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From: jimtracker12/2/2009 6:01:09 PM
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May we learn from history and not repeat our mistakes.

This Day In History.

February 2
1990 -- South Africa's Pres FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political orgs

1984 -- Lebanese army fight in Beirut

1964 -- GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy

1962 -- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1958 -- Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic

1957 -- UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt

1955 -- 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC

1954 -- Pres Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)

1951 -- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1950 -- 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV

1949 -- 1st 45 RPM record released

1948 -- President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program

1944 -- Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory

1944 -- 4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands

1943 -- German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II

1943 -- Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army

1942 -- LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans

1935 -- Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage Wisc)

1934 -- Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism

1933 -- G?ring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany

1933 -- 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament

1932 -- Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries

1923 -- US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries

1901 -- Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization

1894 -- US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island

1863 -- Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time

1848 -- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million

1848 -- 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF

1843 -- US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee

1811 -- Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF

1653 -- New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC)
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