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This Day in History
This Day in History ~ 1668 - Isaac Newton receives his M.Afrom Trinity College Cambridge. ~ 1754 - Kings College in NYC opens. School later renamed Columbia College ~ 1838 - Central American federation is dissolved. ~ 1846 - US annexs California ~ 1865 - 4 people hunged in Wash DC convicted of conspiring with John W Booth ~ 1891 - Travelers cheque patented ~ 1898 - US annexes Hawaii ~ 1908 - Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay ~ 1930 - Construction began on Boulder (Hoover) Dam ~ 1941 - US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion ~ 1946 - Mother Frances X Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint ~ 1949 - `Dragnet' premiers on NBC radio. A TV series in 1951 & in 1967 ~ 1958 - Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill ~ 1967 - Vivian Leigh dies at 53 ~ 1971 - Apollo 15 returned 12d /7 hr/11 min/53 sec. ~ 1973 - Veronica Lake dies at 58 ~ 1978 - Solomon Is gains independence from Britain (National Day). ~ 1980 - 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel. ~ 1980 - Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1 female nominated on Supreme Court ~ 1986 - Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law ~ 1987 - Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 & 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7 ~ 1987 - Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition vote to admit women . WARNING: I am always void where prohibited by law. Theme song: Nina Simone - Sinnerman |
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