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what happened today in history?
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Hi guys, i am starting a new thread to know what happened on a day in history. you can post facts, history, great personalities birthday, any achievements etc...

Fact:
Today Feb 9th is the birthday of William Henry Harrison, 9th President (March 4-April 4 1841).
Today is the return of Apollo 14 to earth
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    A very good thread to know about each and every date.But I have to only read and comment.
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    9th, February

    Events

    1811 - Nevill Maskelyne - 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies
    1877 - US Weather Service is founded
    1885 - 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
    1891 - 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
    1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prision for fraud.
    1922 - Snow on Mauna Loa
    1943 - Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal - ending epic battle
    1953 - Superman TV series premiers
    1964 - 1st appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan
    1969 - Boeing 747 makes its 1st coml flight
    1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth
    1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
    1986 - Halley's Comet reaches perihelion (closest approach to sun)

    Birthday Today:

    1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President (March 4-April 4 1841)
    1866 - George Ade, American journalist & playwright & humorist
    1874 - Amy Lowell, American critic & Imagist poet (Patterns)
    1909 - Dean Rusk, former Sec of State
    1914 - Bill Veeck, baseball club owner
    1914 - Carmen Miranda, singer
    1914 - Ernest Tubb, singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
    1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (The Hostage)
    1923 - Kathryn Grayson
    1928 - Roger Mudd, newscaster
    1942 - Carole King, in Brooklyn NY singing about her tapestry
    1945 - Mia Farrow, actress (Rosemary's Baby) LA
    1950 - Andrew N. Meltzoff, developmental psychologist
    1950 - Judith Light, in Trenton NJ - Who's the Boss

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    Raghavaan very good information.
    This will help atleast me to get aware about our historical person
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    Hi Thanks, the source for the info is from,

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    Thanks for the information really great work.
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    10th Feburary

    Events:
    1720 - Edmund Halley is appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
    1763 - Treaty of Paris ends French & Indian War
    1840 - Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert
    1870 - City of Anaheim incorporated (1st time)
    1879 - 1st electric arc light used (in California Theater)
    1942 - Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo goes gold
    1967 - 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
    1973 - 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0

    Birthdays:
    1775 - Charles Lamb, English critic & poet & essayist
    1868 - William Allen White, editor
    1890 - Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist & poet (Dr. Zhivago) (Nobel 1958)
    1893 - Jimmy Durante, comedian
    1893 - William (Bill) Tilden, tennis player
    1894 - Harold Macmillan, (C) British Prime Minister (1957-63)
    1898 - Bertolt Brecht, German playwright (Mother Courage)
    1898 - Dame Judith Anderson, actress
    1910 - Dominique Pire, Belgian educator & aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
    1914 - Larry Adler, actor
    1922 - Harold Hughes, ex-Governor of New Jersey
    1922 - Neva Patterson
    1923 - Cesare Siepi, Italian basso
    1927 - Leontyne Price, operatic soprano
    1930 - Robert Wagner, actor (Hart to Hart)
    1939 - Singer Roberta Flack, in North Carolina
    1944 - Peter Allen, singer
    1950 - Mark Spitz, U.S. Olympic swimmer
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    It is better to list some important one only.In net there will be a lot.But those famous are to be listed especially related to Indians.
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    Thanks for your feedback i will try to post what happened in india in the past
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    February 11th

    Events:
    1854 - Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
    1868 - Leon Foucault discovers 1st physical proof of earth's rotation - dies
    1929 - Vatican City (world's Smallest Country) is made an enclave of Rome
    1958 - 1st flight with Negro stewardess - RC Taylor - Ithaca NY
    1968 - Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens
    1970 - Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
    1984 - Tenth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 4 returns to Earth

    Birthdays:
    1833 - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice & U.S. Supreme Court
    1839 - J. Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist & chemist
    1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, NJ lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
    1909 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, film writer & director
    1909 - Max Baer, boxer
    1921 - Eva Gabor, Budapest & actress (Green Acres)
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    Deivigan wrote:
    [quote]Thanks for your feedback i will try to post what happened in india in the past[/quote]

    None of the above is related to India.

    :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
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