Friday, February 07, 2014

History for February 7

History for February 7 - On-This-Day.com:

50 years ago, The Beatles landed at JFK Airport, New York City, from London, to tremendous crowds and press attention.
Reporter: "Aren't you afraid of what the American Barbers Association is going to think of you?"
Ringo: "Well, we run quicker than the English ones, [so] we'll have a go here, you know."


Birth anniversary of author, journalist, orator, publisher Charles Dickens (1812-70).
Birth anniversaries of  Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
Happy Birthday! Garth Brooks, Gay Talese

1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. 


1882 - The last bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City. 


1893 - Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents. 


1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of "Reader's Digest" magazine for the first time. 


1944 - During World War II, the Germans launched a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy. 


1986 - Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country ending 28 years of family rule. 


1991 - The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti's first democratically elected president. 

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