
1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize and become the model for the national USMC War Memorial.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:39 pm
1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:40 pm
1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:40 pm
1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:40 pm
1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed in a raid by 379 British bombers.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:40 pm
1945 – World War II: The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is bombed by Allied forces. It would later be re-opened in 1975.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:46 pm
1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:46 pm
1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:46 pm
1955 – First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:46 pm
1958 – Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:48 pm
1966 – In Syria, Baath party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin Hafiz, also a Baathist.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:48 pm
1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:49 pm
1980 – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:49 pm
1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:49 pm
1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:50 pm
1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:55 pm
1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:55 pm
1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:56 pm
1997 – A small fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:56 pm
1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:56 pm
1998 – Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and "Crusaders"; the latter term is commonly interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:57 pm
1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:57 pm
1999 – An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:57 pm
2005 – The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the "positive values of colonialism". After public outcry, it is repealed at the beginning of 2006.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:57 pm
2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:57 pm
2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit crashes on Guam. It is the first operational loss of a B-2.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 1:57 pm
2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 2:21 pm
155 - Martyrdom of Polycarp, an early Church Father who was a disciple of the Apostle John. Arrested at age 86, Polycarp was burned at the stake for refusing to deny the Christian faith.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 2:21 pm
1744 - Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'There is a God in heaven who over-rules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 2:21 pm
1775 - Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'How great and honorable is the privilege of a true believer! That he has neither wisdom nor strength in himself is no disadvantage, for he is connected with infinite wisdom and almighty power.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 2:22 pm
1834 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in his journal: 'Rose early to seek God and found Him whom my soul loveth. Who would not rise early to meet such company?'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/11 at 2:22 pm
1970 - The Holy Eucharist was distributed by women for the first time in a Roman Catholic service.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:50 pm
303 – Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:50 pm
1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:51 pm
1387 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:51 pm
1538 – Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:51 pm
1582 – Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:53 pm
1607 – Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, was first performed in Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (now in Italy).
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:58 pm
1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:58 pm
1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 12:59 pm
1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:19 pm
1822 – The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:19 pm
1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:20 pm
1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:20 pm
1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:26 pm
1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:26 pm
1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:26 pm
1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:26 pm
1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:29 pm
1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the second war for Cuban independence, that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:30 pm
1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:30 pm
1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:30 pm
1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:30 pm
1942 – Battle of Los Angeles: a UFO flying over wartime Los Angeles causes a blackout order at 2:25 a.m. and attracts a barrage of anti-aircraft fire, ultimately killing 3 civilians.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:46 pm
1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000 mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:47 pm
1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:47 pm
1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:47 pm
1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:47 pm
1976 – Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:51 pm
1980 – The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:51 pm
1981 – An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:51 pm
1983 – A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:51 pm
1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 1:51 pm
1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:01 pm
1996 – The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:01 pm
1999 – The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:01 pm
1999 – A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:02 pm
2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:02 pm
2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:02 pm
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1955 - "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1955 - Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WWI exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:28 pm
1917 Russian revolution breaks out
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:29 pm
303 - The first official Roman edict for the persecution of Christians was issued by Roman Emperor Galerius Valerius Maximianus.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:29 pm
1208 - St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in the Italian village of Portiuncula. He founded the Franciscans the following year, and is regarded by some Catholics as the greatest of all Christian saints.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:29 pm
1500 - Birth of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Reigning 1519-56, it was Charles who officially pronounced Martin Luther an outlaw and heretic.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1782 - Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'It is my constitutional weakness to be gloomy and dejected; the work of God puts life into me.'
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/11 at 2:30 pm
1967 - Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'The statement that God is dead comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord has not died of this; He who dwells in the heaven laughs at them.'
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:00 pm
138 – The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:00 pm
1570 – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:00 pm
1797 – Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:01 pm
1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:01 pm
1843 – Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:01 pm
1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:02 pm
1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:02 pm
1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:03 pm
1912 – Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:03 pm
1919 – Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:03 pm
1921 – Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:03 pm
1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:04 pm
1932 – Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:04 pm
1933 – The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:04 pm
1941 – February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:05 pm
1945 – World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:05 pm
1947 – The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:05 pm
1948 – The Communist Party takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:06 pm
1951 – The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:06 pm
1954 – Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:06 pm
1956 – In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:07 pm
1964 – Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston in the Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston world heavyweight boxing title fight. This is Clay's 20th pro boxing fight and first heavyweight title.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:07 pm
1964 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashes in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain, killing all 51 passengers and 7 crew.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:08 pm
1964 – North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:08 pm
1964 – U.S. Air Force launches a satellite employing a US Air Force Atlas/Agena combination from Point Arguello (LC-2-3) in California and from Cape Kennedy in Florida.
Subject: Re: Today in History....
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/11 at 2:08 pm
1968 – Vietnam War: 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Ha My massacre.
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1971 – The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
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1980 – The Suriname government is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation's capital, Paramaribo
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1986 – People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
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1991 – Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.
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1992 – Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
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1994 – Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
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2009 – BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 people are killed, including more than 50 army officials, by Bangladeshi Border Guards inside its headquarters.
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747 BCE – Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era.
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364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
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1266 – Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
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1658 – Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
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1794 – Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen burns down.
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1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
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1848 – The Second French Republic is proclaimed.
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1870 – In New York City a demonstration of the first pneumatic subway opens to the public.
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1876 – Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing Dynasty China.
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1870 – In New York City a demonstration of the first pneumatic subway opens to the public.
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1885 – The Berlin Act, which resulted from the Berlin Conference regulating European colonization and trade in Africa, is signed
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1909 – Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
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1914 – HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
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1917 – The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
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1919 – An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park).
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1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
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1935 – Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.
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1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
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1946 – Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets.
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1952 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.1952 – Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
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1960 – A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
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1966 – Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
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1966 – Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
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1971 – U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
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1972 – The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.
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1980 – Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
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1984 – US troops withdraw from Beirut. President Ronald Reagan had sent the troops as a peacekeeping force in August 1982.
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1987 – Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
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1991 – Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
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1991 – Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah.
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1992 – Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
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1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
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1995 – The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
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2001 – The Taliban destroys two giant statues of Buddha in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
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2003 – Generally said to be the starting date of the War in Darfur.
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2004 – Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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2005 – Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking the Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76.
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1732 - In Philadelphia, Mass was celebrated for the first time at St Joseph's Church the only Roman Catholic church built and maintained in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War.
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1807 - Birth of Johann K.F. Keil, German Bible scholar. His Old Testament commentary, written in collaboration with Franz Delitzsch, first appeared in 1861. Known today as "Keil & Delitzsch," the multi-volume set is still in print!
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1840 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'Our soul should be a mirror of Christ; we should reflect every feature: for every grace in Christ there should be a counterpart in us.'
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1846 - Birth of George C. Stebbins, American Baptist music evangelist. A composer of over 1,500 songs during his lifetime, Stebbins is still remembered today for writing the melodies to such hymns as: "I've Found a Friend," "Take Time to Be Holy," "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" and "Jesus is Tenderly Calling Thee Home."
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1963 - The Lutheran World Federation's missionary radio station at Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, was dedicated.
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1941 - Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (California)
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1560 – The Treaty of Berwick was signed, which set the terms under which an English fleet and army could come to Scotland to expel the French troops who were defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.
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1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
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1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
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1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
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1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered.
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1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
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1812 – Manuel Belgrano (pictured) raised the Flag of Argentina, which he designed, for the first time in the city of Rosario, during the Argentine War of Independence.
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1812 – Manuel Belgrano (pictured) raised the Flag of Argentina, which he designed, for the first time in the city of Rosario, during the Argentine War of Independence.
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1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
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1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
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1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
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1861 – Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.
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1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
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1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
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1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
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1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
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1902 – Second Boer War: Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria.
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1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
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1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
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1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
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1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
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1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14
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1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
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1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
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1943 – The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
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1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
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1955 – Soviet Union regional elections
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1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
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1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
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1962 – Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed assassination attempt of President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem.
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1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
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1964 – The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
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1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
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1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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1974 – People magazine is published for the first time.
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1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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1982 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for its performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas, gave its last performance.
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1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
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1989 – A wave of protests, riots and looting known as the Caracazo resulted in a death toll of anywhere between 275 and 3000 people in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and its surrounding towns.
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1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
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1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.
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2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
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2002 – Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya
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2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
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2007 – The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.
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2010 – Central Chile is hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
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280 - Birth of Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to be converted (ca. 312) to the Christian faith.
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1838 - Birth of William J. Kirkpatrick, American Methodist sacred composer. He edited his first collection of hymns at age 21, and is still remembered today for composing the melodies to such hymns as: "He Hideth My Soul," "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus," "Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It" and "Lord, I'm Coming Home."
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1839 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'Most of God's people are content to be saved from the hell that is without. They are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.'
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1849 - William Jewell College was chartered in Liberty, Missouri, under Baptist sponsorship.
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1938 - English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'Slackness and carelessness are inexcusable in a child of God. He should ever present a model and example of conscientiousness, painstaking care, and exactness.'
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1960 - Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
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1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon
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1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
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1987 - Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
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1985 - Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
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1991 Singer James Brown is released from prison
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1991 Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London
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1925 Hitler resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich
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1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents cigar-rolling machine
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1874 - Baseball first played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
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1893 – The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, was launched.
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1914 – In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.
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1972 – Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.
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1997 – Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, California, the longest and bloodiest shootout in United States police history.
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1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, struck the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.