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Post by peach on Feb 5, 2009 2:00:29 GMT
4 April 1660, English King Charles II, ends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion).
10 May
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 5, 2009 17:48:24 GMT
10 May 1872 - Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for US President.
11 January
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Post by peach on Feb 5, 2009 22:06:06 GMT
11 January 1864, Charing Cross Station opens in London.
5 August
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 6, 2009 17:47:17 GMT
5 August 1620 - the ship The Mayflower left from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
11 December
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Feb 7, 2009 23:35:41 GMT
2008 - Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Febuary 7
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 8, 2009 15:11:02 GMT
7 Feb 1856, the Tasmanian Parliament passed the first legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
22 October
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Feb 10, 2009 18:18:34 GMT
1944 - World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
June 17
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 10, 2009 18:51:48 GMT
1987 - the Dusky Seaside Sparrow became extinct when the last one died. Awwww....
2 October
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 24, 2009 12:42:08 GMT
No takers? In 1535, Jacques Cartier discovered Montreal, Quebec.
24 February
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Post by peach on Feb 28, 2009 5:42:21 GMT
24 February 1948, Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
17 July
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 28, 2009 12:56:41 GMT
1918 - the Russian royal family murdered at Ekaterinburg, Russia.
2 December
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Post by peach on Mar 2, 2009 4:11:08 GMT
2 December 1939, New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
4 August
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Mar 2, 2009 9:30:58 GMT
4 August 1693 is the date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne.
23 September
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Post by peach on Mar 5, 2009 2:20:47 GMT
23 September1838, Victoria Chaflin Woodhull Ohio, was born; feminist/reformer/free love/1st female presidential candidate . (you go girl)
15 April
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Mar 5, 2009 13:13:41 GMT
On 15 April 1923, insulin became generally available for use by diabetics.
5 March
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