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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana

  • 1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
  • 1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield
  • 1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
  • 1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
  • 1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
  • 1997 Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
  • 2008 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000


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