Birth anniversaries of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82), Marian Anderson (1897-1993),
Happy Birthday! Ralph Nader, Joanne Woodward
1827 - New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration.
1867 - Dr. William G. Bonwill invented the dental mallet.
1933 - The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire.
1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting U.S. Presidents to two terms.
1972 - The Shanghai Communique was issued by U.S. President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai.
1982 - Wayne B. Williams was convicted of murdering two of the 28 black children and young adults whose bodies were found in Atlanta, GA, over a two-year period.
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush announced live on television that "Kuwait is liberated."
1998 - Britain's House of Lords agreed to give a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son. This was the end to 1,000 years of male preference
2002 - In Boston, twenty people working at Logan International Airport were charged with lying to get their jobs or security badges.
1867 - Dr. William G. Bonwill invented the dental mallet.
1933 - The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire.
1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting U.S. Presidents to two terms.
1972 - The Shanghai Communique was issued by U.S. President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai.
1982 - Wayne B. Williams was convicted of murdering two of the 28 black children and young adults whose bodies were found in Atlanta, GA, over a two-year period.
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush announced live on television that "Kuwait is liberated."
1998 - Britain's House of Lords agreed to give a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son. This was the end to 1,000 years of male preference
2002 - In Boston, twenty people working at Logan International Airport were charged with lying to get their jobs or security badges.
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