This Day in History

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2/23 US Ground Invasion Kuwait
1991 : A ground troop invasion of Kuwait and Iraq was initiated by the U.S. on this date. This decision was made after six weeks of bombing against Iraq and its army.

 

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2/25
1964 - Cassius Clay Becomes Champion
1964 : Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston when Liston retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.

 

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2/26
1993 - U.S.A. Car Bomb World Trade Center
1993 : A car bomb which exploded in an underground garage at the World Trade Center shook the 110 story towers causing the collapse of several floors in the underground garage and tearing a hole in the ceiling of an adjoining subway leaving six people dead and injuring a further 100. It is thought Islamic extremists are responsible. In May 1994, four men - Mohammed Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Mahmud Abouhalima and Ahmad Ajaj - were sentenced to life for bombing the World Trade Center, which killed six people and injured 100.

 

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2/27
well that was a mistake !!!!



1922 Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
1922 : On this day, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed on this day. The right of women to vote (as well as the right of women to engage in many other activities) was declared constitutional by all of the members of the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

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@Operational needs well that was a mistake !!!!.
just kidding lol

 

[BSWALKS]

2/27
well that was a mistake !!!!



1922 Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
1922 : On this day, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed on this day. The right of women to vote (as well as the right of women to engage in many other activities) was declared constitutional by all of the members of the U.S. Supreme Court.

As long as they get right back in the kitchen afterwards

 

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3/1
U.S. Capitol Bombed
1971 : The radical left organization Weather Underground / Weatherman bomb the United States Capitol on March 1, 1971. A bomb was placed in the senate wing causing $300,000 damage and no injuries.

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[oldngray]

Today is March 2. Outside Texas this is just another day but in Texas it’s Texas Independence Day.

Texas declares independence | March 2, 1836 | HISTORY

During the Texas Revolution, a convention of American Texans meets at Washington‑on‑the‑Brazos and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico. The delegates chose David Burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces. The Texans also...

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3/3
Rodney King ,
On March 3,1991, King was beaten by LAPD officers after a high-speed chase during his arrest for drunk driving on I-210. An uninvolved individual, George Holliday, filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage to local news station KTLA.[2]The footage showed an unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public furor.

 

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3/4
1966 : John Lennon is interviewed by Maureen Cleave of The London Evening Standard and part of his interview talks about popularity of THE BEATLES and he is quoted as saying "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I do not know what will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity...We're more popular than Jesus now

 

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3/6/1981
Walter Cronkite's last CBS news anchor broadcast ,, the most trusted man in America

 

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3/7
1876 - U.S.A. Patent For The Telephone
1876 : Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention the telephone.

 

[MyTripisCut]

3/7
1876 - U.S.A. Patent For The Telephone
1876 : Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention the telephone.

Imagine his face if he saw what they can do today.

 

[BSWALKS]

Imagine his face if he saw what they can do today.

Who? @Future ?

 

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Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio ?
3/8
1999 - U.S.A. Joe DiMaggio
1999 : Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84.
He played his entire MLB career May 3, 1936 ---- September 30, 1951 for the New York Yankees. The only break he had was to join United States Army Air Forces from 1942 - 1946 during World War II
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955
He was married to Marilyn Monroe in 1954, but they were married for less than 12 months @MyTripisCut

 

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3/9
2004 - 2002 Beltway Sniper Attacks
2004 : John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death in Virginia for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers in Prince William County, Virginia as part of the so called 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people over 8 states Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas and Virginia.

 

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3/10 /69
1969 - U.S.A. James Earl Ray
1969 : The verdict had been decided. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty of the crime of assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. a major civil rights leader of the times. King was killed in Memphis Tennessee on April 4th, 1968. Ray was sentenced 99 years in prison

 

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3/11
1918 - U.S.A. Influenza Epidemic
1918 : The first cases of one of the worst influenza epidemic ( FLU ) in history are reported at Fort Riley, Kansas it would eventually kill more than 1/2 million Americans and more than 20 million people worldwide

 

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3/12/85
Larry Bird lights up Atlanta with 60 points

 

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3/12 1894 - US Coca-Cola
1894 : Coca-Cola begins selling it's first bottles in 1894in Vicksburg, Mississippi.