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** 01 01 99 99 00 Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison. (1934)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 At&T officially divests its local Bell companies (1984)
00000101 At&T officially divests its local Bell companies (1984)%s19840101
** 01 01 99 99 00 Castro expels Cuban President Batista (1959)
00000101 Castro expels Cuban President Batista (1959)%s19590101
** 01 01 99 99 00 Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech (1947)
00000101 Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech (1947)%s19470101
** 01 01 99 99 00 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln. (1863)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 England conquers Burma (1886)
00000101 England conquers Burma (1886)%s18860101
** 01 01 99 99 00 European Economic Community (EEC) starts operation. (1958)
00000101 European Economic Community (EEC) starts operation. (1958)%s19580101
** 01 01 99 99 00 Ex-Atty. Gen. Mitchell, Halderman and Ehrlichman were convicted on cover-up charges relating to Watergate break-in (1975)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 First annual Festival of Fools in Paris ridiculing nuns and priests (1198)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 Haiti gains it's independence (1804)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 Lincoln makes Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 Noon on this day is the epoch for Julian Day (JD) (4713 BC)
00000101 Noon on this day is the epoch for Julian Day (JD) (4713 BC)
** 01 01 99 99 00 Samuel Pepys begins his diary (1660)
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** 01 01 99 99 00 Sudan gains it's independence (1956)
00000101 Sudan gains it's independence (1956)%s19560101
** 01 01 99 99 00 The Epoch (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT) (1970)
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** 01 02 99 99 00 Bert Parks fired from Miss America Pageant (1980)
00000102 Bert Parks fired from Miss America Pageant (1980)%s19800102
** 01 02 99 99 00 Cigarette adds are banded from television (1971)
00000102 Cigarette adds are banded from television (1971)%s19710102
** 01 02 99 99 00 Dominguez-Escalante expedition of the South West ends in Santa Fe, NM (1777)
00000102 Dominguez-Escalante expedition of the South West ends in Santa Fe, NM (1777)%s17770102
** 01 02 99 99 00 Georgia becomes the 4th state (1788)
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** 01 02 99 99 00 German Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes Time Magazine's Man of the Year (1939)
00000102 German Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes Time Magazine's Man of the Year (1939)%s19390102
** 01 02 99 99 00 King Zog of Albania is deposed (1946)
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** 01 02 99 99 00 Religious services were first broadcast at KDKA Pittsburgh (1921)
00000102 Religious services were first broadcast at KDKA Pittsburgh (1921)%s19210102
** 01 02 99 99 00 Secretary of State Johhn Hay announces the Open Door Policy with China to improve trade (1900)
00000102 Secretary of State Johhn Hay announces the Open Door Policy with China to improve trade (1900)%s19000102
** 01 02 99 99 00 The Japanese take the Philippine capital of Manila (1942)
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** 01 02 99 99 00 The United States and Canada announced an agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls (1929)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 1st drinking straw is patented. (1888)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 Alaska becomes the 49th state (1959)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 Senators and Representatives end their terms on this day 
00000103 Senators and Representatives end their terms on this day 
** 01 03 99 99 00 Southern Pacific RR offers to bring the Liberty Bell to the  Exposition without charge (1912)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 Steam explosion in a military experimental reactor SL-1 in Idaho Falls kills three (1961)
00000103 Steam explosion in a military experimental reactor SL-1 in Idaho Falls kills three (1961)%s19610103
** 01 03 99 99 00 The artificial drinking straw patented (1883)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 The opening of Congress is first televised (1947)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 US severs ties with Cuba (1961)
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** 01 04 99 99 00 First auto crosses the Sahara desert (1924)
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** 01 04 99 99 00 Great Britain grants independence to Burma (1948)
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** 01 04 99 99 00 North Korean forces capture Seoul, Korea (1951)
00000104 North Korean forces capture Seoul, Korea (1951)%s19510104
** 01 04 99 99 00 The first around the world bicycle trip (1887)
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** 01 04 99 99 00 Utah becomes the 45th state (1896)
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** 01 05 99 99 00 -50 degrees F (Strawberry, UT, 1913)
00000105 -50 degrees F (Strawberry, UT, 1913)%s19130105
** 01 05 99 99 00 Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter are found shot in their home. United Mine Workers chief Tony Boyle is later convicted of the killing (1970)
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** 01 05 99 99 00 Ronald Reagan proposes first trillion dollar US budget (1987)
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** 01 05 99 99 00 The emperor of China declares the English to be outlaws (1840)
00000105 The emperor of China declares the English to be outlaws (1840)%s18400105
** 01 05 99 99 00 Two GM plants in Flint, Michigan, are taken over by the Teamsters Union protesting intolerable work conditions (1936)
00000105 Two GM plants in Flint, Michigan, are taken over by the Teamsters Union protesting intolerable work conditions (1936)%s19360105
** 01 06 99 99 00 Arizona becomes the 47th state.
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Four Freedoms" speech in which he spoke of freedom of speech, worship, from want and from fear (1941)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Great Plains blizzard (1886)
00000106 Great Plains blizzard (1886)%s18860106
** 01 06 99 99 00 New Mexico becomes the 47th state (1912)
00000106 New Mexico becomes the 47th state (1912)%s19120106
** 01 06 99 99 00 Samuel Morse demonstrated his telegraph for the first time (1838)
00000106 Samuel Morse demonstrated his telegraph for the first time (1838)%s18380106
** 01 06 99 99 00 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded. (1914)
00000106 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded. (1914)%s19140106
** 01 07 99 99 00 1st balloon flight across the English Channel. (1785)
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** 01 07 99 99 00 Intel is the first to copyright a chip mask. It is for a 256K EPROM (1985)
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** 01 07 99 99 00 The first atomic submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus, sets sail (1955)
00000107 The first atomic submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus, sets sail (1955)%s19550107
** 01 07 99 99 00 U.S. First Class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents. (1963)
00000107 U.S. First Class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents. (1963)%s19630107
** 01 07 99 99 00 U.S. First Class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents. (1968)
00000107 U.S. First Class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents. (1968)%s19680107
** 01 07 99 99 00 the typewriter is patented (it was built years later) (1714)
00000107 the typewriter is patented (it was built years later) (1714)%s17140107
** 01 08 99 99 00 American Telephone and Telegraph loses antitrust case (1982)
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** 01 08 99 99 00 Battle of New Orleans
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** 01 08 99 99 00 Eleventh Amendment, lawsuits against states, proclaimed (1798)
00000108 Eleventh Amendment, lawsuits against states, proclaimed (1798)%s17980108
** 01 08 99 99 00 Gallipoli evacuated by the British (1916)
00000108 Gallipoli evacuated by the British (1916)%s19160108
** 01 08 99 99 00 Lyndon Johnson announces his "War on Poverty" (1964)
00000108 Lyndon Johnson announces his "War on Poverty" (1964)%s19640108
** 01 09 99 99 00 1st income tax imposed, in England. (1799)
00000109 1st income tax imposed, in England. (1799)%s17990109
** 01 09 99 99 00 5.9 earthquake in New England/Canada; last one was in 1855. (1982)
00000109 5.9 earthquake in New England/Canada; last one was in 1855. (1982)%s19820109
** 01 09 99 99 00 Connecticut becomes the 5th state (1788)
00000109 Connecticut becomes the 5th state (1788)%s17880109
** 01 09 99 99 00 Mississippi secedes from the union (1861)
00000109 Mississippi secedes from the union (1861)%s18610109
** 01 09 99 99 00 St. Marciana is martyred by being torn to bits by a leopard and a wild bull in the Caesarea amphitheater (309)
00000109 St. Marciana is martyred by being torn to bits by a leopard and a wild bull in the Caesarea amphitheater (309)%s03090109
** 01 09 99 99 00 the daguerrotype process announced at French Academy of Science (1839)
00000109 the daguerrotype process announced at French Academy of Science (1839)%s18390109
** 01 10 99 99 00 1st underground railway opens in London. (1863)
00000110 1st underground railway opens in London. (1863)%s18630110
** 01 10 99 99 00 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly (London, 1946)
00000110 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly (London, 1946)%s19460110
** 01 10 99 99 00 First oil gusher, Beaumont TX (1901)
00000110 First oil gusher, Beaumont TX (1901)%s19010110
** 01 10 99 99 00 In San Diego the first aerial photo is taken (1911)
00000110 In San Diego the first aerial photo is taken (1911)%s19110110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close. (1945)
00000110 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close. (1945)%s19450110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Pre-paid postage by means of stamped labels comes into use in Britain (1840)
00000110 Pre-paid postage by means of stamped labels comes into use in Britain (1840)%s18400110
** 01 10 99 99 00 the Penny Post mail system is started. (1840)
00000110 the Penny Post mail system is started. (1840)%s18400110
** 01 11 99 99 00 First English lottery was carried out. This continued as a money maker till 1826 (1569)
00000111 First English lottery was carried out. This continued as a money maker till 1826 (1569)%s15690111
** 01 11 99 99 00 France touches off an international uproar when it releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of being involved with the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. (1977)
00000111 France touches off an international uproar when it releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of being involved with the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. (1977)%s19770111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Michigan Territory was created (1805)
00000111 Michigan Territory was created (1805)%s18050111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal 
00000111 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal 
** 01 11 99 99 00 Surgeon General condemns cigarettes (1964)
00000111 Surgeon General condemns cigarettes (1964)%s19640111
** 01 11 99 99 00 The Hudson, the first sedan style car, goes on display at the 13th annual Automobile show in New York (1913)
00000111 The Hudson, the first sedan style car, goes on display at the 13th annual Automobile show in New York (1913)%s19130111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens (Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1963)
00000111 Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens (Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1963)%s19630111
** 01 12 99 99 00 House defeats women's suffrage proposal (1915)
00000112 House defeats women's suffrage proposal (1915)%s19150112
** 01 13 99 99 00 Anthony Foss obtains patent for the Accordion. (1854)
00000113 Anthony Foss obtains patent for the Accordion. (1854)%s18540113
** 01 13 99 99 00 NY Times Editorial says rockets can never fly. (1920)
00000113 NY Times Editorial says rockets can never fly. (1920)%s19200113
** 01 13 99 99 00 The British War office abolishes the lance as a weapon of battle (1928)
00000113 The British War office abolishes the lance as a weapon of battle (1928)%s19280113
** 01 14 99 99 00 Castro visits Russia (1964)
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** 01 14 99 99 00 English Labour Party founded (1893)
00000114 English Labour Party founded (1893)%s18930114
** 01 14 99 99 00 Henry Ford introduces the Assembly Line for his cars. (1914)
00000114 Henry Ford introduces the Assembly Line for his cars. (1914)%s19140114
** 01 14 99 99 00 Izaak Walton League, anglers group, was formed (1922)
00000114 Izaak Walton League, anglers group, was formed (1922)%s19220114
** 01 14 99 99 00 L.M. "Mario" Giannini elected president of Bank of America. (1936)
00000114 L.M. "Mario" Giannini elected president of Bank of America. (1936)%s19360114
** 01 14 99 99 00 the Revolutionary War formally ends. (1784)
00000114 the Revolutionary War formally ends. (1784)%s17840114
** 01 15 99 99 00 21 die when hit with a 30 foot high wall of Molasses (1919)
00000115 21 die when hit with a 30 foot high wall of Molasses (1919)%s19190115
** 01 15 99 99 00 Governor Kieft purchased part of Long Island from Indians on behalf of New Netherlands (1639)
00000115 Governor Kieft purchased part of Long Island from Indians on behalf of New Netherlands (1639)%s16390115
** 01 15 99 99 00 Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis, forming base for his (1861)elevator company.
00000115 Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis, forming base for his (1861)elevator company.%s18610115
** 01 15 99 99 00 The Pentagon Building in Washington is completed. (1948)
00000115 The Pentagon Building in Washington is completed. (1948)%s19480115
** 01 16 99 99 00 G. H. Hardy receives the famous Ramanujan letter (1913)
00000116 G. H. Hardy receives the famous Ramanujan letter (1913)%s19130116
** 01 16 99 99 00 Ivan the Terrible was crowned czar of Russia (1547)
00000116 Ivan the Terrible was crowned czar of Russia (1547)%s15470116
** 01 16 99 99 00 Prohibition begins (1920)
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** 01 16 99 99 00 Set uid bit patent issued (1979)
00000116 Set uid bit patent issued (1979)%s19790116
** 01 16 99 99 00 The Shah of Iran, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, leaves Iran for Egypt (1979)
00000116 The Shah of Iran, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, leaves Iran for Egypt (1979)%s19790116
** 01 16 99 99 00 The first run of the Orient Express (1872)
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** 01 17 99 99 00 1st Cable Car is patented by Andrew S. Hallidie. (1871)
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** 01 17 99 99 00 Flush toilet is patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest (1861)
00000117 Flush toilet is patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest (1861)%s18610117
** 01 17 99 99 00 It was Tin Can Drive Day. (1943)
00000117 It was Tin Can Drive Day. (1943)%s19430117
** 01 17 99 99 00 Justice Department begins IBM suit (1969)
00000117 Justice Department begins IBM suit (1969)%s19690117
** 01 17 99 99 00 The US buys the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25M (1917)
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** 01 17 99 99 00 US and its allies start air attacks on Iraq in Operation Desert Storm (1991)
00000117 US and its allies start air attacks on Iraq in Operation Desert Storm (1991)%s19910117
** 01 17 99 99 00 the Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic. (1893)
00000117 the Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic. (1893)%s18930117
** 01 18 99 99 00 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed Pilgrims in Boston. (1644)
00000118 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed Pilgrims in Boston. (1644)%s16440118
** 01 18 99 99 00 Captain Cook sights Hawaii which he dubs the Sandwich Islands (1778)
00000118 Captain Cook sights Hawaii which he dubs the Sandwich Islands (1778)%s17780118
** 01 18 99 99 00 English explorer Robert F. Scott reaches the South Pole only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them. (1912)
00000118 English explorer Robert F. Scott reaches the South Pole only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them. (1912)%s19120118
** 01 18 99 99 00 The World War I peace conference opens in Versailles (1919)
00000118 The World War I peace conference opens in Versailles (1919)%s19190118
** 01 19 99 99 00 A presidential news conference was filmed for the first time. The president was Eisenhower. (1955)
00000119 A presidential news conference was filmed for the first time. The president was Eisenhower. (1955)%s19550119
** 01 19 99 99 00 Ezra Daggett and his nephew, Thomas Kensett, obtain a patent for storing food in a tin can (1825)
00000119 Ezra Daggett and his nephew, Thomas Kensett, obtain a patent for storing food in a tin can (1825)%s18250119
** 01 19 99 99 00 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's first Republican governor since 1874 (1987)
00000119 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's first Republican governor since 1874 (1987)%s19870119
** 01 19 99 99 00 In one of Gerald Ford's last acts as president, he pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino aka Tokyo Rose (1977)
00000119 In one of Gerald Ford's last acts as president, he pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino aka Tokyo Rose (1977)%s19770119
** 01 20 99 99 00 1st English Parliament called into session by the Earl of Leicester (1265)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 British-Chinese Treaty of Peking is signed (1925)
00000120 British-Chinese Treaty of Peking is signed (1925)%s19250120
** 01 20 99 99 00 Edward VIII ascends the throne of England upon the death of George V (1936)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Iran releases 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, only minutes after Jimmy Carter left the Presidency (1981)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 London Docks opened (1805)
00000120 London Docks opened (1805)%s18050120
** 01 20 99 99 00 Nazi officials hold the infamous Wannsee conference in Berlin at which they decide on their "final solution"; the extermination of all Jews (1942)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy, kidnapped in Lebanon (1987)
00000120 Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy, kidnapped in Lebanon (1987)%s19870120
** 01 20 99 99 00 The U.S. Senate approved the leasing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base (1887)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 The first assembly of the Commons as an agreed representational body (according to Sir William Dugdale) (1265)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Alger Hiss, State Department official, found guilty of perjury by New York federal jury (1950)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Glen Canyon Dam is dedicated (1963)
00000121 Glen Canyon Dam is dedicated (1963)%s19630121
** 01 21 99 99 00 Jefferson Davis and four other Southern Senators resign from the Senate (1861)
00000121 Jefferson Davis and four other Southern Senators resign from the Senate (1861)%s18610121
** 01 21 99 99 00 New York City enacted an ordinance that made smoking by women in public punishable by a fine of from $5 to $25 and up to 10 days in jail. (1908)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 President Jimmy Carter pardoned most Vietnam War draft dodgers (1977)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 The Wilderness Society is formed (1935)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit (1915)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 USS Nautilus is christened by Mamie Eisenhower and is the first nuclear powered ship (1954)
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** 01 22 99 99 00 Supreme Court overturns all state laws that limited a woman's right to abortion to the first 3 months (1973)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 The Alaskan pipeline is authorized (1973)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 The US Navy bathyscaph, Trieste, descends to a depth of over 35000 feet (1960)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 The USS Pueblo is seized by the North Koreans (1968)
00000123 The USS Pueblo is seized by the North Koreans (1968)%s19680123
** 01 24 99 99 00 1st beer in cans is sold. (1935)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 Alann (sic) Steen, communications instructor at Beirut University College, was kidnapped in Lebanon (1987)
00000124 Alann (sic) Steen, communications instructor at Beirut University College, was kidnapped in Lebanon (1987)%s19870124
** 01 24 99 99 00 Amazon Indians attack oil drilling crew with poison darts (1984)
00000124 Amazon Indians attack oil drilling crew with poison darts (1984)%s19840124
** 01 24 99 99 00 Christian K. Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, patented the Eskimo Pie (1922)
00000124 Christian K. Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, patented the Eskimo Pie (1922)%s19220124
** 01 24 99 99 00 Earthquake kills 890,000 people in China (1556)
00000124 Earthquake kills 890,000 people in China (1556)%s15560124
** 01 24 99 99 00 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill (1848)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 Jesse Turner, professor of mathematics and computer science at Beirut University College, was kidnapped in Lebanon (1987)
00000124 Jesse Turner, professor of mathematics and computer science at Beirut University College, was kidnapped in Lebanon (1987)%s19870124
** 01 24 99 99 00 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude conference in Casablanca (1943)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 US Supreme Court rules income tax is unconstitutional (1916)
00000124 US Supreme Court rules income tax is unconstitutional (1916)%s19160124
** 01 24 99 99 00 the rubber heel is patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan. (1899)
00000124 the rubber heel is patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan. (1899)%s18990124
** 01 25 99 99 00 Alexander Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco. (1915)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 Major-General Idi Amin deposes President Obote in Uganda (1971)
00000125 Major-General Idi Amin deposes President Obote in Uganda (1971)%s19710125
** 01 26 99 99 00 1st settlement established by the English in Australia. (1788)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Captain Wells discovers the largest diamond in the world, at the premier Mines in Pretoria, South Africa (1905)
00000126 Captain Wells discovers the largest diamond in the world, at the premier Mines in Pretoria, South Africa (1905)%s19050126
** 01 26 99 99 00 Hindi made the official language of India (1965)
00000126 Hindi made the official language of India (1965)%s19650126
** 01 26 99 99 00 Hong Kong proclaimed a British sovereign territory (1841)
00000126 Hong Kong proclaimed a British sovereign territory (1841)%s18410126
** 01 26 99 99 00 India becomes a republic. (1950)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Italian forces help General Franco and his rebel forces take Barcelona (1939)
00000126 Italian forces help General Franco and his rebel forces take Barcelona (1939)%s19390126
** 01 26 99 99 00 Michigan becomes the 26th state (1837)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Sydney Australia settled (1778)
00000126 Sydney Australia settled (1778)%s17780126
** 01 27 99 99 00 1st Tape Recorder is sold. (1948)
00000127 1st Tape Recorder is sold. (1948)%s19480127
** 01 27 99 99 00 Dante exiled from Florence (1302)
00000127 Dante exiled from Florence (1302)%s13020127
** 01 27 99 99 00 Military draft ends (1973)
00000127 Military draft ends (1973)%s19730127
** 01 27 99 99 00 The first US bombing raid on Germany in World War II (1943)
00000127 The first US bombing raid on Germany in World War II (1943)%s19430127
** 01 27 99 99 00 Vietnam War cease-fire signed (1973)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 First commercial telephone exchange initiated, in New York City (1878)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 First ski tow, Woodstock VT (1914)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 George W. Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator. (1878)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 London's Pall Mall is the 1st street lit by gaslight. (1807)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 The Coast Guard is founded (1915)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 The first penal colony in Australia is founded at Botany Bay (1788)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Britain is refused entry into the common market (1961)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Greenwich Mean Time is adopted by Scotland (1848)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Kansas becomes the 34th state (1861)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Karl Friedrich Benz patents the first petrol driven motor car (1886)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 The Victoria Cross is instituted by Queen Victoria (1856)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 death warrant for Charles I is issued (1649)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 the 18th amendment, prohibition of liquor, is proclaimed (1919)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 First German submarine attack without warning occurs off the French Coast (1915)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Hitler made Chancellor of Germany (1933)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic (1948)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 The Tet Offensive (1968)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 US Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the "Monitor", launched. (1862)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 pistol misfires in attempt to kill president Andrew Jackson (1835)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Irving Langmuir invents the tungsten filament lamp (1881)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Leon Trotsky expelled from the USSR (1929)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Moscow McDonalds opens, the largest McDonalds to date and the first McDonalds in the Soviet Union (1990)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 The highest high pressure ever recorded in North America. 30.85 inches in Alaska (1989)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Truman directs the Atomic Energy Commission to begin work on a hydrogen bomb (1950)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days. (1867)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran (1979)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 RCA Victor unveils 45 rpm record system (1949)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 Water begins backing up at Hoover Dam (1935)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 the 1st armored car is introduced. (1920)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Cardiff Giant revealed as a hoax (1870)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Idi Amin declares himself to be absolute ruler for "ever and ever"in Uganda (1971)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Mexico sells US Texas, California, New Mexico & Arizona. (1848)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia (1880)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 The project that produces the HP-35 calculator, the calculator that replaced the slide rule, begins (1971)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 Twin Peaks Tunnel, longest (11,920 feet) streetcar tunnel in the world, begins service with the K-Ingleside streetcar (1918)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 U.S. First Class postage raised from 25 cents to 29 cents (1991)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence. (1948)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederate States of America (1861)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Patty Hearst kidnapped (1974)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Richard Wetherill discovered the Basket Maker culture (1894)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 The first electric portable typewriter, a Smith Corona, was sold (1957)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 beginning of the Russo-Japanese War (1904)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 the 24th amendment passes abolishing poll taxes (1964)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 the beginning of the Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin (1945)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 National Wildlife Federation is formed (1936)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (1974)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 US troops enter Manila under General MacArthur (1945)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 insanity of George III leads to the Regency act making the Prince of Wales, Prince Regent (1811)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 A peace treaty is signed between the United States and Spain (1899)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Abolnassan Bani-Sadr, newly installed president of Iran, denounces militants holding US Embassy as "dictators who have created a government within a government" (1980)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Britain declares war on France (1778)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 General Lee appointed commander-in-chief of Confederate forces (1865)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Massachusetts becomes the 6th state (1788)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 The United States wins official recognition from France with the signing of two treaties in Paris (1778)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 The stock market hits 1600 for the first time (1986)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 the 20th amendment, covering terms of office, passed today (1933)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Austria and Prussia form an alliance against France (1792)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 The British Railroads are taken over by the government (1940)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 The beginning of the German offensive at Anzio (1944)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Boy Scouts of America founded. (1908)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Charter granted for College of William & Mary, 2nd college in US. (1693)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen. (1883)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Odessa is taken by the Bolsheviks (1920)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 -51 degrees F (Vanderbilt, MI, 1934)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 Daylight Wartime begins (1942)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 U.S. Weather Service is founded. (1877)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 1st electric arc light used (in California Theater). (1879)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens on Broadway with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman (1949)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 City of Anaheim incorporated (first time). (1870)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 St. Paul's Shipwreck (60) 
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** 02 10 99 99 00 France cedes Canada to England in the Treaty of Paris, ending the French and Indian War (1763)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Mongols sack Baghdad (1258)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Philadelphia was first lighted by gas (1835)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Washington writes from Charleston, "Without men, without arms, without ammunition, there is little to be done." (1776)
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** 02 11 99 99 00 At least 8 workers exposed to radiation at Sequoyah 1, a TVA nuclear power plant (1981)
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** 02 11 99 99 00 Nelson Mandela, South African antiaparteid leader, is released after 28 years of imprisonment (1990)
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** 02 11 99 99 00 Vatican City (world's Smallest Country) is made an enclave of Rome. (1929)
00000211 Vatican City (world's Smallest Country) is made an enclave of Rome. (1929)%s19290211
** 02 11 99 99 00 an American-led commando squad financed by millionaire industrialist H. Ross Perot, rescues two of his employees from an Iranian prison (1979)
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** 02 12 99 99 00 Export-Import Bank incorporated. (1934)
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** 02 12 99 99 00 Santa Barbara oil spill (1969)
00000212 Santa Barbara oil spill (1969)%s19690212
** 02 12 99 99 00 Santiago, Chile founded. (1541)
00000212 Santiago, Chile founded. (1541)%s15410212
** 02 13 99 99 00 Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author and dissident, is expelled from Russia (1974)
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** 02 13 99 99 00 The Barbie Doll was introduced. Over half a billion are sold in its first 30 years. (1959)
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** 02 13 99 99 00 William III and Mary II take the throne together (1689)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 "La Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem (1879)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. The supreme court will later rule that Bell was the rightful inventor (1876)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 Arizona, the Grand Canyon State, becomes the 48th state (1912)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 Bombing of Dresden (1945)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 First lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts a tour of the White House on network television (1962)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 First micro-on-a-chip patented by TI (1978)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 James Polk becomes the first president to be photographed while in office. He posed for Matthew Brady (1848)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 Khomeini orders Solman Rushdi to be killed for writing the book "Satanic Verses" (1989)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 Oregon, the Beaver State, becomes the 33rd state (1859)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 The US ship Ranger takes the recently adopted Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France (1778)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 The battleship Bismarck is first launched (1939)
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** 02 14 99 99 00 seven hoods, rivals of Al Capone's gang, killed in garage in the St. Valentine's day massacre (1929)
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** 02 15 99 99 00 Canada makes the maple leaf flag their official flag (1965)
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** 02 15 99 99 00 Chicago Seven convicted (1970)
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** 02 15 99 99 00 The Roman Feast of Lupercalia to honor Faunus (Gk. Pan) and Juno (Gk. Hera) was celebrated. This later became St. Valentine's day. 
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** 02 15 99 99 00 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown. (1898)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 14000 Confederate soldiers surrender at Fort Donelson, Tennessee to General Grant earning him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant" (1862)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Fidel Castro becomes the Cuban premier after overthrow of Fulgencio Batista (1959)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Howard Carter finds the Pharoah Tutankhamun. (1923)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Lithuania proclaimed independence (1918)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Lt. Stephen Decatur leads a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the US Navy frigate Philadelphia which had fallen into the hands of pirates (1804)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Nylon patented (1937)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City (1868)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Chinese troops attack Vietnam along most of their 480 mile long border (1979)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Columbia, South Carolina was burned as Confederates moved out and the Union troops moved in (1865)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Sardines were 1st canned, in Eastport, Maine. (1876)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 The Supreme court issues its "one man, one vote" ruling saying congressional districts within each state must be roughly equal in population (1964)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 The US House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson as president (1801)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 The Voice of America started broadcasting to the USSR (1947)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 standard US letter postage goes to $.22 (1985)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 1st regular steamboat service to California started with the arrival of the "California" (1849)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, invented the electric battery (1745)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 F. D. R. signs Executive Order interning Japanese Americans (1942)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Jefferson Davis is sworn in as the first president of the Confederate States of America (1861)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Roman Catholicism ceases to be the state religion of Italy (1984)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 The Soviet Union warns China to stop its invasion of Vietnam (1979)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Albinus is defeated near Lyons (197)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Beginning of the invasion of Iwo Jima (1945)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Former Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in Alabama, tried for treason and acquitted (1807)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Independence of Cyprus established through an agreement signed in London by Britain, Turkey and Greece (1959)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Kansas becomes the first state to ban all alcoholic beverages (1881)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino ("Tokyo Rose"). (1977)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Zanzibar severs ties with US and England (1964)
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** 02 20 99 99 00 Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is opened (1877)
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** 02 20 99 99 00 President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office (1792)
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** 02 20 99 99 00 The National Emergency Warning Center in Colorado erroneously ordered all radio and TV stations to go off the air. The mistake was not corrected for 30 minutes (1971)
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** 02 20 99 99 00 The Supreme court rules that the federal government has more power than any individual state. (1809)
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** 02 20 99 99 00 poll released shows that of 1110 American adults asked 72% would prefer all out nuclear war to life under communist rule. Estimated error margin was 3% (1987)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 1st self-propelled locomotive on rails demonstrated, in Wales. (1804)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 Battle of Verdun begins, bloodiest battle of WWI, over a million casualties (1916)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 Edwin Land demonstrates black and white photos that self develop in only 60 seconds (1947)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 First Telephone book is issued, in New Haven, Conn. (1878)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 Last Carolina parakeet dies (1918)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 Washington Monument is dedicated (1885)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 first snow in recorded history falls on desert near Persian Gulf, 18 inches falls on Abu Dhabi and melts in four hours (1987)
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** 02 22 99 99 00 Hawaii becomes a US Territory. (1900)
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** 02 22 99 99 00 the Indian Quadequina introduces popcorn to colonists (1630)
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** 02 23 99 99 00 Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first store in Utica, NY, where it was a failure. Moving to Lancaster, PA, improved sales (1879)
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** 02 23 99 99 00 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Captain Medina in Vietnam massacre (1971)
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** 02 23 99 99 00 Sixteenth amendment enacted as Wyoming becomes 36th state to approve it, creating federal income tax (1913)
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** 02 23 99 99 00 US and its allies start ground attack on Iraqi positions in Kuwait and Iraq (1991)
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** 02 23 99 99 00 six members of the Fifth division of US Marines raised the US flag over mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. (1945)
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** 02 23 99 99 00 the 25th amendment passes defining presidential succession (1967)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 Galerius Valerius Maximianus issues the first edict of persecution against the Christians, in Rome (303)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 Jaun Peron is elected President of Argentina (1946)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized. (1857)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 Pope Gregory XIII issues a Papal Bull in which he outlines the calendar reforms that will be known as the Gregorian Calendar (1582)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 The US Supreme Court declares for the first time an act of Congress to be unconstitutional (1803)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German). (1942)
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** 02 24 99 99 00 a fledgling German political party holds its first important meeting in Munich. The party would later be called the Nazi Party. (1920)
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** 02 25 99 99 00 Ferdinand Marcos leaves the Philippines as civil unrest rises. Corazon Aquino is now President (1986)
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** 02 25 99 99 00 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon). (1919)
00000225 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon). (1919)%s19190225
** 02 25 99 99 00 the 16th amendment, allowing income taxes, is proclaimed (1913)
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** 02 26 99 99 00 Grand Canyon National Park established (1919)
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** 02 26 99 99 00 President Lincoln signs the National Currency Act. (1863)
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** 02 26 99 99 00 The Soviet Union resumes atomic bomb testing after the US refuses to join them in a moratorium on testing (1987)
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** 02 27 99 99 00 British are defeated by the Boers at the battle of Majuba, South Africa (1881)
00000227 British are defeated by the Boers at the battle of Majuba, South Africa (1881)%s18810227
** 02 27 99 99 00 Dominican Republic gains it's independence. (1844)
00000227 Dominican Republic gains it's independence. (1844)%s18440227
** 02 27 99 99 00 Hitler suspends freedom of the press and other civil liberties (1933)
00000227 Hitler suspends freedom of the press and other civil liberties (1933)%s19330227
** 02 27 99 99 00 The Lionheart crowned (1189)
00000227 The Lionheart crowned (1189)%s11890227
** 02 27 99 99 00 The first Russian embassy to Britain (1557)
00000227 The first Russian embassy to Britain (1557)%s15570227
** 02 28 99 99 00 "French Connection" drug bust occurs (Marseilles, 1972)
00000228 "French Connection" drug bust occurs (Marseilles, 1972)%s19720228
** 02 28 99 99 00 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes. (1888)
00000228 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes. (1888)%s18880228
** 02 28 99 99 00 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory. (1956)
00000228 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory. (1956)%s19560228
** 02 28 99 99 00 Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a pact to remove all medium range missiles from Europe (1987)
00000228 Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a pact to remove all medium range missiles from Europe (1987)%s19870228
** 02 28 99 99 00 President Bush announces cease fire in Gulf War conditional upon Iraq accepting all UN resolutions, 12 midnight EST (1991)
00000228 President Bush announces cease fire in Gulf War conditional upon Iraq accepting all UN resolutions, 12 midnight EST (1991)%s19910228
** 02 28 99 99 00 The Pope gives permission for the Bible to be translated into all languages of the Catholic states (1759)
00000228 The Pope gives permission for the Bible to be translated into all languages of the Catholic states (1759)%s17590228
** 02 28 99 99 00 The Territory of Colorado was organized (1861)
00000228 The Territory of Colorado was organized (1861)%s18610228
** 02 29 99 99 00 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA (1704)
00000229 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA (1704)%s17040229
