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January 25, 1890: Nellie Bly bested Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days by completing her circumnavigation in 72 days.
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Posted 26 January 2010 - 05:19 AM
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship, the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date with great fanfare.
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Posted 27 January 2010 - 05:21 AM
January 27, 1945: The Russians liberated Auschwitz concentration camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million people, including over 1 million Jews.
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Posted 27 January 2010 - 02:29 PM
Jedi Cool, on 23 January 2010 - 08:14 AM, said:
January 23, 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.
Jedi Cool, on 25 January 2010 - 06:23 AM, said:
January 25, 1890: Nellie Bly bested Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days by completing her circumnavigation in 72 days.
Both of these events get referenced in a single conversation between the President and his wife during an early second season episode of The West Wing. So, uh, that is a random bit of TELEVISION trivia for everybody.
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Posted 27 January 2010 - 05:14 PM
You should be ashamed to know that.
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Mystery quote: "That's odd. Teenagers are well known for their kind tolerance of any child who is a little different."
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Posted 28 January 2010 - 05:27 AM
January 28, 1547: King Henry VIII of England died and his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, assumed the throne.
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Posted 28 January 2010 - 03:18 PM
1/28/86 - 24 years since Challenger.
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 05:24 AM
January 29, 1850: Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the Senate
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 07:49 AM
Going back a bit: 1/28/2010 - my aunt turns 50!!
I don't think she's taking it well.
I don't think she's taking it well.
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Posted 30 January 2010 - 07:33 AM
January 30, 1649: King Charles I of England was beheaded.
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 07:06 AM
January 31, 1940: The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for 22.54.
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Posted 01 February 2010 - 05:41 AM
February 01, 1790: The Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time, in New York City.
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 05:36 AM
February 02, 1536: The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 05:44 AM
February 03, 1870: The 15th Amendment passed.
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 05:30 AM
February 04, 1789: George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States.
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Posted 05 February 2010 - 05:10 AM
February 05, 1811: After George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later George IV.
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Posted 06 February 2010 - 07:03 AM
February 06, 1952: Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
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Posted 07 February 2010 - 06:55 AM
February 07, 1971: Women in Switzerland were finally granted suffrage.
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Posted 07 February 2010 - 10:41 AM
February 07, 1974: Lohr's favorite basketball player, Steve Nash, is born! 
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 05:43 AM
February 08, 1904: The Russo-Japanese war began when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in northeast China
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 10:31 AM
Oh those Japanese and their surprise attax ... 
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 05:25 AM
February 09, 1861: Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 05:16 AM
February 10, 1837: Russian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 08:49 AM
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Posted 11 February 2010 - 05:37 AM
February 11, 1945: Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
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Posted 12 February 2010 - 05:36 AM
February 12, 1554: Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.
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Posted 12 February 2010 - 07:48 AM
Oh, that was Jean not Jane ...
YALTA! That summit thing was like big, have people just stopped learning history now?
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 07:04 AM
February 13, 1866: The gang that included Jesse James and Cole Younger committed their first bank robbery in Liberty, Mo
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 06:55 AM
February 14, 1929: Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre.
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 05:26 PM
Here are a couple of the witnesses: 
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 05:34 AM
February 15, 1898: USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.
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Posted 16 February 2010 - 05:27 AM
February 16, 1804: U.S. frigate Philadelphia, captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli during the Tripolitan War, was set fire to and destroyed by a small group of men led by Stephen Decatur.
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 05:32 AM
February 17, 1801: The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 11:06 AM
16th: ... there was a man named Decatur ...
17th: Michael Jordan - arguably the greatest player (although not IMHO) in NBA history was born in 1963.
17th: Michael Jordan - arguably the greatest player (although not IMHO) in NBA history was born in 1963.
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 05:13 AM
February 18, 1546: Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, died.
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Posted 19 February 2010 - 05:34 AM
February 19, 1674: The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).
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Posted 20 February 2010 - 07:38 AM
February 20, 1895: Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.
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Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:44 AM
Old Douglass. That man's hair was out of control. A dab of product can act as a buddy now and again.
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Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:51 AM
Don King was just honouring.
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Posted 21 February 2010 - 06:48 AM
February 21, 1613: Michael Romanov was elected czar of Russia, beginning the Romanov imperial line.