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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Today In History...

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

  • 2004 Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving.
  • 1996 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet.
  • 1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes.
  • 1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages.
  • 1936 1st 50 Kw U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 1839 1st baseball game played in America.
  • 1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out.

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