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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 29, 2009 20:25:15 GMT
On 1 Dec 1958, the Central African Republic became independent from France.
15 February
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Post by peach on Jan 30, 2009 1:13:49 GMT
15 February of 1851, Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave.
7 June
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 30, 2009 16:15:07 GMT
1965 - The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
August 2
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 30, 2009 19:35:27 GMT
In 1870, the world's first underground railway opened in London.
20 December
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Post by peach on Jan 31, 2009 3:12:09 GMT
20 December 1917 Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia, forms under Felix Dzerzjinski.
24 December
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 31, 2009 11:35:43 GMT
24 December 1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin, Australia.
1 June
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Post by peach on Feb 1, 2009 2:40:41 GMT
1 June1495, the 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller.
8 December
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 1, 2009 10:57:05 GMT
8 Dec 1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of Immaculate Conception, holding that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin.
4 January
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Post by peach on Feb 2, 2009 0:52:35 GMT
8 August 1966, The Beatles' release "Revolver".
29 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 2, 2009 20:40:55 GMT
1981 - Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer,
13 February
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Post by peach on Feb 3, 2009 1:57:44 GMT
13 February 1982 Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week.
( up until recently it was still there)
30 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 3, 2009 15:03:39 GMT
30 July 1932 saw the premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short
15 May
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Feb 3, 2009 17:40:03 GMT
1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
August 2
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Post by peach on Feb 4, 2009 1:44:11 GMT
August 2 1934, William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour (now that's what I call talent! )
2 October
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 4, 2009 15:43:07 GMT
In 1925, John Logie Baird performed the first test of a working television system.
4 April
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