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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 4, 2009 17:21:23 GMT
21 July 1983 - the world's lowest temperature was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−129°F). Brrrrrr!
5 April
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Post by pitzel on Apr 20, 2009 6:33:18 GMT
April 5, 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
17 February
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 20, 2009 19:58:27 GMT
On 17 February 1867, the first ship sailed through the Suez Canal.
20 September
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Post by peach on Apr 23, 2009 0:44:09 GMT
20 September, in 1976 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
(sadly unsuccessful).
8 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 23, 2009 20:50:22 GMT
8 July 1947, reports were broadcast that a UFO had crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
2 January
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Post by peach on Apr 23, 2009 23:31:57 GMT
2 January 1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
7 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Apr 25, 2009 0:40:16 GMT
On 7 July 1969 the Official Languages Act was adopted in Canada, making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
25 April
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Post by pitzel on Apr 27, 2009 21:27:49 GMT
April 25, 2007 - Boris Yeltsin's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
October 25
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Post by peach on May 2, 2009 2:30:56 GMT
25 October 1962, American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
3 August
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Post by GreenEyesToo on May 4, 2009 11:25:43 GMT
On 3 August 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain.
23 January
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Post by pitzel on May 9, 2009 16:04:56 GMT
January 23, 1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis.
November 20
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Post by Famke on May 9, 2009 22:23:22 GMT
On November 20, 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released.
27 December
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Post by GreenEyesToo on May 10, 2009 12:15:39 GMT
(My late dad's birthday!)
27 December 1978 – Spain became a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
3 June
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Post by pitzel on May 10, 2009 19:52:58 GMT
June 3, 1991
Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history
11 May
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Post by GreenEyesToo on May 16, 2009 12:36:53 GMT
11 May 1949 - Siam officially changed its name to Thailand.
24 September
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