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1
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1863
2000
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President Lincoln
issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Actor, Sean (James Bond) Connery was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth in Great Britain.
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2
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1953
2000
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Color TV’s go on sale
Actor Ray (My
Favorite Martian) Walston died. (86 yrs.)
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4
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1809
1943
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Louis Braille, inventor of a reading system for
the blind was born in Coup, France.
Soviet dictator
Josef Stalin appeared on the cover of “Time” as the magazine's 1942 Man of the
Year.
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6
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1854
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1854 Private Eye, Sherlock Holmes was
born.
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7
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1610
1782
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Astronomer, Galileo Galilei sighted four of
Jupiter’s moons.
The first
commercial bank in the United States, The Bank of America, opened in
Philadelphia.
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8
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1981
1982
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Actor Mathew “Stymie” Fields died (56
yrs.).
AT&T is
broken up
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9
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1788
1913
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Connecticut became the 5th state to ratify the
U.S. Constitution.
President Richard
Millhouse Nixon was born.
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11
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1757
1861
1964
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The first secretary of the U.S. Treasury,
Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.
Alabama seceded
from the Union.
U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first
government warning that smoking may be hazardous to one's
health.
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14
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1892
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Movie producer, Hal Roach was
born.
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15
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1559
1844
1929
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Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of
England
The University of
Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
Dr. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta,
Georgia.
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16
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1547
1919
1991
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Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of
Russia.
Prohibition
begins
"The liberation of Kuwait has begun" The United States
began its bombing on Iraq
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17
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1706
1806
1893
1917
1931
1934
1942
1944
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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston,
Mass.
Thomas
Jefferson's daughter, Martha, gave birth to James Madison Randolph, the 1st child born in the White
House.
The 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B.
Hayes, died in Fremont, Ohio. (70 yrs.)
The United States paid Denmark
$25 million For the Virgin Islands.
Actor James Earl Jones was born.
Ventriloquist Shari Lewis was
born.
Boxing champ Muhammad Ali was
born.
Boxing champ Joe Frazier was
born.
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18
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1778
1862
1892
1911
1936
1955
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Capt. James Cook discovered the Hawaiian
Islands, which he dubbed the "Sandwich Islands ".
The 10th
president of the United States, John Tyler died in Richmond, VA.
(71 yrs.)
Actor Oliver Hardy was born in Harlem,
GA.
The first landing of an aircraft
on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Elybrought his plane in for a safe landing on the deck of
the U.S.S. Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.
Author, Rudyard Kipling died in Barwash,
England.
Actor Kevin Costner was
born.
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19
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1736
1807
1809
1861
1977
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James Watt,
inventor of the steam engine, was born in Scotland.
Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in Startford,
VA.
Author Edgar Allan Poe, was born in
Boston
Georgia seceded from the
Union.
In one of his last acts as president,
Gerald R. Ford pardoned wartime broadcaster Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose).
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20
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2000
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George W. Bush was sworn in as
President of the United States.
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21
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1887
1924
1937
1950
1954
1990
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The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
Russian
revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died. (54 yrs.)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first chief
executive to be inaugurated on January 20th instead of March
4th.
Author, George Orwell died in
London, England.
The first atomic submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus was launched at Groton,
Conn.
Actress Barbara Stanwyk died. (82
yrs.)
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22
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1788
1939
1968
1973
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The English poet, Lord Byron was
born.
The atom is split
for the first time.
Rowan &
Martin's Laugh-in premiered on NBC-TV.
President Lyndon
B. Johnson died in Texas. (64 yrs.)
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23
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2005
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Comic, Johnny Carson's died of
emphysema (79 yrs). Carson was host of the late-night talk show from October 1, 1962, to May 22,
1992. |
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24
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1848
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The California Gold Rush
begins
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27
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1756
1880
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg,
Austria.
Thomas Edison
received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
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28
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1936
1986
2000
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Actor Alan Alda was
born.
The space shuttle
" Challenger " (STS25) exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida killing all 7
crew members: Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka,
Judith A. Resnick, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
Baltimore Ravens defeat the New York Giants 34 – 7 in
Super Bowl XXXV
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29
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1843
1845
1861
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The 25th president of the United States William
McKinley, was born in Niles, Ohio.
Edgar Allan Poe's
poem " The Raven " was published under a pseudonym in the New York Evening
Mirror.
Kansas became the 34th
state.
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29
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1900
1936
1963
1980
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The American
League, consisting of 8 baseball teams was organized in Philadelphia, Pa.
The first members of baseballs Hall of Fame, including
Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Poet Robert Frost died in
Boston, Mass.
Entertainer Jimmy Durante died (86 yrs.) of a lung
ailment.
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30
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1931
1933
1948
1968
2005
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Actor Gene Hackman was
born.
Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of
Germany.
The first episode of the " Lone Ranger " radio
program was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit.
Indian political and
spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu
extremist.
The Tet Offensive took place in Vietnam.
Iraq held its first ever free
elections.
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