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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2009

Today is Saturday, January 24, the 24th day of 2009. There are 341 days left in the year. 1568 _ In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1679 _ King Charles II disbands English parliament 1722 _ Czar Peter the Great begins civil system 1899 _ Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan 1902 _ Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA 1924 _ Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union 1935 _ First canned beer, ``Krueger Cream Ale", is sold by Kruger Brewing in Richmond, Va. 1943 _ Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death 1960 _ Algeria rises up against French President De Gaulle 1984 _ Apple Computer unveils its Macintosh personal computer

Jan 23, 2009

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009

Today is Friday, January 23, the 23rd day of 2009. There are 342 days left in the year. 638 _ Start of Islamic calendar 1265 _ First English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1556 _ Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China 1719 _ Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire 1793 _ Second partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia 1968 _ Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in East Sea by N. Korea 1969 _ Cream releases their last album ``Goodbye" 1973 _ President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end the Vietnam War 1987 _ Japan first exceeds military spending cap of 1 percent of GNP ($23 billion) 1994 _ Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Jan 22, 2009

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009

Today is Thursday, January 22, the 22nd day of 2009. There are 343 days left in the year. 1517 _ Turks conquer Cairo 1905 _ ``Bloody Sunday"; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1918 _ Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet) 1946 _ U.S. president sets up Central Intelligence Agency 1951 _ Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter 1953 _ Arthur Miller's ``Crucible" premieres in New York City 1957 _ Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula 1960 _ French President De Gaulle escapes attempt by General Massu 1964 _ World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin 1973 _ Roe vs. Wade; U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions

Jan 21, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2009

Today is Wednesday, January 21, the 21st day of 2009. There are 344 days left in the year. 1077 _ German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness 1189 _ Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion-Hearted initiate third Crusade 1324 _ Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon 1799 _ Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced 1846 _ First edition of Charles Dickens' ``Daily News" 1919 _ Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1966 _ Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd 1977 _ President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1977 _ Italy legalizes abortion 1978 _ Bee Gees' ``Saturday Night Fever" album goes No. 1 for 24 weeks

Jan 20, 2009

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009

Today is Tuesday, January 20, the 20th day of 2009. There are 345 days left in the year. 1265 _ First English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1841 _ China cedes Hong Kong to the British 1887 _ U.S. Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1925 _ USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR 1934 _ Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria 1937 _ First Inauguration day on Jan. 20th, (held every four years thereafter) 1939 _ Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews 1961 _ Robert Frost recites ``The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration 1964 _ ``Meet The Beatles" album released in U.S. 1981 _ 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed

Jan 19, 2009

MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009

Today is Monday, January 19, the 19th day of 2009. There are 346 days left in the year. 379 _ Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire 1793 _ French King Louis XVI sentenced to death 1829 _ Johann von Goethe's ``Faust, Part 1" premieres 1853 _ Verdi's opera ``Il Trovatore" premieres, in Rome 1903 _ New bicycle race ``Tour de France" announced 1937 _ Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1938 _ GM began mass production of diesel engines 1977 _ World's largest crowd _ 12.7 million-for Indian religious festival 1981 _ U.S. and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages 1993 _ Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal

Jan 18, 2009

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2009

Today is Saturday, January 17, the 17th day of 2009. There are 348 days left in the year. 1773 _ Captain James Cook becomes first to cross Antarctic Circle 1861 _ Flush toilet (with separate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Thomas Crapper (Honest!) 1904 _ Anton Chekhov's ``The Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater 1929 _ Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre" 1945 _ Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation 1946 _ United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting 1951 _ China refuses ceasefire in Korea 1987 _ President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1994 _ Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment 1998 _ President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones

Jan 16, 2009

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009

Today is Friday, January 16, the 16th day of 2009. There are 349 days left in the year. 1547 _ Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself first tsar of Russia 1913 _ British House of Commons accepts home-rule for Ireland 1920 _ Georgia declares independence 1938 _ Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing 1939 _ Comic strip ``Superman" debuts 1956 _ Egyptian President Nasser pledges to re-conquer Palestine 1963 _ Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb 1964 _ ``Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St. James Theater New York City for 2,844 performances 1979 _ Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt 1991 _ Operation Desert Storm begins _ U.S. and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait

Jan 15, 2009

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009

Today is Thursday, January 15, the 15th day of 2009. There are 350 days left in the year. 1535 _ Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1562 _ Third sitting of Council of Trente opens 1895 _ Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Swan Lake" premieres in St. Petersburg 1915 _ Japan claims economic control of China 1934 _ 8.4 earthquake in India and Nepal, 10,700 die 1942 _ FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII 1949 _ Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin 1955 _ USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic 1971 _ Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt 1973 _ President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam

Jan 14, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009

Today is Wednesday, January 14, the 14th day of 2009. There are 351 days left in the year. 1641 _ United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malacca, 7,000 killed 1699 _ Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting ``witches" 1878 _ U.S. Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional 1900 _ Giacomo Puccini's opera ``Tosca" premieres in Rome 1914 _ Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords 1943 _ FDR and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WWII 1953 _ Yugoslavia elects its first president (Marshal Tito) 1954 _ Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee's Joe DiMaggio 1960 _ U.S. Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant 1989 _ 1,000 Muslims burn Rushdie's ``Satanic Verses" in Bradford England

Jan 13, 2009

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