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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014

Today is Wednesday, March 5, the 64th day of 2014. There are 301 days left in the year.1558 ― Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes 1616 ― Copernicus’ “de Revolutionibus” placed on Catholic Forbidden index 1623 ― First American temperance law enacted, Virginia 1868 ― Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould 1933 ― FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday 1933 ― Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9 percent-17.2M votes) 1943 ― Anti fascist strikes in Italy 1946 ― Winston Churchill's “Iron Curtain” speech (Fulton, Mo.) 1953 ― Josef Stalin’s death announced 1956 ― “King Kong” first televised 

Mar 4, 2014

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014

Today is Tuesday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2014. There are 302 days left in the year.1774 ― First sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) 1861 ― Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President; first time U.S. has five former presidents living 1911 ― Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in U.S. 1923 ― Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy) 1924 ― “Happy Birthday To You” published by Claydon Sunny 1933 ― FDR inaugurated as 32nd President, pledges to pull U.S. out of Depression, and says “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” 1966 ― John Lennon says “We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus” 1968 ― Martin Luther King Jr. announces plans for Poor People's Campaign 1997 ― Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks 1997 ― President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research 

Mar 3, 2014

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014

Today is Monday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2014. There are 303 days left in the year.1861 ― Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom 1875 ― Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” premieres (Paris, France) 1878 ― Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) 1923 ― Time magazine publishes first issue 1933 ― New York premiere of “King Kong” 1955 ― Elvis Presley makes his first TV appearance1965 ― Temptations’ “My Girl” reaches No. 1 1974 ― World’s worst air disaster; Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die) 1991 ― Iraqi generals and Gen. Schwarzkopf meet to discuss ceasefire 1991 ― Los Angeles police severely beat Rodney King captured on amateur video, leads to a riot later

Mar 2, 2014

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014

Today is Saturday, March 1, the 60th day of 2014. There are 305 days left in the year.1 B.C. ― Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome 1872 ― Yellowstone becomes world’s first national park 1890 ― First U.S. edition of Sherlock Holmes (“Study in Scarlet”) published 1919 ― Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1934 ― Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria 1940 ― 12th Academy Awards: “Gone with the Wind”, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh win 1947 ― International Monetary Fund began operations 1961 ― President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps 1978 ― Charlie Chaplin'’s coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery 1988 ― Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist 

Feb 28, 2014

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Today is Friday, February 28, the 59th day of 2014. There are 306 days left in the year.1066 — Westminster Abbey opens1646 — Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church1692 — Salem witch hunt begins1749 — first edition of Henry Fielding’s’ “Tom Jones” published1759 — Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages1854 — Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wis.1922 — Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain1935 — Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers1943 — “Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan1986 — European Economic Community sign “Special Act” for Europe free trade

Feb 27, 2014

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Today is Thursday, February 27, the 58th day of 2014. There are 307 days left in the year.1854 — Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine1933 — German parliament building, Reichstag, destroyed by fire (set by Nazis, blamed on communists)1939 — Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes1950 — General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China 1969 — General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via military coup d’etat1970 — New York Times (falsely) reports U.S. army has ended domestic surveillance1976 — Final meeting between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon 1988 — Katarina Witt (GDR) wins second consecutive Olympics figure skating1991 — Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreat and Kuwait is liberated 1998 — FBI arrests on of the 10 most wanted suspected serial killers, Tony Ray Amati

Feb 26, 2014

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Today is Wednesday, February 26, the 57th day of 2014. There are 308 days left in the year.1815 — Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France1848 — Marx and Engels publish “The Communist Manifesto”1919 — Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona1930 — First red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan, NYC)1936 — Military coup in Japan1952 — P.M. Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb1977 — First flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747) 1980 — Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for the first time1983 — Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 37 weeks1995 — London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson

Feb 25, 2014

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Today is Tuesday, February 25, the 56th day of 2014. There are 309 days left in the year.1803 — 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states 1910 — Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 1919 — League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty1923 — Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark1932 — Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship1957 — Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport1964 — Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight championship1971 — “Oh! Calcutta!” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances 1986 — Corazon Aquino becomes President of Philippines; Former Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees in defeat 1988 — South Korea adopts constitution

Feb 24, 2014

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Today is Monday, February 24, the 55th day of 2014. There are 310 days left in the year. 303 ― First official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued 1821 ― Mexico gains independence from Spain 1836 ― 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days 1917 ― Russian revolution breaks out 1923 ― Mass arrests in U.S. of Mafia 1933 ― League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria 1946 ― Juan Peron elected President of Argentina 1982 ― Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 1989 ― 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found 1997 ― Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb. 19) 

Feb 23, 2014

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Today is Saturday, February 22, the 53rd day of 2014. There are 312 days left in the year.1630 ― Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving 1774 ― English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright 1903 ― Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1907 ― First cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1956 ― Elvis Presley’s first hit in Billboard’s top 10 “Heartbreak Hotel” 1971 ― Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria 1973 ― U.S. and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington, D.C.1983 ― Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1989 ― U.K. physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a “deliberate fraud” 1997 ― Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open 

Feb 21, 2014

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