Re: On This Day
Adding To Rannouch earlier post, i add the following to February 2nd
General Interest
1887 : First Groundhog Day
American Revolution
1781 : Nathanael Greene finds fortification at Steele’s Tavern
Automotive
1880 : First electric streetlight installed
1992 : First Japanese winner at "24 Hours of Daytona"
Civil War
1803 : Albert Sidney Johnston born
Cold War
1949 : United States rejects proposal for conference with Stalin
Crime
1922 : Murder in Hollywood: A tale of vice and vixens
Disaster
1847 : First Donner Party member dies
Entertainment
1933 : MGM fires Buster Keaton
1979 : Sid Vicious dies
Literary
1882 : James Joyce is born
Vietnam War
1962 : First U.S. Air Force plane crashes in South Vietnam.
1970 : Antiwar protestors sue Dow Chemical
Wall Street
1929 : Fed bans bank loans for margin trades
World War I
1916 : Zeppelin crashes into North Sea
World War II
1942 : Quisling becomes prime minister of puppet regime in Norway
Thank You ...
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